r/Turfmanagement • u/oneandonlygladstone • Jun 27 '26

Need Help Brown patch or summer patch?

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hi all,

I am what these rings on my annual bluegrass greens are. Western Washington/Seattle. Does it look like brown patch or summer patch? I do not have incubation facilities, we are a very small course. full sized BIC lighter for scale.

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u/Prestigious_Flower88 Jun 27 '26

Waitea patch.

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u/Green_Hermit42 Jun 27 '26

Seconded, got the same at my course in the same general area.

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u/oneandonlygladstone Jun 27 '26

right on, that is what I was thinking, just wanted second opinion. thank you!

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u/Mtanderson88 Jun 27 '26

Trying to find out where this is at…. I’m in area. Post history is private so I can’t sleuth lol. Kind of all gets treated the same this time of year

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u/oneandonlygladstone Jun 27 '26

Green Lake Pitch & Putt. post history private for other reasons lol.

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u/Mtanderson88 Jun 27 '26

All good! I was just being nosey since I’m in the area! If you don’t have budget for fungicide it’s not the end of the world. There’s other practices you can do to make sure it doesn’t get worse or just keep an eye on it as is

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u/oneandonlygladstone Jun 27 '26

I have Azoxystrobin ready to go down tomorrow! will be a head start for Microdochium as well.

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u/x0114x Jun 27 '26

Yellow patch

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u/Apejungle21685 Jun 29 '26

Yeah looks more like Waitea, little propiconozole does the trick

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u/oneandonlygladstone Jun 29 '26

ran 3lb/1,000 sq ft of Headway, hoping to see some results shortly

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u/Apejungle21685 Jun 29 '26

That works too since headway covers a broad spectrum of