Probably the most helpful, educational info on lawn care out there right now thats helpful for homeowners. Just bought a home and want to restore the lawn. Theres multiple grasses in the lawn, dark black clay soil because I'm in texas and multiple brown areas. I'm taking it step by step but can feel overwhelmed with what needs to be done. Ideally I'd like to have one grass if possible in my lawn. Thanks again for the education!!
Appreciate you rich and thank you for your support. If you have any questions about your lawn, ask them, and I'll help you as much as I can. God Bless 🙏🏾
Im new to the lawn care side of things, and was dropped into an independant turftech position after barely a week of quick training left to self teaching. Your videos are a serious help dude thank you!!
Finally, somebody that explains the disease process and emphasizes the treatment options. I am going to Home Depot TODAY and getting both products. Thank you!
Here in Ct lawn fungus season hits around mid May when night time temps are staying above 60. I find it's best to lay down Disease X before that point in early May as a preventative then nail any fungus that occurs with both products and remember they only work for about 4 weeks then need to be reapplied... It gets expensive but it's that or let all your work go to shit. Also, you haven't lived until " melt out" infects your lawn, had that 2 years ago and no stopping it with store bought products which are ok but are lower concentration than commercial grade products, the up front cost is more but they are more effective and I'm now applying less often. -Go easy on the big name high nitrogen fertilizers like Scotts as fungus loves it. -Scarify / de thatch in the fall or early spring to build a strong root system and your grass will be able to stand up much against fungus and heat stress.
Awesome video! Thanks for taking the time to put this together. Last year the brown patch beat my lawn up so bad I had it professionally thatched and over seeded. It wasn't cheep! This spring my lawn looks great but he other day I saw the brown patches starting o happen again. Today I put down the granular Disease X and then hit it with the Bio Advanced. Hopefully things start getting better soon. I'll report back in a week or two on the results. From cool Western, Mass.
I've learned a lot from you. and I'm glade i found you. Up until one of my neighbors whos father is was a Greenskeeper for a Golf Course I thought I had a lot of thatch until the neighbors father happened by my house and was almost in tears as he looked at my lawn. he knocked on my door and explained to me what the issue was with my lawn. besides low spots grubs and moss I also have fungus and as you said, STRESS. so he recommend I tackle one thing at a time and then in the fall do my overseeding. but one of the solutions he mentioned was the Azprop Select or Propiconazole 14.3 Select. I hope this works out for me.
Hello Kevin, quick question. I'm assuming you have a cool season lawn? Do you have brown patch fungus and heat stress? If so, Azprop would be one of your best fungicides to go down with now because of it having 2 modes of action. Your stressed-out areas just need water. I would only overseed your lawn if you have some areas that are thin or have been severely damaged by heat stress or fungus.
Thanks for helping me identify the problem with my grass 🙌🏼🙌🏼 my lawn is only about 300sf in the back of a Philly row home but I’ve been trying for two years to grow a nice green patch for my kids to enjoy but keep getting brown patch and didn’t identify it until I saw this video. Gonna treat it like you said
Thank you Polo!!! I use bio advanced fungus spray but not aware of the disease x. You did an awesome job identifying the difference between stress grass and fungus!
I currently have 2 areas in my lawn that's probably some kind of disease. Hopefully I can look at it next week and treat it if it's disease. Thanks for the great info!
Very good information! I learned today praise the Lord! I got some spots that are brown in my yard and yes I was like heat stress with temps in the 100s. I will go out to check today to make sure it is. I do put down fung to preventative it but it can still get you if I understand right. Much harder for it to but it can. I hit my yard about every 21 days or so. God bless
Correct, it's better to have it down than ti not have anything at all. Especially if you deal with fungus every year. If your seeing it in your lawn, shorten those intervals and go every 14 days. God Bless you Red Royce
Thanks for this video! New to DIY lawn care. Did my first overseed last fall. Yard was looking amazing until 3 days ago. We have had rain in MO for basically 2 weeks. Almost every day. Notice a few small brown patches today. Mainly in the areas i seeded bare last fall. I hit it with the disease EX at 4lbs per 1000. Then followed up with fertilome fungicide luquid spray. At 3oz per 250. Hopefully it will prevent any further damage. And those patches will green up over time.
That disease x should help. If you're using store bought products, make sure that you put the bioadvanced spray on your list. It has Propiconizole in it
@@PoloFieldsLawnService the ferilome fungicide also contains Propiconizole. I went that the option as it hooks up to my hose. I do not have a sprayer at the moment. I think I hit the brown patch with a good 1 2 punch today. Going to water in the disease X better tomorrow morning.
@nickrupp4394 OK, that should do the job then. I didn't know right off the bat what was in that fertilome. You can hook the bioadvanced up to your hose, too, plus the Propiconizole in the bioadvanced has a little more active ingredient in it than the fertilome. Fertilome has 1.55%, and bioadvanced has 2.42%, but what you did should work as you're adding 2 active ingredients to your lawn
@PoloFieldsLawnService good to know. I'll look for that next time then. At least I picked the right things. All thanks to the info you put in the video. So thank you for that!
Wild violet has lil purple flowers in the spring if you have issues identifying them. Fungus usually always has some sort of lesions, spots, or bullseye where the fungus infected sometimes you can even see the fruiting bodies of a fungus
I realized Hydretain is a life saver in summer but because it draws mositure from the air it keeps things too moist and fungus happens. We're already too humid here at the CT coast
Funny when you said "some of these lawns are cut and managed by professionals"... Those owners should fire those professionals and either hire you directly or watch your video and DIY themselves. Good Information. I will not let brown patch destroy my lawn this year!!!
😆😆 I hear ya, Carl Tam. Most lawn companies that mow really don't know anything about fungus. They just mow. Some do, but most just put it in the same category with heat stress. If they hired me or saw my videos and it helped them, that would be great. Either or
On the contrary, i mow professionally but dont spray. I always tell my customers at the firdt sight of heat stress to water longer. At first sign of any disease i also advise and give them links for products they can apply or have a licensed professional sprsy it for them. I am too busy with mowing to also be spraying everybodys yard. I did get my license to spray herbicides at the dept of ag on turf grass, but i choose not to because i dont have time first off and second i do not want to have to put a whole new trailer together for spraying along with always being around those chemicals. It would cost them double or tripple the price of a mowing only service.
@evangoshert5817 I totally understand. Spraying is a beast of its own and when you have a lot of lawns, it can make you extremely busy. It's best to just go with one or the other. I'm able to do both because of my route density and I also have 2 trailers that are set up differently so it works out for me 👍🏾
Amen!!!! I did a complete lawn renovation to my lawn. I used elite/premium seed (210.00 for 50 pound bag) de-thatched and leveled. The lawn was amazing. One day a section turned broken…. Next thing you see is the entire lawn was destroyed…. I knew nothing about fungus… I spread it around with my lawn mower…. Totally decimated my lawn.
Bro this was the best video on brown patch I’ve watched hands down, and I’ve probably watched over 30 in the past few days! I put my disease ex down and hit it with bioadvanced today. Would you say it’s important to be bagging up the clippings for awhile until it’s gone or is it okay to side discharge or mulch following the 1/3 rule? Much love
Question Mr POLO..... I about 7000 sq of kentucky blue grass and I was trying to figure out what size AzProp fungicide would be good for my application... Can seem to find something about coverage for the difference size containers on the site
If you get the 32oz bottle, going out at the low rate (preventative rate), you would get 3 applications for 7000 sqft. A gallon would get you 12 applications at a low rate. Now, if you go down with the high rate, you won't get that many applications, but if you're being proactive, you shouldn't need to since it's a combo product. Now it's all gonna depend on what fungus you're going after. This fungicide will get you 28 days coverage, but keep in mind that if the disease pressure is high, i would back that down a few days. Hope this helps 🙏🏾
@@PoloFieldsLawnService sir that definitely helps...... Don't you use proteins and do you have a video on those I tried to look up on the channel but it's kind of confusing with the videos the way TH-cam has them set up... thank you again sir
The dollar spot will be small brown spots. Now those small spots can be very close to each other where it looks like brown patch, but it isn't. Brown Patch is easy to identify because it will always be in the shape of a big circle. Sometimes, the brown circle will have green grass in the middle of the circle
Great job explaining the fungus and what to look for. Would you be able to advise on how much of the Azprop to mix into one of those garden hose spray bottles? I have a couple bottles that I kept of the Bioadvance Propiconizole 14.3 Fungicide bought from home depot and the bottle says for up to 5000 sq feet, but they are so expensive. This year i bought a 2 gallon jug of Propiconizole 14.3 Fungicide online and I stick about 10 ounces of the fungicide in the bottle, fill it with water and spray about 3000 square feet per bottle. Did it a few times this year, but it just didn't work. I read the directions on the bottle and estimated about 2 ounces per 1000 square fee ( so 10 ounces in the hose spray bottle )t, but it just didn't keep the brown patch from happening. I started in mid june and have applied a few times a few weeks apart. I'd like to try the azprop, but I have no idea how many ounces to put into the hose connected spray bottle. Any idea??
@noupf69 These professional products are meant to be applied with a pump sprayer or a backpack sprayer. They're not meant to be applied by a hose end sprayer. Please use a pump sprayer or a backpack sprayer when applying any of these products.
On April 24th I applied a bioadvance fungucide when I discovered I have a fungus. Will it be ok to apply the scotts disease x fungucide now because from your comment that both could have been applied at the same time and I did not know this.
Since you already applied the bioadvanced a week ago, apply the Scott's disease x on May 15th. That's approximately 21 days later. Wait 28 days after you apply the disease x. That will take you to June 12th. On this day, you can apply both bioadvanced and disease x. Do this process and let me know how it goes.
@@veronicaslowe8157 when you say progress, do you mean the fungus clearing up? The bioadvanced has a low rate of the fungicide in it. Not as much as the professional product. It will work, it just takes a while.
Great video I’m dealing with disease in my lawn this summer. I’m debating on either getting the stuff u mix in the backpack sprayer or the granular disease control they sell at the big box store. Which one you think is best for the long haul?
@@SuperHooverdam If you have a fungus, bag your clippings where the fungus is to prevent from spreading it. Just use a scraper to get the grass from up under your mower. You shouldn't have to spray it.
I got this fungus. I treated it with both the liquid and granular fungicides. My grass was tall when I applied. 2 weeks later it was worse. The fungus spread beneath the canopy of the tall grass. I just cut it really short and applied another treatment. About 70% of my lawn was infected. I am hoping my lawn will recover.
Hello, what are you treating it with? When you cut it, are you bagging your clippings? If it's a brown patch, your lawn should recover, but I need to know what you're using? Please let me know when you can
@@PoloFieldsLawnService I put down Scott’s Disease Ex Granular at the curative rate and sprayed it with Bio Advanced Fungus Control Liquid. Normally this time of year I mulch my grass clippings but when I just cut it short I bagged the diseased clippings.
@unpavedexplorer338 OK, so let's talk this thing out. Cool Season Lawn, Tall Fescue, Fine Fescue. You said that it got worse and affected 70% of your lawn. Do you know what fungus it is? Are there any lesions on the grass blades, or is the grass just straw brown? Is there any life in the crown of the plant, meaning is the bottom of the grass blade green (the part that comes out of the ground), and how quick did it turn brown on you? I'm trying to figure out what disease you may have. If you have brown patch and you're sure of it, it can bounce back. Just put it on 14-day intervals, meaning apply both of them every 14 days at the curative rate. Otherwise, if it's a fungus like pythium. Stop applying those items because they're not going to do anything for them. You're gonna need another fungicide for that called mefenoxam.
@@PoloFieldsLawnService I believe it is brown patch. The grass blade is green on the bottom and top with brown/red in the middle. I overseeded early spring (beginning of April). It grew in nice. Then we had a 22 day drought. I watered several times a day to keep the new grass from dying. Mowed at the tallest setting on my mower. The lawn looked beautiful. Then after the drought we had 8 days of on/off showers. I noticed a lot of large patches of yellowing developing. I used both granular and liquid fungicide. I then threw down Scott’s Step 3 to push growth to grow out the fungus. I kept the grass cut night. The infected areas got worse. I then decided to cut it really short to cut out the infected blades of grass. This revealed that the fungus was spreading under the canopy and covered about 70% of my lawn. I then applied a 2nd treat of both the granular and liquid fungicides. I have 3 shorts videos of my lawn in the shorts library of my channel. I can put a short video of the current status of my lawn for you to see.
Dealing with this now. 2 applications in but I will definitely need another. unfortunately some of my trees also have fungus. I may need... Wait did this man just pull out a riding spreader like it was a Segway lol.
Is it ok to apply both of those apps and still apply nitrogen? Was reading some apply urea 44-0-0 or 46-0-0 to push growth and cut and bag to get rid of it quicker. Is this method ok? Thanks
@Quick_Draw660 No, avoid applying nitrogen when the disease is active. It's almost like scratching a misquote bite. It feels good to scratch the itch for the moment, but it will get bigger the next day. If it's in your lawn, just apply your fungicide to stop it from spreading. Give it time, and it will go away.
Hello Rick, once you spray it, it should stop spreading. Typically, you will see some visual change in a couple of weeks. The main thing is to spray the right fungicide that will attack the fungus that you have in your lawn.
@rickjames1246 In most cases, mature grass will grow back, but if newly seeded grass gets damaged, it might not grow back. Cool season grass grows slow in the summer, so it might take a couple of weeks for it to go away. No worries though, because we don't have that long before we start to cool back down again
Hope all is well. I’m having a similar issue here in S, Florida. I purchased T methyl fungicide. I placed it about a week ago throughout my lawn, how long do you think it will take before it takes effect? I have one large patch in the middle and random spots throughout. 😅. Thanks in advance!
Hello Christian, Im assuming that you have St Augustine grass. Thiophanate-methyl will start working as soon as you put it down. You'll have to have it on 14-day intervals, though. I would use 2 active ingredients though so something like a Thiophanate-methyl and Propiconizole or Thiophanate-methyl and Azoxystrobin. At this time of the year, it's always good to go down with 2 active ingredients. Give it a couple of weeks to clear up
@@PoloFieldsLawnService Yes sir on St. Augustine. I appreciate your fast response! I’ve been checking out all your videos about funguses and I believe I have a mixture of Leaf Spot, Melting, brown patch and dollar spots. My second treatment will be on June 20. Do you recommend raking the dead grass in the large brown patch (there’s some green leafs in between) or just treating it and allowing it to do its course? Thanks again!
@christianherrera5248 That sounds like brown patch. There is no need to rake. On your next application, apply 2 active ingredients in the same tank mix and let it do its thing. When you apply, apply early in the morning or late in the evening. Let it sit on the grass blades and water it in the next day.
What if it's early November and the fungus has just recently taken hold. I'm in northern New England and high temps are 40's and low 50's. Night time lows are low to mid 30's. Is it too late to deal with it? Will the winter kill it? Could it also be Dollar Spot? How do I tell the difference between the 2? Thanks very much in advance.
You shouldn't be dealing with any fungus issues with these temperatures. Especially with highs in the low 50s and nighttime temperatures in the mid-30s, especially dollar spot. Describe to me what you are seeing.
If you have Disease X you can still put it down. Just wait until the bioadvanced dries, then put the Disease X down and give some water. Better to be safe than sorry if you know what I mean. Also you better watch some more videos before you make your next move 😆
Probably the most helpful, educational info on lawn care out there right now thats helpful for homeowners. Just bought a home and want to restore the lawn. Theres multiple grasses in the lawn, dark black clay soil because I'm in texas and multiple brown areas. I'm taking it step by step but can feel overwhelmed with what needs to be done. Ideally I'd like to have one grass if possible in my lawn. Thanks again for the education!!
It takes time Quen but it can be done. Thanks for your comments. You know we're here for you if you need anything 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
Sooooooo good Polo !! The visuals of the difference between heat stress and brown patch is so helpful ! Great video Polo. Appreciate you !
Thanks Scott, how have you been doing? Haven't heard from you in a while
All good Polo. Trying to stay cool and get through this heat wave. It must be brutal where you are.
@@jamzach4 Very brutal. It's hot and humid down here. How is it where you are?
@@PoloFieldsLawnService mid 90’s with 70% humidity
@@jamzach4 Ouch, the struggle is real
Oh yea. Just did a preventative yesterday. 3rd app. This summer. We learning.
Keep staying ahead of it man 💪🏾
This is the best description of how to tell the difference between brown patch fungus and heat stress. Thank you! Excellent info!
You're welcome 👍🏾
Dealing with this now, video is on time!
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Best video I've seen explaining this. Thanks!
No problem shipdog 👍🏾👍🏾
Hello from cool season Ma. You are the bomb, your content is clear concise and added bonus of beats. I’ve subscribed and in the process of bingeing.
Appreciate you rich and thank you for your support. If you have any questions about your lawn, ask them, and I'll help you as much as I can. God Bless 🙏🏾
Im new to the lawn care side of things, and was dropped into an independant turftech position after barely a week of quick training left to self teaching. Your videos are a serious help dude thank you!!
Thank you, I'm glad that I could help. God Bless
Finally, somebody that explains the disease process and emphasizes the treatment options. I am going to Home Depot TODAY and getting both products. Thank you!
@@ronnaida7640 You're welcome 👍🏾
Thanks for the information my lawn & my neighbors look like the ones you are showing I will treat my lawn this week.
Thanks, Gus Lewis
St .Louis, Mo.
Appreciate you Augustus. Get you a fungicide down to stop it in its tracks. Mire rain and humid temperatures are still coming 👍🏾
very helpful! I kept thinking I needed to water more, but this was the tip that I needed. thanks!
@@Handlinmybusiness Your welcome 👍🏾
Same here
Great video. That showed up all over my neighborhood last month.
I tell you D Harr, ITS EVERYWHERE right now. Gotta take care of it before it spreads
Man that's a hell of a machine you was using and also love that beat is major!
Thanks Fabian. The "Pologreen" as I will call it really comes in handy. You know I try to keep my music jammin 🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾
Here in Ct lawn fungus season hits around mid May when night time temps are staying above 60. I find it's best to lay down Disease X before that point in early May as a preventative then nail any fungus that occurs with both products and remember they only work for about 4 weeks then need to be reapplied... It gets expensive but it's that or let all your work go to shit.
Also, you haven't lived until " melt out" infects your lawn, had that 2 years ago and no stopping it with store bought products which are ok but are lower concentration than commercial grade products, the up front cost is more but they are more effective and I'm now applying less often.
-Go easy on the big name high nitrogen fertilizers like Scotts as fungus loves it.
-Scarify / de thatch in the fall or early spring to build a strong root system and your grass will be able to stand up much against fungus and heat stress.
Awesome video! Thanks for taking the time to put this together. Last year the brown patch beat my lawn up so bad I had it professionally thatched and over seeded. It wasn't cheep! This spring my lawn looks great but he other day I saw the brown patches starting o happen again. Today I put down the granular Disease X and then hit it with the Bio Advanced. Hopefully things start getting better soon. I'll report back in a week or two on the results. From cool Western, Mass.
Give it a couple of weeks, a couple of cuts, and then see what it looks like
Thanks Polo for these great tip for our lawns ✨✨💚
Your welcome Ms. Tucker 👍🏾
I've learned a lot from you. and I'm glade i found you. Up until one of my neighbors whos father is was a Greenskeeper for a Golf Course I thought I had a lot of thatch until the neighbors father happened by my house and was almost in tears as he looked at my lawn. he knocked on my door and explained to me what the issue was with my lawn. besides low spots grubs and moss I also have fungus and as you said, STRESS. so he recommend I tackle one thing at a time and then in the fall do my overseeding. but one of the solutions he mentioned was the Azprop Select or Propiconazole 14.3 Select. I hope this works out for me.
Hello Kevin, quick question. I'm assuming you have a cool season lawn? Do you have brown patch fungus and heat stress? If so, Azprop would be one of your best fungicides to go down with now because of it having 2 modes of action. Your stressed-out areas just need water. I would only overseed your lawn if you have some areas that are thin or have been severely damaged by heat stress or fungus.
Great video - thank you so much for making this!!
@@nonawolf7495 You're welcome 💪🏾
Thanks for helping me identify the problem with my grass 🙌🏼🙌🏼 my lawn is only about 300sf in the back of a Philly row home but I’ve been trying for two years to grow a nice green patch for my kids to enjoy but keep getting brown patch and didn’t identify it until I saw this video. Gonna treat it like you said
Great, let me know how it looks in a couple of weeks, James 👍🏾
Thank you for the advice. It's here in the southeast and getting worse.
@davidbilger5039 You're welcome
Amen brother! Very educational.. thank you. Have a blessed week.
Thank you Lone Wolf and you do the same 🙏🏾
Thank you Polo!!! I use bio advanced fungus spray but not aware of the disease x. You did an awesome job identifying the difference between stress grass and fungus!
@frebreze4u Thank you for tuning in. That disease x will help aid in this disease pressure that we are receiving right now.
@@PoloFieldsLawnService I hope it does. Will let you know outcome!
@@frebreze4u 👌🏾
I currently have 2 areas in my lawn that's probably some kind of disease. Hopefully I can look at it next week and treat it if it's disease. Thanks for the great info!
Check it out as soon as you can James. How are you holding up?
Very good information! I learned today praise the Lord! I got some spots that are brown in my yard and yes I was like heat stress with temps in the 100s. I will go out to check today to make sure it is. I do put down fung to preventative it but it can still get you if I understand right. Much harder for it to but it can. I hit my yard about every 21 days or so. God bless
Correct, it's better to have it down than ti not have anything at all. Especially if you deal with fungus every year. If your seeing it in your lawn, shorten those intervals and go every 14 days. God Bless you Red Royce
Thanks for this video! New to DIY lawn care. Did my first overseed last fall. Yard was looking amazing until 3 days ago. We have had rain in MO for basically 2 weeks. Almost every day. Notice a few small brown patches today. Mainly in the areas i seeded bare last fall. I hit it with the disease EX at 4lbs per 1000. Then followed up with fertilome fungicide luquid spray. At 3oz per 250. Hopefully it will prevent any further damage. And those patches will green up over time.
That disease x should help. If you're using store bought products, make sure that you put the bioadvanced spray on your list. It has Propiconizole in it
@@PoloFieldsLawnService the ferilome fungicide also contains Propiconizole. I went that the option as it hooks up to my hose. I do not have a sprayer at the moment. I think I hit the brown patch with a good 1 2 punch today. Going to water in the disease X better tomorrow morning.
@nickrupp4394 OK, that should do the job then. I didn't know right off the bat what was in that fertilome. You can hook the bioadvanced up to your hose, too, plus the Propiconizole in the bioadvanced has a little more active ingredient in it than the fertilome. Fertilome has 1.55%, and bioadvanced has 2.42%, but what you did should work as you're adding 2 active ingredients to your lawn
@PoloFieldsLawnService good to know. I'll look for that next time then. At least I picked the right things. All thanks to the info you put in the video. So thank you for that!
@@nickrupp4394 No problem, if you need anything else, let me know 👍🏾
Awesome Information, Thanks for Sharing 💜👍🏾
T.N.O.G, Bless you sista 🙏🏾 Hope your doing well
Wild violet has lil purple flowers in the spring if you have issues identifying them. Fungus usually always has some sort of lesions, spots, or bullseye where the fungus infected sometimes you can even see the fruiting bodies of a fungus
👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 your right on it ma'am
This was very informative. Thanks so much! Amen!
Are these the same as necrotic rings? Thank you, Polo!
@@yannip2083 No
Heat stress vs. Brown spot.....good info
Thank you Clint 👍🏾
Thank you Polo, that makes sense to me
No problem Barthoda 👍🏾
I realized Hydretain is a life saver in summer but because it draws mositure from the air it keeps things too moist and fungus happens. We're already too humid here at the CT coast
@@WeatherNut27 Always keep a fungicide in rotation
Funny when you said "some of these lawns are cut and managed by professionals"... Those owners should fire those professionals and either hire you directly or watch your video and DIY themselves. Good Information. I will not let brown patch destroy my lawn this year!!!
😆😆 I hear ya, Carl Tam. Most lawn companies that mow really don't know anything about fungus. They just mow. Some do, but most just put it in the same category with heat stress. If they hired me or saw my videos and it helped them, that would be great. Either or
On the contrary, i mow professionally but dont spray. I always tell my customers at the firdt sight of heat stress to water longer. At first sign of any disease i also advise and give them links for products they can apply or have a licensed professional sprsy it for them. I am too busy with mowing to also be spraying everybodys yard. I did get my license to spray herbicides at the dept of ag on turf grass, but i choose not to because i dont have time first off and second i do not want to have to put a whole new trailer together for spraying along with always being around those chemicals. It would cost them double or tripple the price of a mowing only service.
@evangoshert5817 I totally understand. Spraying is a beast of its own and when you have a lot of lawns, it can make you extremely busy. It's best to just go with one or the other. I'm able to do both because of my route density and I also have 2 trailers that are set up differently so it works out for me 👍🏾
Awesome information. Thank you!
Glad I could help, Bless you John 🙏🏾
Let the church say Amen! We Workinn 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
Amen 🙏🏾 We Workin 💪🏾 💪🏾💪🏾
Awesome presentation, thanks for sharing👍👍
You're welcome 👍🏾
Uninvited party 😆 I like that line. Great video and tips!
😆😆 I'm telling you Connor. It will creep in your lawn like a thief in the night.
Amen!!!! I did a complete lawn renovation to my lawn. I used elite/premium seed (210.00 for 50 pound bag) de-thatched and leveled. The lawn was amazing. One day a section turned broken…. Next thing you see is the entire lawn was destroyed…. I knew nothing about fungus… I spread it around with my lawn mower…. Totally decimated my lawn.
Oh wowwwwww sorry to hear that, Norm. How does your lawn look now?
The heck with the many infomercial podcasts..This is all you need Detailed accurate info
Appreciate you John 👍🏾
Bro this was the best video on brown patch I’ve watched hands down, and I’ve probably watched over 30 in the past few days! I put my disease ex down and hit it with bioadvanced today. Would you say it’s important to be bagging up the clippings for awhile until it’s gone or is it okay to side discharge or mulch following the 1/3 rule? Much love
Thank you for tuning in. Bag your clippings until it's gone. Give it a couple of weeks.
This is very helpful! Thank you!!
Your welcome Portia 👍🏾
Great video! Thanks for sharing Sir!🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Appreciate you, LJ 👍🏾
Question Mr POLO..... I about 7000 sq of kentucky blue grass and I was trying to figure out what size AzProp fungicide would be good for my application... Can seem to find something about coverage for the difference size containers on the site
If you get the 32oz bottle, going out at the low rate (preventative rate), you would get 3 applications for 7000 sqft.
A gallon would get you 12 applications at a low rate.
Now, if you go down with the high rate, you won't get that many applications, but if you're being proactive, you shouldn't need to since it's a combo product. Now it's all gonna depend on what fungus you're going after. This fungicide will get you 28 days coverage, but keep in mind that if the disease pressure is high, i would back that down a few days. Hope this helps 🙏🏾
@@PoloFieldsLawnService sir that definitely helps...... Don't you use proteins and do you have a video on those I tried to look up on the channel but it's kind of confusing with the videos the way TH-cam has them set up... thank you again sir
@@TheMasterkiller24 I don't recall having a video on proteins
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Thank you once again for your advise
No problem, Jason 👌🏾
Been trying to fix this for years…by watering…. Going to get a fungicide. Thanks
That would be your best decision
How often do u apply the bio and desire x
I only apply it when disease pressure is really high. In my area, that's May through August.
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@vanhaus5022 Thank you, my friend. I hope some of my videos can help you in your lawn care journey 🙏🏾
Thank you for the knowledge.
You're welcome 👍🏾
I have a hard time deciphering between Brown patch and Dollar spot. Any good way to tell the difference?
The dollar spot will be small brown spots. Now those small spots can be very close to each other where it looks like brown patch, but it isn't. Brown Patch is easy to identify because it will always be in the shape of a big circle. Sometimes, the brown circle will have green grass in the middle of the circle
Great job explaining the fungus and what to look for. Would you be able to advise on how much of the Azprop to mix into one of those garden hose spray bottles? I have a couple bottles that I kept of the Bioadvance Propiconizole 14.3 Fungicide bought from home depot and the bottle says for up to 5000 sq feet, but they are so expensive. This year i bought a 2 gallon jug of Propiconizole 14.3 Fungicide online and I stick about 10 ounces of the fungicide in the bottle, fill it with water and spray about 3000 square feet per bottle. Did it a few times this year, but it just didn't work. I read the directions on the bottle and estimated about 2 ounces per 1000 square fee ( so 10 ounces in the hose spray bottle )t, but it just didn't keep the brown patch from happening. I started in mid june and have applied a few times a few weeks apart. I'd like to try the azprop, but I have no idea how many ounces to put into the hose connected spray bottle. Any idea??
@noupf69 These professional products are meant to be applied with a pump sprayer or a backpack sprayer. They're not meant to be applied by a hose end sprayer. Please use a pump sprayer or a backpack sprayer when applying any of these products.
On April 24th I applied a bioadvance fungucide when I discovered I have a fungus. Will it be ok to apply the scotts disease x fungucide now because from your comment that both could have been applied at the same time and I did not know this.
Since you already applied the bioadvanced a week ago, apply the Scott's disease x on May 15th. That's approximately 21 days later. Wait 28 days after you apply the disease x. That will take you to June 12th. On this day, you can apply both bioadvanced and disease x. Do this process and let me know how it goes.
OK but the only problem is that I don't see any progress from the bioadvance fungucide treatment
@@veronicaslowe8157 when you say progress, do you mean the fungus clearing up? The bioadvanced has a low rate of the fungicide in it. Not as much as the professional product. It will work, it just takes a while.
Also can I use a bio stimulus for the roots during this time having a fungus
@veronicaslowe8157 Yes, you can
Great video I’m dealing with disease in my lawn this summer. I’m debating on either getting the stuff u mix in the backpack sprayer or the granular disease control they sell at the big box store. Which one you think is best for the long haul?
The stuff that you order and mix will be your best option and will last longer. Big box store products will be your second option.
@@PoloFieldsLawnService okay I need to get a backpack sprayer as well. Man everything is expensive this year😩 thanks for the feed back.
@@devon.b7665 The price has went up on EVERYTHING but yes a battery powered backpack sprayer is the way to go 👍🏾
Great video. Very helpful
I'm glad that it helped 👍🏾
So do I need to spray my mower so I do not infect my lawn anymore?
@@SuperHooverdam If you have a fungus, bag your clippings where the fungus is to prevent from spreading it. Just use a scraper to get the grass from up under your mower. You shouldn't have to spray it.
I got this fungus. I treated it with both the liquid and granular fungicides. My grass was tall when I applied. 2 weeks later it was worse. The fungus spread beneath the canopy of the tall grass. I just cut it really short and applied another treatment. About 70% of my lawn was infected. I am hoping my lawn will recover.
Hello, what are you treating it with? When you cut it, are you bagging your clippings? If it's a brown patch, your lawn should recover, but I need to know what you're using? Please let me know when you can
@@PoloFieldsLawnService I put down Scott’s Disease Ex Granular at the curative rate and sprayed it with Bio Advanced Fungus Control Liquid. Normally this time of year I mulch my grass clippings but when I just cut it short I bagged the diseased clippings.
My lawn is cool season grass type. Specifically, it is Scott’s Sun And Shade Blend. I figured you might need this information too.
@unpavedexplorer338 OK, so let's talk this thing out. Cool Season Lawn, Tall Fescue, Fine Fescue. You said that it got worse and affected 70% of your lawn. Do you know what fungus it is? Are there any lesions on the grass blades, or is the grass just straw brown? Is there any life in the crown of the plant, meaning is the bottom of the grass blade green (the part that comes out of the ground), and how quick did it turn brown on you? I'm trying to figure out what disease you may have. If you have brown patch and you're sure of it, it can bounce back. Just put it on 14-day intervals, meaning apply both of them every 14 days at the curative rate. Otherwise, if it's a fungus like pythium. Stop applying those items because they're not going to do anything for them. You're gonna need another fungicide for that called mefenoxam.
@@PoloFieldsLawnService I believe it is brown patch. The grass blade is green on the bottom and top with brown/red in the middle. I overseeded early spring (beginning of April). It grew in nice. Then we had a 22 day drought. I watered several times a day to keep the new grass from dying. Mowed at the tallest setting on my mower. The lawn looked beautiful. Then after the drought we had 8 days of on/off showers. I noticed a lot of large patches of yellowing developing. I used both granular and liquid fungicide. I then threw down Scott’s Step 3 to push growth to grow out the fungus. I kept the grass cut night. The infected areas got worse. I then decided to cut it really short to cut out the infected blades of grass. This revealed that the fungus was spreading under the canopy and covered about 70% of my lawn. I then applied a 2nd treat of both the granular and liquid fungicides. I have 3 shorts videos of my lawn in the shorts library of my channel. I can put a short video of the current status of my lawn for you to see.
Thank you thank you thank you!
@@annadavis6361 You're welcome 👌🏾
Dealing with this now. 2 applications in but I will definitely need another. unfortunately some of my trees also have fungus. I may need... Wait did this man just pull out a riding spreader like it was a Segway lol.
😆😆😆 gotta work smarter my friend. Gotta stay on top of that fungus. I'm 3 applications in already. It will be over soon, just stay on course.
@@PoloFieldsLawnService bro that was a flex. Lol.
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Great job on the video. If they could bottle the brown patch fungus it would be great for treating violets. Those are hard to kill off lol . 😁
I know right. That's just a prime example of how high the pressure is down here. No one is safe.......even the wild violets 😆😆😆
Great Job !! Good man !! whats the name of that spreader .nice
Permagreen
How many times a year to you spray down.
It all depends on the conditions. If the conditions are right for a fungus, I'm putting down a preventative.
Is it ok to apply both of those apps and still apply nitrogen? Was reading some apply urea 44-0-0 or 46-0-0 to push growth and cut and bag to get rid of it quicker. Is this method ok? Thanks
@Quick_Draw660 No, avoid applying nitrogen when the disease is active. It's almost like scratching a misquote bite. It feels good to scratch the itch for the moment, but it will get bigger the next day. If it's in your lawn, just apply your fungicide to stop it from spreading. Give it time, and it will go away.
@@PoloFieldsLawnService Appreciate the info!
@@Quick_Draw660 No problem
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Thanks, Greg. I hope the videos on this channel will help you have the best lawn possible.
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Does it typically look worse in a couple days after spraying and then start to look better in a couple weeks? Do you typically spray again in 2 weeks?
Hello Rick, once you spray it, it should stop spreading. Typically, you will see some visual change in a couple of weeks. The main thing is to spray the right fungicide that will attack the fungus that you have in your lawn.
@@PoloFieldsLawnServicedoes brown patch kill the grass, or just effect the grass blade?
@rickjames1246 In most cases, mature grass will grow back, but if newly seeded grass gets damaged, it might not grow back. Cool season grass grows slow in the summer, so it might take a couple of weeks for it to go away. No worries though, because we don't have that long before we start to cool back down again
Hope all is well. I’m having a similar issue here in S, Florida. I purchased T methyl fungicide. I placed it about a week ago throughout my lawn, how long do you think it will take before it takes effect? I have one large patch in the middle and random spots throughout. 😅. Thanks in advance!
Hello Christian, Im assuming that you have St Augustine grass. Thiophanate-methyl will start working as soon as you put it down. You'll have to have it on 14-day intervals, though. I would use 2 active ingredients though so something like a Thiophanate-methyl and Propiconizole or Thiophanate-methyl and Azoxystrobin. At this time of the year, it's always good to go down with 2 active ingredients. Give it a couple of weeks to clear up
@@PoloFieldsLawnService Yes sir on St. Augustine. I appreciate your fast response! I’ve been checking out all your videos about funguses and I believe I have a mixture of Leaf Spot, Melting, brown patch and dollar spots. My second treatment will be on June 20. Do you recommend raking the dead grass in the large brown patch (there’s some green leafs in between) or just treating it and allowing it to do its course? Thanks again!
@christianherrera5248 That sounds like brown patch. There is no need to rake. On your next application, apply 2 active ingredients in the same tank mix and let it do its thing. When you apply, apply early in the morning or late in the evening. Let it sit on the grass blades and water it in the next day.
@@PoloFieldsLawnService thanks again. You the man 🫡
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Great info
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Appreciate you Brodie
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Is "Heat Stress" the same as "Summer Patch" (Fungus)? Thank you, Polo.
@yannip2083 No, it isn't
How do you kill off wild violet?
Triclopyr is what you need to use 👍🏾
What if it's early November and the fungus has just recently taken hold. I'm in northern New England and high temps are 40's and low 50's. Night time lows are low to mid 30's. Is it too late to deal with it? Will the winter kill it? Could it also be Dollar Spot? How do I tell the difference between the 2? Thanks very much in advance.
You shouldn't be dealing with any fungus issues with these temperatures. Especially with highs in the low 50s and nighttime temperatures in the mid-30s, especially dollar spot. Describe to me what you are seeing.
Great info!
Hope it gave you the information that you needed 🙏🏾
Great video
Thank you Bucky 👍🏾
Is this a good on spot treatment ? Or the entire lawn and sorry for so many questions 😂
Your fine Yeremy, whenever you see a fungus, treat the entire lawn. Never spot treat a fungus because it may pip up somewhere else
@@PoloFieldsLawnService thanks
So, what to do about heat stress??
Water your lawn early in the mornings before 10 am. You need at least 1 inch of water per week when we're going through a drought
Thanks bro for the quick response. You’re the absolute best.
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Bro AZProp select is expensive AF. How is it $300 for a gallon
@The1Music2MyEars Because it works and it's 2 active ingredients in the mix. A quart is all that you'll really need, though.
Darn. Wish i saw this video 1 hour ago lol I just dropped down some Bioadvanced. I will use both the next time.
If you have Disease X you can still put it down. Just wait until the bioadvanced dries, then put the Disease X down and give some water. Better to be safe than sorry if you know what I mean. Also you better watch some more videos before you make your next move 😆
@@PoloFieldsLawnService lol yes I am. You provide some good information
@@henryjonesphotography4934 thanks man 👍🏾
Now I know what is wrong with!! Thanks
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I put epsom salt on my lawn because I had fungal infection and watered watered and it went away
I've never done that
@@PoloFieldsLawnService also spray baking soda on the spots with a little baby shampoo. For fungus
@@denisemiller8474 😯😯
Omg thanks for this info!!
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Customer be like waaaaa i dont wanna pay
They'll pay for it in the fall 😆
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Thats what I use for my business, bioadvance all the way
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I thought I had heat stress or fungus but I had grubs
@@angelf9800 Is the dead grass pulling up easily?
@@PoloFieldsLawnService yes
it's FUNGI.
Thank you!
Your welcome Daniel 👍🏾