Brown Patch and Pythium Active on Sports Turf in the Midwest

Thanks to Hurricane Isaac, the Midwest has been receiving plenty of rain and excessive humidity the last 4-5 days.  In fact, this is the most disease pressure that has occurred in 2012!  Here is a photo of pythium damage on ryegrass on a softball field:

With the arriving cold front,  disease pressure will lower later this week.

Click HERE to see a disease publication from Purdue about brown patch.

Click HERE to see a disease publication from Purdue about pythium.

Go to j-dturf.com to learn more about J&D Turf.

Play on!
--Jamie
@JamieMehringer