Turf Puzzler

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Brian requests, "I appreciate any ideas anyone has!"

See:
Spring Dead Spot (SDS)
http://turfgrass.com/ubb/Forum10/HTML/000316.html

(Excerpts):  "I have circular spots that appear bleached...the color of the dormant grass. I will take pictures later and post them if it will help."

Douglasville/Dallas, GA area(Paulding Co.) west of Atlanta
419 Bermuda (one of most suseptible breeds)

pH level 5.9
using 16-4-8 fertilizer at 8#/1k for initial spring green up
P - 29# per acre
K - 91# per acre
soil is adequately drained, as it is on a hill
lawn is 70% green right now

The soil does not have a lot of thatch, definitely not .5" and is not too compacted. Has anyone had any problems with this fungus? The lawn was laid in fall 2002 by the builder. It sounds like my only hope is to core aerate the yard and perhaps apply some kind of fungicide such as Rubigan. I will make sure not to apply more than 1#N during the active growing season.

bwmaier, April 15, 2005