Preventive summer disease management templates

NOTE: For an updated (May, 2009) version of the information below, please see the PACE Turf Update, "Worst-case scenario summer disease management programs".

Once average air temperatures reach 65F (18C), most of the key diseases of cool-season turf start to rev up their engines. This is the time to start preventive cultural and chemical management programs, such as those outlined in our Preventive disease management templates for cool-season greens (2007).

These templates were designed to cover the worst-case scenario of…