Brown Fungus on Centipede yard

tilco, I am using this from a previous poster LINK
Mine looks the same. That circular appearance is what I have as well.

I'll try this unless you have better advice LINK

Thanks CrawDude. You da Man!
I put some 13-13-13 down in early December. That may have been excessive nitrogen as the info indicates.

thanks, tilco. After I put the 13-13-13 down I realized it wasn't the way to go. The guy that put the sod down in June said to use it - what he uses. Reading this board I then realized it wasn't the way to go.

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CrawDude or Ronk - I never saw results from liguid fungicide I watered in several weeks ago. If I try again going the granular route will it be too much and stress my turf? I hope I'm not stuck with it the way it is now.

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ronk is far more knowledgeable on lawn disease issues than me so hopefully he’ll see your post and respond with his suggestions but I’ll share thoughts and suggestions.

Lawn that already damaged by large patch would not expected to recovery quickly particularly in late fall as the lawn is going into dormancy. Dead/dying is just that - I would not expect it recover/green up until next spring. The product you used propiconazole is a systemic fungicide recommended for large patch so I suspect it should have done some good although it’s not immediately obvious to you, certainly from a visual standpoint.

I’m assuming your lawn it not yet dormant, but it’s close to being so, and I believe enough time has elapsed from your propiconazole application that you can make another application of fungicide but I’d suggest you do it quickly before the lawn goes dormant, and I’d suggest you apply Scotts Disease EX (granular) - I’ve seen it sold at Home Depot - containing the fungicide azoxystrobin. Azoxystrobin is very good systemic fungicide but the grass must be not dormant for it to be uptaken. Then you’ll want to reapply the fungicide, probably propiconazole, next spring when the lawn greens up and before you fertilize. It’s good to alternate fungicides to minimize disease resistance to the therapeutics.

If ronk enters the thread and offers different advice, allow his suggestions. Alternatively, email Dr. Ron Strahan the lawn extension specialist with the LSU AgCenter rstrahan@agcenter.LSU.edu and ask for his recommendation on how to proceed - provide him as much info as possible, photos always help, your parish, grass type, treatments you’ve already applied, ….

I made the mistake of letting it go last winter when I had just a bit of that fungus in my yard. Figured it wouldn’t spread in the winter but little by little come March half my yard was brown and then it just turned to patches of no grass once it got warmer. Have mismatched grass now from putting down seed to fill in holes. Will need to buy this stuff too

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Of note in the course: chinch bugs have started attacking zoysia and Bermuda in some cases. Fun times ahead.

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Just can’t have nice shite anymore. I’m about to do the math on maintenance cost Vs synthetic lawn

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Craw was pretty much spot on. I just took an 8 CEU course yesterday and one hour was dedicated to lawn fungus’.

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