by Green Thumb Expert | Oct 15, 2014 | General, Lawn Diseases, Turf Grass
A grass blades health plays an important role in a quality lawn. If you have ever noticed yellowing grass blades in your lawn, we might have a few solutions to help you get rid of them. One of the most common plagues to attack a lawn is operator error. Meaning that...
by Green Thumb Expert | Jan 7, 2013 | Lawn Diseases, Turf Grass
Snow mold is a lawn disease caused by snow pack on turf grass. There are two common types of snow mold that are usually found in lawns, pink snow mold and gray snow mold. Pink snow mold resembles a cob web like material that is pale pink to peach in color. Gray...
by Green Thumb Expert | Aug 23, 2012 | Lawn Diseases
Fall lawn fungus time is almost here. Proper identification and treatment can stop damage to your turf grass. Since temperature plays a crucial role in the development of lawn fungus, seasons also dictate which fungus can be found in your lawn at a given time. ...
by Green Thumb Expert | Aug 22, 2012 | General, Lawn Diseases
If you have a dog, you probably have dog spots in your lawn. Dogs are mans best friend, but they can sure do a number on your lawn. There is nothing worse than a perfectly manicured lawn with yellow patches all over the place. No one is going to trade in their...
by Green Thumb Expert | Aug 6, 2012 | Lawn Diseases, Turf Grass
Fungus out breaks have been minimal his year because of the lack of snow fall in the winter, to the early onset of spring in March. Our lack of rain and drought conditions have even decreased the amount of fungus seen in eastern Iowa lawns. Most fungus like leaf...
by Green Thumb Expert | Jun 18, 2012 | Lawn Diseases, Turf Grass
Summer lawn diseases are sometimes hard to properly identify because of the similarities between the diseases. Some of the lawn diseases actively present in the summer produce similar damage to that of drought stressed grass. Through grass-blade examination and...
