Fungal Disease in Bluegrass Lawns
Protect Your Lawn Against Fungal Diseases
The best protection against disease is to adhere to best management practices in fertilization, core aeration, correct watering and mowing. Sometimes, correct management is not enough, and an early fungicide application will be needed. If you water the lawn you may need two treatments to cover the summer season in full. Fungicide applications need to be made as a preventative in early spring, prior to the disease flare-up. Curative treatments can be made after the disease has become visible, but they are more expensive and less effective. The use of fungicides at this point may curb the spread but are not likely to cure a disease that has already become apparent with spots, blotches, or rings of dead turfgrass.
Important to note, annual core aeration is the best cultural practice to prevent fungal disease. Mowing too short and improper watering are also variables that can be controlled. The weather is another issue altogether and if we experience such extreme fluctuations these problems will continue. If you would like us to provide fungicide applications, please let us know by February 1, 2022, and we can add it to a prepaid program allowing a discount on the service. Please let us know if we can offer more information for your specific location.