As you can imagine I’ve had loads of calls this month about Fuz and should we be spraying for it? Throughout the month my advice has been to leave it alone and stick to your normal May gameplan after all the weather will pick up surely – won’t it? Did you know? I’ve recorded this…
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Next Primo Maxx II app? – Spring edition
When should I next apply my Primo? The simplest way to understand how to time you’re PrimoMaxxII application in the UK is: Cool but just growing: Apply every 4 weeks In between: Apply every 3 weeks Peak summer: Apply every 2 weeks Stick to that and you won’t go far wrong. You can listen to…
Spotted Cranefly spotted
The last couple of weeks have been all about LeatherJackets and forgive me for continuing to share my thoughts. The recent Webinar I did with BIGGA to discuss the challenge has increased the number of conversations I’ve had about this subject and shown me how little I know as well as how much we have…
Podcast Feedback
Henry at ICL and myself have spent a lot of time chatting in recent months about the increasing importance of Integrated strategies to help avoid and minimise the agronomic challenges that are « on the Horizon ». We thought it was a good idea to share our thoughts and conversations about our experiences and best practice advice…
Damage V Population
I did a presentation this week for the BIGGA Continue 2 Learn programme which you can find at the bottom of this. You can listen to this blog as a Podcast if that is easier for you. Just tap play below. I intend to expand on a few of the points I made in that…
Too cold to hatch?
PestTracker sightings are coming in now (thanks to everyone getting involved) but to me, it doesn’t really feel like it’s kicked off properly yet. It’s true to say the Spring flush is never as dramatic as the Autumn one but with the level of interest and concern there is around this pest currently I’m not…
April FAQs 2021
In April 2021 I mainly spent the month talking about two things – How dry it is and how damaging leatherjackets are! Dry and cold There is no getting away from the fact that April 2021 has been brutally dry and cold. I pulled some data out on the month just to get my head…
Dry and cold April 2021
So I think we’ve all been very aware of just how dry and cold it has been this April. Growth has hardly started, surfaces are drying out and nothing seems to be happening. So whilst we’ve all been struggling to get things moving as we’d like I asked myself the question – how unusual is…
Warmer weather = Spring hatch?
Loading… Live table showing reported sightings Its the 23rd April 2021 and the reported sightings of a Marsh Cranefly (the 2 lifecycle a year ones) hatch are now coming in. The first sightings came in a round 4 weeks ago now in the very mild areas of the country and from some areas using undersoil…
Spring Purpling 2021
We’ve reached that time of the year when we begin to see some Purpling in the leaf on our putting surfaces so it’s time for my annual blog about this subject. Click here to listen to the Podcast … This phenomenon expresses itself slightly differently in each grass species and biotype and back in my…