Waitea Patch

Wanted to give everyone a little background on a disease that we deal with on our putting surfaces.  Throughout the upcoming months I will try to give a brief description of some of the diseases and pests that we deal with here at Palo Alto.  Waitea patch is a particular disease that we can see on our greens sometimes throughout the entire season.  Fortunately for us it is not as devastating of a disease as Basal Anthracnose( look for a description in a upcoming post).  Even though it does not cause the severe damage like Basal rot, Waitea can leave some pronounced visual effects that are unpleasant to look at.   Take a look at some pictures below and next time you are out on our greens keep an eye out for this disease.  If you look hard you should be able to locate this on a few of our greens. Hint #18

Notice the Circular Patches.

 

Here's another look at it.