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Beware the attack of brown lawn spots
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As a lover of grass (turfgrass that is), I have thoroughly enjoyed my fescue lawn this spring and early summer. The ample winter and spring rains had my fescue lawn and many others looking as good as ever. Other than battling some clover, its been a great year for fescue.However, the arrival of 90-plus temperatures and high humidity have created the ideal conditions for fungal pathogens to attack our once-lush fescue.Once again this year, I’ve started receiving phone calls that go something like this, "I have dead and dying spots in my fescue lawn.