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1. Olmstead Justin G

   
   1/9/2012 8:01 AM

   I manage a course in the Northern Illinois area and have not seen any measurable amount of snow yet this winter season. The temperatures for the past few months have fluctuated between low 30's to mid 50's for daytime highs. I did my snow mold applications the week after Thanksgiving. I was just wondering if anyone with similar conditions has considered re-application? I am considering going out with some Chlorothalonil if the warmer conditions continue due to the chance of photodegradation of the contact I already put down. I have not seen any sign of disease pressure yet. Please let me know your thoughts.

   
   
   
   
2. Andrew Cross

   

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   1/9/2012 10:01 AM

   Justin,
   
   I'm just south of I-80 and in the same boat as you except I applied the week before thanksgiving. I have yet to see any disease as well but will be watching this thread closely to hear thoughts.
   
   Just curious as what you sprayed. I sprayed greens and tees with Chlorothalonil (5.5fl oz/M), Iprodione (4fl oz/M), and Tebuconazole (0.60fl oz/M)
   and fairways with Chlorothalonil (4fl oz/M) and Tebuconazole (0.60fl oz/M).
   
   Hoping it holds out!!

   
   
   
   
3. Olmstead Justin G

   
   1/9/2012 10:01 AM

   Andrew,
   
   I went at the high rate of Instrata on the greens, and Tebuconazole & Iprodione on tees and fairways. I know that putting down a systemic at this point will be a waste of money but might dip into my early order Chlorothalonil just to have a contact down. It looks as though this week will be my last window of opportunity as the temperatures are supposed to drop pretty severely after this week.

   
   
   
   
4. Larry Allan

   

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   1/10/2012 9:01 AM

   We are having the same sort of winter up here. My thoughts are that if you are seeing no growth and not having to mow, the contact portion of the spray isn't being removed. Both Dac and GT stick to the sprinkler heads forever so I don't see them being removed substantially from the grass blade. As long as the systemic early enough that it was absorbed into the grass plant, it will still be there.
   I am not seeing any sign of disease at this point and do not plan to reapply

   
   
   
   
5. Dalton Andrew

   
   1/23/2012 9:01 AM

   I'm in Michigan and we are having a strange winter as well, warmer temps, cold spells and snow and rain. Today all the snow is about gone and I'm seeing no signs of disease. I don't plan on respraying anything either, just trying to remove any standing water. I have a feeling February and March are going to be cold and I'm more concerned about ice than I am about snow mold issues. However, doesn't hurt to have product on hand to spray if needed.
   
   Andy

   
   
   
   
6. Andrew Cross

   

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   1/23/2012 11:01 AM

   Yep, just walked the course opened up a few plugged drains and we are about to push slush off a few greens before temps drop below freezing tonight.
   
   I'm pretty confident in the systemic I used on greens along with my contact. So far we are clean and now like Andy said ICE is my big concern. I thought we weren't supposed to lose sleep in the winter.

   
   
   
   
7. Michael Armstrong

   

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   9/16/2012 4:09 PM

   For those of you making snow mold apps what are you planning on applying? Greens, fairways, location. Thanks in advance!

   
   
   
   
8. Whitehead Kyle J

   
   9/17/2012 10:09 AM

   Greens= Rovral Green GT/ Daconil 2787/ Banner Maxx
   
   Tees= Rovral Green GT/ Daconil 2787
   
   Fairways= Premis 200F

   
   
   
   
9. Melvin Waldron

   

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   9/17/2012 11:09 AM

   Michael Armstrong said: For those of you making snow mold apps what are you planning on applying? Greens, fairways, location. Thanks in advance!

   
   
   Michael, when I was in Northern Indiana I would make one application to greens and also approaches and I think but not 100% sure if we treated tees, using ConSyst WDG for snow mold control, it worked well for us in that area of the country. That was 9 - 10 years ago though, I'm sure there is better chemistry, but we couldn't beat the price and it worked for us, we would see some snowmold in fairways right up to where we treated approaches.
   
   Mel

   
   Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO
   
   
10. Tom Forsythe

    

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    9/17/2012 12:09 PM

    I made an application of Senator last week as my first of two preventative applications for Snow Mold. The second app will be Instrata in mid October. We only make applications to our greens.

    
    
    
    
11. Larry Allan

    

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    9/17/2012 1:09 PM

    I use a product called Trilogy SC by Bayer greens tees and fairways 3.5 oz on fairways 6 oz on greens. I'm not sure if you have it in the states but its a combo of GT, Compass and Triton. It costs just about the same as PCNB at the fairway rate and not a spot to be found come spring

    
    
    
    
12. Hardy Andrew

    
    9/18/2012 4:09 AM

    Will be going Instrata/Civitas to greens and tees (9oz Instrata and 8oz Civitas). And straight Civitas (12oz) to fairways. Call me crazy but I am foliar disease free in 2012 on greens and fairways being on a Civitas program. And the fact that I haven't had to fertilize fairways yet helps too.

    
    
    
    
13. Callum Haughn

    

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    9/18/2012 4:09 AM

    I wouldn't call you crazy Andrew, we have been on a Civitas program on our tees and fairways this summer and have been disease free in these areas as well. Last year we sprayed some areas with Trilogy and some with Instrata. Both came out clean this spring, however with the stressguard in the Trilogy the areas treated were much greener come spring and began growing a little sooner then areas treated with Instrata. This is more than likely why Syngenta is pushing the Civitas/Instrata combo which we will be trying this winter.
    
    Callum Haughn
    Mill Ridge Golf Club
    Chester, NS.

    
    
    
    
14. Erik Frederick

    

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    9/18/2012 8:09 AM

    During my time in the Tetons with heavy pressure we went out with Andersons V (chloraneb) and Andersons IX (chloraneb and thiophanate-methyl) on our bentgrass greens. Worked well and had little to no break-through. No fungicides on our bluegrass tees or fairways, just heavy verticutting after snow melt. Had good success in NY using Interface.

    
    
    
    
15. Melvin Waldron

    

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    9/18/2012 12:09 PM

    Erik Frederick said: During my time in the Tetons with heavy pressure we went out with Andersons V (chloraneb) and Andersons IX (chloraneb and thiophanate-methyl) on our bentgrass greens. Worked well and had little to no break-through. No fungicides on our bluegrass tees or fairways, just heavy verticutting after snow melt. Had good success in NY using Interface.

    
    
    When I was in NJ we used to use the Fungicide IX before the first snow and would use the fungicide V when we had some open turf in Feburary. I think all the guys wanted to get theirs done right before the show. This was on greens only.
    
    Mel

    
    Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO
    
    
16. Virgil Range

    

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    9/21/2012 5:09 AM

    Im going with a Bayer product Reserve. Ive never used it before but i have heard good things about it. I have bent/poa greens and am located in NW Missouri.
    
    Anyone else use this and have have good results??
    
    Virgil

    
    
    
    
17. Douglas Hoeh

    

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    9/21/2012 8:09 AM

    I am spraying a couple different products. On fairways and tees I am using Interface/Triton (Bayer products) at the 5oz/m and .3oz/m rate respectively along with chlorothalonil at a 3oz/m. On greens we are going to spray Daconil Action at a 5.4oz/m, Torque at .6oz/m, Reserve at 5oz/m, Propiconazole at 1oz/m and Triton at .3oz/m rate. This is all just for the final spray. I also do pre sprays that start now and run up until this final spray which will be late October.
    
    I used these same products last season with great success. We came out clean on 100 acres of bentgrass fwy's, 11 acres of bent tees, and 14 acres of greens. Nothing is bullet proof but would recommend these or a combination of these chemistry's to anyone that deals with snowmold.
    
    I am located in the middle of northern Michigan (according to MSU the snowmold capital of the world) so we take snowmold very seriously up here. We can get snow in November and have it stick around to April so I don't take any chances when it comes to preparing for the winter.

    
    
    
    
18. Verrips Thomas K

    
    9/24/2012 2:09 PM

    Instrada 9 oz./1000 Greens only.