Tricky lawn “Diseases”

Categories: Disease and Insects Lawn Care Plant Care Gone Bad

Any guesses as to what this might be?

Any ideas?

I have some inside information on this one (I watched it happen) but before I reveal the problem, any ideas on what it might be?

This type of damage is actually fairly common.  It happens “all of the sudden” and then the grass typically recovers a couple of weeks later depending on the turf species.  It is simply dried out (cooked might be a better word) from having a running car parked on the grass for a few minutes.

Two lessons here….don’t leave a car running on a turf area and don’t rush to conclusions when attempting to diagnose a landscape maintenance problem.   Try to gather as much information as you can before determining a cause.  In this case, a clue was the slight impression of tire tracks, perhaps you can see them in the upper portion of the picture.