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Hey grass daddy. Love the videos by the way. Here are close ups. As you can see. Some of the grass is crazy thick, green and healthy looking, while other spots have completely died off.
My Ryegrass is kinda sucky.
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The burned areas oddly enough appeared after my first application of milorganite. I just tried the screw drive test and seems clear. One small rock (smaller than a ping pong ball.)
No dogs in the area. But I do have a lot of rabbits. I have been killing them with an air rifle and giving them to my friend who eats rabbit. I thought maybe they were nests, but no baby rabbits found.
No dogs in the area. But I do have a lot of rabbits. I have been killing them with an air rifle and giving them to my friend who eats rabbit. I thought maybe they were nests, but no baby rabbits found.
Well I'm certain that the rabbits are responsible for the damage on the edges, they would sit on the pressure treated wood border I made and chomp away until there was nothing left.RockyMtnLawnNut said:It's interesting that you mention the rabbits. I have an area in my front yard that looks exactly like the last picture. The rabbits were munching on the grass and took it all the way down to the crown. I couldn't tell if I noticed rabbit droppings in that picture or not, but they were present in the area of my lawn that looked like that.vanawesome said:The burned areas oddly enough appeared after my first application of milorganite. I just tried the screw drive test and seems clear. One small rock (smaller than a ping pong ball.)
No dogs in the area. But I do have a lot of rabbits. I have been killing them with an air rifle and giving them to my friend who eats rabbit. I thought maybe they were nests, but no baby rabbits found.
I've taken out a good 20 rabbits in the last 3 months and that has definitely helped the grass grow without their dastardly little chompers going to town on it all the time. (I used to like rabbits now they are my mortal enemy)
The spots in the center are a bit more of a mystery as they have their full length, but are just dead. The ground is plenty moist below the spots as well.
Ah ha!!!LIgrass said:maybe Gray Leaf Spot? http://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/diseases/gray-leaf-spot
PRG is very susceptible to GLS.
Totally makes sense now why this acts up after putting down milorganite which is high in nitrogen. This has to be what it is. Thanks!! Guess I'll back off from using any more Milo until after several more fungicide applications.Any factor that increases the amount of leaf wetness will increase gray leaf spot development such as extended periods of cloud cover, improper irrigation timing/frequency, or extended rainfall events. Lush leaf tissue produced by turf that is fertilized with excessive nitrogen is extremely prone to infection by the gray leaf spot pathogen.
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