The Dangers of Pythium Blight
EducationThe Dangers of Pythium Blight
1) What is Pythium Blight?
Pythium Blight is a fungal disease that affects lawns. Any type of lawn is at risk from this disease and is most severe throughout hot and humid periods in the summer.
2) What are the symptoms of Pythium Blight?
Symptoms are recognizable throughout the growing season. The first symptoms of this fungus can be seen when plant leaves turn wet and greasy during warm and wet environments. In little time, the leaves start to wither and die out. The fungus uses water to spread across the foliage when leaves are wet. If other patches of the fungus exist on other parts of the leaves, they can emerge to form larger patches of dead grass.
3) The dangers of Pythium Blight!
Pythium Blight can be a deadly fungus. Any injuries to the plant may not be seen until it becomes too late when they start dying. Most of your plants will continue to die when temperatures rise. So if you live under hot climate with Pythium Blight in your garden, you’re entire lawn is in trouble. It causes the roots of plants to rot and can slow down the growth of turf grasses and its recovery if it is not treated correctly. Eventually, if the fungus still lives, your plants will die. You need urgent treatment to get rid of the fungus before it’s too late.
4) Treating Root Rot!
The main ways to tackle Root Rot would be to keep your lawn in clean conditions. It is always better to preventing the disease before it begins. A clean and tidy lawn would help prevent Root Rot. You do realize that disease can always be controlled if the environment is kept tidy.
5) How the disease can develop!
Be careful when you kill the fungus out. The spores of the fungus do remain in soils and plant tissues. They can grow again under right temperatures and infect the plant within a few hours. Further rapid infection will occur when water spreads the fungus across the leaves and particularly when the temperatures soar above 80 and 90°F, they can destroy heaps of grass in only a few hours.
6) Controlling Pythium Blight!
Avoid overwatering your lawn and always mow regularly. Regularing mowing will promote root growth could lessen the risk for Pythium Blight. Improve both soil drainage and air circulation by trimming any unwanted weeds and plants. For better soil drainage, check ‘Control Moss’ where you can find out how to reduce soil moisture.
Always keep your lawn safe from all types of fungus. There are so many more you need to be aware of. Take a look at ‘artillery fungus’ to know more about it and the mess it can make around your home and garden.
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