Some years are worse than others, but when you get Red Thread and mushrooms in the lawn it can become a nightmare.
This year has been INCREDIBLY wet, and coupled with the hot weather at the minute, we have seen an abundance of perfect conditions for all manner of lawn diseases to occur.
In this video I talk about Red Thread (lawn Fungus), and what you can do about it. As a home owner your fungicide options are very limited, but there are a few things that can be done.
Watch the video in full to see all the tips, and 2 other lawns at the end, and how their specific environments affect the development of lawn fungus.
Products that will help;
A high Nitrogen lawn feed - but make sure the lawn is kept watered deeply twice a week (mornings only), otherwise you may burn the lawn.
I'd suggest a feed with PK value of 46-0-0.
Please follow the application rate on the bag (all products have different rates).
For example 2 to 4kg per 10,000 square metres would mean 2 grams to 4 grams per square metre, in however much water is needed to cover your lawn. I find about 4 litres of water covers about 60 to 70 square metres. You can simply fill up your sprayer with water and see how many litres are used to cover your lawn.
A lawn fungicide - at the minute domestic offerings are very poor so you may wish too call on the services on a professional lawn care company to apply a professional product - many are getting banned right now and as a professional myself, we are getting less access to the good stuff and are left with products that aren't quite as good (for now).
there use to be Provanto lawn Disease control - if you can find any anywhere that will help (for the Uk at least)
