I have patches like that in my lawn...but it is due to two big dogs that like to "use" the same spot every morning ;-)
My Lawn Needs Some Advice...
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With your updated location and weather, yeah, I think you're on the right path. Here on the NC coast we area also getting hammered with rain on and off.
Good luck, give the Zoysia option a thought, it's effortless and as Zoysia takes over you still have the green Bermuda grass. Over time the zoysia just works its way in and takes over. Some do not like the more (lack of better word) more pale green color of zoysia and I get it but if your one not to care, issues like you are having now will not exist with the zoysia.
When I did mine, I just inserted a spade shovel in the ground, moved it side to side, stuck the plug in, used my foot to push the soil back into place, meaning I didnt dig anything. I would still spray for grubs come July because grubs will attack anything. But other than that, just fertilizer.
I dont have much faith if it is fungus that you ever completely get rid of it, meaning, same thing again next year.
Looks like it's from a cold weather fungi similiar to snow mold farther up north. It's too early for grubs as some have mentioned.
Causes:
The grass was not mowed low enough and got matted down for its last mowing going into winter.
Leaves were allowed to accumulate in the yard during the winter.
The soil was too wet and holding moisture during the winter.
Causes:
The grass was not mowed low enough and got matted down for its last mowing going into winter.
Leaves were allowed to accumulate in the yard during the winter.
The soil was too wet and holding moisture during the winter.
A can a month keeps the hoa away.
Fungus is usually caused by overwatering and watering at the wrong time of day. If you water overnight, the schedule should finish just after daylight. That way the grass gets the water during the early morning hous and the sun takes care of the excess quickly.
For this problem, I'd say cinch bugs though.
I'd sprinkle some granulated insecticide on a few test spots. Dig up a few and look for infestations. Also if you walk through or disturb the grass, you might see little white moths flying up out of those areas. Those are the mature cinch bugs, the larvae underground eating the roots are what causes the damage.
For this problem, I'd say cinch bugs though.
I'd sprinkle some granulated insecticide on a few test spots. Dig up a few and look for infestations. Also if you walk through or disturb the grass, you might see little white moths flying up out of those areas. Those are the mature cinch bugs, the larvae underground eating the roots are what causes the damage.
I've been meaning to do this for years but was always a little hesitant to get caught when the landscaping company wonders why there's this different shade of grass. I have a large spot where the Bermuda died off a couple of years ago due to shade and excessive water. Perhaps it's time to place an order with Amazon.
The lamn service likely won't care about the different colored patches of lawn. What they WILL care about is the thick thatch that a zoysia lawn produces. It's very difficult to mow, and since it forms a very soft turf, it is even more difficult cut it evenly. Don't get me wrong, I love the look of a nice zoysia lawn, but man is it tough on mower blades and engines!
You might want to ask them if they have any lawns of zoysia that they cut, and tell them your plans. Just to get their opinion.
Never tried to plant it. It's considered an invasive species here in FL with our nice St. Augustine lawns. It does dry and die in the heat, which helps control it, but also produces some very ugly patches of brown in the meantime.
I consider it a more Northern grass.
Ya I read about that with Zoysia and great suggestion about asking the lawn service however our HOA contracts that out with a large company and the decision makers are never on site and those who are "no comprende inglés
Just talk to the guys that do the work. They know more than the boss anyway.
Thank you all so much for a solid advice!
I mowed the yard this evening and gathered some tools, fertilizer, enriched soil and so tomorrow ill be working on it
These spots appear all to be different in size and at a different stage indicatating, they showed up slowly over the past winter at a different time; heck, I'll dig one for grubs too!
I mowed the yard this evening and gathered some tools, fertilizer, enriched soil and so tomorrow ill be working on it
These spots appear all to be different in size and at a different stage indicatating, they showed up slowly over the past winter at a different time; heck, I'll dig one for grubs too!
Looking at your last picture, IMO it looks to me like you have Brown Patch fungus. This is very prevalent in Texas. As the affected area widens, the slightly green center and brown ring are classic signs .
If it were grubs the center would be dead and the roots below it would be gone such that you could lift much of the dead area completely off of the soil.
Cinch Bug damage occurs around the margins of the grass, in particular, along sidewalks, curbs, and driveways, and it does not present with a circular appearance. .
Fungus problems are far and away the hardest turf problem to deal with. Fungicides are VERY toxic, FAR more toxic than pesticides, and it takes many treatments to get the problem under control. If you don't control it your entire lawn can be destroyed by it.
https://www.lsuagcenter.com/articles/page1494889176386
https://bexar-tx.tamu.edu/homehort/...ek/brown-patch-disease-of-lawns-introduction/
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Just follow the same principles of vehicle repair and maintenance. Don't take the shotgun, throw-parts-at-it approach. Get a proper diagnosis of the problem, then treat THAT problem. Then, study proper lawn care and maintenance and attempt to keep your lawn healthy, with chemicals as just one tool used as a last resort - it's called IPM - integrated pest management - correct lawn cultivar, correct mowing height/schedule, correct irrigation, correct soil fertility management (soil test) etc.., low input/low maintenance is the goal (my goal).
I Googled "Alabama lawn diagnosis" and came up with lots of factual information: i.e., https://www.aces.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IPM-1292-Home-Lawns-Disease-Control_031220L-G.pdf
I Googled "Alabama lawn diagnosis" and came up with lots of factual information: i.e., https://www.aces.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IPM-1292-Home-Lawns-Disease-Control_031220L-G.pdf
It's also in the neighbors grass as well. So something is going around...from you people!
Big HELLO the BITOG Community!
As we turn into Spring and Summer season and after the Winter hibernation, my bermuda showed up these spots; I have a theory what is it and where is coming from but I want to hear your opinion as well
We currently have/had a lawn maintenance local company that does fertilizer and weed control; We hired them just last year and my bermuda has never experienced condition as is before; I called them yesterday and showed them images and they were upselling immediately other services, saying its a fungus. Naturally, I let their services down
I plan to work some magicshopefully over the weekend but first I was wondering what would some of you suggest doing it in the situation by looking at the images
Thank y'all for the valuable input!
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First off I THANK you all for the great input and advice!
I think i'm done at this moment. Now i'll need to wait and monitor it closely; meanwhile, I'm holding my fingers crossed
I took following steps; i rack the dead grass out from the affected spots, aerated the spots manually, added 23-23-4 fertilizer to the affected spots, used enhanced potting soil on the spots to help spread of bermuda, then spread fertilizer 23-23-4 to the rest of the lawn
i'm expecting rain is coming this way tomorrow and day after tomorrow, so when the sky clears i'll be adding enhanced soil mix to the damage spots to level it out again
i haven't dig the ground and look for grubs, it seems its not an issue in my case, everything was caused just because it was over-sprayed and way concentrated chemicals used; I don't think it's a fungus either.
I think i'm done at this moment. Now i'll need to wait and monitor it closely; meanwhile, I'm holding my fingers crossed
I took following steps; i rack the dead grass out from the affected spots, aerated the spots manually, added 23-23-4 fertilizer to the affected spots, used enhanced potting soil on the spots to help spread of bermuda, then spread fertilizer 23-23-4 to the rest of the lawn
i'm expecting rain is coming this way tomorrow and day after tomorrow, so when the sky clears i'll be adding enhanced soil mix to the damage spots to level it out again
i haven't dig the ground and look for grubs, it seems its not an issue in my case, everything was caused just because it was over-sprayed and way concentrated chemicals used; I don't think it's a fungus either.
Could be dollar spot....from you people!
Big HELLO the BITOG Community!
As we turn into Spring and Summer season and after the Winter hibernation, my bermuda showed up these spots; I have a theory what is it and where is coming from but I want to hear your opinion as well
We currently have/had a lawn maintenance local company that does fertilizer and weed control; We hired them just last year and my bermuda has never experienced condition as is before; I called them yesterday and showed them images and they were upselling immediately other services, saying its a fungus. Naturally, I let their services down
I plan to work some magics
Thank y'all for the valuable input!
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Stuff is no good where frost hits too. I have a native weed called Nimblewill. It's a grassy perennial is very similar to crabgrass, except it's perennial.. First frost turns it brown and it is the last to green up in the spring. Almost impossible to get rid of with out a scorched earth policy. Good for gowning in erosion prone areas though as it has a tremendous root system.
You live in a nice looking neighborhood.First off I THANK you all for the great input and advice!
I think i'm done at this moment. Now i'll need to wait and monitor it closely; meanwhile, I'm holding my fingers crossed
I took following steps; i rack the dead grass out from the affected spots, aerated the spots manually, added 23-23-4 fertilizer to the affected spots, used enhanced potting soil on the spots to help spread of bermuda, then spread fertilizer 23-23-4 to the rest of the lawn
i'm expecting rain is coming this way tomorrow and day after tomorrow, so when the sky clears i'll be adding enhanced soil mix to the damage spots to level it out again
i haven't dig the ground and look for grubs, it seems its not an issue in my case, everything was caused just because it was over-sprayed and way concentrated chemicals used; I don't think it's a fungus either.
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