Grass Fungus

[gsoda3 3,262]

I think I have Take All Root Rot.  Anyone successfully treat this by themselves?  I'm interested in hearing how you did it.

[Native Horn 3,504]

Not to threadjack, but my grass (ATX) has skin cancer.  What to do?

[Guest]

Gr..aaaassss? You mean the yellow stuff covering the ground around my house? 

[Vanderpool 23]

I dealt with Take All Root Rot last year and this was suggested to me by the people at Natural Gardener. You do have to stay on it and treat every few weeks to get the problem under control, but it worked for us. 

[deadshank 24,653]

On 8/29/2023 at 2:38 PM, gsoda3 said:

I think I have Take All Root Rot.  Anyone successfully treat this by themselves?  I'm interested in hearing how you did it.

Grass fungus in a drought?  Pics of lawn.  
 

My St. Augustine lane in Houston iS very weak from the drought and high temps.   Like most in the area, chinch bugs are feasting on the weakened grass and the resulting damage is awful looking.   Appears to be completely dead grass.  

Edited August 31, 2023 by deadshank

[Guest]

11 hours ago, deadshank said:

Grass fungus in a drought?  Pics of lawn.  
 

My St. Augustine lane in Houston iS very weak from the drought and high temps.   Like most in the area, chinch bugs are feasting on the weakened grass and the resulting damage is awful looking.   Appears to be completely dead grass.  

Hot damn. I saw your post, thought, hmm. I have some spots that look like that. Started googling, and went and did the test with flooding a cylinder. Sure enough, chinch bugs floated to the top. I would have just thought it was drought.

[NoName 16,354]

On 8/31/2023 at 5:38 AM, deadshank said:

Grass fungus in a drought?  Pics of lawn.  
 

My St. Augustine lane in Houston iS very weak from the drought and high temps.   Like most in the area, chinch bugs are feasting on the weakened grass and the resulting damage is awful looking.   Appears to be completely dead grass.  

 

17 hours ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

Hot damn. I saw your post, thought, hmm. I have some spots that look like that. Started googling, and went and did the test with flooding a cylinder. Sure enough, chinch bugs floated to the top. I would have just thought it was drought.

whats the answer on how to best treat cinch bugs? Bifen?

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, NoName said:

 

whats the answer on how to best treat cinch bugs? Bifen?

There's a Texas A&M agrilife paper you can download here:

https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/asset-external/chinch-bugs-in-st-augustine-lawns/

I just went to Home Depot and grabbed a spray that said it kills them. Applied last night. I plan to give it a couple of days and then do the test again.

Edited September 1, 2023 by FirstTimeCaller

[Davis Lane 5,586]

Apparently my grass has the fungus.

It sucks.

I've tried Actinovate and Compost Tea from The Natural Gardener.

The lawn looked like it was coming back but then the summer kicked our nuts in.

I've read you can apply peat moss on the affected areas during cooler temperatures.

Oh and according to the guy at the Natural Gardener, everybody with St. Augustine grass will have to tackle the Take All Root Rot at one time or another.

St. Augustine is notorious for it.

[Post Oak 20,239]

On 8/29/2023 at 2:38 PM, gsoda3 said:

I think I have Take All Root Rot.  Anyone successfully treat this by themselves?  I'm interested in hearing how you did it.

Had it last year.  You're fucked.  The TARR plus the heat and drought = fucked.  

[gsoda3 3,262]

Had it last year.  You're fucked.  The TARR plus the heat and drought = fucked.  

How did you treat it?

Here's the portion of our lawn that's in question.

[gsoda3 3,262]

On 8/30/2023 at 9:22 PM, Vanderpool said:

I dealt with Take All Root Rot last year and this was suggested to me by the people at Natural Gardener. You do have to stay on it and treat every few weeks to get the problem under control, but it worked for us. 

i'm trying this, will report back.

[CHIEF 5,092]

My niece has mold growing in the lawn at her new house. Mrs. CHIEF told her what her grandmother used to use. Lysol concentrate. It will kill mold, mildew, fungus, pretty much anything that this much moisture produces. It is a helluva lot cheaper than fungicide. It will also kill tree boring insects or grubs. Lots of sage advice comes out of Johnson City.

CHIEF