Recurring dollar spot and orange dust on lawn mower
Annual outbreaks of diseases like dollar spot often push people to apply fungicides all summer long. Sudden symptoms like orange dust on a mower leave them completely unsure of what the fungus is or if they should even treat it.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
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- 1putting down fungicides all summerDid this help you?
- 2letting it go and adding fertilizer a few times over the summerDid this help you?
- 3waiting for fall and letting seasonal fertilizer and rain restore itDid this help you?
- 4Apply a quick-acting liquid fungicide like Propiconazole or Azoxystrobin using a hose-end sprayerDid this help you?
- 5Apply a low dose or half pound of nitrogen fertilizerDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“So I get dollar spot every year. I usually put down fungicides all summer.”source ↗
“Seems to have started a couple weeks ago and only noticed after my mower was covered in orange dust. What is it and should I treat it?”source ↗
Where this came up
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