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Reports By Month
February
Delayed Start (2/28/18)
2011 Winter Disease Report - Snow Molds (2/18/11)
March
The Ides of Mush (3/16/21)
A Step Into Spring (3/4/20)
Keep An Eye on Spring Swings (3/21/19)
Obey Your Mother (3/28/18)
Is It a March or a Climb? (3/27/17)
No Missouri for the Old Man (3/3/17)
A Spring Stone for Several Birds (3/29/16)
Will Warm Weather = March Madness? (3/15/16)
Getting Itchy... (3/01/16)
The Signs of Spring (3/30/15)
Tracking the Temps (3/16/15)
Winter's Wrath Apparent (3/25/14)
Spring Will Arrive... (3/12/14)
A Chilly Eve of Spring (3/19/13)
Not an April Fool's Joke (3/29/12)
March Madness & Avid for Ring Nematodes (3/16/12)
Will Warm Winter = Mad March? (3/9/12)
Spring has Sprung (3/24/11)
Moles - n - Voles - n - Gophers (3/18/11)
(Not A) Disease Report - Crabgrass Pre-Emerge (3/11/11)
Disease Report - Yellow Patch (3/4/11)
April
A Call to Arms (4/29/21)
Go Time (4/9/21)
Rorschach Grass (4/30/20)
Hunker Down, Height Up (4/10/20)
Panic or Patience? (4/23/19)
The Spring Hall Monitor (4/5/19)
Just a Bit Outside (4/23/18)
Prevent Pathogen Foes' Fires (4/14/17)
In the Strike Zone (4/13/16)
Big Focus on Large Patch (4/27/15)
Diseases Awaken Early (4/14/15)
Pounce on a Preventive Ounce (4/22/14)
Sleepy Spring Awakens (4/9/14)
Large Patch Warning (04/24/13)
April Showers = Spring Disease? (4/11/13)
The Thresholds Are Coming!! (4/02/13)
A Tale of Two Cities (4/27/12)
The Cooler (4/13/12)
Does Wet + Cool = Turf Disease? (4/27/11)
Aphids & Spring Preventive Fungicides - the WHY (4/20/11)
Spring Preventive Fungicides - the HOW is NOW (4/13/11)
Spring Preventive Fungicides - the WHAT (4/6/11)
Spring Preventive Fungicides - the WHEN (4/1/11)
May
On the Precipice (5/20/21)
The Spring Pythium Ninja (5/14/19)
First Summer Sip From a Fire Hose (5/24/18)
From Freezer to Grill Grate (5/10/18)
Anthracnose Ante Raised (5/26/17)
When Rain Falls Above, Check Down Below (5/11/17)
Pool is Open for Pythium Root Rot (5/26/16)
No Large Patch Leap Caused by Late Spring N (5/2/16)
ETRIs on the Attack (5/27/15)
The Stage is Set (5/11/15)
Pythium Rots Away in May (5/27/14)
Warm Season Woes (5/8/14)
Rhizattackin' both cool & warm season grasses (5/21/13)
Ducks, Dandelions & Pythium (5/9/13)
Very Warm & Dry (5/22/12)
Don't Feed Your Lawn Now, Don't Feed It!! (5/7/12)
Wet Spring Sets Up Summer Turf Disease (5/26/11)
SDS, Red Thread, & A Cool Breeze (5/16/11)
Dollar Spot Arrives & Large Patch Recovery (5/5/11)
June
Quench the Grass, Not the Disease (6/25/21)
N-ecessary (6/2/21)
Be Like Water (6/25/20)
Yellow Submarine Spring (6/1/20)
Storms before the Storm? (6/28/19)
The Raging 'Todes (6/4/19)
Have a Slice (6/8/18)
Et tu, Zoysia? (6/30/17)
Chicken or the Egg? (6/13/17)
The Turf is on Fire (06/27/16)
Time to Take Stock (06/09/16)
Of Mycelium & Men (6/24/15)
Like a Dog Off a Leash (6/8/15)
Diseases a Plenty (6/19/14)
Passing the Torch (6/4/14)
And, Here, We, Go... (6/18/13)
Treading Cold Water (6/6/13)
Shorter Days, Shorter Roots & Root Rot (6/22/12)
Time to Hunt the Hunting Billbug Grub (6/13/12)
A Burning Ring of Spring (6/5/12)
Summer Officially Starts (6/26/11)
Crazy Tillers (6/13/11)
The Summer Switch (6/02/11)
July
No Drowning the 'Todes (7/22/21)
Smoke on the Turfgrass (7/31/20)
Chicken and The Egg (7/17/20)
When Bentgrass Bonks (7/25/19)
Fireworks Past the 4th (7/11/19)
Water – The Monster Under the Bed (7/27/18)
June's Fire = Hard Work (7/3/18)
Double Double Toil & Trouble (7/28/17)
Lawn Dormancy Looms (7/13/17)
No Good Deed in a Root Sous-vide (7/28/16)
A Fluid Situation (7/12/16)
Rhizoc, Rinse, Repeat (7/28/15)
Summer Rises (7/13/15)
No Jacket Necessary for $ Spot (7/31/14)
The Zoysia Zeitgeist (7/17/14)
Count Your Fingers & Your 'Todes (7/3/14)
More P = More Poa (7/25/13)
Hunting Billbug Outbreak in MO (7/12/13)
July's Summer Stressors (7/7/13)
School's Not Out for Summer Patch
(7/24/12)
90 Degree Highs (the "New Cool") & Field Day (7/8/12)
Weather & Nematodes Have Golf Greens in Knots (7/1/12)
Fan Impact (7/29/11)
Staying Out of Hot Water (7/22/11)
The (Disease) Boys Are Back in Town (7/13/11)
August
See Spot Run (8/10/21)
SSSSeptember (8/21/20)
Advantage: Anthracnose (8/29/19)
Pull a Punch? (8/15/19)
A Flurry at Summer's Finish (8/28/18)
Dancing Faeries (8/11/17)
Summer's Sting Subsides (8/23/16)
Aerification Doesn't PreVENT Recovery (8/24/15)
School's In, But Summer Isn't Over (8/27/14)
Bent on Anthracnose (8/19/14)
Where's Spot? All Over. (8/22/13)
Preventing Con-Air (8/8/13)
Isaac in MO Hooray!, Pythium Root Rot not OK (8/30/12)
Weather is Mild; $ Spot Running Wild (8/20/12)
Bugs Putting the Chinch on Zoysia in St. Louis (8/6/12)
Light at the End of the Tunnel? (8/17/11)
September
A New "Old" Spot (9/24/21
It's Still Brown Patch on Tall Fescue (9/2/21)
Preventive Plan for Spring (9/18/20)
A Spot of Gray (9/20/19)
Fall or a Slow Slide? (9/20/18)
Seed Needs Don't Stop When You Leave (9/15/17)
Good Time to Be Cool (9/1/17)
One Swing Should Wait 'til Spring (9/22/16)
Is Water Stuck on Its Perch? (9/8/16)
Summer Feeling Starting to Fall (9/18/15)
Fall or Spring: Which Patch Looms Larger? (9/26/14)
Late Rain + Heat = Woes (9/12/14)
70F Soil Temp = Go Time (9/19/13)
Fall Starts w/Summer Diseases (9/5/13)
Already a Rhiz-"Octoberfest" (9/26/12)
Just Add Water (9/17/12)
Fall Officially Arrives (9/19/11)
A Shift in Disease Focus (9/12/11)
Turf Recovery + Football: It's About Time! (9/01/11)
October
Rounding All the Bases (10/22/21)
It's Virtually Winter (10/23/20)
Working the Late Shift (10/9/19)
Summer Snarl Showing in September (10/5/18)
Prepare for Spring Ghouls (10/11/17)
Late Fall Invaders (10/30/15)
The Hunt for a Wet October (9/30/15)
Preparing for Jack Frost (10/23/14)
The Fall Stage is Set (10/21/13)
Large Patch Prevention & Fall Bugs (10/3/13)
November
Late Hits (11/8/19)
A Season in Extra Innings (11/4/16)
Snow Mold to Fear? (11/09/12)
December
Water and Winter (12/9/20)
Dry Fall Could Spell Winter Troubles (12/13/17)
The Gift of Education (12/5/16)
The Magic of MoGIC (12/5/14)
Conference Season is Here!! (12/4/13)
Disease Reports
2021
Rounding All the Bases (10/22/21)
A New "Old" Spot (9/24/21
It's Still Brown Patch on Tall Fescue (9/2/21)
See Spot Run (8/10/21)
No Drowning the 'Todes (7/22/21)
Quench the Grass, Not the Disease (6/25/21)
N-ecessary (6/2/21)
On the Precipice (5/20/21)
A Call to Arms (4/29/21)
Go Time (4/9/21)
The Ides of Mush (3/16/21)
2020
Water and Winter (12/9/20)
It's Virtually Winter (10/23/20)
Preventive Plan for Spring (9/18/20)
SSSSeptember (8/21/20)
Smoke on the Turfgrass (7/31/20)
Chicken and The Egg (7/17/20)
Be Like Water (6/25/20)
Yellow Submarine Spring (6/1/20)
Rorschach Grass (4/30/20)
Hunker Down, Height Up (4/10/20)
A Step Into Spring (3/4/20)
2019
Late Hits (11/8/19)
Working the Late Shift (10/9/19)
A Spot of Gray (9/20/19)
Advantage: Anthracnose (8/29/19)
Pull a Punch? (8/15/19)
When Bentgrass Bonks (7/25/19)
Fireworks Past the 4th (7/11/19)
Storms before the Storm? (6/28/19)
The Raging 'Todes (6/4/19)
The Spring Pythium Ninja (5/14/19)
Panic or Patience? (4/23/19)
The Spring Hall Monitor (4/5/19)
Keep An Eye on Spring Swings (3/21/19)
2018
Summer Snarl Showing in September (10/5/18)
Fall or a Slow Slide? (9/20/18)
A Flurry at Summer's Finish (8/28/18)
Water – The Monster Under the Bed (7/27/18)
June's Fire = Hard Work (7/3/18)
Have a Slice (6/8/18)
First Summer Sip From a Fire Hose (5/24/18)
From Freezer to Grill Grate (5/10/18)
Just a Bit Outside (4/23/18)
Obey Your Mother (3/28/18)
Delayed Start (2/28/18)
2017
Dry Fall Could Spell Winter Troubles (12/13/17)
Prepare for Spring Ghouls (10/11/17)
Seed Needs Don't Stop When You Leave (9/15/17)
Good Time to Be Cool (9/1/17)
Dancing Faeries (8/11/17)
Double Double Toil & Trouble (7/28/17)
Lawn Dormancy Looms (7/13/17)
Et tu, Zoysia? (6/30/17)
Chicken or the Egg? (6/13/17)
Anthracnose Ante Raised (5/26/17)
When Rain Falls Above, Check Down Below (5/11/17)
Prevent Pathogen Foes' Fires (4/14/17)
Is It a March or a Climb? (3/27/17)
No Missouri for the Old Man (3/3/17)
2016
The Gift of Education (12/5/16)
A Season in Extra Innings (11/4/16)
One Swing Should Wait 'til Spring (9/22/16)
Is Water Stuck on Its Perch? (9/8/16)
Summer's Sting Subsides (8/23/16)
No Good Deed in a Root Sous-vide (7/28/16)
A Fluid Situation (7/12/16)
The Turf is on Fire (06/27/16)
Time to Take Stock (06/09/16)
Pool is Open for Pythium Root Rot (5/26/16)
No Large Patch Leap Caused by Late Spring N (5/2/16)
In the Strike Zone (4/13/16)
A Spring Stone for Several Birds (3/29/16)
Will Warm Weather = March Madness? (3/15/16)
Getting Itchy... (3/01/16)
2015
Late Fall Invaders (10/30/15)
The Hunt for a Wet October (9/30/15)
Summer Feeling Starting to Fall (9/18/15)
Aerification Doesn't PreVENT Recovery (8/24/15)
Rhizoc, Rinse, Repeat (7/28/15)
Summer Rises (7/13/15)
Of Mycelium & Men (6/24/15)
Like a Dog Off a Leash (6/8/15)
ETRIs on the Attack (5/27/15)
The Stage is Set (5/11/15)
Big Focus on Large Patch (4/27/15)
Diseases Awaken Early (4/14/15)
The Signs of Spring (3/30/15)
Tracking the Temps (3/16/15)
2014
The Magic of MoGIC (12/5/14)
Preparing for Jack Frost (10/23/14)
Fall or Spring: Which Patch Looms Larger? (9/26/14)
Late Rain + Heat = Woes (9/12/14)
School's In, But Summer Isn't Over (8/27/14)
Bent on Anthracnose (8/19/14)
No Jacket Necessary for $ Spot (7/31/14)
The Zoysia Zeitgeist (7/17/14)
Count Your Fingers & Your 'Todes (7/3/14)
Diseases a Plenty (6/19/14)
Passing the Torch (6/4/14)
Pythium Rots Away in May (5/27/14)
Warm Season Woes (5/8/14)
Pounce on a Preventive Ounce (4/22/14)
Sleepy Spring Awakens (4/9/14)
Winter's Wrath Apparent (3/25/14)
Spring Will Arrive... (3/12/14)
2013
Conference Season is Here!! (12/4/13)
The Fall Stage is Set (10/21/13)
Large Patch Prevention & Fall Bugs (10/3/13)
70F Soil Temp = Go Time (9/19/13)
Fall Starts w/Summer Diseases (9/5/13)
Where's Spot? All Over. (8/22/13)
Preventing Con-Air (8/8/13)
More P = More Poa (7/25/13)
Hunting Billbug Outbreak in MO (7/12/13)
July's Summer Stressors (7/7/13)
And, Here, We, Go... (6/18/13)
Treading Cold Water (6/6/13)
Rhizattackin' both cool & warm season grasses (5/21/13)
Ducks, Dandelions & Pythium (5/9/13)
Large Patch Warning (04/24/13)
April Showers = Spring Disease? (4/11/13)
The Thresholds Are Coming!! (4/02/13)
A Chilly Eve of Spring (3/19/13)
2012
Snow Mold to Fear? (11/09/12)
Already a Rhiz-"Octoberfest" (9/26/12)
Just Add Water (9/17/12)
Isaac in MO Hooray!, Pythium Root Rot not OK (8/30/12)
Weather is Mild; $ Spot Running Wild (8/20/12)
Bugs Putting the Chinch on Zoysia in St. Louis (8/6/12)
School's Not Out for Summer Patch
(7/24/12)
90 Degree Highs (the "New Cool") & Field Day (7/8/12)
Weather & Nematodes Have Golf Greens in Knots (7/1/12)
Shorter Days, Shorter Roots & Root Rot (6/22/12)
Time to Hunt the Hunting Billbug Grub (6/13/12)
A Burning Ring of Spring (6/5/12)
Very Warm & Dry (5/22/12)
Don't Feed Your Lawn Now, Don't Feed It!! (5/7/12)
A Tale of Two Cities (4/27/12)
The Cooler (4/13/12)
Not an April Fool's Joke (3/29/12)
March Madness & Avid for Ring Nematodes (3/16/12)
Will Warm Winter = Mad March? (3/9/12)
2011
Fall Officially Arrives (9/19/11)
A Shift in Disease Focus (9/12/11)
Turf Recovery + Football: It's About Time! (9/01/11)
Light at the End of the Tunnel? (8/17/11)
Fan Impact (7/29/11)
Staying Out of Hot Water (7/22/11)
The (Disease) Boys Are Back in Town (7/13/11)
Summer Officially Starts (6/26/11)
Crazy Tillers (6/13/11)
The Summer Switch (6/02/11)
Wet Spring Sets Up Summer Turf Disease (5/26/11)
SDS, Red Thread, & A Cool Breeze (5/16/11)
Dollar Spot Arrives & Large Patch Recovery (5/5/11)
Does Wet + Cool = Turf Disease? (4/27/11)
Aphids & Spring Preventive Fungicides - the WHY (4/20/11)
Spring Preventive Fungicides - the HOW is NOW (4/13/11)
Spring Preventive Fungicides - the WHAT (4/6/11)
Spring Preventive Fungicides - the WHEN (4/1/11)
Spring has Sprung (3/24/11)
Moles - n - Voles - n - Gophers (3/18/11)
(Not A) Disease Report - Crabgrass Pre-Emerge (3/11/11)
Disease Report - Yellow Patch (3/4/11)
2011 Winter Disease Report - Snow Molds (2/18/11)