I’m seeing and hearing about a lot of Anthracnose rumbling around at the moment. I thought I’d share my thoughts on why we are seeing this now, some clues, what dangers to look out for and best turf management practices if you’re in this situation. Why are we seeing it now? If we roll the…
Author: Glenn Kirby
August FAQs 2020
Here is the second of what is going to be a regular feature on the blog, your most frequently asked questions from last month. This time it’s your FAQs from August 2020. +2C warmer than average, Higher rainfall than average and less sunlight than average. Again August proved to be a transition month. The first…
Unlock and Play – GDD edition
Can Yorkshire deliver any stress? That’s the question I usually open with and at last the answer is yes! This week I’ll take a look at why GDD (Growing Degree Day) models are still useful during high stress periods if you have that stress under control. After a pretty dull July the first 2 weeks…
Will there be a North / South Cranefly divide?
Fires in the South, flooding in the North. In one part of the country we’re talking with turf managers about managing heat and drought stress and in another we’re already discussing disease management strategies. I begin to wonder how will this crazy weather impact Cranefly hatching? Whilst July was a fairly lacklustre month for any…
Qualibra – How does it compare?
March 2021: With parts of the country once again hitting record temperatures and rainfall falling either far too often or not often enough dependent on your location. I thought it would be a good time to pull out some of our research to answer some of my Qualibra FAQ’s. Choosing a wetting agent for your…
Turf management – heat strategies
With more high temperatures forecast this week what strategies can you implement to get through these periods before the temperatures begin to drop and we move into Fuz territory? Last week I referred to how cool July had been and i’ve also spent the last 2 months talking about how there has been a lack…
July FAQs 2020
Here’s the 2nd Monthly FAQ blog. A run through of the questions that get thrown my way during the month. After all, if one person asks the question a lot of other people are thinking the same. This month I’ll be answering questions on Red Thread, Anthracnose, Acelepryn, GDD and Primo, our plans for Rescue…
Unlock and Play – Moisture Edition
As we roll into the summer holidays and many of us are looking desperately at the UK weather forecasts praying for a dry period it seems appropriate that we talk about Moisture Stress and it’s impact on the turf in our Unlock and Play trial. We have taken our Original Primo trial and now have…
Normalised Difference Vegetation Index
When we do any trial work we take a number of measurements in order to assess the trial. In the main these are visual assessments made by the assessor there is always a set of guidelines however human nature means interpretations can and will be slightly different. This is why it’s so important to use…
Acelepryn – Chafers and Leatherjackets
Acelepryn Timings. For chafers, yes. For leatherjackets, not yet. Chafer grubs About a month ago I wrote a blog about acelepryn timing for chafers and advised waiting – but NOW is the time to apply. At the time I showed how last year we had pretty much seen the end of the chafer hatch by…