Lawn Disease & Fungus Control in BRIXWORTH, Thompson's Station, TN

The reality is usually much different. Most Brixworth homeowners see those brown spots in mid-summer and assume they need to water more, but that is exactly how you kill your lawn. In Thompson's Station, our high humidity and nighttime temperatures above 75 degrees create a perfect breeding ground for fungal diseases like brown patch. When you increase irrigation to fight perceived drought, you are actually increasing moisture on the plant, which spikes spore production and spreads the infection downhill.

I see a common pattern where people wait until the damage is visible to call me. By then, the lawn is already under extreme stress from the gravel in our local soil and the summer heat. Fungal disease is almost always the straw that breaks the camel's back. Once a plant is fighting a fungus, it loses the resources it needs to handle heat or foot traffic.

I do not believe in low-tier plans that exclude fungicides. Many companies sell you a cheap service and then try to charge you double when the fungus inevitably hits. I include fungicides in every single one of my plans. My standard of care is to start preventive treatments in May, long before the damage begins. This follows the legal label requirements and, more importantly, prevents the development of fungicide-resistant strains that are nearly impossible to kill.