It has been determined that you have a complex of dollar spot, Rhizoctonia blight or brown patch and Pythium blight on your golf greens. What cultural and chemical management practices should you be following?

What will be an ideal response?


i. Cultural management practices: Provide for better surface and subsurface drainage. Have the soil tested and maintain the pH between 6 and 7 . Fertilize according to soil tests and local recommendations for the grasses grown. Mow frequently as high as the golf membership will allow using a mower with sharp blades. Water turf thoroughly but deeply during droughts and repeat in 7 to 10 days if the weather remains dry. Increase light penetration and air movement to shady and pocketed turfgrass areas one or more times each year. Follow suggested insect and weed control programs for your area and the grasses being grown.

ii. Chemical practices: Fungicides effective against dollar spot include systemics

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