Lawn Disease Management

GoldenRule’s integrated lawn disease management is part of our GoldPlan Lawn Plus Treatment Program. Ultimate success against lawn fungus and disease or any undesirable pest, is what GoldenRule is determined to provide. When lawn fungus and disease begin to overtake your lawn, typically we will provide 3 treatments 20 days apart that will resolve the fungus disease.

Cultural Control – take care of the originating cause of the fungus/disease
Organic Control – always look at natural and organic solutions to treat the problem
Physical Control – sometimes instead of spraying the entire lawn, all you need is to cut out the problem manually (no chemicals needed)
Substance Controls – when fungus and lawn disease have taken over a lawn, we use products that target only the specific disease. We always look out for what matters most, your family! (including pets)

By combining these four control methods we are able to not only take care of the unsightly fungi and disease in your lawn, we are able to do it with the least impact to the environment.

When lawn fungus and disease begin to overtake your lawn, typically we will provide 3 treatments 20 days apart that will cure the fungus disease.

Top 10 Common Lawn Fungus/Disease

Dollar Spot

This type of fungal disease causes light brown hourglass shaped spots on the surface of grass blades. The fungus may attack through all seasons except winter, and it tends to spread quickly on fertilizer-starved lawns.

Fairy Rings

A grass plague which can spread throughout a lawn during all seasons of the year. It is named after the arc like rings of dead grass which it causes.

Gray Snow Mold

Lawns that collect too much moisture from late winter or early spring snows can develop Gray Snow Mold. This is one of the most common lawn diseases for cool season grasses. It causes round pink, rusty brown or white patches in infected grass.

Helminthosporium Leaf Spot

Oval brown to purple spots on grass blades are symptoms of this lawn fungus. Leaf Spot tends to attack lawns more in the spring and it can eventually lead to a thin and unhealthy lawn.

Pink Snow Mold

This type of Snow Mold causes pink to reddish patches in damaged grass. It tends to attack grass during the spring, fall and late winter seasons.

Powdery Mildew

Leaving a dusty white to gray powder-like residue on infected grass blades, Powdery Mildew typically harm grass in shady environments. This type of lawn disease tends to attack during the late summer and early fall months.

Red Thread

This is one of the most common lawn diseases in moist hot environments. Red Thread covers leaves with a gelatin-like fungus that eventually suffocates and kills grass, and it usually attacks lawns during the summer months.

Rhizoctonia Brown Patch

Brown Patch attacks grass in warm weather, and it thrives in moist and humid environments. This type of fungus causes brown circular patches of grass with brown oval spots on the blades.

Rust

Named after its rust-like color, this lawn disease causes rust colored lesions on glass blades, as the infection spreads the entire lawn may take on a red hue. Rust tends to attack lawns in the late summer and early fall seasons.

Slime Mold

If your lawn looks like it has been covered with a fine layer of white ash, your lawn has probably been infected with Slime Mold. It tends to attack lawns during the rainy spring and fall seasons.