Meeting & Golf Aug. 14 at Grayling Country Club Our August meeting will be held on Monday the $30.00 payable to Grayling Country Club. 14th at the Grayling Country Club. Bryon Conklin The Grayling Country Club is located just south is our host superintendent. of town on business loop 1-75 in Grayling. Golf will begin with a 10:00 a.m. shotgun start. Call (517) 348-5618 for reservations on or before Golf will be followed by lunch. August 11. Cost for the day, including golf and lunch is Mechanics Meeting Aug. 16 at Matheson Greens G.C. The topics for this meeting are: Diesel Troubleshoot­ $15.00 for 18 holes. ing; Hydraulic Hoses and Fittings. Matheson Greens is located near Northport on The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and last until county road 633. Call for reservations and directions noon. (616) 386-5600. Lunch is free. Golf is $10.00 for 9 holes and Hosts for the meeting are: Pat Mertz, Golf Course Superintendent; and Bill Hughes, mechanic. WANTED: EDITOR FOR NMTMA PUBLICATIONS: Re 1995 MTF Field Day sponsibilities include Editing and mailing newslet­ The 1995 Michigan Turfgrass Field Day will be ters and membership directory, including advertis­ held Thursday, August 17, 1995, at the Hancock ing sales. Contact Mike Morris (616) 352-4241 or Turfgrass Research Center, Michigan State Univer­ Mark Wildeman at (517) 732-6711. sity, East Lansing, MI. For further information contact Kay at 517/321- 1660. CLIP AND SAVE ———————————————— ——————— / \ j 1995 Meeting Schedule i September 18................... The Natural, Gaylord 1 ! I" - NOTICE - 1 NMTMA Fundraiser j i October 10 ...................... The Legend, Bellaire i 1 Chapter Championship ! NEXT MEETING: 1996 Meeting Schedule ! February 21 & 22.................. NMTMA/GCSAA • NMTMA Fundraiser ’ Seminars: ......... Human Resource Management & ! September 18 Drainage Systems-Gaylord , at The Natural in Gaylord Mechanics Meeting • September 13......................... Mechanics Mtg. ’ Watch Turf Times for details Shanty Creek , i \ _______ __________ ____ ______________ ______ X / i J NMC to offer Plant Science Degree Programs Beginning in August 1995, Michigan State Univer­ NMC In-State (other Michigan counties)/Out of District sity (MSU) and Northwestern Michgian College (not including registration, general and program fees) (NMC), together in Traverse City, will offer a new $ 81.50 per semester hour “close to home and work” certificate and degree pro­ MSU Michigan Residents gram. All required coursework for an MSU Certifi­ (including registration, technology and program fees) cate in Landscape/Nursery, Turfgrass Manage­ $ 373.75 1 semester hour ment, or Fruit Production and for an NMC $ 506.50 2 semester hours Associate of Applied Science in Plant Science de­ $ 639.25 3 semester hours gree will be available on a parttime or full-time sched­ $ 772.00 4 semester hours ule, with many classes offered late afternoons and $ 948.25 5 semesters hours evenings (please see the program summary for details $ 1,083.00 6 semester hours and a course schedule). $ 1,215.75 7 semester hours Program Options and Course Requirements Course Title Semester Credit Hours $ 203.50 Lifelong Education per semester hour Industry Seminar (Fall 95) MSU 1 (non-degree/non-certificate: credit or English Composition I NMC 4 non-credit option available) Basic Soil Science (Fall 95) MSU 3 Other Program Benefits: Intro to Chemistry (+ Lab) NMC 4 • Specialized applied plant science training and Practical Botany & Horticulture NMC 4 preparation from an internationally recognized Uni­ Basic Economics NMC 3 versity program and outstanding “close to home” com­ Intro to Computers in Business NMC 3 munity college Intro to Turfgrass Management (Spr. 96) MSU 3 Landscape Maintenance (Spr. 96) MSU 2 • Certificate options in landscape/nursery, or turfgrass Fertilizer/Pesticide Application (Fall 96) MSU 3 management (lawn care/athletic field management), or Landscape Plants I (Fall 96) MSU 3 fruit production Landscape Planning & Design (Spr. 97) MSU 3 • Earn either the Associates of Applied Science or a Agronomics of Lawn Care (Spr. 97) MSU 3 Certificate, or Both Internship (May-Aug.: Sum. 97) MSU 3 • All required NMC degree and MSU certificate Plant Pest Problems & (Continued on Page 7) Management Alternatives (Fall 97) MSU 4 Landscape Plants II (Fall 97) MSU 3 Irrigation of Nursery & Landscape Systems (Spr. 98) NMC Independent Study MSU 2 NMC 2 Mechanical Soil V NMC Experience/Orientation Certificate Semester Hours: Total NMC .5 53.5 Technology E English Composition II (1) NMC 4 American Government (1) Humanities (elective) (1) NMC 3 NMC 4 — Contract Aeration Service — Serving the Entire Midwest R (1) Associates of Applied Science (A AS) required courses AAS Degree Semester Hours: Total 64.5 . SOIL T Program Option and Course Requirement Notes: • NMC courses are offered every semester at various times and days. Check the Academic Schedule of Fm5 I Classees, published each semester, for details. • Fruit Production Certificate students will have some • specialty course substitutions. • MSU-NMC AAS Plant Science degree students D wishing to transfer to MSU’s College of Agriculture David Strang q and Natural Resources’s Bachelors of Science degree program (in East Lansing) may complete an approved Ph.(800)743-2419 Res. (309) 342-2419 «1 course package with one additional 3 credit NMC so­ cial science course and one additional 4 credit NMC A humanities course. 1995-96 Tuition: 456 Pine Street I NMC Grand Traverse County Residents/In-District $ (not including registration, general or lab fees) 49.25 (per semester hour) Galesburg, IL 61401 N. 2 Tank Mixing Fungicides for Better Control Written by: Paul Sartoretto, Ph.D. Technical Director, W.A. Clearly Chemical Corporation My article, “Compatibility in the spray Tank,” was first MCPP, and Dicamba. These products generally contain 1/ published in February of 1977. In that article I described 3 pound of 2,4-D, 1/2 pound MCPP, and 1/9 pound of four simple rules which, when followed, would permit one Dicamba per acre, which are actually 1/3 rates of each if to successfully tank mix pesticides without incurring phyto­ you were to use them separately. Many other examples of toxicity. This present article deals with one specific aspect of this concept exist both in pesticides and fertilizers. Also tank mixing - namely, fungicides - to obtain a broader spec­ discussed in my previous articles is the treatment of Emul­ trum of disease control for the turfgrass professional. sifiable concentrates. Some manufacturers will take water A Question of Solubility insoluble pesticides and dissolve them in hydrocarbons, As the world of fungicide products shrinks due to slower then add emulsifiers. Most ECs (emulsifiable concen­ new product introductions and faster old product retire­ trates) are insecticides. Treat them like solubles, all be­ ments, I get an increasing number of phone calls asking cause the hydrocarbons can penetrate the grass blade about the compatibility of pesticides in the spray tank. I wel­ through the stomates. Since the pesticide is now soluble come the calls, but if one were to truly understand a univer­ in the hydrocarbon, it is no longer submicron size, but is sal principle of tank mixing and its relationship to phytotox­ molecular in size, and can also penetrate the grass blade. icity, one could pigeon-hole any new product by knowing if Tank Mixing it is soluble or insoluble. The manufacturer will use key let­ Tank mixing fungicides is not new, and there must ters after the name of the product that can indicate whether it have been someone advocating tank mixing before me, is soluble or insoluble. Examples of such letters are as fol­ but I started with the classic tank mix of PMAS- thiram lows: forty-five years ago. That popular tank mix was used for Solubles almost 35 years. PMAS was a powerful, soluble contact S: Solution fungicide with both preventive and curative properties , SP: Soluble Powder but its solubility was its shortcoming, It was sprayed at E: Emulsion 500 ppm. and within two or three days, the normal irriga­ EC: Emulisifiable Concentrate tion practices would wash it off the grass blades, where­ Insolubles as Thiram was an insoluble contact sprayed at 10,000 WP: Wettable Powder ppm. and it took at least four or five days to wash off the F: Flowable last traces of it. Had PMAS been sprayed twice a week, WDG: Water Dispersible Granule there would have been no need to add Thiram to it be­ For quick and easy reference, I have categorized in table cause the grass blade would have been protected at all form the commonly know pesticides currently used for turf times. Therefore, insolubles were added so that the super­ disease control Should a new pesticide appear on the market, intendent would only have to spray once every seven-to just determine whether it is soluble, then proceed using the ten-day intervals. following information. A large number of pesticides are in­ To appreciate the value and importance of insoluble soluble, and before they can be used they must be milled contact fungicides, one has to understand how they work. down to submicron size so that they will disperse in water, First, understand that they are truly not insoluble, but for whereas solubles dissolve in water, and when in solution, all practical purposes, they are referred to as insolubles are molecular in size. Submicron size particles are thousands with solubilities in water in the range of 10 to 100 parts of times larger than molecules. Therein lies the difference. A per million (p.p.m.), low enough to be regarded as non- solution when sprayed on a grass blade will move in and out phytotoxic when sprayed at heavy rates. Their action is of the bade at ease by the process of osmosis. In other preventive, not curative. They act very similar to pre- words, molecules of water and molecules of soluble pesti­ emergent crabgrass killers as opposed to post-emergent cide will easily move in and out of the grass blade through crabgrass killers. One puts down a heavy rate of pre­ the stomates. Too high a concentration of soluble pesticide emerge crabgrass control which has only a few parts per or soluble beneficial fertilizer will burn the grass. The insol­ million solubility, sufficient to kill the tender crabgrass uble submicron particles of pesticide or organic fertilizer are seedlings which have germinated. But if crabgrass has too large to pass through the stomates. If they can’t enter the rooted and slightly matured, that few parts per million sol­ grass blade they won’t burn the grass. Understanding this ubility is insufficient to kill the plant. Insoluble contact universal principle, one can conclude insolubles are not phy­ fungicides act in a similar manner. They are applied at totoxic when tank mixed together up to the labeled rates for heavy rates, and as long as there are a few parts per mil­ each product. However, solubles could be phytotoxic at or lion of insoluble fungicide left on the grass blade, it is suf­ below labeled rates in the tank mix. Label rates of soluble ficient to kill the spore when it sends out its tender shoot, pesticides must be respected and carefully followed. If you but the insoluble contact doesn’t have sufficient solubility were to mix full rates of soluble pesticides, you would un­ to kill the more mature mycelia. That’s the job of the solu­ doubtedly exceed the safety factor and encounter phytotoxic­ ble contact. ity. That is why it is necessary to back off and use half rates, It was this philosophy that set a trend in the fifties, and or even third of the rates, when mixing soluble pesticides. A other manufacturers followed shortly thereafter. Each had classic example is a premixed herbicide product when con­ excellent soluble contacts with good curative power which tains a combination of three soluble herbicides: 2,4-D, (Continued on page 4) 3 Tank Mixing Fungicides for Better Control (Continued from Page 3) developed? Fortunately, several good systemics were de­ never had to be used above the rate of one ounce per 1000 veloped during the late seventies and eighties, and the sq. ft., as phytotoxicity could be encountered above that practice of alternating systemic pesticides has reduced the rate, this group of products was efficient and economical, resistance problem somewhat, but not completely. A few and was mostly used in conjunction with insoluble contacts. years experience with the new systemics made us realize Mallinckrodt had Calo-clor and Cadminate and also mixtures that the contact fungicides, far from becoming obsolete, with Thiram. Upjohn had the excellent Actidione, and sold it had to fill in the gaps of disease control created by the de­ straight or mixed with PCNB or Thiram. Cleary also added ficiencies of the systemics. Therefore, it was logical to soluble Caddy to its line. Believe it or not, DuPont also had add 3336 to the near-perfect mixture of PMAS+Thiram. a soluble oranomercury in its line. Tersan OM was a combi­ The residual control of PMAS+thiram was tailing off at nation of mercury and Thiram. If you were a superintendent the ten-day interval; adding 3336 did extend the control in the fifties and sixties, I’m sure you would have been tank Ultimately, in the late eighties, all soluble contacts came mixing, or using tank mixed products. The mixtures were al­ under scrutiny by EPA, and as a result - PMAS, CADMI­ ways a soluble with an insoluble contact. However, the sev­ NATE, CADDY, ACTIDIONE, and CALOCLOR. They enties ushered in a new era- the advent of the systemics and were all powerful and economical products to use. They the phasing out of those great soluble contacts. In the have been sorely missed, and have made the job of replac­ 1970s, three great systemics were introduced: DuPont’s ing them expensive and complicated. Personally, if I had 1991, Cleary’s 3336, and Rhone-Poulenc’s 26019. They to choose between systemics or soluble contacts, I would were awesome when first used commercially. One or two prefer the latter. ounces per 1000 sq. ft. gave excellent broad spectrum con­ Fungicides are Different trol for six or seven weeks! It appeared there was no further Although there appears to be a fairly large number of need for soluble or insoluble contacts. Then strange things systemic fungicides, these fungicides are limited to a began to happen. The rates had to bumped and the intervals small number of chemical families. Competitive factors were shortened, and still disease was coming through. The have led to the development of new materials; however, grass plant which was supposed to be rendered immune these products are the results of structural changes to the was succumbing to resistant strains of the diseases, just as molecules within a similar chemical group. Research has we had experienced resistance in the past with insects and in­ shown that the fungicidal activities of these groups are secticides. In medicine, antibiotic drugs were performing similar, normally disrupting one distinct function within similarly. Repeated use of the same antibiotic developed re­ the fungal organism. When tank mixing, it would not be sistant strains of the infectious organism. Obviously, the an­ wise to mix two systemics within the same group . No swer was simple, switch to different systemic or a different synergism or broader spectrum of activity is achieved by antibiotic which would control the dominant resistant strain. doing so. this is so beautifully explained by Dr. Patricia It worked, but for how long? Until another resistant strain Sanders, Penn State Plant Pathologist, in her article, “Use (Continued on Page 5) Turf Fungicides In Use Today Product Formulation Chemical Name Solubility Chipco 26019 50 WP/2F iprodione insoluble Cleary’s 3336 50WP/4.5F thiophanate-methyl insoluble Aliette 80 WG fosetyl-Al soluble Banner 1.1 EC propiconazole soluble Banol 6 EC probamocarb hydrochloride soluble Bayleton 25 WP traidimefon insoluble Cleary’s PCNB 75 W pentachloronitrobenzene insoluble Curalan 4.17 F vinclozolin insoluble Daconil 2787 4.17 F/90 WDG chlorothalonil insoluble Defend 2F pentachloronitrobenzene insoluble Dithane T/O 75 W mancozeb insoluble Domain 4.5 F thiophanate-methyl insoluble Fore 80 WP/4F mancozeb insoluble Koban 30 WP etridi azole insoluble Prostar 50 WP flutolanil insoluble Protect T/O 80 WP mancozeb insoluble Rubigan 1.1 F fenarimol insoluble Sentinal 40 WG cyproconazole insoluble Spotrete 4F/75 WDG thiram insoluble Subdue 2E/25 WP metal axyl soluble Terrachlor 75 WP pentachloronitrobenzene insoluble Terrazole 35 WP etridiazole insoluble Thalonil 90 DF/4 F chlorothalonil insoluble 4 Tank Mixing Fungicides for Better Control (Continued from Page 4) Sense and Be Skeptical.” This article is a classic and should be read, studiesd, and thoroughly understood by anyone who wishes to begin tank mixing. She explains there are three groups of broad spectrum systemic fungicides: BENZIMIDAZOLES: Cleary’s 3336, Fungo-50, Tersan 1991 (discontinued) DISCARBOXIMIDES: Chipco 26019, Vorlan STEROL INHIBITORS: Bayleton, Banner, Rubigan Dr. Sander’s research has shown that any fungus that is resistant to one member in a group will become resistant to all the members in that group. Therefore, it is futile to mix systemics within the group. “Broad spectrum systemics must be mixed between but not within groups.” Example: don’t mix 3336 with 1991, but you can mix 3336 with Bayleton or 26019. she also points out that there are three Pythium systemics: Subdue, Canol, and Aliette. They each have different modes of action; they can be mixed as either two-component or three-component systems, using half rates or, in the latter case, using one- third rates to avoid resistant strains. Dr. Sanders has found that reduced rates of fungicides in the mixtures are not only eco­ nomical and environmentally sound, but do produce a broader spectrum of control and have been found to have a synergistic effect. I have also found the same results in all my tank mixing. Fungicide Mixtures Since most systemics have been found to be somewhat deficient in the control of some diseases, it is necessary to add con­ tact fungicides to the mixture to make up for this deficiency. A good example is brown patch. I have found by adding Daconil 2787 and Mazcozeb product such as PROTECT T/O or PCNB, or Thiram, to the systemic mixture, brown patch does not occur, but without them it will eventually persist. In other research, Dr. Bruce Clarke at Rutgers University has done some remarkable work in controlling summer patch with 4 ounce per thousand rates of the sterol inhibitors such as Banner. Bayleton, etc., and also 8 ounce per thousand rates of benzimidazoles such as 3336, or Fungo 50 at monthly intervals. The results are phenomenal, and when combined with proper soil chemistry management, indicate that the turf manager may finally get the upper hand on this disease. Best results occur when they are watered in. They have long residuals in the soil and these heavy rates give one full month’s protection before the next application. Unfortunately, some superintendents are using this application solely for disease control on greens, and could be in danger of getting resistance, or also the occurrence of other diseases such as brown patch for which systemic control is weak. I reason that it would be just as sensible to supply the grass plant with incremental amounts of sys­ temic through weekly or ten-day interval applications, and in these incremental applications contact fungicides are added to the mixture so that they can do their job. Contact fungicides fail when they are not present on the grass blade, but succeed when they are. To spread the interval of application beyond ten days is not a good idea for contact fungicides. Also, watering in the mixture is bad because the contact must stay on the grass blade as long as possible. Your irrigating practice will suffice in getting the systemic into the soil. It has a long residual. I have had excellent control by spraying a mixture of 1/2 ounce Bayleton, 1 ounce 3336, 1 ounce Daconil, 1 ounce Thiram at weekly or ten-day intervals, and when stressful disease weather approaches, increasing the con­ tact fungicides to 2 ounces each, yet keeping the systemics at the low rate. Other substitutions can be made, such as substitut­ ing 26019 or Banner in the mixture, but always making sure that one is not using two systemics within the same group. The example I gave you had two Cleary products in the four-way mixture, and that is not academically fair to the reader. You could get equally good results with a non-Cleary mixture such as 1/2 ounce Banner, 1 ounce 26019, 1 ounce Daconil, and 1 ounce PCNB, or 1 ounce Mazcozeb per 1000 sq. ft. at seven- to ten-day intervals. Remember, the short interval is im­ portant so that you can get the full benefit of the contact fungicides. It is easy for a well-educated plant Pathologist to criticize the use of such mixtures, but pity the superintendent whose job is on the line because he has had chronic disease problems and has occasionally lost a few greens. The ecologists are insist­ ing that he spray less, and the pathologists want him to target the fungicide to a specific disease, when actually he is not that knowledgeable in anticipating what disease might show up and what would be the likely preventive spray. Skipping sprays because there are not visible symptoms of disease is economical, but risky business. I have found this sort of practice is why most superintendents fail. They might get by for two or three years, but eventually they get hit hard and lose their jobs. Call my program for what it is- a shotgun treatment. But I look at it differently. I tell the superintendent, “You’re on automatic pi­ lot.” Instead of coming in every Monday morning trying to devise a spray program for the anticipated disease based on the weather forecast, you start on this broad spectrum program in the spring and stay on it, defying any disease to break through that barrier. Believe it or not, I have many successful converts, most of whom are on it because they were in trouble, and af­ ter being put on the program have been successful. I must stress one last time the importance of the intervals of sprays. Monthly intervals defeat the whole program. Remem­ ber that contact fungicides are only active for about four days. What good are they are in a monthly spray program? They are not too efficient even in a two-week interval. The perfect program is a weekly interval. A near perfect program is a ten-day interval. Many successful superintendents have adopted the compromise of a ten-day interval. All of the university field trials are either two-week or monthly intervals. That is too bad, because it has impacted the mind of the superintendent into think­ ing these are the proper intervals. Not so. The universities don’t have the money or the personnel to test weekly or in ten-day intervals. But therein lies the secret of success. 5 Play it Safe when Par Ex® WHY MID-SIZE GRADES FOR Mixing Chemicals introduces CLOSELY- Summer is one of the businest times of theyear. With all a family of MOWED TURF? the pressures of thejob, it is easy to overlook safety precau­ mid-sized BECAUSE fairway-sized par­ tions when handling chemicals. The following checklist is a ticles are too large to apply to reminder that you can never be too busy to remember prop­ fertilizer closely mowed turf. er safety habits. Keep the list handy the next time you are handling chemical mixtures. grades BECAUSE Greens - sized Read the label carfeully. Take particular notice of per­ products can be difficult to sonal safety and environmental precautions. designed spread. Wear appropriate personal safety equipment when to meet BECAUSE IBDU® is the most handling chemicals. reliable, most consistent When mixing and loading chemicals in the field, en­ the needs source of slow release nitro­ gen. sure that you prevent spills that might contaiminate water supplies. of today’s Prevent spray-tank overflow by never leaving the tank unattended. closely- For more information contact: When filling sprayers, avoid back-siphoning by mowed J. Moderna & Son, Inc. 5400 36th Street SE keeping the discharge ends of fill hoses above the Grand Rapids, Ml 49512 tank’s water level. (616) 940-1441 Be certain pumping equipment has anti-back flow de­ vices and check valves. Sam Stimmel Never exceed labeled chemical rates, mix carefully and calibrate your sprayer before applying chemicals. par ex ■ THE EX STANDS FOR EXCELLENCE Specialty Products Territory Manager (212) 562-8775 Prevent having leftover chemicals by mixing only the Par Ex® and IBDU® are registered quantities you need. trademarks of Vigero Industries, Inc. Never rinse equipment near well-heads, ditches, streams or other water sources. If needed, install a longer rinse-water hose to allow you to move the cleaning operation to a safe distance from the well. Before disposing of chemical containers, triple rinse or pressure rinse them. Then, pour the liquid into the spray tank. Dispose of equipment and container rinse-water by spraying it out over the soil following label instruc­ tions. 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