Summer Lawn Diseases
There are many diseases that can affect a lawn in the summer. UT Extension Agent Booker T. Leigh talks about the cause and cure for many diseases including brown patch, spring dead spot, powdery mildew, fairy ring, and dollar spot. To help avoid all these problems Booker recommends cutting your lawn at the right height with a sharp mower blade and watering in the morning so it can dry during the day.
Spraying chemicals may solve the problem this year but next year it will be back unless you identify and change the conditions. If you have compact soil you can aerate your lawn as it starts to grow (spring for warm season grasses, late summer for cool season grasses).
Booker also talks about moss, winter kill, and soil testing.
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Spraying chemicals may solve the problem this year but next year it will be back unless you identify and change the conditions. If you have compact soil you can aerate your lawn as it starts to grow (spring for warm season grasses, late summer for cool season grasses).
Booker also talks about moss, winter kill, and soil testing.
Related Videos:
Correct Way to Cut Your Lawn
Lawn Aeration
Related Resources:
Turfgrass Diseases and Their Control
Lawn Diseases
Turfgrass Diseases in Georgia: Identification and Control