Very cool! Who says fungi are boring? mol.im/a/13298957

A Waitea (Rhizoctonia/Thanatephorous/Ceratobasidium/Chrysorhiza) pathogen of some species - strain on seashore paspalum green (with lots of off-types & mutations). In Florida in April - imagine that? Nice smoke ring… like what you would see on bentgrass or Poa greens.

Drove by a bus stop yesterday with 8 youngsters - everyone had the heads down looking at their phones. Sad. Technology is no substitute for face to face communication and independent thought. Is this our new and improved Artificial (Intelligence) World? mol.im/a/13380029

My daughter’s boyfriend’s dog - doesn’t like having nail’s trimmed…. quite funny

Frisky Fairy Ring Friday - headline Michael Fidanza cnbc.com/2024/05/31/how…

Congressman and physician Dr. Richard McCormick has words for Fauci. McCormick actually treated thousands of Covid patients during the pandemic and his medical license was threatened. He dared to give patients HCQ and Ivermectin.

2 rain events in past 10 wks in Atlanta, 0.4” and 0.3” yesterday. No irrigation, no fertilizer apps. 3 mowings last 10 weeks, last one was 10 days ago. Two spot sprays of growth regulators, first was trinexapac-ethyl followed by prohexadione calcium to reducing edging, my yard

Industry-wide, impactful turfgrass research with worldwide scope from the University of Florida funded by the USGA. Billy Crow⁩ ⁦Christian Kammerer⁩ usga.org/content/usga/h…

Golf course chlorothalonil reductions coming - there are more expensive alternatives & some lesser known inexpensive approaches. Now's a good time to make plans on ways to maximize future apps and timings. turfpathology.ces.ncsu.edu/2023/12/propos… downloads.regulations.gov/EPA-HQ-OPP-201…

Gotta love it

Was talking to a woman this morning who lived in Jordan when I was living in Switzerland. The topic of smoking came up, she told me about the therapeutic benefits of nicotine in symptom reduction from Covid-19. This blew my mind. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32790936/

Never underestimate the power of nematodes at survival…. earth.com/news/frozen-wo…

Y’all ever see ice football

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The Terminal Rot In Corporate America | ZeroHedge zerohedge.com/geopolitical/t…

Finding bermudagrass (and zoysia) presumed to be disease and/or bermudagrass mites, following ineffective pesticide apps, due to hunting billbugs. Difficult to identify & time apps for larvae vs. adults. This pest, a weevil, has history of developing insecticide resistance.

With all the rain in S Florida and more on the way, tropical sod webworm moth warning for caterpillars to come

7 day zoysia sod from pallet demonstrates effects of no sun or shade on grass. Underlying pieces had no sun. GA increases, stored carbs burned to produce top growth and clippings. Days of cloud cover can have same effect necessitating more vs less growth regulators.