Snow mold protection in Kentucky bluegrass rough Cancel The title field is required!

1. Ken Siems

   

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   4/10/2018 3:04 AM

   Just curious,
   How many golf courses out there apply a late season fungicide for snowmold protection to the roughs on Northern Golf courses?
   We have never applied to our roughs and although we do get snowmold , the damaged areas soon grow out once raked, temps warm up .
   
   Kind regards

   
   
   
   
2. Michael Wagner

   

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   4/10/2018 12:04 PM

   I can tell you that I do not simply because it's not cost effective. I don't get enough disease in the rough anywhere on the course to warrant it and the little I do get is nearly invisible after the first mowing.

   
   
   
   
3. Gordon Seliga

   

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   4/12/2018 8:04 AM

   We are located in snow mold country. It's pretty much a given to expect snow mold after each winter season. We do not spray our rough as it is too expensive and the snow mold pressure is very high. I have experimented with making a pass around the perimeter of greens and fairways but in the long run it is not worth the extra cost. the rough looks crappy for a few weeks coming out of winter but it always grows back. The rough usually start to fill back in after a good warm rain and some decent temperatures.

   
   
   
   
4. Ken Siems

   

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   4/13/2018 5:04 AM

   Thanks every one who responded, Agree that its not worth the cost as it does rebound pretty quickly.
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5. Alden Maddocks

   

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   4/13/2018 8:04 AM

   I am in southern Vermont. We have high snow mold pressure most years.
   
   We will spray certain green and tee banks for snow mold each fall...and parts of our club lawns. These are areas that always used to get snow mold due to drifting and such and plow piles (club house lawns). We were very clean coming through February. We probably received over 3 feet of snow in March (about 2/3 of our total snow fall for the season). Our roughs are not clean now.
   
   Of course we also apply whatever we have left over that can control snow mold, which means chlorothalonil. I am guessing if we reapplied before March (why would we do that?), then we would have been clean all over the place. Other products we applied on tees, greens, and fairways worked great for us.
   
   We spray 3 acres of greens, 2 acres of tees, 30 acres of fairways and nurseries and chipping areas...after that, we probably spray between 4-6 acres of rough and club lawns...it is not much. Like everyone else, it is just not economically viable to apply.
   
   Hope that helps,
   Alden