Lawn Disease & Fungus Control in Reserve of Temple Hills, Franklin, TN

When you see large, brown circles appearing in your grass at Reserve of Temple Hills, your first instinct is probably to water more to combat the Tennessee heat. I see this mistake constantly. In Franklin, adding more water actually feeds the fungus by increasing spore production and spreading the infection downhill through your lawn. Most homeowners think they have a drought problem, but they actually have a fungal disease problem.

As a UT Certified Horticulturist, I take a different approach. Many local companies offer low-tier plans that skip fungicides, only to show up when your lawn is dying and demand double the price for a "rescue" treatment. I don't play those games. I include fungicides in every single one of my plans because the label requires preventive application to be effective. If you wait until the damage is visible in July, you are already behind.

By starting my fungicide applications preventively in May, I keep the disease population controllable. This is critical because ornamental operators have access to very few chemistries compared to golf courses. If we let resistant strains develop through poor timing or curative-only treatments, we lose our ability to protect your grass. A lawn fighting fungus is a stressed lawn. By removing that disease burden early, your grass can actually handle the summer heat, foot traffic, and irrigation gaps much better.