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Old 07-11-2007, 01:31 PM posted to alt.home.lawn.garden
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Default Mildew on new lawn.

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On Nov 7, 3:26 am, Bas wrote:
Steveo;758460 Wrote:





Bas wrote:-
Hi ti you all.


I laid a seeded turf lawn a month ago and have noticed in the last
week
that it has about a dozen small patches (around 4" circles) of what
looks like mildew.It also has that earthey smell that a associate
with
mildew.


I live in the South-east of England.
The lawn is East facing and only 50 square metres in size.It dosn`t
have any obvious shaded areas,though it dosn`t get a great deal of
sun
this time of the year anyway.


I never had this problem with my old lawn.(which was mainly weeds
anyway.)


Can anybody give me any ideas of the cause of this.


Might it be something else ?
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When you say mildew, does it look like powdery mildew?


http://tinyurl.com/yqss5y

Or does it look like slime?


Cheers Steveo.

The picture looks pretty close to the problem.

Had a good look this morning and in the areas effected the grass is
yellow/brown,a bit Slimey and dead.

Any advice greatly appreciated.

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Sounds like it could be dollar spot?

How could one confuse powdery mildew for dollar spot? They look nothing at
all similar.

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