Winter time brown patch threat

Winter hasn't arrived yet, but be prepared for diseases that are historically active at your site before they cause damage that will take weeks or months to recover from. In warmer climates, brown patch and large patch (caused by the fungus Rhizoctonia) can cause some serious damage during the winter rainy season. As long as average air temperatures remain above 60F (15.5C), this disease can strike. And when overcast or rainy conditions occur, the threat of "cool season" brown patch…