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DISEASE ID

North Texas disease ID.

Spots, rings and dead patches: find what you're seeing, learn why it's there, and see what helps.

Rose leaves with dark brown to black spots from black spot disease, with yellowing tissue around the spotsFungal disease

Black spot of rose

Spring and fall, during wet weatherRose leaves and young shoots covered in a white powdery coating from powdery mildewFungal disease

Powdery mildew

Spring and fallTomato plant with brown stems and wilted, yellowing and dying leaves from Fusarium wilt, with green fruit still hanging onFungal disease

Fusarium wilt

Warm weatherWater mold (fungus-like) disease

Phytophthora aerial blight

During long wet spellsRed tip photinia leaves covered in small red spots from Entomosporium leaf spot, shot in East TexasFungal disease

Entomosporium leaf spot

Spring and fall rainy spellsRose bloom with blotchy, spotted petals that are browning and rotting from Botrytis gray moldFungal disease

Botrytis blight

Cool, damp weatherRose leaf with a purple and brown blotch spreading from the midrib, caused by downy mildewWater mold (fungus-like) disease

Downy mildew

Cool, damp weatherBlack sooty mold coating a tree trunk, with white crape myrtle bark scale insects clustered in the black filmFungal disease

Sooty mold

Whenever honeydew-making bugs are activeRoot ball of a potted rose with rough, woody lumps from crown gall, held up in a handBacterial disease

Crown gall

Any time of yearHibiscus leaf with dark brown to black bacterial leaf spots, each surrounded by a yellow halo, on a glossy green leafBacterial disease

Bacterial leaf spot

Warm, wet weatherA roughly circular patch of tan, thinned-out grass in a green lawn beside a curb, the classic ring of a large patch (brown patch) outbreakFungal disease

Large patch

Fall and spring, in cool wet weatherThinned, dying St. Augustinegrass with bare soil and straw-colored blades inside a take-all root rot patch, with healthy green grass along the top edgeFungal disease

Take-all root rot

Spring and early summer, or any time the lawn is stressedFairy ring in a front lawn, with a ring of white mushrooms around a patch of taller, darker green grass in front of a stone-and-brick houseFungal disease

Fairy ring

Spring through fall, mushrooms often after rainFungal disease

Gray leaf spot

Warm, wet weatherDollar spot on short-mown turf, with small straw-colored patches scattered across green grass (photographed on creeping bentgrass)Fungal disease

Dollar spot

Late spring through fallFungal disease

Spring dead spot

Shows in spring at green-up; infection starts in fallClose-up of a grass blade covered in orange to reddish-brown rust pustules, shown on tall fescueFungal disease

Rust

Warm, humid weather

Read the guides

Late winter and early fall

When to Put Down Pre-Emergent in North Texas

Pre-emergent only works before weed seeds sprout. Here’s when to apply it in North Texas, how soil temperature sets the window, and what it can’t do.

Read the guide Late winter through summer

How to Get Rid of Grassburs (Sandburs) in a North Texas Lawn

Grassburs are a grassy weed with painful burs. Learn why they take over thin North Texas lawns, when to prevent them, and why mowing alone won’t fix it.

Read the guide Late spring through first frost

How to Get Rid of Nutsedge in Your Lawn

Nutsedge looks like grass but isn’t. Learn how to spot it, why pulling and pre-emergent fail, and what actually works in North Texas lawns.

Read the guide Late spring through summer

When to Aerate a North Texas Lawn

For St. Augustine, Bermuda and Zoysia, aerate while the grass is actively growing. Here’s the timing, how core aeration works, and how to prep and recover.

Read the guide September (last call: October 1)

Fall Fertilizer for North Texas Lawns: When to Stop

Fall feeding helps Bermuda and Zoysia, but in DFW the last nitrogen should go down by about October 1. Here’s the timing, why St. Augustine needs extra care, and what to know before buying a winterizer.

Read the guide WEED ID

North Texas weed ID.

Find the weed in your yard, learn why it’s there, and see how we deal with it.

WEED ID INSECT ID

North Texas insect ID.

Bugs in the lawn or on your shrubs: find what you're seeing, learn why it's there, and see what helps.

INSECT ID

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