@TurfResearch

Dedicated researchers and turf pathologists working for golf course superintendents in the Chicago area.

 Lemont, IL
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Joined February 2010
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October! Summer Recap, Bentgrass Recovery, Turf Seedlings Pop and Wetting Agent Research turfresearch.medium.com/octo…
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Presidents Cup Week! Rain Subsides, Dollar Spot, ABW 3rd Gen and More Dollar Spot Research turfresearch.medium.com/pres…
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Rain Returns! Few Issues, Dollar Spot, Greens Continue to Recover and Dollar Spot Research turfresearch.medium.com/rain…
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Recovery! Roots, Aerification, Seeding, KBG vs. Rust and More ABW Research turfresearch.medium.com/reco…
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Meteorological Fall? Peak Heat, Summer Bentgrass Decline and ABW Research turfresearch.medium.com/mete…
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Hot 90s Again! Drying Conditions, Recovery and Native Flower & Forbs Research turfresearch.medium.com/hot-…
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Dry Please! Still Cleaning Up, Dollar Spot, Fairy Ring and Brown Patch Research turfresearch.medium.com/dry-…
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Weather!?! Straight-Line Winds, Tornados, Unreal Disease Pressure, Rapid Growth and ABW Research turfresearch.medium.com/weat…
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Dog Days of Summer! Dollar Spot, Brown Patch, Fairy Ring, ABW and Wisconsin Turf Research turfresearch.medium.com/dog-…
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July Ends! Severe Thunderstorms, Ant Mounds, Birdsfoot Trefoil and Silvery Thread Moss Research medium.com/p/july-ends-sever…

July Ends! Severe Thunderstorms, Ant Mounds, Birdsfoot Trefoil and Silvery Thread Moss Research

The final week of July brought a welcome break from the prolonged heat, with somewhat milder temperatures across much of northern Illinois…

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July Dries! Fairway Decline, Poa Triv, Pythium Blight, Lance Nematodes and Purdue Turf Research medium.com/p/july-dries-fair…

July Dries! Fairway Decline, Poa Triv, Pythium Blight, Lance Nematodes and Purdue Turf Research

It’s been one of the roughest two weeks of summer and it wasn’t a coincidence that it happened during a period without any real…

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Mid-July! Heat Stress, Air Quality, Pythium Blight, Large Crabgrass and Bentgrass Research medium.com/p/mid-july-heat-s…

Mid-July! Heat Stress, Air Quality, Pythium Blight, Large Crabgrass and Bentgrass Research

Heat wave number two! Yes, it was another stretch of four plus consecutive days with daytime highs exceeding 90°F. It closely resembled the…

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July Heat! Summer Bent Decline, Peak Disease Pressure, 1st Fairy Ring and Brown Patch Research medium.com/p/july-heat-summe…

July Heat! Summer Bent Decline, Peak Disease Pressure, 1st Fairy Ring and Brown Patch Research

July Heat! Summer Bent Decline, Peak Disease Pressure, 1st Fairy Ring and Brown Patch Research The first real test (heat wave) of summer 2026 was felt. And was survived! The first week of July …

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July 4th! Heat Stress, Summer Bentgrass Decline!?!, Red Leaf Spot and Divot Research medium.com/p/july-4th-heat-s…

July 4th! Heat Stress, Summer Bentgrass Decline!?!, Red Leaf Spot and Divot Research

Summer has officially arrived! Yep, we’ve just experienced the warmest week of the 2026 season so far. Air temperature highs reached into…

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Heat Wave Forecasted! Peak Weed Pressure, Good Roots, Dollar Spot and Pollinator Week Research medium.com/p/heat-wave-forec…

Heat Wave Forecasted! Peak Weed Pressure, Good Roots, Dollar Spot and Pollinator Week Research

Hindsight is 20/20. June was a good month of growing. Of everything! I’ve been identifying (and pulling) fast growing broadleaf weeds (a…

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Mild Weather! Recovery, Yellow Nutsedge, ABW Pupae and White Clover Research medium.com/p/mild-weather-re…

Mild Weather! Recovery, Yellow Nutsedge, ABW Pupae and White Clover Research

Following early cool-season turfgrass heat stress, with temperatures notching our first 90+ degree high, the third week of June brought a…

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Hot & Humid! Severe Thunderstorms, High Disease Pressure, 1st Waitea and Moss Research medium.com/p/hot-humid-52aac…

Hot & Humid! Severe Thunderstorms, High Disease Pressure, 1st Waitea and Moss Research

June has brought a dramatic shift in weather for the upper Midwest. We are now sweating AND sprinting into summer. Outdoors we all feel it…

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June! Drought Begins, White Clover, NCERA-221 and Poa Seedhead Study medium.com/p/june-drought-be…

June! Drought Begins, White Clover, NCERA-221 and Poa Seedhead Study

Summer is already here? Well it’s close, but it certainly has felt like it. Conditions have been exceptionally dry over the past week, with…

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Ideal Conditions! Few Issues, Dollar Spot Begins, 1st Crabgrass and Native Forbs & Grasses Research medium.com/p/ideal-condition…

Ideal Conditions! Few Issues, Dollar Spot Begins, 1st Crabgrass and Native Forbs & Grasses Research

At the end of May, growers can reflect on spring conditions in 2026. It hasn’t gone exactly as we expected, but so far so good. A very wet…

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May Heat! Soil Temps Reach 60s, Prostrate Knotweed and Warm Season Turfgrass Research medium.com/p/may-heat-soil-t…

May Heat! Soil Temps Reach 60s, Prostrate Knotweed and Warm Season Turfgrass Research

May Heat! Soil Temps Reach 60s, Prostrate Knotweed and Warm Season Turfgrass Research Well it felt like summer didn’t it? Highs over 80°F during the weekend, and then in the upper 70s early in the …

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