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Red Thread

18 years ago

We had a very cold and damp Spring. Temps were in the 40's and 50's and rainy. I had my lawn fertilized in March and reseeded portions of it in May after I treated it for grubs. I noticed red thread about a month ago and felt that when the weather warmed up and dried out it would disappear. It hasn't. Do you have any suggestions?

Oh, I also used Ironite on it a few weeks ago.

Thanks

Karan

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yarddoctor
18 years ago
Dear Karan,

Thank you very much for your inquiry. Red thread is normally associated with low fertility areas, and the general prescription is to bring up the nitrogen fertility. When you fertilize, make sure that adequate nitrogen is being applied to your lawn. I suggest you add a soluble fertilizer at a rate of 0.5-0.75 lbs N/10002 to your lawn and see if the red thread disappears.

Again, thanks for the question and let me know if you have more.

Respectfully

Trey Rogers, The Briggs & Stratton Yard Doctor, YardDoctor.com
karan
Original Author
18 years ago
I will fertilie again as you suggested and see what happens. Thank you so much for your response.
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