Expert Lawn Disease Solutions in NJ
Expert Lawn Disease Service for New Jersey
The Experts at Dirt & Turf are here to help you get the lawn you dream of. Our team will work with you to determine what’s causing your lawn’s disease. Environmental factors will often play a role. Water management and the type of grass are the most common reasons for turf disease. More moisture equals more disease. Tall fescue is far more tolerant of the diseases common in New Jersey lawns than other cool-season turfgrasses, and that’s why this is our go-to grass type when creating your healthy lawn. Disease could brown out lawns, but won’t kill the grass. Then the infected grass will bounce back as climate becomes cooler.
Keep in mind grass seed only fills in the gaps, does not replace what is there, so if the affected grass doesn’t die, similar issues could arise next summer. Treatment of disease is more expensive than fertilizer and should include the homeowner’s preference for the course of action with disease, especially if the disease keeps recurring. Remember, fungicide to treat lawn disease only works for 14 days!
Dirt & Turf offers a preventative disease control program that we apply to your disease-prone lawn three times a year. Let us help you be the envy of all your neighbors with a perfect lawn! Call us today at (732) 673-9061 to schedule your diagnosis and discuss the best treatment plan for you.
Common Lawn Disease In New Jersey
Summer Patch
Fairy Ring
Pythium Blight
Dollar Spots
SIGNS OF A DISEASED LAWN
If a lawn is prone to disease, Dirt & Turf offers a preventative disease control program with 3 applications per year. These are 3 timed applications, depending on climate, but results are not guaranteed. Extreme weather and maintenance practices could affect how well disease control works.
A more cost effective solution for a homeowner is to purchase a granular fungicide, labeled for that specific disease and treat only the areas that are more prone to disease as problems first start to arise.
As with all pesticide treatments, always diagnose the issue, observe the surroundings, then determine the appropriate turf care measure, considering both economics and safety at the same time. Do what is practical and figure out why. Know the type of disease and the causes. What type of grass is affected? Habitat, physical, and mechanical controls should all be considered prior to use of pesticides. Chemical control should be the last option – even look into biological control before resorting to a pesticide. Using the right treatment can be safe, but economically, it may not be the right decision. The most common reasons for the disease will, most likely, cause it again and again.
DISEASE / HEAT STRESS
What happens when we are stressed? We can easily get sick as our defenses are weaken. The same pertains to grass. Diagnose disease correctly, you can save money and prevent issues for years to come.
Notice the browning in between the diseased circles. The gradual browning looks much different than the pics above. Disease is not the main problem here. The lawn is not receiving sufficient water, becoming heat stressed, making it easier for turf disease to infect the lawn.
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