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Drought or Disease?
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Is your lawn turning brown? But you’ve been watering properly & consistently?

It may NOT be drought. It may have a DISEASE. Hot, humid days & warm, damp nights create a climate for Lawn Disease, like Brown Patch, Red Thread and others.

Check the Soil Moisture: dig down about 3-4” with a shovel, if the soil is damp, it’s not drought. It is most likely a lawn disease. See below for further information on common lawn diseases and remedies.

Brown Patch

Brown Patch on a lawn
More Brown Patch on a lawn

Symptoms of Brown Patch: Symptoms of brown patch can vary with the type of grass and soil conditions.

  • Causes thinned patches of light brown grass that are roughly circular in shape.
  • Areas can range in diameter from a few inches to several feet
  • During favorable disease conditions, large areas of the lawn may be thinned and eventually killed with no circular patch being evident
  • Small, tan spots/lesions with dark-brown borders on blades

Red Thread

Grass Blades with Red Thread Lawn affected by Red Thread

Symptoms of Red Thread:

  • Tan to bleached-looking grass blades that shrivel from the tips
  • Small patches of dead grass
  • Small pink thread in the grass
  • Can cause small pinkish "cotton balls" in the tips of the affected grass

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Last updated by Charles Ryan Williams on February 12, 2012 02:16:42.