| Page 1 of 2 | 1 | 2 |
|
|
Brown grass edges and tips....help
My otherwise good looking lawn has brown grass, almost looks like straw ,
mixed in with it not in any particular pattern. A few weeks ago, the entire lawn was a deep dark green. Now some is green and some is this brown grass or the edges are brown. Any ideas/explanations. Could it be the unusual amount of rain we have gotten along the north east. Any observations appreciated. Thanks John |
Brown grass edges and tips....help
"john" wrote in message news:gsPqg.64343$9c6.32010@dukeread11... My otherwise good looking lawn has brown grass, almost looks like straw , mixed in with it not in any particular pattern. A few weeks ago, the entire lawn was a deep dark green. Now some is green and some is this brown grass or the edges are brown. Any ideas/explanations. Could it be the unusual amount of rain we have gotten along the north east. Any observations appreciated. Thanks John What kind of grass? How much rain? Your lawn may have some sort of fungus. |
Brown grass edges and tips....help
"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message ... "john" wrote in message news:gsPqg.64343$9c6.32010@dukeread11... My otherwise good looking lawn has brown grass, almost looks like straw , mixed in with it not in any particular pattern. A few weeks ago, the entire lawn was a deep dark green. Now some is green and some is this brown grass or the edges are brown. Any ideas/explanations. Could it be the unusual amount of rain we have gotten along the north east. Any observations appreciated. Thanks John What kind of grass? How much rain? Your lawn may have some sort of fungus. Chinch or fungus. |
Brown grass edges and tips....help
Mike Robinson wrote: "Kyle Boatright" wrote in message ... "john" wrote in message news:gsPqg.64343$9c6.32010@dukeread11... My otherwise good looking lawn has brown grass, almost looks like straw , mixed in with it not in any particular pattern. A few weeks ago, the entire lawn was a deep dark green. Now some is green and some is this brown grass or the edges are brown. Any ideas/explanations. Could it be the unusual amount of rain we have gotten along the north east. Any observations appreciated. Thanks John What kind of grass? How much rain? Your lawn may have some sort of fungus. Chinch or fungus. From the description and without seeing it, impossible to say. In hot weather, it's normal upon close inspection to see some brown/dead blades in cool season grass evenly distributed throughout the turf. The tips of the blades could be brown from mowing, more so if the blade is not sharp. The overall turf still looks good though. On the other hand, if you have scattered patches where the grass is all or mostly brown, then it's either disease, fungus, or insects. Take a sq ft sample of turf at the boundary area to a local agricultural ext service, if there is one in your area. |
Brown grass edges and tips....help
"Kyle Boatright" wrote:
"john" wrote in message news:gsPqg.64343$9c6.32010@dukeread11... My otherwise good looking lawn has brown grass, almost looks like straw , mixed in with it not in any particular pattern. A few weeks ago, the entire lawn was a deep dark green. Now some is green and some is this brown grass or the edges are brown. Any ideas/explanations. Could it be the unusual amount of rain we have gotten along the north east. Any observations appreciated. Thanks John What kind of grass? How much rain? Your lawn may have some sort of fungus. Most lawns in N Ohio have at least a little red thread disease since the dew point went up to 70. (to be expected) A feeding helps control it most times but a fungicide will make it be gone fairly quick. (expensive) Chinch bug and webworm are on the prowl now too, here in N Ohio. ps. now is the time to prevent grubs.. in case anyone forgot -- http://NewsReader.Com/ |
Brown grass edges and tips....help
"Mike Robinson" wrote:
"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message ... "john" wrote in message news:gsPqg.64343$9c6.32010@dukeread11... My otherwise good looking lawn has brown grass, almost looks like straw , mixed in with it not in any particular pattern. A few weeks ago, the entire lawn was a deep dark green. Now some is green and some is this brown grass or the edges are brown. Any ideas/explanations. Could it be the unusual amount of rain we have gotten along the north east. Any observations appreciated. Thanks John What kind of grass? How much rain? Your lawn may have some sort of fungus. Chinch or fungus. Or both and webworm. doomed lol -- http://NewsReader.Com/ |
Brown grass edges and tips....help
Steveo wrote:
Kyle Boatright wrote: john wrote in message news:gsPqg.64343$9c6.32010@dukeread11... My otherwise good looking lawn has brown grass, almost looks like straw , mixed in with it not in any particular pattern. A few weeks ago, the entire lawn was a deep dark green. Now some is green and some is this brown grass or the edges are brown. Any ideas/explanations. Could it be the unusual amount of rain we have gotten along the north east. Any observations appreciated. Thanks John What kind of grass? How much rain? Your lawn may have some sort of fungus. Most lawns in N Ohio have at least a little red thread disease since the dew point went up to 70. (to be expected) A feeding helps control it most times but a fungicide will make it be gone fairly quick. (expensive) http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/bakingsoda.html Chinch bug and webworm are on the prowl now too, here in N Ohio. ps. now is the time to prevent grubs.. in case anyone forgot -- http://NewsReader.Com/ |
Brown grass edges and tips....help
Jim Ledford wrote:
Steveo wrote: Kyle Boatright wrote: john wrote in message news:gsPqg.64343$9c6.32010@dukeread11... My otherwise good looking lawn has brown grass, almost looks like straw , mixed in with it not in any particular pattern. A few weeks ago, the entire lawn was a deep dark green. Now some is green and some is this brown grass or the edges are brown. Any ideas/explanations. Could it be the unusual amount of rain we have gotten along the north east. Any observations appreciated. Thanks John What kind of grass? How much rain? Your lawn may have some sort of fungus. Most lawns in N Ohio have at least a little red thread disease since the dew point went up to 70. (to be expected) A feeding helps control it most times but a fungicide will make it be gone fairly quick. (expensive) http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/bakingsoda.html Oh yeah baking soda will cure the red thread disease, and your daddy's gout. -- http://NewsReader.Com/ |
Brown grass edges and tips....help
"Steveo" wrote in message ... Jim Ledford wrote: Steveo wrote: Kyle Boatright wrote: john wrote in message news:gsPqg.64343$9c6.32010@dukeread11... My otherwise good looking lawn has brown grass, almost looks like straw , mixed in with it not in any particular pattern. A few weeks ago, the entire lawn was a deep dark green. Now some is green and some is this brown grass or the edges are brown. Any ideas/explanations. Could it be the unusual amount of rain we have gotten along the north east. Any observations appreciated. Thanks John What kind of grass? How much rain? Your lawn may have some sort of fungus. Most lawns in N Ohio have at least a little red thread disease since the dew point went up to 70. (to be expected) A feeding helps control it most times but a fungicide will make it be gone fairly quick. (expensive) http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/bakingsoda.html Oh yeah baking soda will cure the red thread disease, and your daddy's gout. -- http://NewsReader.Com/ Or leave it since it won't kill the grass. |
Brown grass edges and tips....help
"Mike Robinson" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message ... Jim Ledford wrote: Steveo wrote: Kyle Boatright wrote: john wrote in message news:gsPqg.64343$9c6.32010@dukeread11... My otherwise good looking lawn has brown grass, almost looks like straw , mixed in with it not in any particular pattern. A few weeks ago, the entire lawn was a deep dark green. Now some is green and some is this brown grass or the edges are brown. Any ideas/explanations. Could it be the unusual amount of rain we have gotten along the north east. Any observations appreciated. Thanks John What kind of grass? How much rain? Your lawn may have some sort of fungus. Most lawns in N Ohio have at least a little red thread disease since the dew point went up to 70. (to be expected) A feeding helps control it most times but a fungicide will make it be gone fairly quick. (expensive) http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/bakingsoda.html Oh yeah baking soda will cure the red thread disease, and your daddy's gout. -- Or leave it since it won't kill the grass. Nope, just makes it look sickly for the most part. I can prevent most of it with Bayleton. (expensive) -- http://NewsReader.Com/ |
Brown grass edges and tips....help
Nope, just makes it look sickly for the most part. I can prevent most of
it with Bayleton. (expensive) -- http://NewsReader.Com/ Yea its one of those annoying, expensive, but not deadly things. We have been seeing a lot of red thread and chinch in southern ontario right now. |
Brown grass edges and tips....help (0/1)
Martin wrote in message ... I have a similar problem. In addition to the straw appearance, my lawn seemed to have stopped growing. I also noticed numerous spots where animals had apparently "core aerated" the lawn, probably in search of grubs. For reference, I'm in Southern New Jersey and have an irrigation system. Based on not wanting to repeat last year (described below), I applied the following: - Spectracide Grub Stop at the recommended rate. - Bayer Fungus Control. I kind of miscalculated, and put down about 5 lbs. per 1000 ft**2 instead of 3. The lawn seems to be growing again. I have a problem like this every year. Last year, I had a lawn service fertilize. During early spring, the lawn looked great - check the photo from May, 2005. However, it had to be cut three time a week. By late July it was awful. My theory was that the service applied too much nitrogen, causing all top growth and no roots. Martin. Without wanting to sound offensive, why do so many Americans seemingly hire people to care for their lawns? It just seems bizarre to me. I may understand if people had really big properties and needed gardeners but this doesn't seem to be the case. Can you shed some light on it for me please. rob |
Brown grass edges and tips....help (0/1)
I have a similar problem. In addition to the straw appearance, my lawn
seemed to have stopped growing. I also noticed numerous spots where animals had apparently "core aerated" the lawn, probably in search of grubs. For reference, I'm in Southern New Jersey and have an irrigation system. Based on not wanting to repeat last year (described below), I applied the following: - Spectracide Grub Stop at the recommended rate. - Bayer Fungus Control. I kind of miscalculated, and put down about 5 lbs. per 1000 ft**2 instead of 3. The lawn seems to be growing again. I have a problem like this every year. Last year, I had a lawn service fertilize. During early spring, the lawn looked great - check the photo from May, 2005. However, it had to be cut three time a week. By late July it was awful. My theory was that the service applied too much nitrogen, causing all top growth and no roots. I had the lawn core aerated last fall, and overseeded at that time, and in early spring. In shady areas, I used Poa supina grass. I applied starter fertilizer in May. The lawn looked pretty good until a couple of weeks ago - the June 2006 photo. As I said, it seems to have bounced back a little. Any suggestions about what could be going on? The bad spots don't seem to correlate with sun/shade or any other obvious factor. One thing I noticed is that in a spot where two trees were removed last year, the grass is growing well and is very green. (I had the soil tested a couple of years ago, and it was OK, but this makes me wonder.) I don't know whether to fertilize or not to. Martin On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 22:01:54 -0400, "Kyle Boatright" wrote: "john" wrote in message news:gsPqg.64343$9c6.32010@dukeread11... My otherwise good looking lawn has brown grass, almost looks like straw , mixed in with it not in any particular pattern. A few weeks ago, the entire lawn was a deep dark green. Now some is green and some is this brown grass or the edges are brown. Any ideas/explanations. Could it be the unusual amount of rain we have gotten along the north east. Any observations appreciated. Thanks John What kind of grass? How much rain? Your lawn may have some sort of fungus. |
Brown grass edges and tips....help (0/1)
You can fert again with a summer fertalizer, also check for chinch bugs. An
easy way is to take a can, cut both ends off, and fill it with water on the grass until it stays full, come back in an hour and look for tiny bugs floating on the surface, if they are there then apply an pesticide to eliminate them. |
Brown grass edges and tips....help (0/1)
Mike Robinson wrote: You can fert again with a summer fertalizer, also check for chinch bugs. An easy way is to take a can, cut both ends off, and fill it with water on the grass until it stays full, come back in an hour and look for tiny bugs floating on the surface, if they are there then apply an pesticide to eliminate them. Hmmm, unless you have some kind of miracle can, in far less time than an hour, the can will be empty. |
| All times are GMT +1. The time now is 11:17 PM. |
|
Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
GardenBanter