Turf Talk
STEVE GRIESINGER, COURSE SUPERINTENDENT
Rhizoctonia is a fancy name for a turf disease called brown patch (or Zoysia Patch). This fungus has lightly infected our Zoysia fairways. Is it treatable? YES. Are we treating it? YES. Is it helping? YES and NO. The areas are not spreading, but the areas infected are thin, but showing signs of improving. As the disease infects areas in the fairways, small circles appear with a rust colored ring around the outside. The turf begins to thin. Then when the turf plant weakens, weeds (POA, chickweed, spurge, clover) tend to germinate. Zoysia Patch happens when outside temperatures are cool and damp. As we all know, that has been the case in late May, with large amounts of rain and cool days and nights. We have had minor outbreaks in the spring every year, but not to this extreme. To solve the problem, we need heat so we can grow Zoysia through the disease. To promote this process, we will be fertilizing to promote healthier turf. We will also be spraying various pesticides for weeds and disease prevention. See you on the course.
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