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Patches of Turf are Dead or Discolored

What kind of dead patches are you observing?

 

placeholderBlack Cutworm  placeholderBluegrass Billbug
Example of brown patch Brown Patch
(Rhizoctonia solani)
 Example of chemical burnChemical or Fertilizer Burn
 placeholderChinch Bugs  Example of urine damageUrine Damage
 Example of dollar spotDollar Spot
(Sclerotinia Homoeocarpa)
 Example of dormant warm season grassDormant Warm Season Grasses
 placeholderGreenbug  placeholderGrubs
(true and annual)
 Example of pythiumPythium
(Pythium spp.)
Example of red thread Red Thread
(Laetisaria fuciformis)
 Example of salt damageSalt Damage Example of scalping Scalping Turf
placeholder Snow Molds  placeholderSod Webworm
 Example of summer patchSummer Patch/Necrotic Ringspot
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