Professional Lawn Disease Control
Lawn Disease Is Usually Misdiagnosed
A lawn that browns out in patches gets blamed on drought, on grubs, on the mower, on anything except what it usually is. Fungal disease looks like a watering problem right up until the grass is gone.
Misdiagnosed and untreated fungus wrecks a lawn quickly. We identify what you actually have, then build a treatment plan that repairs the damage and restores your yard’s health. If you think something is wrong out there, call us. The inspection is free.
Not sure what you are looking at? Start with our bermuda lawn problem guides, or go straight to spring dead spot if the patches showed up at spring green-up.
The Diseases We See in North Mississippi
Most lawn disease here is driven by weather, which means it turns up on a schedule and it can be caught early. These are the ones we deal with most.
Brown Patch
Circular brown rings in fescue through warm, humid nights. The most common disease call we get, and the one most often mistaken for drought stress.
Large Patch
The zoysia and bermuda version, showing up in spring and fall when the soil is cool and wet. Patches spread outward from a ring of orange-tinged grass.
Dollar Spot
Small bleached spots about the size of a coin that run together into larger patches. Often a sign the lawn is short on nitrogen.
Gray Leaf Spot
Hot, humid weather brings gray lesions on the blade. It moves fast in new fescue and can thin a stand before you notice the individual spots.
Pythium Blight
The fast one. Greasy dark streaks after hot nights and heavy watering, and it can take out large areas in a day or two. This is the one worth calling about immediately.
Spring Dead Spot
Bermuda that greens up everywhere except in dead circles. The damage happens over winter, but you do not see it until spring, so it gets treated the previous fall.
What lawn disease control actually involves
What a visit includes
- Identifying which disease you have, because they are treated differently
- Professional-grade fungicide, curative on active disease and preventive where pressure is known
- Follow-up on the areas that were worst
When we do it
Brown patch and large patch move in spring and again in autumn, when nights are humid and soil sits between 65 and 75 degrees. Dollar spot runs late spring into summer. Spring dead spot shows up in April as the bermuda greens around it, but the treatment for it goes down the previous autumn.
What it will not fix
- Fungicide stops the disease spreading. It does not regrow the turf that already died. That recovery comes from the grass growing back.
- It will not solve disease that is being caused by watering at night or a sprinkler running too long.
- Spring dead spot cannot be cured in the spring you notice it. It is an autumn job.
What it costs
Priced on lawn size. Included in the Elite program, or available as a single service.
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.
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.
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.
Other Services We Offer
Fertilization & Weed Control
The eight-visit program that keeps the lawn thick enough to resist disease in the first place. Most disease problems start as thin, stressed turf.
Spring Dead Spot Guide
Round dead patches in bermuda that will not green up. How to identify it, and why it has to be treated the autumn before.
Pest Control
Fire ants, grubs, armyworms and more. Insect damage and disease damage look alike, and we check for both.