November 18, 2011 Scouting Report Snow Is Up Next: Weekly Updates Conclude, Winter Conferences and Education Begins and Tim ends by saying "Winter Research Project"
November 11, 2011 Scouting Report Triple 11 is Good Luck Somewhere? First Snow, Few Issues, Hindsight is 20/20, and Tim says Scleropthora macrospora
November 4, 2011 Scouting Report It’s November: Earthworms, Morning Frosts, Very Few Issues and Tim says Zoysia japonica
October 28, 2011 Scouting Report Coldest Week of Fall Yet: Earthworms Everywhere, Skunk Damage, Rust, and Tim likes Morton Arboretum’s 41,000 Species
October 21, 2011 Scouting Report Cold, Windy and Wet: Dollar Spot’s Last Dance, Rust Rages, Yellow Tuft, Earthworm Activity, and Tim’s Nice Summary of Dollar Spot in 2011
October 14, 2011 Scouting Report It’s Cloudy: Goodbye Indian Summer, Dollar Spot Returns, Watching Yellow Tuft, Fall Color and Tim’s Tenacity vs Bentgrass Update
October 7, 2011 Scouting Report It’s October, It’s Cloud-free: Enjoying Fall Colors and Indian Summer, Skunk Damage Means Grubs, Flowers Peak, and Tim says Sclerophthora macrospora
September 30, 2011 Scouting Report Of 144 Years, We’re Record Wet: Enjoying Fall Colors, Yellow Tuft of Bentgrass, Dollar Spot Ends, and Tim Tim says Mesotrione and Kentucky Bluegrass
September 23, 2011 Scouting Report Sunshine Course Hosts iTurf Expo: We String and Sign Turf Research Plots, Dollar Spot Ebbs, and Tim tells of a Multi-State Evaluation
September 16, 2011 Scouting Report Cog Hill hosts PGA’s BMW Championship: We Volunteer, First Frost, Rust Disease, Dollar Spot, and Tim meets PGA’s Paul Vermeulen
September 9, 2011 Scouting Report 22 Sep Sunshine Course hosts iTurf Expo: Soil Temps Drop to 60s, Poa annua Roots?, Dollar Spot, and Tim says Bewitched!
September 2, 2011 Scouting Report September Arrives: Another Hot Holiday Weekend?!?, Anthracnose on Poa Greens, Dollar Spot, Summer Patch, and Tim says Festuca arudinacea
August 26, 2011 Scouting Report August Was Great! One More 90° Day, Summer Patch, Dollar Spot, University of Illinois Turfgrass Research Field Day, and Tim says Kingpin
August 19, 2011 Scouting Report August Is Nice and Dry: The Unusual, Summer Patch, Pythium Blight, Dollar Spot, Fairy Ring Returns and Tim says Spoon-feeding
August 12, 2011 Scouting Report August Continues to Cool: Rootless Turf is Weak, Summer Patch Hurts, Hot Temperature Diseases Halt, Dollar Spot Returns, and Tim is Stressed?
August 5, 2011 Scouting Report August Cools: We Catch Our Breath, Flood Injury, Pythium blight, Physiological Decline, Fairy Ring Develops, Tim’s IS-AP18, and Peter says Microclimate
July 29, 2011 Scouting Report Record Wet July: Brown Patch Peaks, Pythium Blight, Physiological Decline of Bentgrass and Poa, Type 1 Fairy Ring Begins, Tim recaps Wisconsin’s Turfgrass Field Day, and Peter sees and says Agrostis ipsilon
July 22, 2011 Scouting Report One Hour at a Time: Record Heat, Brown Patch, Dollar Spot, Pythium blight, Take-All, Physiological Decline, Turf Dormancy, Worn Collars, Tim likes Fairy Ring Research, and Peter says MRTF
July 15, 2011 Scouting Report It’s Hot: 80 mph Winds, Physiological Decline, Brown Patch Wows, Fairy Ring on Greens, Rust Begins, Tim says Digiteria, and Peter Learns Rhizoctonia
July 8, 2011 Scouting Report A String of Hot Days: Wilt Stress, Water Management, Physiological Decline of Roots, Summer Patch, Tim’s Early Dollar Spot, and Peter says ‘Zenith’
July 1, 2011 Scouting Report A Hot Summer Arrives: Turf Quality 9s, Signs of Fairy Ring, Japanese Beetles Emerge in Chicago, Tim Finds first Brown Patch, and Peter Likes Diagnostics
June 24, 2011 Scouting Report A Wild Week of Weather: A 90+ Degree Day, Significant Wind Injury Hits Chicago, New x 3 (Anthracnose, Brown Patch, Pythium Blight), Japanese Beetles in Central IL, Dollar Spot and Spenophorus Catches Tim’s Eye
June 17, 2011 Scouting Report Summer Starts Next Week: Temperatures Become Normal, Signs of Fairy Ring, High Soil Moisture Impacts Weather, Peter Likes Bluegrass Cadillacs, and Tim Says Kingpin, CY-2, and Memorial
June 10, 2011 Scouting Report Hot then we Flood: Counting +90° Days, Dollar Spot Impresses Me, Peter Sees Flowers, and Tim says W. circinata var. circinata (again)
June 3, 2011 Scouting Report
It’s June: Another Holiday Flood?, Melting-out of KBG, Waitea Wows, Dollar Spot Progresses, Peter Likes Tall Fescue, and Tim says W. circinata var. circinata
May 27, 2011 Scouting Report Memorial Day Weekend! Rough Takes Off, Words of Wisdom, Microdochium Patch?, More Waitea Reported, and Tim says Early Dollar Spot
May 20, 2011 Scouting Report Clear Skies and Sun! Bentgrass is Green, Bentgrass Seed Germinates, More First Dollar Spot, Waitea Progresses, and Tim’s Research Work for 2011
May 13, 2011 Scouting Report We count a 90° day: Soils reach 65° at 2 inches, First Dollar Spot, First Waitea, Crabgrass Germination Begins, and Tim’s Data on Poa annua Control
May 6, 2011 Scouting Report Let there be sun! It’s May, Illinois dries, Missouri reports dollar spot, and Tim’s Shoreacre bentgrass trial versus Poa annua
April 29, 2011 Scouting Report April’s Record Cloudcover: Floods then Tornados, Yellow Patch, Microdochium Patch, and Tim sees overwintering Thryidopteryx ephemeraeformis
April 22, 2011 Scouting Report April is Cloudy and Cold! Bentgrass Purples, Snow Falls, Sub 50 Degree Soils, and Tim talks Tall Fescue Green-up
April 15, 2011 Scouting Report April is Nice! More Flowers, New Leaves, Average Soil Temperatures Hit 50+, Rhizoctonia Yellow Patch, and Tim’s Colorific Kentucky Bluegrass
April 8, 2011 Scouting Report We’re Green: April Showers, Kentucky Bluegrass Awakes, Forsythia in Bloom, GDD Tracker Works, A New Website, and Tim’s Arboriculture Dissertation
April 1, 2011 Scouting Report A Cold Week: Growth Temporarily on Hold, 1st Poa Seedhead, and Tim’s NCERA Bentgrass Color Report
March 25, 2011 Scouting Report Backwards temperature-wise: All Is Swell, Few Issues, Waiting for Poa Seedheads, Forsythia Flowers in Central IL, and Tim says http://gddtracker.net
March 18, 2011 Scouting Report Hello Season 2011: A Nice winter?, Pink snow mold, Rhizoctonia yellow patch, and Tim triple thinks about Spring x Fairy Ring x Technology
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