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Tan lesions on tall fescue leaves due to brown patch.

Updates on Turfgrass Disease Management in NC

Tall Fescue LawnsRain has finally returned to NC, yet most tall fescue samples submitted to our lab (48% of all submissions since 2008) are not diseased. Most issues stem from poor growing…

Cover page of Disease Management in Landscape Turf extension publication.

New Publication: Disease Management in Landscape Turf

Click the link below to access the publication.https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/disease-management-in-landscape-turf

Slime mold fruiting bodies on the leaves of a zoysiagrass lawn

Slime Mold Outbreak (Hint: Don't Panic!)

The NC State Turf Diagnostics Lab is currently inundated with samples, phone calls, text messages, emails, smoke signals, and carrier pigeons, all showing symptoms of slime mold. The good news is…

Soil Temperatures in Raleigh since March 1, 2026

Environmental Stress and Turfgrass Performance This Spring

Warm-Season LawnsThis spring has been odd indeed, as we are experiencing a record drought that began in September 2025. That has continued into spring, and even though we have had some warm…

US map showing 2025 turfgrass sample origins; 71% SE, 41% NC, 13% SW; Top5 NC, FL, SC, TX, CA

2025 Turf Diagnostics Lab Review

Overall, total turfgrass samples submitted in 2025 to the NC State Turf Diagnostics Lab were 6% higher than samples submitted in 2024 and 13% above our 18-year running average (2008-2025). As…

NC State three-panel: turf "Cold Injury/Chloroplast Masking"; closeup "Purple Leaf Tip"; "Leaf spot"

Purple Bermudagrass Greens? Cold Weather Likely to Blame

This fall, the weather has been ideal for golf and mainly for reducing pathogen activity. Signs of mini-ring and take-all root rot are appearing on bermudagrass putting greens, but the pathogens were…

US map: 2024 turfgrass sample origins — 65% SE, 15% SW, 37% NC; Top 5: NC, FL, TX, CA, AL

2024 Turf Diagnostics Lab Review

Overall, total turfgrass samples submitted in 2024 to the NC State Turf Diagnostics Lab were 6% lower than samples submitted in 2023 and 7% above our 15-year running average. As expected, most (74%)…

2023 Client Distribution bar chart: Golf 67%, Lawn 30%, Orn. Nursery 3% (% of all turf samples)

2023 Turf Diagnostics Lab Review

Overall, total turfgrass samples submitted in 2023 to the NC State Turf Diagnostics Lab were 11% higher than samples submitted in 2022 and 14% above our 15-year running average. As expected, the…

Red turf coring tool standing upright on green turf surface

Purple Spots on Your Ultradwarf Bermudagrass Putting Greens?

Purple haze all on my bermudagrass putting greens. Lately, this turf just don’t seem the same. Actin’ funny like Pythium blight but I don’t know why. ‘Scuse me while I scream at the sky! Help me!…

Golf putting green showing multiple circular brown turf damage patches

Why Should You Love Soil Temperatures When Managing Bermudagrass Diseases?

As the summer is coming to a close, except for 100oF temperatures in September, we are in the window to manage those important diseases of ultradwarf bermudagrass putting greens. Spring dead spot…