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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%)…

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…

Aerial turf plots showing patchy dead grass; title "Review of Spring Dead Spot and Large Patch Trials From 2021-22"

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…

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…

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.…