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You know, I thought mushroom growth indicated a healthy soil presence. — Glenn "Life’s too short to be pissed off!!"
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[snip] I purchased a fungicide at Eagle Hardware. I cannot recall the name, it was made by Ortho and cost $ 27 per quart. It is applied at four ounces per gallon. This and some dry weather should do the trick.
You probably picked up Daconil. And if I remember correctly, it’s 4 tablespoons per gallon, not ounces. But I could be wrong, just read the label. 
Chris
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I went to a feed and seed store last year and the salesman sold me Daconil and it was about $19.00. It worked for whatever problem I had at the time, maybe it was mildew on zinnias, grass fungus, can’t recall. This year when I went back to the same store, a MSU Agric. major was the salesman and he discouraged my buying the Daconil again. He said that the more he learned about chemicals, the more he hated them. He then recommended Liquid Sulfur and said he uses it on everything himself, except Japanese maples. I don’t know whether he is right or not, but to my advantage, the Liquid Sulfur was only $10.95. I think you use a lot less too. I’d like some opinions too. martha
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – [snip] I purchased a fungicide at Eagle Hardware. I cannot recall the name, it was made by Ortho and cost $ 27 per quart. It is applied at four ounces per gallon. This and some dry weather should do the trick. You probably picked up Daconil. And if I remember correctly, it’s 4 tablespoons per gallon, not ounces. But I could be wrong, just read the label. Chris
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I went to a feed and seed store last year and the salesman sold me Daconil and it was about $19.00. It worked for whatever problem I had at the time, maybe it was mildew on zinnias, grass fungus, can’t recall. This year when I went back to the same store, a MSU Agric. major was the salesman and he discouraged my buying the Daconil again. He said that the more he learned about chemicals, the more he hated them. He then recommended Liquid Sulfur and said he uses it on everything himself, except Japanese maples. I don’t know whether he is right or not, but to my advantage, the Liquid Sulfur was only $10.95. I think you use a lot less too. I’d like some opinions too. martha [snip] I purchased a fungicide at Eagle Hardware. I cannot recall the name, it was made by Ortho and cost $ 27 per quart. It is applied at four ounces per gallon. This and some dry weather should do the trick. You probably picked up Daconil. And if I remember correctly, it’s 4 tablespoons per gallon, not ounces. But I could be wrong, just read the label. Chris
He talked you out of buying something that worked for you because he didn’t like it ! Did he offer any supporting literature or information? Did he say _why _ he didn’t like Daconil? Or why Liquid sulphur was so much better? What about liquid copper? Did he mention that? Did he compare the environmental impact of the two products? IIRC sulphur is not the best choice for peaches either. But being in Michigan or Minnesota that’s probably a moot point. Zhan
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2.) the only weed that has a foothold in the front yard is clover. I have found the most effective treatment to be hand-applying some Scott’s Turf Builder Plus2 Weed Control, and manual pulling. Any thoughts?
Clover returns nitrogen to the soil. It won’t hurt your grass and will, most likely, improve the soil. 1.) lots of weeds, but hardly any clover. We have a wiry kind of weed with little yellow flowers, and a wiry but softer weed with thin little leaves and tiny purple flowers. I’ve been pulling them and applying the Scott’s but they keep coming back. Any ideas?
The yellow-flowered weed sounds a bit like Star Grass, a member of the Amayllis family. The one with the purple flowers is probably (though without seeing it, I can’t be sure) the stuff sold as ground cover in some gardening catalogs. Once a ground cover takes hold, it’s next to impossible to get rid if it! JP
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2.) the only weed that has a foothold in the front yard is clover. I
have found the most effective treatment to be hand-applying some Scott’s Turf Builder Plus2 Weed Control, and manual pulling. Any thoughts? Clover returns nitrogen to the soil. It won’t hurt your grass and will, most likely, improve the soil. 1.) lots of weeds, but hardly any clover. We have a wiry kind of weed
with little yellow flowers, and a wiry but softer weed with thin little leaves and tiny purple flowers. I’ve been pulling them and applying the Scott’s but they keep coming back. Any ideas? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – The yellow-flowered weed sounds a bit like Star Grass, a member of the Amayllis family. The one with the purple flowers is probably (though without seeing it, I can’t be sure) the stuff sold as ground cover in some gardening catalogs. Once a ground cover takes hold, it’s next to impossible to get rid if it! JP
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Hello, My wife and I moved into our first home in January, complete with front and back yard. Neither of us are very experienced gardeners, but we both enjoy the work and would love to have a beautiful yard. However, we have a number of problems that we’re fighting and our (front) yard is not looking good.
Sounds like you have several problems. Suggest you hit the yellow pages, or blue pages, looking for the state Agricultural Extension Service. They’re also located in urban areas and their tax paid job is to provide a conduit to the ag research university. Most of them are nice folks, their advice is non commercial and based in fact. With the varied problems you describe they probably will come out and take a look and at least identify your turf grasses. Share what you know. Learn what you don’t.
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I too live in the Pacific NW, up in the Everett area. What you have is a fungus called red thread. It can be caused or exacerbated by two factors: lack of nitrogen and prolonged wet weather.
Ah, this is exactly what I wanted to know! Thanks. BTW, we’re in Kent. I have this in my lawn. Lack of nitrogen is not a problem with my lawn insofar as I have fertilized it up the wazoo (excuse technical jargon). But, I have had enough wet weather this fall, winter, spring and summer to contemplate building an ark in the back yard.
We’ve both had the same lousy weather so I’m sure that’s contributing. But knowning what I know now (thanks to responses and some reading I’ve been doing), I think my main problem is lack of nitrogen. Our grass was turning yellow and getting thin. I thought it was from over-fertilization (burning it with Scotts Turf Builder), but from some experimenting I did with the Scotts in the back yard, I think it just needs more. Now the question, how can I best aid the lawn in a speedy recovery? I believe the wet weather has also caused the moss I’m seeing under the grass where it’s thin. That and mushrooms. The yard gets good sunlight, so it must just be the rain and poor health. I purchased a fungicide at Eagle Hardware. I cannot recall the name, it was made by Ortho and cost $ 27 per quart. It is applied at four ounces per gallon. This and some dry weather should do the trick.
Thanks Michael, I’ll check it out. And I’ll keep my fingers crossed for the weather, too. thanks, -bp — # bryan at terran dot org # http://www.terran.org/~bryan
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Sounds like fungus. Ask for a fungicide at your local lawn supply place – it’s usually right there with the other lawn treatment stuff (fertilizer, bug killer, roundup, etc.) You will probably have to have dry weather to put it on, and retreat about twice around two weeks apart. Russ – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – And last, we have a few strange problems I’ve never seen before, that are common to both front and back yard. We have small reddish- brown or yellow rings in the front and back yard, approx. 1" to 3" diameter in middle, with a ring of about maybe 1" thick. The grass in the middle seems fine, but the ring is discolored or dead grass. The back yard is totally fenced so I know that it is not dog urine (we don’t own a dog). Any ideas of what this is? Had to say. Possibly a fungus. Water only in the morning to prevent fungus and insect damage. Okay, I took a much closer look this morning before I left for work. It was lightly misting and had been drizzling all night. They definitely look like some kind of disease. The rings are reddish circles of varying width, but usually just a few inches across and maybe 1" think (the ring). There is a bubble-gum-pink kind of fuzzy material in most of the rings (some kind of mold or fungus?). It has the texture of wet lint. The grass there is definitely dead, turning yellow and I think with small brown spots (not sure on the spots; it’s hard to see). There are no mushrooms in the rings, but I did notice some little grey ones scattered randomly throughout the lawn. This is happening all over the yard where the grass is thin and weak. The healthy areas seem to be okay, as I would expect. What do you think this is, and how should I treat it? We have rain in the forecast for nearly a week to come. thanks, -bp — # bryan at terran dot org # http://www.terran.org/~bryan
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Is it possible there is construction debris buried? I’d heard that if the contractor left wood scraps and buried them it could cause this kind of reaction in the lawn. — Glenn "Life’s too short to be pissed off!!"
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I too live in the Pacific NW, up in the Everett area. What you have is a fungus called red thread. It can be caused or exacerbated by two factors: lack of nitrogen and prolonged wet weather. I have this in my lawn. Lack of nitrogen is not a problem with my lawn insofar as I have fertilized it up the wazoo (excuse technical jargon). But, I have had enough wet weather this fall, winter, spring and summer to contemplate building an ark in the back yard. I purchased a fungicide at Eagle Hardware. I cannot recall the name, it was made by Ortho and cost $ 27 per quart. It is applied at four ounces per gallon. This and some dry weather should do the trick. Regards, Michael Lloyd – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – And last, we have a few strange problems I’ve never seen before, that are common to both front and back yard. We have small reddish-brown or yellow rings in the front and back yard, approx. 1" to 3" diameter in middle, with a ring of about maybe 1" thick. The grass in the middle seems fine, but the ring is discolored or dead grass. The back yard is totally fenced so I know that it is not dog urine (we don’t own a dog). Any ideas of what this is? Had to say. Possibly a fungus. Water only in the morning to prevent fungus and insect damage. Okay, I took a much closer look this morning before I left for work. It was lightly misting and had been drizzling all night. They definitely look like some kind of disease. The rings are reddish circles of varying width, but usually just a few inches across and maybe 1" think (the ring). There is a bubble-gum-pink kind of fuzzy material in most of the rings (some kind of mold or fungus?). It has the texture of wet lint. The grass there is definitely dead, turning yellow and I think with small brown spots (not sure on the spots; it’s hard to see). There are no mushrooms in the rings, but I did notice some little grey ones scattered randomly throughout the lawn. This is happening all over the yard where the grass is thin and weak. The healthy areas seem to be okay, as I would expect. What do you think this is, and how should I treat it? We have rain in the forecast for nearly a week to come. thanks, -bp — # bryan at terran dot org # http://www.terran.org/~bryan
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And last, we have a few strange problems I’ve never seen before, that are common to both front and back yard. We have small reddish-brown or yellow rings in the front and back yard, approx. 1" to 3" diameter in middle, with a ring of about maybe 1" thick. The grass in the middle seems fine, but the ring is discolored or dead grass. The back yard is totally fenced so I know that it is not dog urine (we don’t own a dog). Any ideas of what this is? Had to say. Possibly a fungus. Water only in the morning to prevent fungus and insect damage.
Okay, I took a much closer look this morning before I left for work. It was lightly misting and had been drizzling all night. They definitely look like some kind of disease. The rings are reddish circles of varying width, but usually just a few inches across and maybe 1" think (the ring). There is a bubble-gum-pink kind of fuzzy material in most of the rings (some kind of mold or fungus?). It has the texture of wet lint. The grass there is definitely dead, turning yellow and I think with small brown spots (not sure on the spots; it’s hard to see). There are no mushrooms in the rings, but I did notice some little grey ones scattered randomly throughout the lawn. This is happening all over the yard where the grass is thin and weak. The healthy areas seem to be okay, as I would expect. What do you think this is, and how should I treat it? We have rain in the forecast for nearly a week to come. thanks, -bp — # bryan at terran dot org # http://www.terran.org/~bryan
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Hello, 2.) the only weed that has a foothold in the front yard is clover. I have found the most effective treatment to be hand-applying some Scott’s Turf Builder Plus2 Weed Control, and manual pulling. Any thoughts?
My thoughts… clover has beautiful flowers, smells nice, attracts butterflys and bees, tastes good if you suck the nectar out of the base of the flowers, and doesn’t cut your feet if you go barefoot. It also feeds the lawn, I believe. Why people want to kill it is beyond me. The back yard is not too bad, but has it’s own problems: 1.) lots of weeds, but hardly any clover. We have a wiry kind of weed with little yellow flowers, and a wiry but softer weed with thin little leaves and tiny purple flowers. I’ve been pulling them and applying the Scott’s but they keep coming back. Any ideas?
Yellow and purple flowers sound pretty? And last, we have a few strange problems I’ve never seen before, that are common to both front and back yard. We have small reddish-brown or yellow rings in the front and back yard, approx. 1" to 3" diameter in middle, with a ring of about maybe 1" thick. The grass in the middle seems fine, but the ring is discolored or dead grass. The back yard is totally fenced so I know that it is not dog urine (we don’t own a dog). Any ideas of what this is?
Are there mushrooms in that ring? If so, I’d say it’s a fairy ring. Basically a kind of mushroom. Thank you, -bp
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in January, complete with front and back yard. Neither of us are very experienced gardeners, but we both enjoy the work and would love to have a beautiful yard. However, we have a number of problems that we’re fighting and our (front) yard is not looking good. The house is in the Pacific Northwest (Washington State) and we have very frequent rainfall. I don’t know what kind of grass we have, but I do know that the front yard was sod and the back yard was (according to neighbors) hydroseeded. We do not have any sprinkler system. In the front yard, we have the most problems: 1.) an anonymous cretin was kind enough to welcome us to the neighborhood with a set of tire marks scarring the front yard a few months ago. We have been reseeding and putting starter fertilizer, but I think the two kinds of grass (established and seed) are different. Also, how can I accelerate the healing? 2.) the only weed that has a foothold in the front yard is clover. I have found the most effective treatment to be hand-applying some Scott’s Turf Builder Plus2 Weed Control, and manual pulling. Any thoughts? 3.) several largish areas have become thin and yellow, despite application
of fertilizer. How can I tell if this is grass in need of more nitrogen, or grass that has been burned by over-application? 4.) I’m worried that our soil is compacted and in need of aerating. If I purchase a two-barreled manual/foot-powered aerater, how densely should I aerate? The back yard is not too bad, but has it’s own problems: 1.) lots of weeds, but hardly any clover. We have a wiry kind of weed with little yellow flowers, and a wiry but softer weed with thin little leaves and tiny purple flowers. I’ve been pulling them and applying the Scott’s but they keep coming back. Any ideas? 2.) Several bald spots where I can see p Share what you know. Learn what you don’t.
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Hello, My wife and I moved into our first home in January, complete with front and back yard. Neither of us are very experienced gardeners, but we both enjoy the work and would love to have a beautiful yard. However, we have a number of problems that we’re fighting and our (front) yard is not looking good. The house is in the Pacific Northwest (Washington State) and we have very frequent rainfall. I don’t know what kind of grass we have, but I do know that the front yard was sod and the back yard was (according to neighbors) hydroseeded. We do not have any sprinkler system. In the front yard, we have the most problems: 1.) an anonymous cretin was kind enough to welcome us to the neighborhood with a set of tire marks scarring the front yard a few months ago. We have been reseeding and putting starter fertilizer, but I think the two kinds of grass (established and seed) are different. Also, how can I accelerate the healing? 2.) the only weed that has a foothold in the front yard is clover. I have found the most effective treatment to be hand-applying some Scott’s Turf Builder Plus2 Weed Control, and manual pulling. Any thoughts? 3.) several largish areas have become thin and yellow, despite application of fertilizer. How can I tell if this is grass in need of more nitrogen, or grass that has been burned by over-application? 4.) I’m worried that our soil is compacted and in need of aerating. If I purchase a two-barreled manual/foot-powered aerater, how densely should I aerate? The back yard is not too bad, but has it’s own problems: 1.) lots of weeds, but hardly any clover. We have a wiry kind of weed with little yellow flowers, and a wiry but softer weed with thin little leaves and tiny purple flowers. I’ve been pulling them and applying the Scott’s but they keep coming back. Any ideas? 2.) Several bald spots where I can see pebbles on the surface. These areas don’t seem to support growth at all. How should I patch them? And last, we have a few strange problems I’ve never seen before, that are common to both front and back yard. We have small reddish-brown or yellow rings in the front and back yard, approx. 1" to 3" diameter in middle, with a ring of about maybe 1" thick. The grass in the middle seems fine, but the ring is discolored or dead grass. The back yard is totally fenced so I know that it is not dog urine (we don’t own a dog). Any ideas of what this is? Thank you, -bp — # bryan at terran dot org # http://www.terran.org/~bryan
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