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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Greens Mystery Solved!!

This year we notice some issues on greens and areas that historically do not exhibit issues during transition such as 1, 6, 5 & 8.
Knowing that this wasn't the norm we pulled a sample to be tested in the lab to find out what it is so we could treat the area.  Fungicides are an expensive application we wanted to know exactly what we we attacking before any application.  While we were waiting for the results we began the repairs on the greens knowing these areas would not return on their own or recovery quite slowly.  Today the results came in.
It appears that that during the spring or early spring we have been attacked by bermudagrass decline (BGD) in which the treatment is to replace the infected area and treat the infected greens.  The replacement program is still going strong and we will spray fungicides this week.
We should see improvement quite quickly and for next year we will be better prepared before transition.
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