Pink patches in lawn
 

The snow recently melted here in SE PA revealing some patches of pink
desease, a fungus I assume. What is the proper treatment?

Thanks
Chas Hurst

"Chas Hurst" wrote:
The snow recently melted here in SE PA revealing some patches of pink
desease, a fungus I assume. What is the proper treatment?

Thanks
Chas Hurst

Pink snow mold mycelium. It may not require treatment other than taking
a leaf rake and fluffing up the matted turf. Hope you didn't leave your
lawn tall last fall, a short final cutting helps prevent some of this.

It's still too early in the year in PA to apply fungicide anyway. Give
it a normal balanced feeding in a month or so, after you have cleaned/
fluffed the blighted areas with a leaf rake. If it continues to spread
after that you'll need a trip to the garden center for some fungicide.

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"Steveo" wrote in message
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"Chas Hurst" wrote:
The snow recently melted here in SE PA revealing some patches of pink
desease, a fungus I assume. What is the proper treatment?

Thanks
Chas Hurst

Pink snow mold mycelium. It may not require treatment other than taking
a leaf rake and fluffing up the matted turf. Hope you didn't leave your
lawn tall last fall, a short final cutting helps prevent some of this.

It's still too early in the year in PA to apply fungicide anyway. Give
it a normal balanced feeding in a month or so, after you have cleaned/
fluffed the blighted areas with a leaf rake. If it continues to spread
after that you'll need a trip to the garden center for some fungicide.

Thanks for your advice. I did cut the lawn short last mow last fall to avoid
this problem.

duraspan has a fine product to stop this ( it is snow mold )
thatching will rejuvinate your grass but it will come back next year if
not treated

wrote:
duraspan has a fine product to stop this ( it is snow mold )
thatching will rejuvinate your grass but it will come back next year if
not treated

Riiiight.

"Duraspan is the primary chemical used by termite exterminators
nationwide".

Stick to being a gofcoursemechanic.

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You guys are funny!
Dursban (not Duraspan) is an insecticide.
After looking up Duraspan I found Dursban, of which I am familiar, on the
Dow Agro site. They have a fungicide named Fore which is labelled for the
treatment of snow mold.
I have followed Steveo's suggestion to fluff up the affected areas. Later I
may give the lawn a dose of Fore. If it is available to a civillian like me.

Chas Hurst

"Steveo" wrote in message
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wrote:
duraspan has a fine product to stop this ( it is snow mold )
thatching will rejuvinate your grass but it will come back next year if
not treated

Riiiight.

"Duraspan is the primary chemical used by termite exterminators
nationwide".

Stick to being a gofcoursemechanic.

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"Chas Hurst" wrote:
You guys are funny!
Dursban (not Duraspan) is an insecticide.

Right. It's an organophosphate that you can not purchase anymore. :)

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"Steveo" wrote in message
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"Chas Hurst" wrote:
You guys are funny!
Dursban (not Duraspan) is an insecticide.

Right. It's an organophosphate that you can not purchase anymore. :)

I knew that. I actually have a bottle of the stuff I bought just before it
was taken off the consumer market. As I have my own well I have not used it
since.
What can I do with the remainder?

"Chas Hurst" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
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"Chas Hurst" wrote:
You guys are funny!
Dursban (not Duraspan) is an insecticide.

Right. It's an organophosphate that you can not purchase anymore. :)

I knew that. I actually have a bottle of the stuff I bought just before
it was taken off the consumer market. As I have my own well I have not
used it since.
What can I do with the remainder?

It's not illegal to use it up at label rate for ants and such. The main
reason it was phased out was due to over-use..it was the active ingredient
in many control products, even pet flea collars. If applied where sunlight
shines on the target area, its residual is often less than one day.

Pretty decent chinch bug control too.

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The problem is Pink Snow Mold

Rake it out and lightly apply nitrogen


"Chas Hurst" wrote in message
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The snow recently melted here in SE PA revealing some patches of pink
desease, a fungus I assume. What is the proper treatment?

Thanks
Chas Hurst