How Fungus Affect your Lawn
It’s very common that in spring and summer between soggy conditions and heat wave your grass stresses a lot. When lawn stresses it’s more likely to develop disease because probably it’s not healthy. So, the better your take care of your grass it will be able to handle the nature conditions. That’s the reason why you need to learn how fungus affect your lawn.
The fungal diseases can take a variety of forms. You can find it in these ones:
- Dead looking brown patches.
- Highly visible spots.
- Threads.
- Rings.
- Slimes.
Be careful, because when fungus strikes your yard, it can be difficult to treat. If you start with good practices in the lawn care you can go a long way through prevention and treatment. One method treatment is the fungicide. A fungicide can help eradicate spores to keep it from spreading. Let’s see some information you need to know about lawn fungus.
What is the lawn fungus?
Must fungi that grow in lawns are actually healthy for grass. these healthy fungi decompose organic matter, which releases and then supplies turf nutrients that are useful for growing. When properly maintained, fungi can be part of the reasons why your lawn is more beautiful. However, dormant, disease-causing lawn are harmful, like silent enemies, waiting for the moment your turf becomes stressful to attack in the perfect moment.
Fungus is a disease resulting form the changes in weather and temperature over an extended period of time. The reason can be moisture (due to improper irrigation, slopes or uneven ground) or high heat. These conditions can make grass weak to fight infections and diseases.
These are the most common causes:
- Drought.
- Mowing too low.
- Overwatering.
- Using the wrong fertilizer.
- Using too much fertilizer.
- High humidity.
- Compacted soil.
Wet and humid weather conditions are the main reasons that allows fungi to creep into your lawn.
This was an introduction to understand how fungus affect your lawn. If you need more information please call us. Make an appointment and wait for the best service.
