Spring dead spot and weather

Spring dead spot symptoms have begun to appear in areas where bermuda growth has resumed. The disease (caused primarily by a couple of different species of the fungus Ophiosphaeria aka Leptosphaeria) infects turf roots and stolons during the late summer. Unfortunately, though, the symptoms do not show up until the following late winter/spring — after the fungus has done its dirty work. Damage is usually first noted as white to straw-colored patches that are surrounded by healthy turf that is…