Category Archives: Diseases

Red Thread

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Red Thread is a foliar disease that does not affect the crown and roots of your lawn, simply put it is merely cosmetic. Symptoms of Red Thread appear as circular, pinkish red to tan patches, 2-4 inches in diameter. The pathogen produces a red or pink like structure which can be seen with the naked [...]
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Brown Patch

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Brown Patch is a fungal disease that appears as straw colored or brown circular patches ranging in size from a few inches to several feet. Also known as “Frog Eye” or “Fusarium Blight”, the symptoms of Brown Patch can closely resemble that of drought stress, but Brown Patch is usually identifiable by a dark purple [...]
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Dollar Spot

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Dollar Spot is a foliar disease that does not affect the crown and roots of your lawn, simply put it is merely cosmetic. Dollar Spot is characterized by small, round, straw-colored spots. Spots are generally 1-3 inches in diameter.  When the pathogen is active and dew is present, a white, cottony, or cobwebby growth is visible. The [...]
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Chilling Injury:  Spotty Leopard Print Pattern

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Are you seeing brown spots in irregular circular patterns in your lawn? Seeing spotty leopard prints and footprint-like spots in your grass after an early snowstorm or frost conditions? This anomaly is called “chilling injury”, and the reaction occurs with colder temperatures and heat dissipation. This does not happen often, but we witnessed this phenomenon [...]
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