Dollar spot is a common lawn disease in Texas that you should be on the lookout for! It's caused by a fungus that thrives in hot, humid temperatures and extended periods of moisture. It causes straw-colored lesions on your turf that spread over time, resulting in dollar-coin-sized patches of dead grass, hence the name. As soon as you notice the symptoms, contact professionals to schedule curative treatments. Curative treatments will eliminate the disease from your lawn so it doesn't continue to cause damage, however, they won't stop it from coming back. To prevent this disease from infecting your lawn again, be sure to schedule preventative treatments next year!

What is dollar spot, and what damage can it cause?

A circular patch of dead grass on a lawn in Dallas, TX, caused by dollar spot.

One prevalent lawn disease in Texas is dollar spot! The fungus that causes dollar spot thrives in hot, humid temperatures and is most active after prolonged periods of moisture on your lawn. Dollar spot causes white lesions or tan spots on the turf that spread over time and eventually kill the upper part of the grass blades. The result is patches of light tan grass on your lawn that are roughly the size of a dollar coin, hence the name. Early in the morning, you may also notice a fuzzy, white fungus known as mycelium growing on the affected turf.

If you notice symptoms of dollar spot, contact professionals immediately to schedule curative treatments.

Without proper treatment, dollar spot can quickly spread and cause damage to your lawn! If you believe your lawn is suffering from this disease, it's important to contact professionals immediately so they can quickly stop it from spreading and causing further damage. To do this, professionals will inspect your turf to confirm its presence and then use effective curative treatments, applying them to the affected areas to eliminate the disease.

To help your lawn recover from dollar spot damage, you may need to invest in lawn care services like core aeration, fertilization, and weed control!

You can prevent dollar spot next year by scheduling preventative treatments.

Stopping dollar spot from infecting your lawn in the first place is the best way to protect it from damages this disease can cause. Fortunately, that's where preventative treatments come in! If your lawn was infected by dollar spot this year, it is wise to invest in preventative treatments next year. These treatments should be applied to your lawn before this disease is present; doing so in the spring and early fall is ideal to provide ongoing protection. These treatments help safeguard your turf against dollar spot and other fungal diseases by stopping them before they have the chance to infect it and cause damage.

Call us today to sign up for our dollar spot control service!

At Weedex Lawn Care, we offer a dollar spot control service to protect your lawn from this damaging fungal disease. To make certain the disease doesn't cause problems for your lawn in the first place so it remains disease-free throughout the entire year, we will apply our preventative treatments in the spring and early fall! With treatments applied at these times of the year, we will effectively get ahead of dollar spot. However, if you're dealing with an existing infection on your lawn, we will eliminate it with our curative dollar spot control treatments. We offer our dollar spot control service to residential property owners in Dallas, TX, and other surrounding areas, such as Fort Worth, Arlington, and Plano. Reach out to us today at (972) 727-9207 to sign up and ensure your grass stays healthy and free of harmful diseases like dollar spot!