Just when you thought you were a lawn care pro, blemishes on your green grass appear. A common culprit to these brown spots or dead grass is a fungal lawn disease. Turf diseases tend to happen during ...

You've weeded, watered, mowed, and fertilized, but you're still dealing with unwanted brown spots in your lawn. While most lawns experience patchiness and discoloration from time to time, persistent ...

As an Extension Educator, I have been called upon from time to time to help homeowners understand what is causing their lawns to look sick. Sometimes, we can get to the root of the problem right away, ...

At a home I visited earlier this week, I was asked to look at some patches of dying grass. The owner told me he had never seen this kind of thing in his lawn. A lot of things can cause dead patches in ...

When spring and summer rains combine with heat and humidity, we can expect the resurgence of warm-season turf diseases. One disease that is always present but really makes itself known in our ...

Lawns are interesting things. Not commonplace until the middle part of the 20th century — at least not in the way we know them today — what seems from a distance as a pretty mundane and uniform thing ...

Do you get slimy patches of something resembling dog vomit growing in your yard after heavy rain? Here's what it is and what ...

Take-all root rot is a warm-season turf disease affecting zoysia, Bermuda, and St. Augustine grasses. Symptoms include yellowing, thinning turf, and black, rotten roots. Proper irrigation, ...

Preventing fungal lawn diseases through proper watering practices is crucial, as treatment only suppresses the issue. Summer weeds are emerging, and prompt removal is recommended to prevent future ...

This was the summer of scorched Earth. The U.S. was hit with brutal heat waves that shattered records, practically melted us all and certainly did a number on our lawns. No matter how carefully you ...