I have the same situation with brown stalks and some dormant blades, and a touch of disease. It's summer now and it's hard to avoid if you have ryegrass.
Heat Stress or Fungus?
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Hi everyone,
First post here, long time lurker.
A little about my problem:
Lawn planted last year in Aug. in Western WA where it rains 8 months out of the year.
PRG and Fine Fescue mix, mowed at 3", blades just sharpened by me.
This last few weeks have been in and out of the 80's and into the 70's with high humidity.
I currently water 0.5" at a time every 3-4 days as weather dictates.
Nutrients were nearly all on target as of April via a soil test sent to SoilSavvy. I need to find potassium somewhere.
I did not put down a prophylactic fungicide treatment, I now know better.
I've been having random blades of grass throughout the lawn turn brown from the root upwards, most of it seems to be seed stalks. I've spot treated for red thread here and there, and treated for rust disease last year as well.
I figure this is a fungus problem, but it's not patchy like most fungal problems, it's literally everywhere across my lawns mixed in. I went ahead and did a foliar application of Propiconazole at 2oz/1000sqft, letting it dry. I just ordered some azoxystrobin granules (Scotts) to put down and see if that helps too.
I just want to see if I'm on the right path or not.
The second picture is of from some rust disease, but it's not typical pattern like it was last year.
First post here, long time lurker.
A little about my problem:
Lawn planted last year in Aug. in Western WA where it rains 8 months out of the year.
PRG and Fine Fescue mix, mowed at 3", blades just sharpened by me.
This last few weeks have been in and out of the 80's and into the 70's with high humidity.
I currently water 0.5" at a time every 3-4 days as weather dictates.
Nutrients were nearly all on target as of April via a soil test sent to SoilSavvy. I need to find potassium somewhere.
I did not put down a prophylactic fungicide treatment, I now know better.
I've been having random blades of grass throughout the lawn turn brown from the root upwards, most of it seems to be seed stalks. I've spot treated for red thread here and there, and treated for rust disease last year as well.
I figure this is a fungus problem, but it's not patchy like most fungal problems, it's literally everywhere across my lawns mixed in. I went ahead and did a foliar application of Propiconazole at 2oz/1000sqft, letting it dry. I just ordered some azoxystrobin granules (Scotts) to put down and see if that helps too.
I just want to see if I'm on the right path or not.
The second picture is of from some rust disease, but it's not typical pattern like it was last year.
