Cracking the Code: Factors Shaping Herbicide Performance There are several factors that affect turf and lawn herbicides performance. Your choice of turf herbicide, herbicide formulation, timing, and turf variety all play a critical role in the results you get. ...
NZ vs US turf ryegrass When it comes to the choice between NZ and US turf type perennial ryegrass cultivars there is some confusion. Both of these perennial ryegrass varieties make contrasting claims about their respective performances. Newer US varieties like Intense...
What are Ground Pearl? Ground pearls are sap sucking insects that are a serious pest of turfgrass and in particular warms season turf. They are closely related to scale insects that are common, sap-sucking pests. Ground Pearl feed on the roots of turf, and cause...
There are several Pythium sp that cause Pythium in turf. This turfgrass blog discusses pythium fungus in grass, what these are and how to identify and control them. Pythium in turfgrass can rear its head as pythium blight, pythium root rot, and damping off. The...
Lawn fungicides are substances that prevent, kill, or slow down grass diseases. There are a wide range of available fungicides designed to control turf grass diseases, classed by factors such as their mobility and mode of action. When choosing a fungicide to manage...
Turf Fungicide Mode of Action Table This discusses Turf fungicide resistance and in fungicide mode of action groups. Fungicide resistance is the ability of fungae to survive exposure to fungicides that would normally kill or inhibit their growth. This fungicide mode...
