Do the roots pull out easily?

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May 12, 2021
10:20:50am

kccougar Truly Addicted User

Do the roots pull out easily?

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kccougar

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My lawn is struggling. How do I tell if it's just dead/dry or if it's something else? Isn't there a common fungus and

BlueBlood94 All-American

5/12/21 10:16am

Try pulling up a section of the dry/dead stuff. If it comes up easily that would suggest the roots were eaten by a bug.

HuskerFan2

5/12/21 10:20am

If you pull on it and it comes up easily with no resistance, it is 100% bugs. Gonna need to spray for them.

5/12/21 10:20am

Same thing happened to me two years ago. Sprayed for the bugs, watered a bunch

m0resn0w

5/12/21 10:21am

You probably should over water for the next week or two

IceBlueCoug

5/12/21 10:20am

Do the roots pull out easily?

kccougar

5/12/21 10:20am

Highly likely it's grubs especially if that area is especially dry. Grubs like dry, sunny areas of lawn. I put down

CSoul

5/12/21 10:23am

Feel free to ask me more questions if you have them. I'm probably too much into the whole lawn/garden thing.

CSoul

5/12/21 10:24am

I could talk grass all day long. So glad to break out my Toro GM 1600 last weekend. Bermuda is waking up and about to

slappy

5/12/21 10:30am

Do you think there's any issue applying both at the same time?

kccougar

5/12/21 10:34am

No there isn't, I did both at the same time the first year.

CSoul

5/12/21 10:37am

I got this product instead. They look similar enough but is there enough of a difference that I should use the exact one

BlueBlood94

5/12/21 12:30pm

So assuming this is good, and I apply it today, when should I then rake/prep the dead grass to then seed for new grass

BlueBlood94

5/12/21 12:58pm

That's probably just fine from what I can tell. It'll kill bugs too.

Breaded Hamster

5/12/21 7:23pm

RE: My lawn is struggling. How do I tell if it's just dead/dry or if it's

5/12/21 10:30am

Look up pythian blight fungus. We thought we had a grub issue earlier this

RH84025

5/12/21 10:37am

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