As we approach Christmas we hope that we are nearing the end of the difficult part of the Microdochium patch management journey and now it’s more critical than ever to stay alert to the dangers. Different situations will require different fungicide strategies. Leaf moisture management, appropriate nutrition, and good management practices are now critical to…
Mois : décembre 2021
LeatherJackets what are we looking for?
It’s that time of year when LeatherJackets begin to become visible. Now is when I’d start to encourage people to start placing small sheets down on the surface of their playing surfaces to begin to evaluate the numbers of these pests they are dealing with and logging the results. I’d recommend small 1m2 square sheets…
Early Snowfall
In this month’s « On the horizon » Henry and I speak at some length about how the climate is warming and how Christmas is unlikely to be snowy! Well, as soon as we put the Podcast out, it goes super cold and starts to snow. The timing couldn’t be any better! Speaking of timing, I’ve recently…
How cold has November 2021 been?
After telling everyone on the Podcast that these Autumn / Winter months are getting warmer, I was beginning to feel pretty nervous as the last month has felt pretty chilly to me! I’ve had a look back at the data to see how we’ve compared back to 2008 – 2011 period just to see how…
November FAQs 2021
Acelepryn – whens it going to rain? Most of November’s conversations have been about ensuring Acelepryn applications have gone down in the best way possible. Many people took on our advice and aimed to apply Acelepryn around one month after peak flight (this year around the end of October / beginning of November) and rightly…