Dollar Spot

Identifying markers:

• Starts off as small spots of bleached looking turf, can increase up to 6 inches in diameter.
• Grass blades have yellow spots that look water soaked, if you look at it in the morning you will see cobweb-like growth.
• Mild to warm temperatures, excess moisture, poor soil nutrient levels and thick thatch are ideal conditions for this disease.
• It typically occurs in the following grass species - fescues, perennial rye grass and bent grasses.