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Identify lawn fungus #878208
Asked July 22, 2024, 9:37 AM EDT
Stearns County Minnesota
Expert Response
https://www.canr.msu.edu/turf/diseases
For fertilizing, watering and mowing, read here:
https://extension.umn.edu/planting-and-growing-guides/lawn-care-calendar
https://extension.umn.edu/lawn-care/mowing-practices-healthy-lawns
https://extension.umn.edu/lawns-and-landscapes/lawn-care
Did you receive these pics originally? Might help to identify?
On Jul 23, 2024, at 1:12 PM, Ask Extension <<personal data hidden>> wrote:
Here is another good diagnostic site:
https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/lawn-disease-quick-reference/
As you can see from the photos in this site, your lawn could have dollar spot, ring spot, summer patch, or something else.
Some of these patch diseases prefer high pH soil, so you could get a soil test done:
https://soiltest.cfans.umn.edu/testing-services/lawn-garden
Unfortunately, if the soil pH is high (typical in Minnesota), there is not much you can do about it.
Also, some of these diseases thrive in compacted soil and in heavy thatch. So consider core aerating this fall, or even dethatching:
https://extension.umn.edu/lawn-care/how-control-thatch-your-lawn