http://www.basfturftalk.com Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:52:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Territory UpdateThe weather pattern for much of the territory has developed into almost daily thunderstorms that are dumping large amounts of rainfall & damaging winds. We had some tornado activity that went through Northern Ohio which pretty much wiped two small towns off the map. Flash flooding has also caused ... http://www.basfturftalk.com/2010/07/06/husemann%e2%80%99s-musings%e2%80%94summer-storm-conditions-contribute-to-disease-pressure-in-golf-course-turfgrass/ Territory Update (April 23 - May 7): Turf professionals apply disease and weed solutions Golf Courses are applying Early Spring Preventative Dollar Spot applications and starting the preventative applications for Summer Stress Diseases such as Summer Patch, Brown Ring Patch, Take-All, Anthracnose, Fairy Ring & others.I talked with one DSR ... http://www.basfturftalk.com/2010/05/13/husemann%e2%80%99s-musings-%e2%80%93-turf-professionals-apply-disease-and-weed-solutions/ Emerald® fungicide - A Better Standard For Dollar Spot Control Emerald fungicide works differently than anything else you've seen used to control dollar spot (it is a different class of fungicide chemistry for dollar spot). In much of the Midwest, golf course superintendents are experiencing resistance concerns to dollar spot ... http://www.basfturftalk.com/2010/04/07/husemann%e2%80%99s-musings%e2%80%94spring-preventative-dollar-spot-recommendations-rotating-emerald%c2%ae-and-curalan%c2%ae-fungicides/ ***The Ohio State Buckeyes, Purdue University Boilermakers & Michigan State University Spartans Men's Basketball Big Ten Teams Advance to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. The snow has melted and last week much of the territory received significant rainfall which has caused some flooding in certain areas. The Spring season is trying ... http://www.basfturftalk.com/2010/03/29/husemann%e2%80%99s-musings-%e2%80%93-spring-start-to-turf-and-ornamental-growing-season-brings-snow-mold-pressure/ Golf course superintendents face disease pressure under snow cover In the golf course market, there is concern over the health of the turf coming out of winter. Central & Southern Ohio is not used to having extended snow cover for a portion of January, all of February, and who knows ... http://www.basfturftalk.com/2010/03/05/husemann%e2%80%99s-musings-%e2%80%93-snow-cover-delaying-early-golf-course-openings-and-creating-disease-pressure/ Success of Michigan’s ski resorts helps near-by golf course operations The weather has been very cold with heavy snow accumulation. The Northern Michigan ski resorts have been in full swing for the last couple of weeks. The ski resort business is a large economic compliment to the resorts that also have ... http://www.basfturftalk.com/2010/01/29/husemanns-musings-congrats-otf-award-winner-bruce-jones-and-glte-organizers-for-hosting-great-education-events/ Family matters – Take a moment to thank them for supporting our work Since the last update, my wife and I celebrated our 20-year wedding anniversary. We took a one-week vacation to Pigeon Forge, Tenn. We found a comfortable secluded cabin in the hills of Pigeon Forge near Gatlinburg to spend ... http://www.basfturftalk.com/2009/09/28/husemann%e2%80%99s-musings%e2%80%94superintendents-are-finalizing-fall-herbicide-applications-to-manage-grassy-broadleaf-weeds/ Snow Mold: The Scourge of Golf Course Superintendents in the Northern U.S. BASF has well-tested fungicide programs for management of snow mold disease pressure. We have many successes in northern Ohio and Michigan from the snowbelt of Cleveland up through Michigan to include the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We hear comments from ... http://www.basfturftalk.com/2009/08/24/husemann%e2%80%99s-musings-golf-course-superintendents-control-snow-mold-with-octnov-fungicide-apps-download-basf-recommendations-chart/ West Virginia GCSA seminar features Joe Vargas, Jr., Ph.D., Michigan State University Turf Pathology BASF Sales Specialist McGee Poole and myself attended a turf seminar early last week in Wheeling, W.Va., offered by the WVGCSA. This was pretty much an all-day seminar presented by Dr. Vargas. This was the most in-depth ... http://www.basfturftalk.com/2009/04/13/husemann%e2%80%99s-musings-3/ Snow mold will be problem if you didn’t apply a fungicide pre-snow cover The winter weather continues to be pretty much normal for my area. That means very cold temps, ice, rain, snow, wind and pretty much everything else that my southern-state friends do not like to experience. There is more ... http://www.basfturftalk.com/2009/02/10/husemanns-musings-4/