| Symptom |
Probable Cause |
Bonide Best Solution |
| Brown or tan rings with green centers |
Fusarium Blight |
Infuse GS |
| White or tan cobwebby spots |
Dollar Spot |
Infuse C,G,S |
| Patches surrounded by “smoke rings” |
Brown Patch |
Captan, Infuse CGS |
| Blackened wet patches |
Pythium Blight |
Aerating, improve drainage |
| Fine threads on grass blades |
Red Thread |
Infuse CGS |
| Gray or pink patches after snow melt |
Snow Mold |
Infuse GS, Liquid Copper |
| Lush growth surrounded by dead zone |
Fairy Ring |
Aerate the lawn |
| Pale; distorted grass blades |
Leaf Smut |
Infuse GS |
| Purplish black spots on blades |
Leaf Spot |
Captan, Infuse CGS |
| Brown rings appearing suddenly |
Necrotic Ring Spot |
Infuse C |
| White or gray fuzz on grass |
Powdery Mildew |
Infuse CGS |
| Orange or brown pustules on grass |
Rust |
Infuse CGS, Lime Sulfur |
| Small gray or yellow blobs on grass |
Slime Molds |
Hose off or sweep grass. |
| Mushrooms emerge through turf |
Buried Wood |
Remove wood, mushrooms |
| Mounds appear on lawn and kill grass |
Ants |
Delta Eight,
Ant, Flea & Tick G Ant Killer G |
| Round bare areas appear in lawn in fall |
Armyworm |
Grub Beater GS, Eight CRS, Thuricide BT (C) |
| Small circular patterns that turn yellowish and brown |
Billbug |
Grub Beater GS, Total – Outdoor |
| Large, distinctm, circular patches; primarily in sunny areas of your lawn; that turn yellow; then brown; die |
Chinch Bugs |
Grub Beater GS, Bon-Neem CR, |
| Total – Outdoor, Ant,Flea&Tick G |
| Usually you don’t see fire ants first; you feel the stings |
Fire Ant |
Stinger G, Eight CRS, |
| Delta Eight, Total – Outdoor |
| Cats and dogs bring fleas in from outside |
Fleas |
Ant, Flea & Tick Killer (G), |
| Total – Outdoor |
| Small brown patches that expand over the season |
Sod Webworm |
Grub Beater GS, Total – Outdoor, Rotenone-Pyrethrin |
| Grass seedlings in newly seeded lawn disappear, cut off at the base of the grass |
Cutworm |
Grub Beater GS, Eight CRS,
Total – Outdoor |
| Patches of grass turn brown. |
Masked Chafer larva |
Eight CDRS, |
| Rotenone/Pyrethrin |
| Irregular brown patches of grass; can pick up turf in clumps. |
Grubs |
Grub Beater GS, |
| Total – Outdoor |
| Areas of lawn turn brown and die; small mounds of soil become evident |
Mole Cricket |
Grub Beater GS |
| Total – Outdoor |
| Small brown patches that expand over the season |
Sod Webworm |
Rotenone-Pyrethrin (C) |
| Grub Beater GS, Total – Outdoor |
| Raised ridges of turf from shallow tunneling of moles |
Moles |
Moletox Gel, MoleMax GS,
Moletox II, |
| In winter time after snow, paths of dead grass obvious |
Voles |
MoleMax GS, Control thatch, |
| Moletox II |
| Conical shaped holes in the lawn |
Skunks |
MoleMax GS,
Rodent Smoke Bombs |
| Grass looks chewed and patches disappear; droppings are obvious |
|
MoleMax GS |
| Repels-All GCR |
| Unwanted vegetation and dandelions |
Broad-leafed weeds |
Weed Beater Ultra |
| Weed Beater Lawn Weed Killer |
| Crabgrass and other grass like weeds |
Grassy weeds |
Weed Beater Plus, MSMA |
| Undesired brush and Ivy like weeds |
Brushy Weeds |
BK – 32 |
