Filtering by tag: Extension Master Gardener Volunteers ✕

The chart titled "Curative Suppression of Dollar Spot with Fungicides" from NC State University displays the percentage of dollar spot per plot over time, from May 13 to May 31. It compares six treatments: Secure, Maxima, Posterity, Daconil Ultrex, Chipco

What Is a Fungicide? That Is the Question!

I love the saying that Spring comes in like a lion and leaves like a lamb. It says we have no earthly idea what Spring holds for us. But by the end of Spring, all will be okay unless summer shows up…

Yellow diamond sign with gray text "CHANGES COMING!"

NC State Turf Diagnostic Lab Major Changes

Effective July 1, 2023, the NC State Turfgrass Diagnostics Lab will initiate some new policies and changes. We are excited to announce that we are permitted to receive samples from anywhere on planet…

Patchy brown lawn with scattered green grass and a concrete walkway visible at the top

The Blues Brothers: Warm-Season Lawns in NC

Zoysiagrass rejoins with its brother centipedegrass after being released from winter dormancy, but the duo has just days to reunite their stolons and rhizomes and save the home lawn where the two…

Aerial view of patchy grass with red survey grid marks and handwritten text "PBI" at bottom left

Review of Tall Fescue Fungicide Trials in 2022

Now that we have officially wrapped up most of our brown patch and gray leaf spot trials in tall fescue, we thought now would be a great time to share those results with all of you so you can start…

Review of Spring Dead Spot and Large Patch Trials From 2021-22

Each year our program conducts 60 to 75 fungicide trials on various turfgrass diseases. Fall disease management trials focus on diseases of warm-season grasses and those diseases include spring dead…

Man leaning into microscope under tent next to sign reading "Diagnostics Lab"

My Grass Is Sick! Now What?

Now that spring is well underway, many will be on the lookout for the first offenders of the warmer months. Dollar spot, brown patch, and others will begin to pop up once again. Remember, the first…

Front yard with sidewalk, green lawn showing patchy brown spots and a planted flowerbed

Ascochyta Leaf Blight – Uncommon & Sometimes Devastating

Asco what?! That’s the immediate response I get from turfgrass managers when I tell them I just diagnosed their damaged tall fescue sample as Ascochyta leaf blight. Even though we don’t see this…