Lawn Disease & Fungus Control in Richards Glen, Franklin, TN

Most Richards Glen homeowners I talk to assume their lawn is dying because of the Franklin summer heat or a lack of water. When they see those brown patches, their instinct is to turn the irrigation up, but that is exactly how you kill a lawn. In our humid Middle Tennessee climate, extra water creates the perfect environment for fungal spores to thrive. The moisture sits on your grass for hours every night, and that moisture carries the infection downhill from plant to plant.

I see a common mistake where people wait until the damage is visible in July to act. By then, the fungus has already taken hold. I start my fungicide applications in May. This is a preventive approach, which is the only way to manage these diseases correctly according to the label. If you only treat the lawn after it is already dying, you risk creating fungicide-resistant strains. Because ornamental growers only have access to a small fraction of the chemistries available to golf courses, we cannot afford to waste our options on resistant fungus. My approach is simple: I include fungicides in every single plan I offer. I do not believe in low-tier plans that leave you vulnerable to brown patch. When your lawn isn't fighting a disease, it has more energy to handle the heat, foot traffic, and the heavy clay soils we have here in Franklin.