Spring dead spot symptoms, and what to do
March 17, 2026
After a long winter, spring will be welcome in most quarters. Except, that is, for courses where spring dead spot is a problem. That's because the fungi that cause spring dead spot have a nasty habit of infecting turf in the fall, but in delaying the expression of symptoms until spring green-up.
It is for this reason that fall is the time to control spring dead spot (see this PACE Turf Update on prevention of spring dead spot). If the…