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dead spots in lawn

  • As turfgrasses green-up, watch for disease

    an overhead view of a lawn with a large section of unhealthy grass spots roughly the size of a silver dollar.

    Like flowers and holidays, lawn diseases predictably show up during certain seasons. In the spring, we may see dead spots during spring green-up. Round patches of dead grass are signs the lawn is infected with fungi that cause Dollar Spot (Sclerotinia homeocarpa), Brown Patch and Large Patch (Rhizoctonia solani), or Spring Dead Spot (Ophiosphaerella spp).…

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