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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…

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…

North Carolina map with red highlighted counties; "Tall Fescue Sample Submissions"; 2011–2020; n=215

10-Year NC Landscape Turf Sample Review

The following data was collected from samples submitted to the North Carolina State Turf Diagnostics Lab from 2011 to 2020. This information shows all of the diagnoses we have made on these hosts…

Spring dead spot symptoms in a bermudagrass landscape setting.

Time to Treat for Spring Dead Spot & Large Patch

Written by Halle Hampy, M.S. candidate under the direction of Dr. Jim KernsDespite the unpredictability of 2020, one thing that remains reliable is the changing of the seasons. It’s that time of year…

Front yard lawn with multiple circular dead patches and a young tree near a house

Cool Spring Weather Extends Large Patch Injury on Warm-Season Turf

Large patch, caused by the fungus Rhizoctonia solani, is one of the most damaging diseases of warm-season turf species such as centipedegrass, St. Augustinegrass, zoysiagrass, and seashore paspalum.…

Fall Into Warm-Season Disease Prevention

It's September 12th (still officially summer) and current weather patterns agree with forecasted highs in the upper 80's/lower 90's. The fall cool-down should be around the corner and those with…