This has been an unusual year in that rainfall has been excessive and is negatively affecting lawns, landscape plants and vegetable gardens. With daily rainfall, plants are staying wet for extended ...

Feast or famine seems to be the mode for rainfall in our area. Excessive rain from recent storms has stressed area lawns. Callers describe either thinning lawns with dead patches or lawns that are off ...

The plant parasite species Pythium lurks in virtually every agricultural field and commonly causes damping-off, which weakens or kills seeds or seedlings, and root and stem rot, which can kill plants.

The 18th hole at Pawleys Plantation, one of several area courses that have had to recover from a Pythium root rot that struck some of its greens. JANET BLACKMON MORGAN jblackmon@thesunnews.com A ...