Major Lawn Diseases
Monday, December 17th, 2007Most lawn diseases are the result of fungus and fungus can destroy your lawn. Learn some important information about these diseases:Gray snow mold (Typhula) This diseases appears under the snow that covers the lawn. This results in brown areas and yellow grass of the lawn then may also be a pinkish or white fuzzy looking fungus after a rainfall. Especially prone to tall grasses that has not been mowed. But This can be prevented if you continue to maintain your lawn care properly through cleaning and mowing it regularly. Cut to about a 2-inch high level. Also, not to use nitrogen-based fertilizers in late fall or early winter since this could encourage snow mold to grow.
Fairy ring This is the most common lawn disease that is caused by fungus growth. Resulting in ring-shaped areas of dark green grass that begin just a few spot then it will start to scatter all over your lawn in just a few weeks. Brown mushrooms would start to grow as well. Then
Fairy ring fungus thrives on dead vegetation under the surface of the grass including old tree stumps and thatch.Brown Patches (Rhizoctonia) Also an outcome of lawn fungus that makes a grass tired, Hlaf dead then in a few days, the infected areas will just dry upand turn brown. Brown patches are the usual result of over fertization. Is also the result of lawn fungus and gives your grass a tired, half-dead look quite rapidly that leaves a surplus of nitrogen-based compounds in your lawn. It is one excellent reason to follow the fertilizer manufacturer’s instructions carefully when fertilizing the lawn.
Dollar Spot (Sclerotinia) this causes round spots in your lawn that is a fungus infection. This also starts in just a few spots before it multiplies in a span of few week. Unlike Brown Patches that thrive on nitrogen-based compounds, it resulted also from an inadequate amount of these compounds because of Dollar Spot, usually as a result of insufficient fertilization.
Slime mold this creates a yellowish or grayish ‘fuzzy-looking’ growth that sits on the top of the grass. This appeas regularly on lawns that are being kept to wet due or It is a regular over-watering or excessive on rainfall for long periods of time. If you eliminate Slime mold areas, then you could spread fungus and cause still more growths to become apparent.
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