Bermuda Grass Blades Turning Red

Red thread is a growth of the fungus laetisaria fuciformis and appears in two forms on the blades leaves of infected grass.

Bermuda grass blades turning red.

Then the rain stopped for a couple of days and the tips of the grass turned red. Grass blades will have tan brown areas on them. Maybe its my imagination but i don t think so. Small silver dollar sized spots of tan brown grass appear over the lawn.

Occurs in late spring summer and fall. 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. Overall patches of the grass will become thin and weak.

The blades will be coated with orange red to yellowish brown dust or spores. The spots may merge into large affected areas. It tolerates acidic soil with ph as low as 4 5 to 6 0 much lower than most grasses prefer. I live in inland south carolina zone 7.

The other form appears as fuzzy pink clusters of mycelium. Dollar spot doesn t usually cause permanent damage. Spring arrived and the bermuda grass came back to life. The grass is usually tan or light brown beneath the red thread growths.

Affects bent grass bermuda grass ryegrass bluegrass and fescue. 2 at higher ph levels centipede is very sensitive to iron deficiencies which can cause leaf blades to turn light yellow. Why does grass turn brown even when it is watered fertilized properly. 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.

I put pre emergent fertilizer down but the grass didn t turn red until a little later about the time we started mowing. One form has thread like branches sometimes compared to antlers called sclerotia. The wind moves bits of these threads to non infected plants to spread the disease. The lawn rust begins with yellowing leaf blades and small yellowish spots which mature to orange red or brown coloring.

The spores can be rubbed off the grass blades with a finger.