These are Common lawn disease due to allowing leaves to sit on your lawn. Dollar spot, rust, gray leaf spot, powdery mildew:
- Dollar spots – Grass dies in small, circular spots 4 to 12 inches wide
- Powdery Mildew – White to light gray moldy-looking growth on grass blades
- Rust – Orange colored spores cover grass blades • Affected areas of lawn have a rusty look
- Gray Leaf Spot – Leaf spots on the grass blades are tan to gray with purple to brown margins.
It is very important to clean up your leaves and prevent these diseases from occurring. It will not only improve the appearance of your landscape but will give horticultural benefits. Leaves prevent sunlight from reaching the lawn causing the disease issues to occur and causing the lawn to die out.
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