Superintendent & Greenkeeper Updates
What's Eating You?
Posted by 31 August 2011
...that is what I asked the greens the other day... What's eating you?  They said, "anthracnose, make it stop".Usually, when the turf here at Corral contracts a disease it is not severe and doesn't take long for the turf to recover.  The poa ......
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Bacterial Wilt on Turfgrass
Posted by 26 August 2011
There has been many questions concerning turf decline in the Ohio Valley. Many people have asked what is Bacterial Wilt? This video from Pace Turf (2010) does a excellent job of outlining this difficult issue to deal with on putting greens. Thank-you,......
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Summer Patch
Posted by 11 August 2011
The extreme weather conditions over the last months have been a challenge for the staff and turf alike. The putting greens, specifically the Annual Bluegrass populations are exhibiting signs of Summer Patch. Summer Patch, is a soil pathogen that cause......
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Dollar Spot
Posted by 09 August 2011
Last week I mentioned that we had been holding up pretty well against dollar spot.  Well.........that didn't last long.  It sprouted up on the tees last night and with the forecast calling for rain at almost any given time until Thu......
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Rain Rain Rain
Posted by 08 August 2011
5 inches and counting so far in the past two weeks.....totals almost unheard of for this time of year.  We had yet another 9/10" last night, and the course received it very well.  And to think I was talking about the probability of having to ......
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What are those dark circles on the Greens?
Posted by 08 August 2011
These circles are created by a disease call Fairy Ring. Fairy rings are usually first noticed as irregular rings or arcs of darker green grass on the turf surface (Figure 1). Figure 1 Figure2 The darker color is caused by the release of nitrogen......
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The summer of my discontent
Posted by 05 August 2011
Well I have been communicating to all of you the struggles that we have been having this summer. The intense heat and humidity we have dealt with over the past 5 weeks has been stifling. The stress level of the greens and fairways has been unmatched in my 7 seasons at Pheasant Run. The diseases [...]...
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Course Update
Posted by 05 August 2011
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Improved Green Health Through Venting
Posted by 04 August 2011
Greens venting using Toro 648 with 3/8" cross tinesAs the weather heats up and turf growth continues, destructive gasses such as methane and CO2 can build up in the root zone. This is going to create problems for greens through July and August. Poor wa......
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What a summer!
Posted by 02 August 2011
Like most regions of the country, it's been quite a summer here in WNY. The long, hot, dry spell has put a tremendous amount of stress on our turf opening the door for anthracnose on #6, 7 & 8 greens on the Lake Course. The rest of the greens have ha......
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Fairy Ring
Posted by 24 July 2011
Over the past couple of weeks, a series of rings have been visible on the putting surfaces and in the fairways. In some cases these areas have even produced mushrooms. These symptoms are consistent with a soil borne pathogen called Fairy Ring. The foll......
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Trying to stay cool.
Posted by 22 July 2011
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow the staff is starting early to try and beat the heat.  Yesterday worked well, but today it is already 85 and its only :00 am.  It looks like we are in for a couple of long days. The  old age of the irr......
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