Lawn Diseases

Brown patch lawn disease is one of the most destructive of all turf grass diseases. It sneaks up on you and destroys large areas of turf virtually overnight when the weather conditions are just right. Read More

Summer patch, necrotic ring spot & brown patch: these mischievous grass diseases take no prisoners. Read More

Dollar spot lawn disease is not a picky parasite; it infects and kills a lot of different grasses. True to its name, dollar spot develops small, distinct circles from 1 to 6'' across, about the size of a silver dollar or a small pancake. Because these spots don't look very serious individually, it’s easy to underestimate the damage potential of this lawn disease. But because dollar spot kills the turf grass clear to the roots, serious scarring of the lawn can occur. Read More

It has been said that Fairy Rings are the sign of good luck and fortune. Little fairies will dance the night away in a circle, resting on toadstool chairs until the next dance begins. To the homeowner who has been plagued with Fairy Ring lawn diseases, however, dancing is often the last thought on their minds. Mushrooms are a common warning sign of this type of lawn disease,  especially during wet, warm periods. Read More

If you've ever seen a lawn nearly destroyed by grass diseases, you know how devastating these unfriendly parasites can be to a beautiful lawn. And since treatment of lawn diseases themselves is both difficult and fairly costly, prevention of fungus lawn disease is very important. Keeping your lawn as healthy as possible through a reliable lawn care service is the best way to protect it from the disease-causing agents (or pathogens) that are all around. So, when we find something that works well to keep your lawn strong we want to make sure you know about it. Read More

Leaf spot and melting-out are the common names given to a large number of diseases caused by the same family of fungi. Helminthosporium (now that's a mouthful!) contains a large number of individual disease-causing organisms. What's similar in the diseases of this family is that they give your lawn a real one-two punch by creating the leaf spot phase in the spring and fall but changing gears into a sheath and root rot phase during the heat of summer. Read More

Your lawn gets put through a lot. Weeds invade it, insects chew it, and heat shrivels it. But nothing is as hard to tame as lawn disease fungus on the loose. Once out of their cages, grass diseases can run wild over your property and be very tough to get back under control. That's why we need your help in keeping lawn diseases locked up. And the way you water and mow your lawn makes a huge difference in disease activity. Read More

There are a lot of fungus varieties that can cause problems in turf. Mushrooms are among the most visible but least harmful of lawn fungi. Fairy ring lawn diseases are caused by up to 50 different types of fungi and create expanding rings in turf. Neither of these problems has a simple "cure." But there are a few things that might be helpful if you discover you have one or both of these situations in your lawn. Read More

And this lawn disease lives up to its name. Though often mistaken for Summer Patch blight because of the “frog’s eye” appearance, Summer Patch appears most often in hot weather, while necrotic ring spot shows up during cool weather, especially after periods of prolonged rainfall. Read More

Pythium blight, grease spot, spot blight, root rot, cottony blight, and snow blight are the “attractive” names given to this particular lawn disease. Each name describes a different phase of the disease life-cycle, and none of them are a pretty sight in your yard. Read More

Red thread (also known as pink patch) is about the easiest lawn disease to spot because it sports a distinctive pinkish red coloration. Especially serious in the Pacific Northwest, red thread also appears in stands of cool season grasses over a wide region when weather conditions are right. Read More

Have you ever walked through your lawn and noticed a slight orange or reddish-brown tinge across patches of your grass that look like rust? Crazy as it sounds, it might actually have been rust. Not the same kind you'd find on your metal patio furniture, or your car, of course. But rust lawn disease that can be just as destructive. Read More

Your lawn was perfect last fall. You spent all summer tenderly caring for it. Read More

Nearly all Bermuda grass varieties are affected by spring dead spot, especially in the cooler parts of the transition zone. Other grass types are affected, but this lawn disease is primarily a problem with Bermuda varieties. As the name suggests, spring dead spot usually appears in the spring as circular patches of bleached dead grass. Read More