🔉🎶It’s the most wonderful time of the yeeeaaarrrrrr 🎵 Registration open at 👉 web.cvent.com/event/fb43a552… TCNC_ Carolinas GCSA NC State Extension North Carolina SFMA NC SPA NC Nursery & Landscape Association

2024 Turfgrass Field Day is only 5 weeks away 😱🥳 A, L, N, D & X NCDA & CS Pesticide Credits galore, lots of educational talks on the latest turf research, and the opportunity to catch up with ONLY 1,000 of your NC turf industry peeps! Register 👉 web.cvent.com/event/fb43a552…

Congratulations to Dr. Laurie Hamon on her manuscript acceptance and our lab's most recent publication! 🥳🎉Credit to Lauren Kilpatrick for the incredible amount of insect sampling and site preparation.

With the forecasted rain, if you haven’t done so already, it is a good idea to get some Pythium and leaf spot protection down for bermudagrass greens. Another app for root rot on bent might be needed too! Pay attention to Terri Billeisen for an update of army worms after this too.

Fall armyworm egg masses everywhere right now. They darken as they get closer to egg hatch. Excessive rainfall may slow them down for a bit but once the storm moves through, expect activity to increase quickly and substantially.

Registration for the Sandhills Turfgrass Conference and Field Day is open! Sep 4th 8-12. If you can’t come to the Lake Wheeler field day next week, here’s a second chance to learn from Travis Gannon Lee Butler Terri Billeisen and others, don’t miss it! web.cvent.com/event/4300e9f2…

Tropical storm aftermath thoughts to consider with regard to fungicides and disease management Jim Kerns turfpathology.ces.ncsu.edu/2024/08/what-t…

It’s a beaut, Clark. Last cutworm app of the season ✅

🚨Fall armyworms are no joke, y'all. Hitting NC hard and fast after Debby. Keep an eye out for egg masses, caterpillars and be sure to soap flush. Pyrethroids for immediate control, diamides for long-term.

Fall armyworm QOTD: Can they move from infested turf to neighboring ornamentals? Yes, they sure can. They prefer grasses but will feed on all aboveground parts of herbaceous ornamentals. Liquid products for pyrethroids (short-term), diamides provide longer window of protection.

Testing out a new, self-reporting Fall Armyworm Map – (ncturfbugs.wordpress.ncsu.edu/interactive-fa…). Please use the current date as the "Entry Name" so that we can track populations over time. Thank you to those who have already added pins!

Colleagues have told me my office looks like a jail cell on Zoom...🤦‍♀️

LAST CHANCE to register! Learn from the experts and get pesticide credits. TCNC_ THE TURF ZONE Carolinas GCSA Register 👉 web.cvent.com/event/4300e9f2…

Fall armyworms going strong...egg masses everywhere! Don't forget to add a pin to the tracking map! (ncturfbugs.wordpress.ncsu.edu/interactive-fa…)

Fall armyworm season is not over yet. Tune in for a webinar on all things armyworms this Wednesday!

Quick and easy fall armyworm management guide: ncturfbugs.wordpress.ncsu.edu/fall-armyworm-…

Come see the “show” and learn tons in the meanwhile!

It's almost June so let's discuss some fall armyworms and fire ants! darryl purse🔗eventbrite.com/e/armyworm-fir…

📰Join me next Wednesday (7/15) at 3pm to talk all things fire ants and fall armyworms for the Forage & Grassland Management Webinar Series hosted by Miguel S. Castillo! Registration: ncsu.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Fall armyworms are making their presence known following the near-constant rainfall over the last two weeks. Check out and contribute to the Interactive Fall Armyworm Map! ncturfbugs.wordpress.ncsu.edu/interactive-fa…