Turf School Day Twenty-Six....The Beginning of the End

We resumed schooling today after our mid-session break. My trip to Detroit was very fun. Thank you Christina and Don for allowing me to come visit.
We had our botany class today again all about hormones. I do not know why, but this class is very boring. We are learning more about the discovery and formation of the hormones than their use in turf management. Maybe that is why I think it is so boring.
In our pest management class we learned about the different classes of chemicals. There are 15 classes we need to learn and we need to know which chemicals are in each class. It will be difficult to do, but it will be very beneficial for the future.
In our turf disease class we learned about summer patch, take-all patch, and dead patch. These diseases can be very destructive if not prevented. Prevention is the key to dealing with turf diseases. Keeping records, recognizing when favorable conditions for each disease occur, and planning ahead to apply chemicals before outbreaks occur.