Happy Hour w/ the Turf Docs is back on Feb 29! This year @djsoldat and I will be doing a hybrid version with interactive, in-person watch parties in Madison, Milwaukee, and Fond du Lac. Join a party, create your own, or join via Zoom! To register visit: wisconsinturfgrassassociatio…

Time to update the textbooks. @kurtaculous received a sample of gray snow mold (T incarnata) from eastern WI yesterday on a treated fwy with just 3 wks of snow cover. I think mild conditions prevented turf hardening and kept temps in the optimal fungal growth range even w/o snow

We're hiring a new superintendent for the UW-Madison OJ Noer Turfgrass Research Facility! Come join our active research, extension, and teaching team. Click on the following link for more details and to apply. Deadline is Nov 1!: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/superinte… @djsoldat @kurtaculous

Well our snow mold research plots are all still under snow and should be obliterated with disease, but here’s our unofficial TTTF snow mold check plot in Madison (ie my lawn)…pretty knocked up but it’ll be fine in a couple weeks

A bittersweet night tonight as the lab gathered to celebrate Ming-Yi Chou’s (@TurfgrassChou) new position as the turf pathologist at @RUturfCenter. We’re so thankful for his contributions to our program and can’t wait to see what he does in NJ. Congrats and best wishes Ming-Yi!

For as little as $100 you can become a contract member with the UW Turfgrass Diagnostic Lab! You get prepaid sample submissions, insider emails every 2 weeks from myself and @kurtaculous on what we're seeing and what to look out for, and more! Click here: tdl.wisc.edu/contract-member…

Looking to advance your turfgrass career? Have a crew member who shows great potential? Check out the 2023-2024 UW Turfgrass Apprenticeship Program! TAP is a 2-part program with 144 hrs of in-person education and a field-based apprenticeship. turf.wisc.edu/academics/ @djsoldat