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Fairy Ring Management |
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| Symptoms: fungi inhabit root
zone, form surface mushrooms/puff balls; dark green or brown
outer ring of dead turf; inner ring has green grass; occurs in
same location from one year to the next and spreads outward;
areas turn hydrophilic during drought. Cultural control: avoid irrigation water containing algae use only well decomposed organic matter control thatch remove excess woody limbs/undecomposed roots avoid <85:15 greens mixes (ie. 80:20 or other mixes with more organic matter) maintain field capacity with irrigation apply medium levels of N apply wetting agents |
Fungicides: flutolanil (ProStar) primary fungicide;Basiodiomycete
fungicides: bicoral, polyoxin, mepronil, bitertanol, flutolanil
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