By Matt Giese, M.S., technical services manager for Syngenta

Planning now to protect your golf course from pink and gray snow mold can pay big dividends next spring. Snow mold can cause substantial damage to greens, tees and fairways and may interfere with your course schedule next spring. Don’t compromise: apply a preventive fungicide this fall to ensure rounds of play will not be affected.

Snow mold can thrive:

• In temperatures between 32-40 F with extended leaf wetness
• Both with and without snow cover
• When turf is covered with dead debris or has excessive thatch
• With heavy late-season applications of nitrogen (more than 0.5 lb./1,000 ft.²)

Shield your turf from Old Man Winter with the GreenTrust^® 365 Snow Mold Guarantee. Instrata^® fungicide is assured for up to 130 days of pink and gray snow mold protection when applied on greens and fairways at a rate of 9-11 fl. oz./1,000 ft.². The three active ingredients in Instrata suppress spring disease pressure, such as anthracnose, providing manageable disease control for the year following application.

Consider adding a fall clean-up application of Secure^® Action™ fungicide to curb any lingering summer diseases prior to your snow mold application. Healthy turf heading into winter has a greater chance of quicker green up and recovery in the spring.

You can earn 20% savings on the Posterity XT + Ascernity Multipak and Instrata with the new Winter Solution pallet. This product combination gives you the tools to ensure your turf is​​​​​​​ protected through the winter and ready for​​​​​​​ spring green up. Order now and benefit from the Early Order Period terms and automatically earn a yearlong rebate of at least 5%. 

For more information on the Early Order Period terms, check out GreenTrust365.com.

For more information about snow mold prevention, visit GreenTrust365.com/Pallets.

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© 2024 Syngenta. Important: Always read and follow label instructions. Some products may not be registered for sale or use in all states or counties and/or may have state-specific use requirements. Please check with your local extension service to ensure registration and proper use. Action™, Ascernity^®, GreenTrust^®, Instrata^®, Posterity^®, the Alliance Frame, the Purpose Icon and the Syngenta logo are trademarks of a Syngenta Group Company. Secure^® is a registered trademark of Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha.