Fungus infecting your lawn can lead to disease, which will hinder the health of your grass. If you are experiencing brown spots, discoloration, patches of dead grass, and more, these may be signs of disease in your turf. Controlling and eradicating the fungus from your landscaping can be difficult. Our team at D&G Nature’s Way works with the condition of your lawn to determine the best fungicide treatment for your turf.
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Targeted fungicide treatments can control lawn diseases like dollar spot, brown patch, and red thread. Helping grass recover and keeps it safe from future problems.
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Common Lawn Fungal Diseases
A lawn disease that causes brown patches and affects grasses like ryegrass and bluegrass.
If you notice small, silver-dollar sized patches of brown grass your lawn could be suffering from dollar spot. Dollar Spot is a common lawn disease caused by poor nutrient soils and prolonged humidity and dew. It most commonly affects Kentucky bluegrass, ryegrass, and fine fescues.
How to prevent Dollar Spot: Make sure you water your lawn early in the morning, so it has time to dry out. With proper fertilization, affected areas typically rebound quickly.
Causes irregular circular brown and yellow spots in lawns during hot, humid nights.
A summer lawn disease that is caused by excess moisture from higher nighttime temperatures, is called Brown Patch. Brown Patch commonly affects tall fescues and ryegrass. You may notice irregular, circular patches throughout your lawn that are a distinctive brownish yellow color.
How to prevent Brown Patch: To help prevent Brown Patch make sure you are not overwatering your lawn and that your lawn has good drainage and aeration.
Red Thread affects all types of grass in the northern U.S., causing visible reddish or pinkish threads during cool, damp seasons.
Cool, damp weather can cause the lawn fungus Laetisaria fuciformis to appear. This disease does the most harm from mid to late spring and again from late summer to early fall.
Patches of grass with reddish or pinkish threads extending from the blades is Red Thread. Red Thread is a common lawn disease during cool damp weather or if your lawn is low in nitrogen. It primarily affects ryegrass, fine fescues, and Kentucky bluegrass.
How to prevent Red Thread: Applying a balanced fertilizer will not only prevent this disease, but it will also promotes vibrant grass growth.
A severe and harmful fungus that appears in spring and late fall.
Necrotic Ring Spot is a fungal disease that affects cool-season grasses like Kentucky bluegrass and fine fescue. It shows up as circular patches of thinning or dead grass, often forming a “frog-eye” pattern. Caused by the soil-borne fungus Ophiosphaerella korrae, it becomes active in cool, wet spring and fall periods and weakens roots, making turf more susceptible to summer stress.
How to prevent Necrotic Ring Spot: Prevention and treatment focus on healthy lawn care and fungicides. Apply balanced fertilizer, mow higher, manage thatch, and water properly. In problem areas, spring fungicide applications and resistant grass overseeding help control spread and restore the lawn.
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fungus Prevention and Control
Stronger lawns start with fungus control.
Proper water management is the key to keeping your lawn healthy and resistant to fungus. In Michigan, our climate can contribute to the susceptibility of fungus in our yards; hot, humid days mixed with cool nights and adequate moisture can be a breeding ground for different types of fungus. Our team consults with you to determine the type of fungus affecting the health of your lawn to create a customized treatment plan.