White clover, black medic and oxalis are all flowering in lawns and other turf now. June 27, 2019 – Author: Kevin Frank, Michigan State University Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences  The trifecta of common trifoliate broadleaf weeds Black medic (Medicago lupulina), white clover (Trifolium repens) and yellow woodsorrel (Oxalis stricta) are all currently […]

Red Thread Fungus June 26, 2019 – Author: Kevin Frank, and Joe Vargas, Jr., Michigan State University Extension, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences The frequent rains this year have not only resulted in mowing challenges, but have also resulted in some turf areas in need of nutrition. Not surprisingly, Michigan State University Extension […]

Understand your spring blooming lawn and garden weeds for better control. April 26, 2019 – Author: Erin Hill and Angela Tenney, Michigan State University Diagnostic Services. The yellow flowers of perennial dandelion are always a sign that spring is here, but there are many other less conspicuous weeds flowering at this time. Many of the […]

Golf course superintendents across the north are dealing with ice cover on putting greens and deciding what actions to take to ensure turfgrass survival.

Learn more about snow mold including symptoms and signs, disease cycle, cultural control, and chemical control.

Boxwood blight, a serious fungal disease that attacks boxwood (a popular landscape shrub), has been detected for the first time in Michigan.