Management of brown patch includes which practice?

Management of brown patch includes which practice?

• A. Not fertilizing when brown patch is active, avoid seeding rates greater than recommended rates , do not irrigate in late afternoon or evening
• B. Increasing nitrogen fertilization during active infection
• C. Watering in the late afternoon to cool the lawn
• D. Oversod beyond recommended rates

Answer: (A)

Brown patch is most effectively managed by reducing the conditions the fungus thrives on: wet leaves, lush growth, and dense turf. When the disease is active, avoiding practices that promote rapid, tender growth helps slow its spread and lessen injury to the lawn. Not fertilizing during active infection directly limits the development of a lush, susceptible canopy, which the pathogen prefers. Keeping seeding or overseeding within the recommended rates avoids creating excess turf density that can trap moisture and reduce air flow, both of which favor brown patch. And avoiding irrigation in the late afternoon or evening ensures the leaf surfaces have a chance to dry before night, reducing the extended leaf wetness period that allows the fungus to infect tissue. Increasing nitrogen during infection or oversodding beyond recommended rates would promote the conditions the disease likes, worsening problems. Watering later in the day also promotes leaf wetness and is counterproductive.

Brown patch is most effectively managed by reducing the conditions the fungus thrives on: wet leaves, lush growth, and dense turf. When the disease is active, avoiding practices that promote rapid, tender growth helps slow its spread and lessen injury to the lawn.

Not fertilizing during active infection directly limits the development of a lush, susceptible canopy, which the pathogen prefers. Keeping seeding or overseeding within the recommended rates avoids creating excess turf density that can trap moisture and reduce air flow, both of which favor brown patch. And avoiding irrigation in the late afternoon or evening ensures the leaf surfaces have a chance to dry before night, reducing the extended leaf wetness period that allows the fungus to infect tissue.

Increasing nitrogen during infection or oversodding beyond recommended rates would promote the conditions the disease likes, worsening problems. Watering later in the day also promotes leaf wetness and is counterproductive.