Why are there bald spots in my grass?
Yard patches can be caused by multiple competing factors like compaction, lack of water, fungal situations, or grubs, making it difficult to figure out the underlying cause without knowing which one is responsible.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Core aerating every other year
- 2putting the cat on an anti fungal cream just in case
- 3inspecting the cat for wounds or changes in behavior
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
r/cats1 person · October 2026
r/lawncare1 person · September 2026
“Just spots where the ground is basically lacking any (green) grass. Trying to understand if this is due to compaction (I have my hard core aerated every other year), lack of water, some sort of fungal situation or grubs?”source ↗
nvielbig · r/lawncare · 2 upvotes
Where this came up
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