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brown spots in my sod? help!!
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Mon, Jul 4, 11 at 8:17
| hi names john im fron NJ I put sod down in may of this year its already rooted it looks great but I noticed that there are brown spots even some balding spots like im loosing the lawn and there spreading. first I thought maybe i was watering it to much so I cut down but there still there. I got fescue because the farm where I bought the sod said it does well in low sun light , because I have alot of trees in my yard that cover most of the lawn . One of my friends who likes to act like they know it all said I should fertize, but im not sure if i should or what kind i should use I put a call out to the sod farm but havent heard back from them so im reaching out to you guys , what do you think I took some pictues im going to try to post em im new to this whole thing so forgive me if it doesnt work.thanks
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RE: brown spots in my sod? help!!
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| dont know if the pictures worked |
Here is a link that might be useful: lawn1
another lawn pic
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Here is a link that might be useful: lawn2
RE: brown spots in my sod? help!!
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| I'm wondering if the damage is from grubs eating the tender roots. Peel back a 1'x1' area of damaged sod and count the number of grubs you see. Five or more in a square foot is commonly viewed as a problem. If they are there GrubEx is a short term fix while milky spore is a long term fix. |
RE: brown spots in my sod? help!!
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I guess in the damaged areas?
when I was laying the sod I found grubs on some of the rolls. Ill have to check it out. |
RE: brown spots in my sod? help!!
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| Yes, in the damaged areas. |
RE: brown spots in my sod? help!!
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| Looks like lack of light to me. Whoever told you it was low light sod may have been selling snake oil. "Fescue" sod usually has quite a bit of bluegrass to hold it together. Bluegrass needs a ton of sun to survive. When it dies, you are left with something that looks like your pictures. If your lawn has dense shade, even the fescue will have a hard time. If you are under a dense shade canopy, as it appears you are, I would look at alternatives to turf such as dwarf mondo grass. |
RE: brown spots in my sod? help!!
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mistascott yeah im thinking the same thing, yes it is a very shaded area i have 2 areas in my yard that get no sunlight, 1 in front of my shed the other on the side of a gazebo(the gazebo blocks all the sun) and its looks like im losing it. dwarf monda grass? never heard of it. but ill look into it guess it wouldn't hurt seeding ontop of the sod with that.
i finally got in touch with the sod farm i sent him some pictures of the sod and he seems to think its dollar spots.
Im thinking a fungus or grubs, or both.I noticed alot of birds and squirrls digging in my lawn I think there going after the grubs. Also while I was installing the lawn, saw alot of grubs in some of the rolls. I read up on grubs I didnt know they were beetle larva and we have alot of beetles smacking into my house at night. Im going to treat my lawn for both anybody have any products they would swear by? or am I good with going with anything I find in homedepot im thinking SCOTTS LAWN FUNGUS CONTROLL and I guess ORTHO for the grubs.. |
RE: brown spots in my sod? help!!
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| I like Merit for the grubs. This is the time of year to treat for them anyways. To be honest, I doesn't really look like grub damage, though. I personally would guess a fungus, but the pictures are a little too close, and not enough quality to tell for sure. I have used the Bayer Fungus Control For Lawns and seen pretty good results with the propiconazole in it. If you want the best control, though, I think you would need to spray vs. granules. Fungicide is extremely expensive overall, though. |
RE: brown spots in my sod? help!!
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| That grass just looks way too thin to be anything other than not enough sun. I would discourage you from spending money on fungal or anti-grub treatments until you know that the grass has enough light to survive. Based on your description, it doesn't. Fescue is somewhat shade tolerant but it will never grow well under a dense canopy of trees. Even the most shade tolerant varieties of fescue require at least 3-4 hours of direct sun. Sod always contains some bluegrass in addition to fescue because unlinke fescue it has rhizomes which help hold the sod together. Bluegrass has very little shade tolerance. In shady areas, usually the bluegrass dies first leaving whatever fescue if any that can survive the low light conditions. Mondo grass is actually not a grass but an evergreen member of the lily family. It doesn't grow well from seed so if you have a large area to cover, I wouldn't use it. Most alternatives to grass are going to be low growing groundcovers of some sort. If you really want grass, you may have to just plant some shade tolerant fescue seeds (not sod) and not expect a dense lawn. |
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