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We hope you enjoyed our latest series of blog posts about making your grass greener and keeping your lawn healthy!

We know how frustrating maintaining a lawn can sometimes be. You try to take care of your lawn so your family can enjoy it, but sometimes Mother Nature has her own agenda!

We can help! We wrote these tips show you how to identify the most common problems you can encounter when trying to keep your lawn healthy and green:

1. Start with a Healthy, Green Lawn
2. Florida Irrigation: How Much Should I Water My Lawn?
3. Common Broadleaf Weeds That Invade Your Lawn
4. Crabgrass and Goosegrass: Grassy Weeds
5. Sedge Weeds in Your Lawn
6. Chinch Bugs Causing Brown Lawn Spots?
7. Sod Webworms in Your Lawn?
8. Lawn Grubs Causing Brown Spots?
9. Gray Leaf Spot on Grass
10. Do You Have Brown Spots on Your Lawn?
11. Three Tips for Better Shrub Care

You can read each tip as a blog article, or you can download them all in one convenient free eBook: 11 Tricks to Make Sure Your Grass Is Always Greener.

Gray Leaf Spot on St. Augustine grass. Courtesy of Flickr user Lane Tredway.

Gray Leaf Spot disease is caused by a fungus and requires special fungicides for treatment. You’re most likely to notice Gray Leaf Spot disease during the wettest months of the year. The rain and high humidity create the perfect environment for this fungus to flourish.

This is the ninth of 11 Tricks to Make Sure Your Grass Is Always Greener, a free eBook. We’ll be posting a new trick on this blog every other week.

Gray Leaf Spot is a perfect name for this disease because it describes exactly what you should look for. If affected, you’ll notice your blades of grass will have a discoloration of a gray circle, often surrounded by a dark green ring. Usually the spot is circular or oval. As the fungus spreads through the grass, the entire blade changes color as the spots merge together.

The best way to avoid Gray Leaf Spot disease is to water your lawn at the appropriate time of day. Set your sprinkler system for the early morning, so the grass will dry quickly. Evening waterings often leave the grass wet for too long and invite the fungus to take root.

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