To dachall...An update on my take-all fungus treatments with Actinovate last year. After the second Actinovate application plus letting the St. Augustine grow a bit longer as suggested by the experts our lawn recovered and was beautiful for the rest of the summer. I continued treating throughout this period of time on the prescribed schedule. Cooler fall weather meant reducing grass height for the winter and three days after this was done the fungus hit with a vengence! What a mess! I treated again with Actinovate and crossed my fingers. This spring, faced with a disaster I called in a lawn company to have a commercial fungicide applied. It is slowly recovering. The 'light green' stage (No, that is not caused by chinch bug) is mostly gone and I see signs of recovery. I will stay with the lawn company this year making certain that a fungicide treatment is applied and watered in at time of application about a week before fall lawn cutback. Will see how that goes. Am trialing Actinovate on tomatoes this year. So far no sign of fungus or disease. Time will tell.

I'm about 30 minutes north of Philly. I haven't watered in over a week though we are getting rain all day today and tomorrow. That picture was taken yesterday. I bought some Bayer fungicide to spray on the lawn when the rain stops and it dries up...hope that is what I should use?

I've used the Propiconazole 14.3 at a rate of 2 ounces per 1k for treating last year and it worked. Hit it every 2 weeks until all signs of fungus are gone and then back off to once per month. Keep a close eye on it and if you see anything pop up step your apps up again. It would be a good idea to rotate another fungicide in every 3rd or 4th treatment to decrease the chance of it building resistance.

Underneath the Comments dialog box is an icon labeled Photo. Click that and browse your computer for the images you want to post. Give them a few seconds to upload. When the image goes from foggy to clear, it's ready to post. The best pictures are taken on a cloudy day or in the shade of a building. For a possible fungal disease, get down in the grass about 6 inches away from the blades. As for patchy, stand up and step back to show the patchyness. Chinch bugs are much more of a Southern US disease, because they love heat. Grubs are something you might dig around for. Measure off 1 square foot, dig it up, and count the grubs you find. If you find fewer than a dozen grubs, put the grass back down and move on. If you find an uncountable mass of grubs, then treat for grubs. NOW is the time for that. Jun would normally be thought of as too late to seed; however, your latitude sort of obviates the normal objections. Summer heat usually kills new seedlings. Fall is the best time to seed northern lawns. You might be redoing this toward the end of next month.