Replacement of Grass with bad fungus

[lclandscapes]

1. I am completely stumped with this one. I have a customer that has a bad fungus in Centipede grass. Have treated with Dyconil, and 336 liquid. Fungus is only attacking Centipede, and Bermuda has started to come in. The fungus has not bothered the Bermuda. I am sure that is hard to imagine this without seeing it.

2. Thought I gave to customer was to Baginese (mispelled) the area to kill everything, remove 4 inches of dirt, bring in sand, and re-sod. Curious to see what suggestions you guys might have, cause right now I am pulling out my hair. I did put out some Dyithane today to see if that will help.

Suggestions?

[Ghost999]

type of Fungus? if you can desrcibe what the area looks like might help some of us to narrow it down

[Ric]

1. I am completely stumped with this one. I have a customer that has a bad fungus in Centipede grass. Have treated with Dyconil, and 336 liquid. Fungus is only attacking Centipede, and Bermuda has started to come in. The fungus has not bothered the Bermuda. I am sure that is hard to imagine this without seeing it.

2. Thought I gave to customer was to Baginese (mispelled) the area to kill everything, remove 4 inches of dirt, bring in sand, and re-sod. Curious to see what suggestions you guys might have, cause right now I am pulling out my hair. I did put out some Dyithane today to see if that will help.

Suggestions?

lclandscapes

Daconil has not had a turf label for years. Is 336 actually Clearlys 3336???

Dithane is in fact a contact and what you need is a systemic. Aliette and Prodigy are systemic and have the same A.I. and should get in and do the job quicker. However with most fungus, a follow up treatment or two are necessary. Now fungus is a disease that cause cell damage which might not show up until after you have treated. Therefore your turf will get worst before it gets better.

To treat a suspected fungus without knowing for sure which one it is; is a standard practice. Fungus is slow to cure and should be treated ASAP. However a sample should be send to a lab if the variety is unknown.

You might look into a Bluebook which can be purchased on line at www.BluebookTOR.com it is a label book and is the bible of the professional applicator. BTW you misspelled every chemical in your post including the word misspelled.

Another point you may want to consider is. Herbicide burn or chemical burn will give similar appearance to fungus.

[lclandscapes]

Thanks Ric for the information and on my typing skills. 336 is clearys ( I am sure I misspelled that one as well). Will get the book you suggested. Hope all is well in Florida.

Walt