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IN THIS ISSUEOTF/OSU Summer Turf SeminarPlan to attend the July 17 seminar aboutsummer turf problems and solutions.

Come Visit Our North OfficeWhere We Have It All!

Our Snider Road North office housesour largest showroom and is stockedwith the best products for turf care!

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Great Sprayers!Our most popular sprayers fromGilmour, the leader in sprayers.

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Control Crazy Crabgrass!Crabgrass and Nutsedge goes crazy inthe summer. Learn how to take control.

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The Ultimate Turface Sale!Renovating or sprucing up a sports field?

Buy 4 tons, get 1 FREE during sale!Pages 4 - 5

Spotting Diseases in YourTurf: A Handy Chart

A handy chart with pictures, descriptionsand suggestions for treatment including

great products from Green Velvet!Page 6

How to Win the FightAgainst Turf Disease

Eight fungicides including granular orsprayable that will get the job done.

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OTF/OSU Summer Turf SeminarBring your summer turf problems andhave them diagnosed by the experts.

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ISSUE 156 JULY 2007

Trust Green Velvet For All Your Turfgrass Needs!Toll Free 1-800-342-0571 or 937-848-2501

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Sports Turf ProductsGreen Velvet carries a completeline of products for Sports Turf.

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Plan to Attend the OTF/OSU SeminarPlan to Attend the OTF/OSU Seminaron on Summer Turf Problems July 17Summer Turf Problems July 17

Learn about Summer turf problems and their solutions from theOTF and OSU experts. Bring your turf problems for diagnosis. Theseminar will be held at Yankee Trace Golf Course in Centerville from8:00am - Noon on July 17, buffet breakfast included. A tentative listof topics to be covered is shown below. See the back page inthis newsletter for more details.

GOLF• Mid-Season Review, Bob Brame• Disease/Summer Stress, Karl Danneberger• Diseases/Fungicide, Joe Rimelspach• View from Yankee Trace, John Miller• Diagnosing Turf Caterpillar Damage and Controlling Them, Dave ShetlarQ & A for Golf

LAWN/GROUNDS• Dealing with Billbug and Chinch Bug Damage in Ohio Lawns, Dave Shetlar• Weed Control, Street and Gardner• Renovation Options, Pam Sherratt• Lawn and Grounds, Mark Grunkemeyer• OrnamentalsQ & A for Lawn/Grounds

SPORTS• Diagnosing Billbug Damage, Late Season Grub Control, Dave Shetlar• Preparing Sports Fields for Late Summer/Fall Season, Pam Sherratt• Summer Stress/Fertilization, John Street• Infield Dirt, Bermuda GrassQ & A for Sports

HURRY! Pre-registration Deadline July 10th, 2007. Callthe OTF at 888-683-3445 to sign up.

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TURFACE SALE

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Crabgrass goes crazy in the summer and Nutsedge likesto cause problems too. Take control with these Crabgrassand Nutsedge Fighters from Green Velvet Sod Farms!

DRIVE 75 DF HerbicideDrive® 75 DF herbicide raises the bar for post-emergent weed control. A single, convenientapplication of Drive quickly controls a broadspectrum of both broadleaf and grassy weeds—from crabgrass and foxtail to clover and dandelion—in a wide variety of turf species. And it features low-use rates per 1,000 sq. ft.

Drive delivers dependable post-emergent controlof both broadleaf and grassy weeds, eliminating orsuppressing such hard-to-control weeds as:

• Crabgrass • Torpedograss • Speedwell • Dollarweed • Kikuyugrass • Signalgrass • Clover • Bindweed • Dandelion

• Violet • Foxtail

CERTAINTY• One of Certainty's advantages over other

herbicides in cool-season grasses is its abilityto control more than just yellow nutsedge inKentucky bluegrass and Kentucky bluegrassmixed with fine fescue and perennial ryegrass.

• Certainty will control: poa trivialis from Kentuckybluegrass and creeping bentgrass, tall fescuefrom Kentucky bluegrass, yellow nutsedge fromKentucky bluegrass and quackgrass fromKentucky bluegrass

• Also controls a number of broadleaf weeds suchas dandelion, white clover and ground ivy.

• Certainty has also been shown to suppressquackgrass, a historically hardy perennial grass.

• Versatile post-emergent control of both grassyand broadleaf weeds

• Yellow nutsedge suppression

• Crabgrass and foxtail control

• Wide window of application for broadleaf weeds

• Highly selective on cool-season turf grasses

• For use on bluegrass, fescues, perennialryegrass and annual ryegrass

• Water based formulation

Q4 Turf Herbicide SedgeHammer HerbicideSedgeHammer herbicide knocks out nutsedgewithout injury to turfgrass, establishedornamentals, shrubs, and/or trees.SedgeHammer provides post-emergence controlof both purple and yellow nutsedge.

Dismiss Turf HerbicideDismiss provides superior control of tough-to-controlsedges faster than other leading products.

From the first application, Dismiss takes charge ofyellow nutsedge, and purple nutsedge with far fewerapplications than the competition- as little as oneapplication for control of yellow nutsedge.

Attack That CrazyCrabgrass Early!

Spot crabgrass and attack it as early aspossible. Use this identification chart.

Crabgrass Foxtail Yellow Nutsedge

A low use rate and a relatively short halflife mean safety to the environment.

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Spotting disease problems in your turf is just the beginning.Solve them with treatment products from Green Velvet!

GREEN VELVET SOD FARMS’ GUIDE TO SPOTTING AND TREATING TURF DISEASES

Spotting & Treating Turf DiseaseSpotting & Treating Turf DiseaseSpotting & Treating Turf DiseaseSpotting & Treating Turf DiseaseSpotting & Treating Turf Disease

GRAY LEAF SPOT Ryegrass is most the most susceptible turf to GrayLeaf Spot. Initial symptoms of GLS can mimicdrought symptoms. Heavier outbreaks take on theappearance of scorched turf. Small pinprick lesionsadvance into water soaked leaf tips and then totwisted necrotic leaf blades. Late stages may havea gray color caused by large masses of the fungus.

• Avoid medium to high nitrogen levels during mid-summer.• Irrigate turf deeply and infrequently to avoid water stress.• Allow water to remain on leaves only short period of time.• Reduce thatch by vertical cutting.• When possible, plant turfgrass resistant to gray leaf spot.• Avoid herbicides, growth regulators if disease is active.

Treatment Solutions• Heritage• Instrata• Headway

Call the Green Velvet ExpertsToll Free 1-800-342-0571

• Compass Granular

DOLLAR SPOT Dollar spot is a fungus affecting small, circularareas of turf, about 1 to 5 inches in diameter.Spots may merge to form large, irregular areas.

Symptoms are leaf blades with tan or strawcolored bands with dark red-brown margins anda hourglass shape.

Treatment Solutions• Daconil• Headway• Instrata• Iprodine

• Use an adequate level of nitrogen• Mow grass at regular intervals.• Reduce thatch.• Increase the air circulation.• Irrigate turf deeply, infrequently to avoid drought stress.• Remove dew from the turf early in the day.• Convert to a turfgrass cultivar that resists dollar spot.

BROWN PATCH Symptoms can vary depending on the grass.Disease typically causes rings or patches ofblighted turfgrass that measure 5 inches to morethan 10 feet in diameter. It also causes leaf spotsand "smoke rings"—thin, brown borders aroundthe diseased patches that appear most frequentlyin the early morning.

• Use low to moderate amounts of nitrogen, moderate phosphorous and moderate to high amount of potash.• Avoid nitrogen applications when the disease is active.• Increase the height of cut.• Minimize amount of shade.• Improve turf’s drainage.

SUMMER PATCH Roots, crowns, and stolons are affected by adark brown rot. Young roots may appear healthy,although dark brown hyphae may be present onthese tissues. Vascular discoloration and corticalrot occur in later stages of the disease. Patchesmay occasionally retain centers of green,apparently unaffected grass.

• Reduce soil compaction through aerification and by using lightweight equipment.• Convert from fine-leaf fescue to tall fescue, bentgrass or perennial rye.• Increase the height of cut. • Use acidifying fertilizer.• Syringe when over 85°F. • Improve turf’s drainage.


• Fungicide IX• Fungicide VII

Treatment Solutions• Daconil• Headway• Instrata• Iprodine


• Compass Granular• Fungicide IV• Fungicide VII

Treatment Solutions• Headway• Instrata



• Increase the air circulation.• Irrigate early in the day.• Reduce thatch.

ANTHRACNOSE Can infect turfgrass during warm weather, usuallyover 78°F. Causes irregularly shaped patches thatare yellow to brown. Yellow leaf lesions with blackcenters may also occur. Causes a basal stem andleaf sheath rot. Infected shoots are easily detached.Dead foliage also become covered with acervuli— tiny, spined, black fruiting bodies.

• Increase the height of cut. Decrease foot traffic• Minimize stress by using walk-behind mowers.• Maintain adequate nitrogen and balanced fertility level.• Irrigate the turfgrass just enough to prevent wilting.• Don’t core aerate while disease symptoms are present.• Make preventative fungicide applications in chronic areas

PYTHIUM BLIGHT Pythium blight appears suddenly during hot,humid weather. Common in wettest areas of turfand the drainage pattern. Disease causes greasy,brown circular spots initially 3/4 to 2 inches wide,then rapidly enlarges. Spots are water-soaked,dark-colored in early morning. Also forms fluffywhite masses of fungal mycelium (cottony blight).

• Avoid mowing wet turf when the temperature is over 70°F to minimize spreading the disease.• Apply less than 1/2 lb. of nitrogen per 1,000 sq. ft. monthly• Increase air circulation to speed turf’s drying process• Minimize amount of shade.• Water deeply, infrequently

FUSARIUM Fusarium patch causes patches that are yellowor reddish-brown in color and 1 to 6 inches wide.Edges are reddish-brown or pink. "Smoke rings"— thin, brown borders around the diseased patchesmay appear only in early morning. Occurs incool, wet weather. Blighting in streaks can alsooccur from spore tracking on equipment wheels.

• Maintain balance fertility.• Avoid lime. Alkaline soils enhance disease development.• Increase air circulation to speed turf's drying process.• Apply fungicides prior to the first snow cover of the year.• Make extra fungicide applications during spring melt.• Minimize the amount of shade. • Reduce thatch.

RUST Rust diseases cause light-yellow flecks initiallyon the leaf blades and sheaths. Flecks enlarge,elongate, and turn yellow in color. Infected areasraise above the epidermis and then rupture,releasing spores. The leaf blade turns yellowstarting at the tip and progressing to the base.As individual plants die, the turf thins.

• Convert to a turfgrass seed blend that is resistant to rust• Regulate irrigation to minimize the amount of time moisture remains on the leaf surface.• Apply adequate levels of nitrogen.• Remove clippings from turf.• Water deeply and infrequently

Treatment Solutions• Daconil• Headway• Instrata


• Compass Granular• Fungicide VII

Treatment Solutions• Heritage• Subdue• Fungicide V


• Fungicide IX• K-Phite• Headway

Treatment Solutions• Daconil• Headway• Instrata



Treatment Solutions• Daconil• Heritage• Fungicide VII



• improve air circulation.• Reduce thatch.

• Irrigate turf early in the day.• Reduce thatch.

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• Broad spectrum strobiluran fungicide• Controls Brown Patch, Anthracnose, Gray Leaf Spot, others.• Contains same active ingredient as COMPASS.• Modern site-specific fungicide for use on turfgrass with protective

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15,000 sq. ft., Low RateCOVERAGE RATE

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• Prevents and controls Pythium Blight.• Convenient, dry applied, ready-to-use, free-flowing with active

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• Systemic fungicide that prevents and controls Dollar Spot (includingbenzimidazole tolerant strains), Brown Patch, Anthracnose, Rust.

• Contains triadimefon, the active ingredient used in Bayleton.• Convenient, dry-flowable formula.• Can be applied with rotary or drop spreader.• Root absorbed for consistent uptake into the turf.

22,000 sq. ft., Low RateCOVERAGE RATE

29.18 lb. BagPACKAGE SIZE

• Prevents and controls Pythium Blight, Dollar Spot, BrownPatch, Copper Spot and Gray Snow Mold, Pink Snow Mold.

• Fast-acting, sustained disease control through root and foliageuptake, resulting in less susceptibility of product to weatherand maintenance conditions.

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