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Halloween special: Spring dead spot

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October 31, 2025
Halloween Special: Spring Dead Spot with Dr. Wendell Hutchens | Field, Lab, Earth Podcast #135

Spring dead spot is a disease that lies in wait before going after your turfgrasses, transforming your favorite golf course into the set of your favorite PG-13 slasher. In this episode of the Field, Lab, Earth podcast, Dr. Wendell Hutchens discusses the mega gains made in the last 15 years of spring dead spot research in hopes that someday we can turn this slow-moving monster into just the stuff of legend.


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