Bermuda Grass Blades Turning Red

The blades will be coated with orange red to yellowish brown dust or spores.

Bermuda grass blades turning red.

It tolerates acidic soil with ph as low as 4 5 to 6 0 much lower than most grasses prefer. As the red thread becomes well developed light pink to red fungus strands or threads 1 4 or more in length begin to grow from the tips of the blades and the leaf sheaths these threads are the reason for the disease s common name. It rained about every third day and the grass was growing fast. Your yard s grass commonly covers a large percentage of space compared to other garden plants like flowers or vegetable.

Maybe its my imagination but i don t think so. The spores can be rubbed off the grass blades with a finger. Also the grass just seemed to stop growing. Then the rain stopped for a couple of days and the tips of the grass turned red.

The wind moves bits of these threads to non infected plants to spread the disease. Red thread is a growth of the fungus laetisaria fuciformis and appears in two forms on the blades leaves of infected grass. Small silver dollar sized spots of tan brown grass appear over the lawn. Overall patches of the grass will become thin and weak.

Occurs in late spring summer and fall. I live in inland south carolina zone 7. Dollar spot doesn t usually cause permanent damage. The lawn rust begins with yellowing leaf blades and small yellowish spots which mature to orange red or brown coloring.

Why does grass turn brown even when it is watered fertilized properly. The spots may merge into large affected areas. The ph is 6 0 6 5 and the soil is nutrient poor. At least it s not dying yet.

2 at higher ph levels centipede is very sensitive to iron deficiencies which can cause leaf blades to turn light yellow. One form has thread like branches sometimes compared to antlers called sclerotia. Spring arrived and the bermuda grass came back to life. The other form appears as fuzzy pink clusters of mycelium.

Grass blades will have tan brown areas on them.