Healthy #Turftip - Large Patch sponsored by Bayer
Get it consistent
To eliminate overseeding, Wexford Plantation, which uses reclaimed water for irrigation, installed Zorro zoysiagrass on tees, fairways and approaches in 2011. Besides using less water, the zoysiagrass produces the firm conditions members relish. However, large patch represents the course's biggest disease concern, says Superintendent Chris Neff. A preventative strategy to control large patch helped achieve the trifecta of improving turf health, playability and aesthetics.
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