Having Fescue I can say that young Fescue, as being recently planted within year or so seems to very susceptible to disease. As my fescue has gotten older, I've had way fewer issues. So your theory on this is 100% correct.
I think this year took a toll on me. I have not been on my yard game at all this season. But this video was very therapeutic 😌 for me right now. Thank you
I like to mix seed with top soil and starter fertilizer so it doesn't wash away as easy. I just mix it up in a wheelbarrow and rake it in, and that seems to work well.
I know weather varies by region but in the Mid Atlantic we finally have had a true transition from winter to summer also known as Spring! For many years we’ve gone from the 40s and 50s in March to the 80s and 90s in April. Best Spring in many years.
I definitely agree with you on the thickness of a newly seeded lawn! Having it too thick in the early years can cause some problems. I was talking to some fellow lawn friends about that the other day.
Same exact issues in my lawn in Ohio, Ryan. Some kind of disease or fungus but it hasn't been particularly wet for us. Had my heat on 2 days ago. Just a odd year.
I see the raised bed in the center of the garden! Cool. I thought that was a good idea when I heard it. Looking forward to the next update on that end as well.
😂 I was one of the people who messaged about the seed heads. What’s funny is my Dad knew what it was that and didn’t bother telling me because he knew I was going to ask you anyway no matter what he said
I am quite and extremely shocked to what I saw on my 8 month old SS1000 TTTF lawn yesterday. There are thousands of weeds seeds. I'm pretty sure it is from dandelions. Looks like I will have million dandelions in front lawn. BIG SIGH OF ANNOYANCE and UPSET! 😔Good luck my friend! Oh, I saw the part where you were talking about cotton seeds. I am not sure, I'll take a close pic.
Summer time I usually let my tall fescue grow a inch or two more than normal to do better in the heat (I’m in inland California) I have yet to have disease. But I do cut it low when I know a lot of rain is coming. Humidity I don’t deal with here so this is interesting to see for me how you are going to deal with it. Keep up the awesome work my man!
I have the exact same problem.. Will be an interesting season this year - Can wait to see how you handle the backyard. Thanks for sharing! (Wish I could use fungicides but they are all banned where I live).
I live in Denmark where alle allmost pesticides and all fungicides are restricted to professional use. Thus no PGR and no fungicides and very little herbicides.. it id a Challenge sometimes :)
Funny enough I think Dawn dish soap are banned due to too much methylisothiazolinone ;) hehe.. but as Said thanks for painting these remedies out Will look more into them.
Believe it or not, buy some Irish Spring soap bars and cut them up and place them in your flower beds. Deer and rabbits don’t like the smell and won’t bother your flowers. Plus it won’t wash away when it rains. I learned that from a neighbor who belongs to a local garden club. It really works.
No offense, but im kind of glad you got poa triv lol. You just explain things very well and I’m going to enjoy seeing how you handle the situation. Not many good videos out there for that issue yet
I'm in Illinois and had the exact same thing happen in my fescue. I put down a curative rate of diseasex down and it has gotten much better, but not completely gone.
I have never seen anyone mention the density of some fescue and not completely drying because of it but I SURE HAD THIS PROBLEM LAST YEAR. I thought it was me over watering, but it;s good to know I'm not alone!
Thank you for the clarification on the mushrooms. I have a bunch that always sprout up from when we too down two Silver Maples. Now I just have to get our puppy to stop eating them. 😎
I’ve found Kbg and fescue tend to send up a lot of seed heads, compared to rye doesn’t really ever or it very minimal. This year especially though I’ve noticed a lot of seed head on grass everywhere bc it’s been such a dry spring
What’s worse? 3 mature oak trees putting down 100k acorns in your fescue. Spend days with a backpack blower and a rake trying to get them all picked up. Still end up with hundreds of little oaks coming up. Then spend more days pulling them up. Brutal!
I’ve got Pythium blight right now...did a dethatch and putting down diseaseex soon. Hoping for a recovery before summer heat. All the best with yours getting back in shape!
Hey Ryan, i am just glad I applied Propiconazole a week before this crazy humid/rain weather, and cut short (2in) right before rain ... needed to cut short also due to light top dressing work.
Last year fungus ate part of my yard. Now I use the propiconazole/azoxystrobin preventative combo at the start of the month May - Sept. (I am in Raleigh, NC) Might want to spray if you got spots because the granular can be slow.
I love your videos and I'm lucky that I pretty much share the same exact weather as you (I'm in northern Indiana). I have seed heads and mushrooms actively growing now too.
Your Video's are always SO PEACEFUL. Can't wait for more Colder Lawn Climate Information, as I reside here in Way-Western Washington State (Jyst south-by-Southwest) of Seattle, Washington State...
I use BioAdvanced fungus control (granular) since it controls dollar spot and brown patch, where the Scotts Disease X controls brown patch only. I did an application before all the rains came and so far, so good. However, I'm not spiking the ball just yet. Fert wise, I've only used XGR 8-1-8 this season. HOC @2 inches.
Excess nitrogen is what pythium blight and others diseases thrive on. I’ve read that getting rid of thatch, a decent potassium application and of course no evening watering , can help.
As always, incredible work! I'm always amazed by how you manage to make every video even better than the last. You're editing style is flawless. You should make a documentary about DIY lawncare. You know all the right people to interview. All you need is an intern researcher, a small crew, and some (I suspect with your portfolio and expertise) relatively easy to get funding. I don't know how you could possibly fit that into your already packed schedule but I do hope it happens some day. I'll come to the premier! Anyways, I've had a relatively dry spring and the lawn looks strong as ever. Usually I try and get some preventative fungicide down before June, but I'm really trying to make my super low input season as low input as possible. I haven't had any disease in the last 3 seasons aside from snow mold. What I'm really trying to say is, "Please, tell me I'm not crazy for skipping my prevent app this season!" You Betcha,
I have a lawn service and have my fine bladed fescue treated 3 or 4 times during the summer for brown patch. They don't put any type of fertilization on it in June, July, or August. They aerate, seed, and fertilize in September with a couple of late fall, winter, and early spring treatments. I'm in NC and have lots of shade too. The only thing worrying me is the chemicals you put on your lawn where the Westies run around several times a day. My neighbor stopped putting chemicals on his lawn after his dog was diagnosed with lymphoma & died. They always let the treatment dry before letting the dog out but she was a foot licker & the vet thinks that's what happened. Just a thought...
I had to put down fungicide. Used Strobe locally sourced for $59/bag. Expensive bc it only last 28 days. Also soil test showed major shortage of potassium so I put down some 0-0-50 SOP. I’m bagging now to help. And top it off with cicadas.
I’m seeing mushrooms in areas I’ve never seen them before this year. Really odd. I also did a spring renovation and been watering a ton so that’s the only thing I can think of that’s changed for me is a spring reno for the first time ever. Just put down a fungicide at the preventative rate to try and catch it because temps are supposed to jump about 20-30 degrees this weekend. I’ll be watering that little baby grass a lot! I dethatcher my back yard which didn’t have anything done to it at all and as always it recovers very quickly after beating it up. People like to worry about damaging their lawn but really it will bounce back in no time with some fert and water. That back yard is looking great so far! Cheers!
Had a week of high temps here in Jersey and killed part of my front yard. Now I’m fighting to get it back. Plus now some shrooms in the front from the recent rain just had.
Another great video thanks Ryan. I did end up overseeding. I have germination. New grass isn’t growing very fast. I’m getting tired of waiting. I forget when can I stop the watering and go back to 2twice a week?
Mine started doing this just after a few days of warming up with no rain.. then.... Spring came back for a few days cooled off and rained pretty good for a day and it greened back up. I'm not sure if mine is heat/dry areas. 3 spots all 1 to 2' off the street. Was thinking maybe there is something below the services. Looks just like your spots
Ryan, have you ever considered taking a soil sample and some samples of your grass to a County , City or Town Cooperative Extension Office? I took some samples to our local office, availed myself to the services they offer and gained some valuable insights. In our City, we have a "Master Gardner" who can identify almost anything at a glance. If she doesn't known it about the flora and fauna in the various areas of our city, it's not worth knowing. Your tax dollars pay for those services, you may as well put them to good use.
Hello, it looks like your lawn is in dire need of aeration. Fungi only occur where the water cannot drain properly! btw, what an awesome sunsetting 👍👍👍
Hi Ryan a couple of ideas about your disease problems have you thought about drag brushing your lawns to knock the moisture off the leaf and using a wetting agent I’ve worked on bowls greens in the Uk and this is what we do to prevent fungal disease hope this can help you out. 👍👍 keep up with the great vids love watching them
I have read that growth reg can reduce the amount of seed heads, I just wish I could get some in home-owner quantities, instead of a giant thing that will treat acres :)
Hi Ryan, I have run into some similar disease issues in my back yard and pull the back pack out and dry the lawn off. It seems to help. Good luck and rush ahead slowly. Tom
The disease ex is not good enough... and you’ll need to treat again in about 7-14 days with another group. Also, hit it with some N to help the turf recover. Think of it as chicken soup when you have a cold. Fescue sure is tough when it comes to fungal problems, good luck!
Most likely Fusarium Wilt is causing the brown patchy look. Cool temps mixed with moisture is the leading problem. Spray fludioxonil and the fusarium should subside.
I put down black beauty ultra seeds by Jonathon Green, in an overseeding project. It is beautiful grass which is a blend of grasses (and has fescue). After it grew up, we started hitting high temps here in NC and several days of rain. Cue the fungus! And the Brown patch. So, I just put down Bioadvanced granular fungus treatment in only those areas where the Brown patch is, then sprayed the whole yard with Patch Pro to treat the whole yard for fungus. Since its only been a couple days, I'm not sure if it's working or not, but the brown parts of the yard actually look dead 🤐....soooo....I'll just watch and see what happens over the next week.
That's the seed I put down last year too and experiencing the same in Missouri. We had 2 weeks straight of rain and seeing a lot of brown. Hope it clears up with a treatment
I'm cursed with quack grass (and brown spots) in my 4 acres of fescue. Hoping frequent mowing, aeration, and overseeding will help knock it out. Wishing I would have chosen a different grass seed to plant.
Dang, I need somebody with your knowledge where I live! I live in Nebraska and nobody I've called to come look at my lawn has been able to be any help at all. The most information I am able to get out of anybody is simply advice that I need to fertilize my lawn and prevent dandelions and such. I've got like 10 different plants growing in the grass and I only want one pretty green lawn, not a patchwork of random stuff and clover and vine-type things and tall woody grass etc... It's so bumpy too, and everyone just says "it's worms." Like, I've lived in plenty of places with TONS of earthworms, but never had a bumpy lawn because of it. I need help but there's nobody left to call!
Mannnn. Your about to get carpenter bees. That bee was looking for a spot to bore. I have been fighting them for years. The usually do not bore new treated lumber but they will sometimes
got the same near my pine trees, very humid, tons of rain and 34+ degrees celsius on shade - same result:( gotta clean it and reseed now (3x3 meters brown patch:( (also moss and shrooms, but this is to be expected:)
Does POA trivialis start from seed? wonder if you accidentally got some in your seed mixture? Ryan, the backyards looking good bro it's pretty cool that you have two options of high and low. you don't see that much from other lawn nuts ha
Ryan do you have suggestions on who I can contact to identify certain grassy weeds I see in my yard? I can take pics if you know someone I can send them to. I’m happy to email them to you as well. I really want to k know what I’m dealing with and don’t know where to go. Thanks a ton! LOVE the feed man!
Make sure they're not seed heads first. I thought my lawns were covered in grassy weeds but turns out it's just seed heads. They look like weeds but they're completely normal.
