It's Fall: Residual Dollar Spot of Bentgrass and Summer Patch of Bluegrass, Animals/Grubs Rough Up the Rough, and Tim says Cultivar A B C D E F G
Chicago/Northern Illinois Update: Derek Settle -
Midweek, a light frost on Chicago's blades of turf. I would take a look at my weather archives only to discover we hadn't been that cold since the 3rd week of May. So now the growing season works in reverse as we lose daylength by about 3 minutes a day - it all happens too quickly. To [.....]
We usually do not make a frost delay post until October, but it looks like we could have our first frost delay Sunday morning. Some courses in the Chicago area have already had to deal with frost this week. We did have patches of frost in the roughs, but nothing that delayed our work.
Here are some previous posts with frost information:
Frost
Frost For Friday? [.....]
The strain of a hot dry summer proved to be more than some areas could withstand. We sodded spots of a few bunkers, and resodded all of the green side bunker on 5, and the pond bank on 14. The two predominating characteristics of these areas are south facing slopes, or a large amount of sand is hit onto the bunker face. In some cases both contributed to the decline of condition.
Please respect the ropes in these areas until the sod has a chance to attach [.....]
The driving range tee and its divots continues to be a major topic of conversation. The club enjoys one of the finest practice facilities around, and it shows - it gets used a lot! Rarely is there a time during the day when there is not at least one person on the practice tee warming up or working on their game. This leads to lots of divots. We are continuing to try to spread the word about divot patterns that will disrupt a smaller area (Practice Tee Divot [.....]
Cool Nights Mean Normal: Dollar Spot, Rust, White Grubs, Sod Rolling Up (animals search for said grubs) and Tim says Festuca arundinacea
Chicago/Northern Illinois Update: Derek Settle -
This week, temperatures were both warm and cool. Plants said Huh? Actually it meant our season was acting right again for a change as the calendar is now pretty much between summer and fall. Our jaws would drop wide open when lows dropped to 47° twice in Lemont - we've now experienced our first really cool period since June. It's a real joy [.....]
Everything: Anthracnose, Bipolaris of Bent, Brown Patch, Dollar Spot, Pythium Blight, Summer Patch, and Tim's Data Says Brown Patch and Dollar Spot
Chicago/Northern Illinois Update: Derek Settle -
September begins to Lights, Camera, Action. In other words this summer didn't quite stop when I said so! We would see everything in a week and along the way we just kept on learning more and more. And do you know what I decided? It appears that the MOST impressive fungus on planet earth is arguably Sclerotinia homoeocarpa or dollar spot. In just [.....]
Return of Warm August: Roots Are Better, Poa Collars Wilt, 1st Grub Damage Wows, Dollar Spot Brews, Yellow Tuft Surprises, and Tim's Research Update
Chicago/Northern Illinois Update: Derek Settle -
August decided it was August after all and we would warm considerably and find ourselves right back in the saddle of summer. Yet, our attitude is decidedly different compared to early July. Why? Well we know this 2012 growing season is now past midsummer peak heat caused by long day length and a bright sun that is directly overhead midday. Currently [.....]