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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…

Grass field with large irregular brown and bare patches across the turf

Record Heat for Most of NC = Ugly Creeping Bentgrass and Tall Fescue

This summer has been extremely tough, to say the least. Raleigh, New Bern, and Wilmington are on pace for the hottest summer ever recorded, while Asheville, Charlotte, Fayetteville, and Boone are…

NC STATE UNIVERSITY banner; turf disease examples labeled Brown patch, Gray Leaf Spot, Pythium blight

Gray Leaf Spot Development in Tall Fescue

Gray leaf spot has appeared in NC. This disease is difficult to control because the fungus thrives when nighttime temperatures stay above 72°F and produces many spores. We typically see about 28 days…

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…

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…

Single grass blade held between fingers with brown circular leaf lesions

Struggling With Gray Leaf Spot in Tall Fescue?

Over the past few weeks, we have consulted with multiple clients who thought either their lawn was destroyed by Pythium blight or that fungicide applications were failing at suppressing brown patch.…

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…