Why Does My Lawn Have Dollar Spot?
Little Bleached Spots and Cobwebs in the Morning Dew
Dollar spot is a fungus, and it is one of the few lawn problems that will tell you exactly what it is if you go outside early enough.
The spots are small, about the size of a silver dollar, straw colored and sunk in a little. Get out there while the dew is still down and you will usually see fine white webbing across them. By nine in the morning that is gone and it just looks like scattered dead spots.
Leave it and the spots run together into bigger patches. That is usually when the phone rings.
How to Know It Is Dollar Spot
Two of these confirm it. The rest are why it showed up in your yard.
The Hourglass on the Blade
Pull one blade from the edge of a spot. Dollar spot leaves a bleached band straight across it with a reddish brown edge, pinched in the middle like an hourglass. Nothing else in a bermuda lawn does that.
Webbing at First Light
Fine white threads across the spots at sunup, gone a couple hours later. If you see it, do not mow. The mower will carry it across the rest of the yard.
It Is Hungry
Dollar spot goes after underfed lawns. Getting the nitrogen right is genuinely part of controlling it, not just something we say to sell you fertilizer.
The Grass Stays Wet Too Long
Warm days, cool nights, heavy dew sitting until nine or ten. That is our spring and our fall. Watering in the evening keeps it wet even longer and makes the whole thing worse.
Water Early, Water Deep
Short daily watering keeps the top wet and the roots shallow. One or two long soakings early in the morning puts down the same water and gives the fungus a lot less time to work.
Same Spots Every Year
It lives in the thatch and soil, so the low shaded corners that dry out slow light up again and again. Those are worth treating before you see it, not after.
What Fixes It
Lawn Disease Control
Fungicide for dollar spot, brown patch and large patch, put down when the weather is setting up for disease instead of after the damage is done.
Fertilization & Weed Control
Steady nitrogen is part of the fix. A hungry lawn is a dollar spot lawn.
Core Aeration
Cuts down thatch and helps the surface dry off faster in the morning, which shortens the window the fungus needs.
Why Choose Lawn Jox?
Free Service Calls
Our job is to make sure your lawn is beautiful all season long. If you think there is something wrong with your lawn, call us. The inspection is free.
Right Size Equipment
Lawn Jox started with push mowers and we still have them. We use the right sized equipment for the right job, optimizing our time and lowering your cost.
Professional, Uniformed Crews
Just like your lawn, we have standards with our appearance as well. All of our lawn care technicians are uniformed and professional.
Fully Licensed & Insured
As a fully licensed & insured lawn care company in the state of Mississippi, Tennessee, and Arkansas, we make sure your assets are protected while on your property.
Electronic Quotes & Invoicing
We save on paper and make it easy to pay. With our electronic system, you’ll receive quotes and invoices on your devices so you can accept bids and pay invoices all online.
No Contracts
Nothing to sign and no minimum term. Your program carries over each year so the spring pre-emergent is never missed, and you can stop any time by calling or texting the office.