What Causes a Turf Disease or Fungus???
There are many disease or fungi that attack lawns. Some diseases or fungi cause cosmetic damage, that will eventually clear up with out damage to your turf grass. Other diseases or fungi can cause complete destruction to you turf grass. Each disease requires an environmental condition, hot and dry, hot and humid, cool and wet, or cool and dry. It is impossible to control the environment to exclude all diseases. Many diseases can be controlled by applying the proper fungicide at the correct time. Brown Patch Brown Patch is probably the most wide spread destructive turf disease in the United States. It can cause severe damage overnight when temperature and humidity are very high. The disease begins at a central point and spreads outward in a circular pattern and can be almost any size. Often in the early morning a smoke-ring or strip of gray mycelium is visible around the perimeter of the diseased area. Applying a fungicide is a must in the very early stages of the disease. Symptoms • Ir
