I’m getting ready to rip up my entire yard and start over. We sprayed the clover that was growing and will begin cleaning up soon. I’m sending soil samples to NCState to find out what our soil needs. It used to be 80% moss until we had 4 trees cut about 3 years ago. Any advice you can offer will be appreciated!
I know this video is numerous years old, and would love to know how things are now with your lawn. What struck me most about your video, is how well you were mentally and spiritually handling your fungus woes. Your lawn looked horrible, and your home looked so beautiful, so I can completely imagine what a struggle it must have been to try and keep from plunging into turf depression. You kept yourself together very nicely. Well done. My new rhizomatous tall fescue lawn, that all my neighbors watched me carefully install and baby, has been completely decimated by fungus. It now in September looks like the whole thing was sprayed with roundup. And I have painstakingly gone organic with my lawn soil for years. Compost, composted manure, John & Bob's terribly overpriced fertilizer, Tiger sulfur, kelp, humid acid; get the picture. Absolutely sickening. Thought I needed therapy in the beginning. Now I'm just trying to recover. My ph is very high, will just keep plugging away at that. Fungicides are not an option for me.
@@Dan4052 the lawn is okay. I've stopped trying to keep it looking nice throughout the summer because I don't feel like spending the money on the water and fungicides. I've been keeping minimal water to it and letting it go dormant and it recovers to some degree in the fall. I'm gradually transitioning my lawn to Bermuda now. Thanks for the support and watching my videos.
I'm wondering if N-ext products that contain Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) are responsible to further increase your PH, can you check with John Perry or Matt Martin on this ?
Great question! This wouldn't have been the cause for the pH problem in my lawn since I had just moved into this house. I have heard humic acids don't do a lot in soils with a high pH. In relation to your question, I would guess that there isn't enough of a concentration of KOH in these products to have a noticeable impact on pH. This would be a good question for JP or Matt Martin though. Thanks for watching!
My PH is perfect but this year has been a nightmare. The heat and humidity roasted my lawn with fungus. I put down apps just like you but it was not enough. I'm going to start throwing down monthly starting in May.
I wish you the best with your lawn recovery. I just posted a new video on how my lawn is doing and what I've been doing to help it recover if you want to check it out! Thanks for watching!
I wanted an asnwer to my lawn fungas, in 30 seconds, and he spend 6min. telling only about PH, and nitrogen. I need a clear A, B, C, D, treatment! his help was minimal!
Hey thanks for watching and leaving a comment. Here's a follow-up video where I talk about some of the things I did to help my lawn recover. If you don't want to watch, that's okay but I thought I'd refer you to it if you'd like to see it. ruclips.net/video/R-2ZXm-L1UI/видео.html I would recommend reaching out to Matt Martin on the RUclips channel called The Grass Factor. He is a professional in the industry and will be able to better help you with whatever fungus problems you may have. In my videos I try to avoid saying that someone needs to take steps A,B,C because I'm not a professional in the turf industry and I know everyone's situations may be different and what I did may not apply or work in someone else's lawn. I try to just show what's going on in my lawn rather than tell people what they need to do since I do not have the proper education and experience to provide someone with guidance. Thanks again for watching and I hope you are able to get the proper guidance for your situation!
Having the same problem with my bermuda grass, having grayish white spots kills the plant and runners in that particular area. Used propiconazole, finger, and biofingicide still fighting a losing battle. I feel your pain. Hang in there.
I feel for you Ben. At least you know the big guns that can guide you as to what to do. I'll keep watching and learning from you. Happy 4th to you and your family Ben.🇺🇲🦅
Yeah they have been I huge help in directing me in the right direction. It's all about damage control now and come Fall it's time to get to work! Thanks for watching and supporting as always!
And here I thought my fungus was bad, this is making me feel better. Yup, thhe more I'm learning, like life, the less I know haha Glad you got it worked out!
Thanks for posting this Ben. Tackling issues and problems in the lawn is what is valuable information on RUclips. Guys just showing off green grass and not having any problems? Meh.
It’s October and two months later now. How does the lawn look at this point? I wonder if the ph level changes under those trees and thus no fungus there. I have similar problems
The lawn has recovered really well! Here the video I posted 2 weeks ago after overseeding. ruclips.net/video/n6A7w5eQGHc/видео.html Also, here's how the lawn recovered prior to the overseeding. ruclips.net/video/R-2ZXm-L1UI/видео.html Thank you for your support!
LOL! I told you it was bad. Thanks for watching, Ben. I want top dress this Fall but can't imagine doing that by hand with a shovel. I wish I had access to one of those fancy topdressing machines you got to use a while back.
I know i'm 4 years late on this video but my yard just got decimated by fungus. I overwatered it, due to 110F heat. Thinking i was deep watering, i overwatered.. Now i'm covering the yard in fungicides. Meanwhile my neighbors yards are fine and they don't even pay attention. Guess I killed my yard with kindness.
I used propiconazole to help control the fungus. Here's a follow up video I did after this video where I talk about more of what I did as well as show how the lawn recovered. ruclips.net/video/R-2ZXm-L1UI/видео.html
That sucks! I've been battling fungus as well. I think I caught my first 2 rounds of fungus earlier though, so I'm not showing that much damage. Hopefully things will still green up a bit.
On the plus side your going to come out of this with so much more lawn care knowledge and if it starts to happen again your going to be able to correct it before it gets to bad👍
I used propiconazole. Here's the video I posted after this one to show how it recovered and what all I had been doing in the lawn. ruclips.net/video/R-2ZXm-L1UI/видео.html
I hadn't really been putting down much at all prior to this happening. I have noticed quite a few of the same outbreaks in several other lawns as well. It was just an unfortunate thing but luckily it's all fully recovered at this point. Thanks for watching!
Yeah. Continued use of elemental sulfur and starting to to use citric acid. I'll be doing videos on that later. This was more of just a video on the state of my lawn. Thanks for watching! Have a great holiday weekend!
Like it! Here’s a question I fight these problems with Ken Blue all summer long..$$$$ In Chicago My lawn never looked bluer and full and healthy and we’ve had nothing but 45-60 degrees for about a month! Why plant this type if it can’t survive the summer heat???? Don’t get it. All the charts tell you KENBLUE is perfect for this area. HOGWASH!
Manure Happens and it happened to me last year. The experts said it was a perfect combination of everything. Too little and then too much watering. Heat and sun. Another thought was I created a micro climate in my back yard because of the heavy landscaping with tree and shrubs. Did an aeration and reseeding and GREEN came back this year. Have been putting down a fungicide every month this year. "They" said when you see fungus damage, it's already too late. Like you said "It's just grass." There is always the fall renewal period and now you have a project.
It's been a bit of a struggle in this new lawn but I'll get it turned around. I has actually started to show some signs of improvement even during summer, so I'm optimistic.
We are all #lawnbros and when you and your lawn are suffering, we are also suffering. Rest assured, “The Great Lawn Comeback” will take place and we look forward to seeing it greener, healthier and stronger than ever my friend!!!
Much appreciated, JC. I've got a long road ahead of me with a lot of work but it'll be neat to learn and document the process. Thanks for watching and supporting me as always!
Great content!!! I feel for ya man, putting all the time and effort in and having something wipe it out and take out the joy but it's all about the battle to get back to dominating!!!
Been working mine like you didn.t know had to lwmearn just spray BicoAdvanc and Sotts fungus granules two different fungus killers reseed coming in September hoping to call it good been hitting with Jonathan Love your soil and Milogranite and high grade shade bend grass seed out of Utah Naturesseed Company great seed Fine Fescue.
What happens to your yard if you do nothing? I've told my neighbor to treat but he just continues to mow his yard extremely low and it's very yellow and brown. Can this kill the grass. I'm on my 3rd treatment it looks like I need to do one more. I'm going to do granular next time.
Do think you neighbors laugh at you when this happens? The happen to me one 2x now on a corner where most of my neighbors walk pass a say best lawn in the neighborhood. Then brown patch happens and I dont even wanna be outside lol.
That’s true...”It’s just grass...it will come back.” Keep the positive attitude and continue your efforts, and know that it won’t last forever...even though it may seem as such.
This is sad, I watched your video with Matt and your lawn was beautiful at that time. I realize this video is almost a year old but I ran into something similar just within the last few weeks here in Houston. I had pushed my lawn (St Augustine) beginning in April, it was looking thick, lush, and green. Around the middle of May we had 11 days of heavy rain. That's when the "Take All Root Rot" swept through my yard. Sections of the backyard are almost completely dead, the front yard fared much better....but it's still sweeping through my yard, it hasn't stopped yet. It's funny that the root rot stops right at the property line. I'm going to start applying fertilizer at greatly reduced rates to see if that reduces the risk of fungus and I'm going to fix my soil PH. It's currently around 7 to 7.2, it should be 6 to 6.5. Thanks for the video !!!
Oh My! Gotta give you credit being upbeat. I, truthfully, don't know how I would handle that. Great attitude, though. Your absolutely correct, its just grass, but it hurts when all your hard work goes down the tubes. Wishing you brighter days ahead. Fantastic channel!
Thank very much! I also have to remember this is my first season in the new lawn so I'm learning a lot as I go. I appreciate you watching and supporting my channel! Have a fantastic 4th of July weekend!
Hi! I posted a comment on one of your video today and I talked about possible fungus disease. After I replied to your comment, I saw you had this video! this is very similar to what's happening to my lawn too. Thank you for posting this video:) 😃
I know how you feel. We've been seeing our lawn go to crap for the past FIVE YEARS!! We start seeing signs in mid June, and it progressly gets worse in July and August. It could be from our streetline tree surface roots, or it can be a fungas. I'm not sure what it is, but we our soil test results last October came back low on pottssuim. I went out and bought a pottssuim product due to the fact miloganite doesn't have pottasuim. I also bought a dethatcher. I said to myself this is the machine that is going put my lawn back to lawn dominance. NOT!! IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP ONCE AGAIN!! I'm thinking about roto tillering and starting from scratch or applying a second dose of fungicide. I'm lost!
I hope you can get it figured out. I know it can be rather frustrating. There are many professional in this lawn care community on RUclips that I'm sure could help you way more than I could. I am by no mean a professional. Just a DIYer that enjoys taking care of the lawn. Good luck! I'm sure you'll get that lawn turned around!
I work my rear off to get my lawn looking great, and it was looking really good, and around mid June to July, I started getting brown areas, and it went south fast. Now it looks like crap. I'm sending a sample to Purdue lab,. I'm raking, ordered some better quality tall fescue seed from Super Seed Store, enough for my front yard anyway. And in a few weeks I will aerate and over seed, again. Good luck!
If the Ph is that far out of whack why did your lawn look so great in the spring and probably in the fall? Simple...it's usually not the Ph,it's over watering these fine blade fescues. Your neighbors lawns look fine and I'd bet their Ph is similar to yours. Many people think that lawns are like humans and need fluids constantly--especially when it's hot. WRONG. BTW,fungus will kill the leaf but not the roots. A large amount of the grass will come screaming back when the temps drop and the grass actually starts growing again. Grab a rake and clear out as much of the thatch as possible and then....wait for cooler days.
You're right, I'm totally lying about what my soil test revealed in regards to the pH. While it looked okay in the spring, it still was not responding to fertilizer applications at that time because of the soil pH. When the pH is high or low the grass is unable to take up a lot of the micro and macro nutrients. I could tell it was not responding to the fertilizer because it was not growing much from the fertilizer and the lawn would never get a dark green color. Instead, it would keep a more lime green color relative to my neighbors lawns. The lawn didn't have fungus in the spring or fall because the environmental conditions weren't optimal for the fungus to thrive like it can in hot and humid conditions that we experience here in the late spring and all throughout summer. I never said high pH causes fungus, it just makes the environment more challenging for the grass to be its healthiest and when a plant is not healthy it is more likely going to have disease or other problems. You're right, overwatering can contribute to fungus problems but this was the not case for me. While you may not be able to see it on the video, many of my neighbors were dealing with similar fungus problems, just not as severe. Although my neighbors are close, soil conditions can be drastically different within a short distance. While you're also right that some fungus does only impact the leaf, some can impact the leaf and still kill the plant. There is also fungus that can damage the roots as well, resulting in the plant dying. That being said waiting it out until cooler and more favorable weather to arrive is not an option and treatment is necessary. Thanks for leaving a comment. Next time don't assume you know the entire situation from one video or know everything there is to know about lawn care. There is certainly a lot I don't know about lawn care and I try to learn more all the time. Your comment comes off as very ignorant, not just about my situation but also lawn care. Have a great day!
My guess is that the reason the area around the tree doesn't have the fungus problem is one of two things: Either A.) since the area is shaded, the turf doesn't get as stressed out as the other parts of your yard. or B.) that area has a lower pH due to the extra organic matter build up from years of leaves being mulched into the soil.
This guy said it!!! I have alkaline soil, and my home water is alkaline too. But just like you around the trees and some hedges the grass is darker green. You do know how grass cant absorb iron in alkaline soil? How do we solve this! Citric acid in the soil and foliar sprays of iron mixed with slightly acidic water?
Ahh.. Mother Nature.. most times she hits hard..!! Oh.. I had an apple tree 🌳 That I purchased… that came complete with afid nest in the root system.. once I discovered I removed the nest.. and so far.. 🤞 no afids… but yeah.. don’t think the tree/trees that you purchased may have come.. And brought the problem with the tree…..
looking forward to the update. The same at my lawn. Neighbors always comment about my great lawn, now I'm among them and still trying fungus. I had select large patches so I scalped those spots.
The fungicide will be propiconazole to combat the fungus and for the pH it's going to be a combination of citric acid, elemental sulfur, ammonium sulfate. I'll be doing a video on this in the future. This particular video was intended to be more of an update. Thanks for watching!
But I'm confused 🤔 if you overseed then you have to keep watering the lawn continually so the seeds germinate for to long. Then doesn't overwatering cause fungus on your lawn? I need to overseed but I'm afraid of my lawn getting fungus because of overwatering 🤯
I overseeded in the fall not the summer. Overseeding in the summer is generally not a good idea due to the heat and for the exact reason you mention with watering. You won't have the same fungus problems in the fall.
Ben, what were the products that you used to fight the fungus? I didn't see them in the links. I'm specifically looking for a fungicide that deals with gray leaf spot, and brown patch.I enjoy your lawn video's, thanks. John
Hey John! I used propiconazole. Sorry I didn't mention it in this video. I mentioned it in the video after this one where I show how the lawn recovered. www.domyown.com/propiconazole-143-p-16567.html Thanks for the support and watching my videos!
Hey m8 🇦🇺 here I’ve got a similar to even worse problem here in qld aus It has me depressed and cheers for this vid It will grow back My turf if a Zeon zoysia and the last disease took 12 to 18 months to fully recover Just found your channel I will have to see how your journey panned out🤙
Yeah, I had a feeling it was going to be bad in this yard before summer hit and thought I'd be good with just Disease X. This new lawn is teaching me a lot.
Never had problems with fungus so I have no idea what to do about that. My guess is that the grass will just grow out of it. Hope your channel starts growing a bit more. I prefer to watch a regular homeowner versus some of the bigger guys that are clearly just pushing products in a roundabout way. Not naming names, but I have been unsubscribing to a lot of them lately. I want unbiased reviews and information, not an infomercial.
I have always struggled with fungus every year so I hope the more I deal with it the better I get at managing it. I appreciate you watching my content and supporting my channel!
Here's a video where I talk about what I used to cure the fungus along with the results. ruclips.net/video/R-2ZXm-L1UI/видео.html And here's the video where I talk more about the specifics of what I used and why to help lower my soil pH. ruclips.net/video/cKHmtT1_pyw/видео.html Thank you for watching and for the support!
I'm using a combination of citric acid, elemental sulfur, and fertilizing with ammonium sulfate to all help with the high pH. I'll be doing a video very soon on what I've done over the month of July and will continue to do in August. Thank you for watching!
@@tdhoeffel I live next to a Rural King where I was able to get a sprayable AMS. See if you have a AG or Turf Management store near by. You'll generally find some there.
Well I was gonna offer some tips, but since you said you talked to Matt Martin and Allyn Hayne, your lawn should be good to go. Get ready for some green grass 👍Great video by the way 💯
Yea I had Pythium in my yard last year that killed everything in 5 days. I know it sucks mowing a shitty lawn. What did Matt say to put down for dollar spot?
Yes. Here the initial recovery video from last year ruclips.net/video/R-2ZXm-L1UI/видео.html and here's a video I did this year with Matt where he explains the process of what I've been doing. ruclips.net/video/cKHmtT1_pyw/видео.html Thank you for the support!
I am so sorry to see this happening to you. I have never seen a fungus infestation as bad as what you have. I'm curious to know what your surrounding neighbors yards look like. I would lend you my Swardman Electra to help to get some of that dead grass out. Im in Utah..... that would be a long drive to your neck of the woods.
I've small amounts of this in my neighbors lawn but nothing to this extent, which I find interesting. I would love to borrow that Swardman for my fall dethatching but I get the whole long drive thing. lol! Maybe I can get Ryan Knorr to come bring his down. Thanks for watching and you support! Have a great 4th of July weekend!
I feel your pain. Our lawn looked fantastic last fall but this spring it kind of looks really bad. Although it has improved slightly since early spring. I think I have a fungus spot in the very center of the front. May be necrotic ring spot, but I don't know for sure. thinking of throwing some humic acid on it and the rest of a bag of fungicide to see if that helps. I'm sure your lawn has gotten better since this video is 2 years old.
You will see lesions on the leaf blades of the grass if it's fungus. Heat stress, the leaf blades will fold in on themselves and initially look more needle like and have a dull green appearance and then begin to turn brown because it's going dormant. Here's a link that I think can help. www.thelawnforum.com/threads/heat-stress-or-fungus.4043/ It's also a great resource to find helpful information in the future.
It'll be nice to see it all recover. I'm already starting to see signs of improvement so I know I'll be able to help it recover even more this Fall. It should be fun! Thanks for watching!
Tree shade may be helping with heat stress. I had some bad spots like that , I just fed the lawn some good N and watered during the heat and it is looking much better. There are still some spots though, I will be Overseeding in the fall.
It's going to be a combination of things with elemental sulfur and citric acid. I'll do a video on that in the future. I mainly wanted to show everyone the state of my lawn. Thank you for watching!
Just as I was talking with the family about the lawn and the heat stress the skies opened up and rained!! Yay! We even have irrigation in the lawn but rain is far better
That’s so brutal. Neighbors: Do nothing...Have no fungus. You: Syringe, spoon feed, and manicure... Fungus city.
But seriously I’m in a similar situation 😂
Yeah it'll be alright. It already starting to show some improvements. Thanks for watching and for your support!
Omg I say this every year!!!! I get so mad! 😡
I’m getting ready to rip up my entire yard and start over. We sprayed the clover that was growing and will begin cleaning up soon. I’m sending soil samples to NCState to find out what our soil needs. It used to be 80% moss until we had 4 trees cut about 3 years ago. Any advice you can offer will be appreciated!
The more I care about my lawn the more problems I have with it. 😂
I know this video is numerous years old, and would love to know how things are now with your lawn. What struck me most about your video, is how well you were mentally and spiritually handling your fungus woes. Your lawn looked horrible, and your home looked so beautiful, so I can completely imagine what a struggle it must have been to try and keep from plunging into turf depression. You kept yourself together very nicely. Well done. My new rhizomatous tall fescue lawn, that all my neighbors watched me carefully install and baby, has been completely decimated by fungus. It now in September looks like the whole thing was sprayed with roundup. And I have painstakingly gone organic with my lawn soil for years. Compost, composted manure, John & Bob's terribly overpriced fertilizer, Tiger sulfur, kelp, humid acid; get the picture. Absolutely sickening. Thought I needed therapy in the beginning. Now I'm just trying to recover.
My ph is very high, will just keep plugging away at that. Fungicides are not an option for me.
@@Dan4052 the lawn is okay. I've stopped trying to keep it looking nice throughout the summer because I don't feel like spending the money on the water and fungicides. I've been keeping minimal water to it and letting it go dormant and it recovers to some degree in the fall. I'm gradually transitioning my lawn to Bermuda now. Thanks for the support and watching my videos.
Too much watering every day bro.... Don't ask me how I know..... Deep Water every 2 to days instead
I wasn't water every day. I was watering deep and infrequently.
So crazy! Tough break but we know you will turn that lawn around and restore her to glory!
I'll be known as the comeback kid. LOL!
I got this same look after scotts disease x to my zoysia not a good product
That's a good product but from what I have learned from professionals is that liquid fungicides will generally be more effective.
I'm wondering if N-ext products that contain Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) are responsible to further increase your PH, can you check with John Perry or Matt Martin on this ?
Air8 and Humic12 have KOH in them and KOH is a very strong base that could raise PH - just curious
Great question! This wouldn't have been the cause for the pH problem in my lawn since I had just moved into this house. I have heard humic acids don't do a lot in soils with a high pH. In relation to your question, I would guess that there isn't enough of a concentration of KOH in these products to have a noticeable impact on pH. This would be a good question for JP or Matt Martin though. Thanks for watching!
I can feel the pain in your voice bro! Couple two tree months and that will be all gone - you will have a good fall season, look forward to that!
Fall will be a busy one for sure. I will be known as the comeback kid.
Fall..!!!
My PH is perfect but this year has been a nightmare. The heat and humidity roasted my lawn with fungus. I put down apps just like you but it was not enough. I'm going to start throwing down monthly starting in May.
I wish you the best with your lawn recovery. I just posted a new video on how my lawn is doing and what I've been doing to help it recover if you want to check it out! Thanks for watching!
You’ll be fine buddy. Sounds like you’ve done your research and have a plan in place. That’s the right thing to do, and it will work out.
Thanks, Jimbo! It's going to be a busy Fall for sure.
Bro that's rough but like you said at least you still have the property line 😆🤙🏾🌱
Yeah. It'll be a fun Fall. At least I have our new raised garden bed. I'm planning on showing that in my next video.
You are in which zone?
Feeling your pain brother. Sometimes it’s such a struggle. You’ll have it whipped back in to shape in no time. Thanks for sharing
Thanks, man! It'll shape up this fall. Thanks for watching and supporting my channel.
I wanted an asnwer to my lawn fungas, in 30 seconds, and he spend 6min. telling only about PH, and nitrogen. I need a clear A, B, C, D, treatment! his help was minimal!
Hey thanks for watching and leaving a comment. Here's a follow-up video where I talk about some of the things I did to help my lawn recover. If you don't want to watch, that's okay but I thought I'd refer you to it if you'd like to see it.
ruclips.net/video/R-2ZXm-L1UI/видео.html
I would recommend reaching out to Matt Martin on the RUclips channel called The Grass Factor. He is a professional in the industry and will be able to better help you with whatever fungus problems you may have.
In my videos I try to avoid saying that someone needs to take steps A,B,C because I'm not a professional in the turf industry and I know everyone's situations may be different and what I did may not apply or work in someone else's lawn.
I try to just show what's going on in my lawn rather than tell people what they need to do since I do not have the proper education and experience to provide someone with guidance.
Thanks again for watching and I hope you are able to get the proper guidance for your situation!
Whatever plan you use for your facial hair, you should apply to your lawn. Problem solved.
LOL! That's a sound plan!
Having the same problem with my bermuda grass, having grayish white spots kills the plant and runners in that particular area. Used propiconazole, finger, and biofingicide still fighting a losing battle. I feel your pain. Hang in there.
Glad it’s not just me…🤪
I feel for you Ben. At least you know the big guns that can guide you as to what to do. I'll keep watching and learning from you. Happy 4th to you and your family Ben.🇺🇲🦅
Yeah they have been I huge help in directing me in the right direction. It's all about damage control now and come Fall it's time to get to work! Thanks for watching and supporting as always!
And here I thought my fungus was bad, this is making me feel better. Yup, thhe more I'm learning, like life, the less I know haha Glad you got it worked out!
This is always a good experience for me to refer to in the future to give me perspective on how bad things can look.
🤣 the “I got this “….😱 oh no..
Story of my life 😂
Still a beautiful home. You’ll have it whipped into shape before long!
That's for sure. Fall will be my time. Lots of work ahead.
Thanks for posting this Ben. Tackling issues and problems in the lawn is what is valuable information on RUclips. Guys just showing off green grass and not having any problems? Meh.
Thanks, man! That's what I was going for on this video. Sometimes it's tempting to only show the best stuff in the lawn but that's just not real life.
So is the brown all the way down to the roots? if let alone, is the grass dead?
Yes and yes.
Ahh yes, the joys of learning a new lawn. It'll be back in no time brother hope for the best!
Thanks, bro! It's a struggle but fun. Fall is going to be busy.
U get the worst lawn of the yr lol maker green
At least I rank somewhere. Lol!
The water doesn’t stay near the tree because of the slope....
I'm not sure what you're talking about.
Love the message. We’ve all been there or are still there. I definitely can relate. Can’t wait to see you overcome it and enjoy the mow once again!
Thanks man! My work is cut out for me but I'm hopeful I can turn this around, it's just going to take time, patience, and hard work.
Your lawn looks like the top of your head. 🤣🤣🤣
Yup. Balding. LOL!
Fungus sucks! Been there, done that!
Yes it does. The lawn has been recovering nicely. A video on that will be up soon.
It’s October and two months later now. How does the lawn look at this point? I wonder if the ph level changes under those trees and thus no fungus there. I have similar problems
The lawn has recovered really well! Here the video I posted 2 weeks ago after overseeding. ruclips.net/video/n6A7w5eQGHc/видео.html Also, here's how the lawn recovered prior to the overseeding. ruclips.net/video/R-2ZXm-L1UI/видео.html Thank you for your support!
I really love the content Ben and hope your lawn gets through this can’t wait to see the updates and how you corrected the issue 💚💚💚💚
I hope so too! Thanks for the support!
Why your lawn and not your neighbors?
My neighbors were having fungus problems as well.
Oh dang, that sucks bro 😭
LOL! I told you it was bad. Thanks for watching, Ben. I want top dress this Fall but can't imagine doing that by hand with a shovel. I wish I had access to one of those fancy topdressing machines you got to use a while back.
I know i'm 4 years late on this video but my yard just got decimated by fungus. I overwatered it, due to 110F heat. Thinking i was deep watering, i overwatered.. Now i'm covering the yard in fungicides. Meanwhile my neighbors yards are fine and they don't even pay attention. Guess I killed my yard with kindness.
So, what exactly did you do, and did it work?
Here's the video where I show how the lawn recovered from what I did. ruclips.net/video/R-2ZXm-L1UI/видео.html
Your beard look tighter than your lawn
😂
do u apply in the summer? even me watering in , i think i burnt alot. of my fescue with propicanazole :-/
It’s so sad. But don’t you think you burn it?
This is fungus damage not fertilizer damage. Thanks for watching!
What products are you using?
I used propiconazole to help control the fungus. Here's a follow up video I did after this video where I talk about more of what I did as well as show how the lawn recovered.
ruclips.net/video/R-2ZXm-L1UI/видео.html
That sucks! I've been battling fungus as well. I think I caught my first 2 rounds of fungus earlier though, so I'm not showing that much damage. Hopefully things will still green up a bit.
It does suck. lol!
Overwatering and mowing too short.
There was a lot more going on in the soil to cause this issue. Thanks for the comment and for watching my content!
Happy 4th
Happy 4th of July to you as well!
Dollar spot normally is not fatal for grass fortunately, the grass usually comes back in the fall with cooler temperatures and lower humidity
I was pretty sure you were going to have to move.
LOL! I was thinking I'd just light the lawn on fire at the end of the year! Thanks for watching!
mine is as bad , but looks different
I hope you were able to get your issue resolved. Thanks for watching!
On the plus side your going to come out of this with so much more lawn care knowledge and if it starts to happen again your going to be able to correct it before it gets to bad👍
This is true. I just released a video today about the update of my lawn and what I've been doing to help it recover. Thanks for your support!
What did you decide to use on the fungus?
I used propiconazole. Here's the video I posted after this one to show how it recovered and what all I had been doing in the lawn. ruclips.net/video/R-2ZXm-L1UI/видео.html
Looks like bugs
It was a fungus, specifically dollar spot.
None of your neighbors seam to have any issues with disease. Maybe just keep things simple and not overdue it with frequent chemicals and treatments?
I hadn't really been putting down much at all prior to this happening. I have noticed quite a few of the same outbreaks in several other lawns as well. It was just an unfortunate thing but luckily it's all fully recovered at this point. Thanks for watching!
@@TheLawnGuardian thank you for the content. Glad everything came back for you. It looks wonderful. It's amazing how resilient grass is.
@@Milehi6h Thank you for watching! It's cool to see how life in general can be pretty resilient.
Thanks for the update. How did Matt suggest you lower your PH? Elemental Sulphur?
Yeah. Continued use of elemental sulfur and starting to to use citric acid. I'll be doing videos on that later. This was more of just a video on the state of my lawn. Thanks for watching! Have a great holiday weekend!
Like it!
Here’s a question
I fight these problems with Ken Blue all summer long..$$$$
In Chicago
My lawn never looked bluer and full and healthy and we’ve had nothing but 45-60 degrees for about a month!
Why plant this type if it can’t survive the summer heat????
Don’t get it. All the charts tell you KENBLUE is perfect for this area. HOGWASH!
Manure Happens and it happened to me last year. The experts said it was a perfect combination of everything. Too little and then too much watering. Heat and sun. Another thought was I created a micro climate in my back yard because of the heavy landscaping with tree and shrubs. Did an aeration and reseeding and GREEN came back this year. Have been putting down a fungicide every month this year. "They" said when you see fungus damage, it's already too late. Like you said "It's just grass." There is always the fall renewal period and now you have a project.
It's been a bit of a struggle in this new lawn but I'll get it turned around. I has actually started to show some signs of improvement even during summer, so I'm optimistic.
We are all #lawnbros and when you and your lawn are suffering, we are also suffering. Rest assured, “The Great Lawn Comeback” will take place and we look forward to seeing it greener, healthier and stronger than ever my friend!!!
Much appreciated, JC. I've got a long road ahead of me with a lot of work but it'll be neat to learn and document the process. Thanks for watching and supporting me as always!
Great content!!! I feel for ya man, putting all the time and effort in and having something wipe it out and take out the joy but it's all about the battle to get back to dominating!!!
Thanks, Anthony. At the expense of my lawn it just makes for good videos. lol!
😳 dang that’s a no bueno!
Fo sho!
Been working mine like you didn.t know had to lwmearn just spray BicoAdvanc and Sotts fungus granules two different fungus killers reseed coming in September hoping to call it good been hitting with Jonathan Love your soil and Milogranite and high grade shade bend grass seed out of Utah Naturesseed Company great seed Fine Fescue.
What happens to your yard if you do nothing? I've told my neighbor to treat but he just continues to mow his yard extremely low and it's very yellow and brown. Can this kill the grass. I'm on my 3rd treatment it looks like I need to do one more. I'm going to do granular next time.
Do think you neighbors laugh at you when this happens? The happen to me one 2x now on a corner where most of my neighbors walk pass a say best lawn in the neighborhood. Then brown patch happens and I dont even wanna be outside lol.
That’s true...”It’s just grass...it will come back.” Keep the positive attitude and continue your efforts, and know that it won’t last forever...even though it may seem as such.
It doesn't help to only look at the bad. Thanks for watching! I hope you have a happy 4th of July weekend!
Seems like no light at end of the tunnel when you’re going through it…
This is sad, I watched your video with Matt and your lawn was beautiful at that time. I realize this video is almost a year old but I ran into something similar just within the last few weeks here in Houston. I had pushed my lawn (St Augustine) beginning in April, it was looking thick, lush, and green. Around the middle of May we had 11 days of heavy rain. That's when the "Take All Root Rot" swept through my yard. Sections of the backyard are almost completely dead, the front yard fared much better....but it's still sweeping through my yard, it hasn't stopped yet. It's funny that the root rot stops right at the property line. I'm going to start applying fertilizer at greatly reduced rates to see if that reduces the risk of fungus and I'm going to fix my soil PH. It's currently around 7 to 7.2, it should be 6 to 6.5. Thanks for the video !!!
Thanks for watching, Carl. I know the struggle of fungus for sure. I wish you the best of luck getting your lawn to recover.
Oh My! Gotta give you credit being upbeat. I, truthfully, don't know how I would handle that. Great attitude, though. Your absolutely correct, its just grass, but it hurts when all your hard work goes down the tubes. Wishing you brighter days ahead. Fantastic channel!
Thank very much! I also have to remember this is my first season in the new lawn so I'm learning a lot as I go. I appreciate you watching and supporting my channel! Have a fantastic 4th of July weekend!
Hi! I posted a comment on one of your video today and I talked about possible fungus disease. After I replied to your comment, I saw you had this video! this is very similar to what's happening to my lawn too. Thank you for posting this video:) 😃
Thank you for watching my videos! Hopefully they help in some way. I appreciate your support!
I know how you feel. We've been seeing our lawn go to crap for the past FIVE YEARS!! We start seeing signs in mid June, and it progressly gets worse in July and August. It could be from our streetline tree surface roots, or it can be a fungas. I'm not sure what it is, but we our soil test results last October came back low on pottssuim. I went out and bought a pottssuim product due to the fact miloganite doesn't have pottasuim. I also bought a dethatcher. I said to myself this is the machine that is going put my lawn back to lawn dominance. NOT!! IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP ONCE AGAIN!! I'm thinking about roto tillering and starting from scratch or applying a second dose of fungicide. I'm lost!
I hope you can get it figured out. I know it can be rather frustrating. There are many professional in this lawn care community on RUclips that I'm sure could help you way more than I could. I am by no mean a professional. Just a DIYer that enjoys taking care of the lawn. Good luck! I'm sure you'll get that lawn turned around!
I work my rear off to get my lawn looking great, and it was looking really good, and around mid June to July, I started getting brown areas, and it went south fast. Now it looks like crap. I'm sending a sample to Purdue lab,. I'm raking, ordered some better quality tall fescue seed from Super Seed Store, enough for my front yard anyway. And in a few weeks I will aerate and over seed, again. Good luck!
Your beard HOC?
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If the Ph is that far out of whack why did your lawn look so great in the spring and probably in the fall? Simple...it's usually not the Ph,it's over watering these fine blade fescues. Your neighbors lawns look fine and I'd bet their Ph is similar to yours. Many people think that lawns are like humans and need fluids constantly--especially when it's hot. WRONG. BTW,fungus will kill the leaf but not the roots. A large amount of the grass will come screaming back when the temps drop and the grass actually starts growing again. Grab a rake and clear out as much of the thatch as possible and then....wait for cooler days.
You're right, I'm totally lying about what my soil test revealed in regards to the pH. While it looked okay in the spring, it still was not responding to fertilizer applications at that time because of the soil pH. When the pH is high or low the grass is unable to take up a lot of the micro and macro nutrients. I could tell it was not responding to the fertilizer because it was not growing much from the fertilizer and the lawn would never get a dark green color. Instead, it would keep a more lime green color relative to my neighbors lawns.
The lawn didn't have fungus in the spring or fall because the environmental conditions weren't optimal for the fungus to thrive like it can in hot and humid conditions that we experience here in the late spring and all throughout summer.
I never said high pH causes fungus, it just makes the environment more challenging for the grass to be its healthiest and when a plant is not healthy it is more likely going to have disease or other problems.
You're right, overwatering can contribute to fungus problems but this was the not case for me. While you may not be able to see it on the video, many of my neighbors were dealing with similar fungus problems, just not as severe. Although my neighbors are close, soil conditions can be drastically different within a short distance.
While you're also right that some fungus does only impact the leaf, some can impact the leaf and still kill the plant. There is also fungus that can damage the roots as well, resulting in the plant dying. That being said waiting it out until cooler and more favorable weather to arrive is not an option and treatment is necessary.
Thanks for leaving a comment. Next time don't assume you know the entire situation from one video or know everything there is to know about lawn care. There is certainly a lot I don't know about lawn care and I try to learn more all the time. Your comment comes off as very ignorant, not just about my situation but also lawn care. Have a great day!
At least it decided to grow fairly evenly throughout!
lol! This is true.
My guess is that the reason the area around the tree doesn't have the fungus problem is one of two things: Either A.) since the area is shaded, the turf doesn't get as stressed out as the other parts of your yard. or B.) that area has a lower pH due to the extra organic matter build up from years of leaves being mulched into the soil.
Those are definitely possibilities. Thanks for watching! I hope you have a great 4th of July weekend!
This guy said it!!!
I have alkaline soil, and my home water is alkaline too. But just like you around the trees and some hedges the grass is darker green.
You do know how grass cant absorb iron in alkaline soil?
How do we solve this! Citric acid in the soil and foliar sprays of iron mixed with slightly acidic water?
What is the wrong funguside
Ahh.. Mother Nature.. most times she hits hard..!!
Oh.. I had an apple tree 🌳
That I purchased… that came complete with afid nest in the root system.. once I discovered
I removed the nest.. and so far..
🤞 no afids… but yeah.. don’t think the tree/trees that you purchased may have come..
And brought the problem with the tree…..
Right on. Thanks for watching! Good thing you caught that before it became a major problem!
looking forward to the update. The same at my lawn. Neighbors always comment about my great lawn, now I'm among them and still trying fungus. I had select large patches so I scalped those spots.
What are you going to apply and what rates?
The fungicide will be propiconazole to combat the fungus and for the pH it's going to be a combination of citric acid, elemental sulfur, ammonium sulfate. I'll be doing a video on this in the future. This particular video was intended to be more of an update. Thanks for watching!
@@TheLawnGuardian 👍
But I'm confused 🤔 if you overseed then you have to keep watering the lawn continually so the seeds germinate for to long. Then doesn't overwatering cause fungus on your lawn? I need to overseed but I'm afraid of my lawn getting fungus because of overwatering 🤯
I overseeded in the fall not the summer. Overseeding in the summer is generally not a good idea due to the heat and for the exact reason you mention with watering. You won't have the same fungus problems in the fall.
My sons lawn looks exactly like that. Same pitch etc.
Ben, what were the products that you used to fight the fungus? I didn't see them in the links. I'm specifically looking for a fungicide that deals with gray leaf spot, and brown patch.I enjoy your lawn video's, thanks. John
Hey John!
I used propiconazole. Sorry I didn't mention it in this video. I mentioned it in the video after this one where I show how the lawn recovered. www.domyown.com/propiconazole-143-p-16567.html
Thanks for the support and watching my videos!
Hey m8
🇦🇺 here
I’ve got a similar to even worse problem here in qld aus
It has me depressed and cheers for this vid
It will grow back
My turf if a Zeon zoysia and the last disease took 12 to 18 months to fully recover
Just found your channel
I will have to see how your journey panned out🤙
Thanks for watching.
Good luck with your lawn!
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing. Great information.
You're welcome! Thank you for your support! Have a great 4th of July weekend!
Ben, I live in Spokane, Washington and this has been the worst year ever for Fungus. I dropped Disease X and the Bio-Advanced Fungicide.
Yeah, I had a feeling it was going to be bad in this yard before summer hit and thought I'd be good with just Disease X. This new lawn is teaching me a lot.
Very interesting.. do you know if the disease in my neighbors yard will spread to mine? I am a lawn nut and I’m so worried.
It can.
Never had problems with fungus so I have no idea what to do about that. My guess is that the grass will just grow out of it. Hope your channel starts growing a bit more. I prefer to watch a regular homeowner versus some of the bigger guys that are clearly just pushing products in a roundabout way. Not naming names, but I have been unsubscribing to a lot of them lately. I want unbiased reviews and information, not an infomercial.
I have always struggled with fungus every year so I hope the more I deal with it the better I get at managing it. I appreciate you watching my content and supporting my channel!
Hi, so besides pushing growth with Nitrogen, what else did you do to help grow out the dollar spot and get your PH down? TIA
Here's a video where I talk about what I used to cure the fungus along with the results. ruclips.net/video/R-2ZXm-L1UI/видео.html
And here's the video where I talk more about the specifics of what I used and why to help lower my soil pH.
ruclips.net/video/cKHmtT1_pyw/видео.html
Thank you for watching and for the support!
So what is the plan. I used sulfur to try and lower my soil pH
I'm using a combination of citric acid, elemental sulfur, and fertilizing with ammonium sulfate to all help with the high pH. I'll be doing a video very soon on what I've done over the month of July and will continue to do in August. Thank you for watching!
The Lawn Guardian I’m having a hard time finding ammonium sulfate fertilizer. Seems like most are made from urea
@@tdhoeffel I live next to a Rural King where I was able to get a sprayable AMS. See if you have a AG or Turf Management store near by. You'll generally find some there.
The Lawn Guardian I actually have a rural king next to me too. Thx for the tip
Disease Ex is on sale at amazon for $13
Frustrating but can happen anywhere. Like you said more important things in life. Roll with it and bring it back. 👍
Gotta just roll with it. We're working with mother nature and there's always something we can learn. Thanks for watching!
Well I was gonna offer some tips, but since you said you talked to Matt Martin and Allyn Hayne, your lawn should be good to go. Get ready for some green grass 👍Great video by the way 💯
The lawn will come back this Fall with some hard work. Those guys have helped out a lot. Thank you for watching!
Yea I had Pythium in my yard last year that killed everything in 5 days. I know it sucks mowing a shitty lawn. What did Matt say to put down for dollar spot?
Propiconazole. Thanks for watching!
Welcome to the party pal 🤕. I feel for you. I am dealing with it now.
Dang man. I was hoping I was the only one.
Do you mind sharing what Matt and you came up with for a plan to lower PH?
Yes. Here the initial recovery video from last year
ruclips.net/video/R-2ZXm-L1UI/видео.html
and here's a video I did this year with Matt where he explains the process of what I've been doing.
ruclips.net/video/cKHmtT1_pyw/видео.html
Thank you for the support!
Hate it for you man.... It'll get better. Thx for sharing the video
It'll be a busy fall. Thank you for watching!
I am so sorry to see this happening to you. I have never seen a fungus infestation as bad as what you have. I'm curious to know what your surrounding neighbors yards look like. I would lend you my Swardman Electra to help to get some of that dead grass out. Im in Utah..... that would be a long drive to your neck of the woods.
I've small amounts of this in my neighbors lawn but nothing to this extent, which I find interesting. I would love to borrow that Swardman for my fall dethatching but I get the whole long drive thing. lol! Maybe I can get Ryan Knorr to come bring his down. Thanks for watching and you support! Have a great 4th of July weekend!
I feel your pain. Our lawn looked fantastic last fall but this spring it kind of looks really bad. Although it has improved slightly since early spring. I think I have a fungus spot in the very center of the front. May be necrotic ring spot, but I don't know for sure. thinking of throwing some humic acid on it and the rest of a bag of fungicide to see if that helps. I'm sure your lawn has gotten better since this video is 2 years old.
Hang tough Ben mine was the worst last year - this year about 70% better. Humid Acid right before the heat hit seems to have worked!
Thank you! I'm already starting to see signs of improvement, so I'm optimistic about this Fall. Thanks for watching!
How can you tell if it’s heat stress or fungus I have the same problem with grass Turing brown
You will see lesions on the leaf blades of the grass if it's fungus. Heat stress, the leaf blades will fold in on themselves and initially look more needle like and have a dull green appearance and then begin to turn brown because it's going dormant. Here's a link that I think can help. www.thelawnforum.com/threads/heat-stress-or-fungus.4043/
It's also a great resource to find helpful information in the future.
She will come back and you get to show us how to over come the same problem. Good luck.
It'll be nice to see it all recover. I'm already starting to see signs of improvement so I know I'll be able to help it recover even more this Fall. It should be fun! Thanks for watching!
Tree shade may be helping with heat stress. I had some bad spots like that , I just fed the lawn some good N and watered during the heat and it is looking much better. There are still some spots though, I will be Overseeding in the fall.
Yeah I've been noticing my heavy nitrogen app at the end of June and staying on top of my watering has helped. Thanks for watching!
Hey Ben, my lawn looks similar and it was Brown Patch. I just painted it with Lawnlift and was pleased. Much better looking now. I couldn’t take it. 🤣
Nice. I just posted a video showing the update of my lawn since this all occurred in June.
What are you planning to do to bring your ph down that far?? Makes me feel better about my 7.2 pH!
It's going to be a combination of things with elemental sulfur and citric acid. I'll do a video on that in the future. I mainly wanted to show everyone the state of my lawn. Thank you for watching!
That’s no fun....but we will all learn from your channel how to fix it. Can’t wait to see what program Matt put you on!
It will be fun to document the progress from here until the end of Fall for sure. Thank you for watching and I hope you have a Happy 4th of July!
Great video i have fungus and weed problems and you make me think I can do it and be ok 5thanks so much
Thank you! I'm glad this video was motivational for you. lol! Good luck with your weed and fungus problems.
Just as I was talking with the family about the lawn and the heat stress the skies opened up and rained!! Yay! We even have irrigation in the lawn but rain is far better
Nice! I love a much needed rain shower.
That sucks man... hopefully you have a great 4th Ben. 👍🏻🇺🇲
We had a great 4th! I hope you had a good one too! Thanks for watching!
Need to put down propacondazol. I might have misspelled that
Yup that's going down for sure! Thanks for watching and for your support!
Dude what happened lol
Fungus. Lol!