I forgot to mention that I will put down Bayleton in this area next week as well.

Isn't Bayleton not recommended for residential areas. I read fungicides are not recommended for homeowners period. They sink pretty deep and could be around for months.

That is why I am going to use Plant Helper -- a fungus that is not harmful in any way to humans or pets but will devour the snow mold (all kinds)...it just takes a little longer but you will have a snow mold free lawn next year and no poison to boot. Don't need to water it in either and can be put on the whole lawn to protect. It even makes the grass grow better and supposedly you don't need fertilizer then although you can still put it down. It was developed by a research doctor/scientist in Alaska.

Living in MA, I have/had the same issue. My yard was covered in snow from mid-December until what seemed like a few weeks ago. During the January thaw I saw parts of it, and it still looked good, but then it snowed again. What I did was to gently rake the areas that were affected. Breaking up the matted parts a bit. Most of it is now gone and is greening up nicely. A few areas (where the plow guy made an 8' pile of ice) are still having issues. Plan to try raking it up again today.

Did you have an issue with pink snow mold at all or just the gray variety? I'm loaded with the gray which I did try and rake out a bit. But I still have patches all over and a few larger areas that either haven't greened yet or at the time I couldn't rake as well because they were still damp/hard.

Have you had this before? I'm almost losing sleep over it because I don't want to have a terrible looking lawn this year. Because of a physical disability I'm somewhat limited on my ability to repair the lawn myself and definitely don't want to spend $500+ to have someone else do it.

If you have snow mold right now there is no reason to treat it at all with any product of any kind, the event is over. The outbreak happened while the ground was covered with snow and unless you've still got a lot of snow cover then you're not going to see the damage spread. If you must use a fungicide use it while the outbreak is active, not after the fact. Your grass will grow back in most cases.

Well from what I've read, the gray snow mold thrives under the snow, and so I'm not treating that. My biggest concern is the pink snow mold which I know can thrive just in wet, damp conditions. That is where I was going to use the fungicide.

A single spring app isn't going to give you a lot of bang for your buck. Raking it out and letting it dry is going to do just about as much for you. Pink and gray molds go away on their own and yards almost always recover so it just doesn't seem to be worth the expense.

Well I have some Bayleton from last year, enough to do this section, so that's why I was toying with putting it down. Otherwise, it's not worth it to pay $90 or whatever it was just for this small area.

Funny you say that yards with pink snow mold almost always recover because everything I've read says that pink snow mold is almost certain death. I know that these patches don't look too promising to me. As I said, the leaves are curled up and they pull out easily. But then again, this is my first experience with this, and as has happened before, I could be wrong :-D

I see a lot of pink snow mold in my neighborhood. Some lawns see minimal damage that gets filled in once the grass get's going--others see more extensive patches that are dead and need patching. Bottom line is it's variable. Personally, I think now that your lawn is coming out of dormancy, most of the damage is done and that raking and Dchall's oft-recommended corn meal would be a good course of action.

It isn't certain death but you'll have to judge the extent of the damage yourself. Both kinds of mold can kill if the damage is bad enough. Look at the crowns and if they're affected you'll have die off regardless of the variety.
If not you'll have re-growth but in both cases you'll probably want to do at least a little overseeding rather than wait for the grass to grow in on its own.

Corn meal might not cure a pink disease. It does not work on red thread or rust, so I get spooked about "pink" anything. If pink snow mold means death, then the damage is already done. Can it still spread after the spring weather hits?

Being a pink colored disease, my first line of defense would be milk sprayed on at a rate of 3 ounces of milk per 1,000 square feet. You can dilute it however you want and you can over apply as much as you want. Corn meal can't hurt, either. Apply it to the entire yard if you are going to use it because it will create dark green spots of grass where ever it hits the ground.

I should have posted some pictures originally. Here are a few:

The rest of my property just has grey snow mold all over the place but the grass seems to be filling in slowly but surely. I have one exceptionally large area that to me gets smaller every day.

I believe the grass in this area was thinner last year which would explain seeing dirt. But in the fall I plan on cutting short, dragging around my tine dethatcher to scratch up the soil, overseeding, going over with the tines again, and then fertilizing anyway.

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I've only lived in this house for 3 springs, and this is the first time I've gotten any mold. Right now, the yard looks a lot thinner than it did last fall (after overseeding). I've promised the family that I am not overseeding again this fall so I am very hopeful that what I've got will fill in. About 3 weeks ago about 1/2 of my back yard was brown with a tint of pink or grey. Today, we are down to

Did any spots look like the pictures I posted above? I'm hopeful that they will just fill in and maybe just be thinner, which I will overseed in the fall.

Yes, exactly the same if not worse. Are you north or south of the mass pike?

I'm North. Central MA near the NH border.

So the pink you had like mine wound up coming back?

I live about 15 miles north of the pike right inside of the 495 belt. Over the weekend and I was down in Natick where the trees are blooming.

In the 3 winters at this house, this is the first year I had snow mold.