With so many things to do, golf course superintendents may forget to take care of a few key spring prep items. Learn about some important, yet often forgotten, tasks.

Billbug damage is frequently confused with other turfgrass problems on golf courses. Damage from billbugs can be diagnosed as many ailments, including disease and white grubs, but nothing that should treat the problem works. Knowing more about billbugs can save time, patience, and money.

Learn how Durentis insecticide can protect golf courses from turf-chewing insects.

Learn how Nufarm’s Velocity PM eliminates Poa annua, Poa trivialis, and more to help superintendents transition their golf courses to a uniform stand.

See how to create an effective fungicide program for your golf course, including choosing the right strategies and cost-saving measures.

Learn the differences between Pythium root rot and Pythium root dysfunction, see what they can do to turf, and get the information you need to prevent them both.

See how to eliminate various turfgrass diseases that threaten golf courses.

ATS rep John Dixon shares how the annual blue weevil (ABW) has started moving west, what that means, and how to treat for ABWs.

See how to protect bermudagrass greens from various fungal diseases including fairy ring, pythium root rot, and more.

See how soil surfactants like HydroPak Percolate can help manage water on the golf course.

Learn about the annual bluegrass weevil (ABW), including how to find them and how to keep them off your course.

Advanced Turf Solutions added three new products in the first three months of 2024. Keep reading to find out what’s new.

See how DMI fungicides bring early season control to the golf course, keeping fungi away and players happy.

Keep water off the surface of your course and flowing to your turf’s roots with HydroPak Diversion, an effective soil-penetrating surfactant.

Learn about Foliar-Pak Amperage and how it gives turfgrass the nitrogen and nutrients it needs to thrive.

Add a member to your crew with Corteva’s Crew™, an all-in-one weed control solution.

See how turfgrass winterkill negatively affects landscapes and learn how to combat it.

Learn how to spot, identify, and treat root diseases on turfgrass. We have the info you need to prepare for turfgrass root diseases.

Learn how EcoVia MT and EcoVia EC use botanical oils to their advantage to control and eliminate mosquitoes and other pests without harming pollinators.

See how herbicides can eliminate perennial ryegrass and Poa annua from your turf and keep them at bay.

See how using your grub control history, proper timing, and cultural practices will help you create an effective grub control plan in 2024.

Prolonged ice accumulation on turfgrass can lead to fatal levels of carbon dioxide.

Your golf agronomic plan is important, so we’ve assembled our professionals to give you some expert advice as you put together your plan for the upcoming season.

No matter what you use your property for, it’s likely that deer aren’t welcome visitors. Discover how to keep deer off your property and prevent ornamental damage.

We have all seen chemical storage rooms in complete disarray. Chemicals being stored without labels, empty containers that haven’t been disposed of properly, old and unusable chemicals taking up valuable storage space, chemicals being stored on the floor in unheated rooms and walls and shelves stained with dye and chemicals. Sound familiar? Winter can be […]

As you wrap up the year and budget for 2023, don’t forget about the golf course accessories you’ll need to replace for next season. While these products may not be as exciting as other items in your budget, they are essential for the playability of your course.

Ant mounds can cause problems on golf courses. Find out how to keep putting greens and tee boxes clear of ant mounds with insecticides and more.

As the seasons change, your methods for caring for turf do, too, and Advanced Turf Solutions stocks the products you need to keep your turfgrass strong and healthy all year round. With 2024 on the horizon, we wanted to take a moment to compile all the new products we introduced to our lineup in 2023 […]

Turf managers are the most well-rounded and professionally prepared managers on a property. Agronomic talents, financial forecasting, human relations, and personnel management, to name a few, are areas of expertise for a turf manager, regardless of business or facility. Tied into this level of expertise is the important and valued application of plant protectants, herbicides, and insecticides through spray solutions.

Soon after the summer stress periods end, most turfgrass managers stop soil surfactant applications on fine turfgrass areas. However, there are many reasons to make a soil surfactant application in the late fall before the ground freezes. Here are 7 of the top reasons.

The golf season is winding down and now fall is here. This time of year presents many busy days of course preparation for the upcoming winter season. Besides the usual tasks and projects at this time of year, controlling broadleaf weeds should be at the top of the list.

Advanced Turf Solutions added seven products in the third quarter of 2023. Keep reading to find out what’s new.

Currently, in a good portion of our ATS regions, the leaves are changing colors and falling. Cooler temperatures have arrived, and the days are getting shorter. A sure sign old man winter will be arriving soon. With this comes the closing of the 2023 golf season, and golf course superintendents will soon be strategizing and executing winter preparation plans for their golf courses. As these plans commence, the focus will be on fall fertilization, leaf cleanup, irrigation winterization, and making final snow mold applications, to name a few.

Winter greens health in the transition zone has become a hot-button topic over the last few years. We’re finding that our approach can make all the difference.

As of October 1, there are at least 13 different manufacturer early order programs. That doesn’t include separate programs offered by distributors like Advanced Turf Solutions. Is your head starting to hurt and your stomach getting twisted in a knot trying to keep track of it all? It is a lot to process and digest, so I thought we’d take a few moments to discuss ways to make the process more manageable and profitable.

Depending on conditions, dollar spot can be an issue all season long for Superintendents. One of the most critical times to watch out for dollar spot is the fall. If dollar spot issues linger in the fall and are not addressed, problems will most certainly pop up in the spring. 

Turf managers across most of the country have fought the battle with Poa annua long and hard for many years. Poa easily infests all areas of the golf course. This blog will discuss control measures used in zoysiagrass, particularly strategies we use in the fall and winter for Poa control on zoysia. For years, many […]

Advanced Turf Solutions and Corteva are teaming up to give away a free Steel Green spreader/sprayer in The Ultimate Sweepstakes.

It seems odd to start talking about snow mold now, but in the northern regions of the Midwest, it’s a topic that needs to be discussed sooner rather than later.

Proxy applications are essential to Poa Annua seedhead suppression. With the fall Proxy application timeframe nearing, here is what you need to know to make it as successful as possible.