Well you got a cool hat in the end, so there’s that. Has it been very hot? Cool season grass needs a ton of water to cope with heat.
Peg_Leg3
meshhat
I’m also in PA. We had a lot of rain in the spring and early summer, but it’s been fairly dry for about 6-7 weeks now.
ResponsibilitySea327
Looks like it suffered from the heat and lack of water.
Does your area suffer from armyworms? I’ve seen lawns get nuked overnight from them.
My neighbor put down $5k of sod a couple of years ago, and got hit by armyworms that same season and lost the whole thing in two days.
RVAEMS399
You got summered.
rlong1989
Same thing happened to mine. Heat stress and fungus. Happens when the temperature overnight doesn’t drop below 75.
New_Reddit_User_89
PA resident here as well.
The past 2-3 weeks have been pretty brutal temp-wise, with almost no rain (and no clouds).
The sun is just baking the yard. Most of it will come back from dormancy in the fall. You can help a bit by watering 2-3x a week in the early morning so that the water soaks in.
SnooChickens9974
Could be heat. Could be a fungus. Could be insects. I just put down a combination fungicide/insecticide this morning. I can’t remember the name but I always get the same brand. Comes in a black bottle and hooks up to your hose. Couldn’t hurt to try it. I get mine at Lowe’s.
dr_groove
The same thing that happened to mine.
ChampionshipIll5535
here in Georgia, when that happens to my fescue, it’s mold/fungus. I treated for it once but wasn’t worth the effort and cost so just overseeded in fall and all was good.
Drew_Defions
I’m not saying this is the case here (but it could be) so many posts like this, I have to wonder if they weren’t overseeded with rye. Obviously not all dead grass is rye, but when I see gorgeous green lawns go to hell as soon as it gets hot, I have to wonder. I’m in the SouthEast 8a and we have plenty of Fescue lawns that don’t all burn up in the summer heat.
Middle-Body-4303
Welcome to summer and cool season grass
bobbyblubbers
It’s just dormant
Capable_Volume_1196
It’s sleeping to protect itself from the heat. Will be fine again next spring
ctcowboy
Mine every year it doesn’t rain twice a week in summer… New England lawns ..
dpiner42
Looks like your cowboy hat killed it 😫
equitablethrowaway
I’m in Ohio and had a solid 4-6 week stretch where it was hot, humid, and rained almost every day which led to fungus. It immediately switched to hot and dry for the past month or so and almost every lawn looks like yours. I’ve treated mine with fungicide and a light dusting of milorganite then just watered it for a long time each morning, maybe a short evening watering for problem spots. Need to just limp to the finish line till temps cool down a bit.
InKAFwanttogohome
I got hit with fungus. With all that rain most likely what happened..
Sea-Marsupial3772
What’s the cutting height? As if too short, it simply dries out much faster. I set 5cm height when dry period.
thisisfuxinghard
U have a hat on .. lawn needs one too
RoastElfMeta
Ah, the famous scorch trials.
PghSubie
Do you have grubs?
crozzy89
Grubs or Army worms?
Reddit_Regular_Guy
Heat! Mines look like that and where there is shade it’s still green! The temperature just been to hot, it’s abuse for the poor plants out here.
EnvironmentalPick373
Summer happened
DoontGiveHimTheStick
Climate change. Same zone and the last 3 summers its been impossible for even fescue to survive. I even put in a sprinkler system.
Which-Homework4604
Fungus or grubs
Djj62
Fried like mine
skrihar
You fucked it up
soonerdew
Looks like invasive Dallisgrass to me.
Anderson74
With a hat like that you gotta be asking these questions phrased like “what in tarnation happened to my lawn” instead of “wtf happened?”
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Hot.
It’s thirsty and probably hungry for nutrients
Well you got a cool hat in the end, so there’s that. Has it been very hot? Cool season grass needs a ton of water to cope with heat.
I’m also in PA. We had a lot of rain in the spring and early summer, but it’s been fairly dry for about 6-7 weeks now.
Looks like it suffered from the heat and lack of water.
Does your area suffer from armyworms? I’ve seen lawns get nuked overnight from them.
My neighbor put down $5k of sod a couple of years ago, and got hit by armyworms that same season and lost the whole thing in two days.
You got summered.
Same thing happened to mine. Heat stress and fungus. Happens when the temperature overnight doesn’t drop below 75.
PA resident here as well.
The past 2-3 weeks have been pretty brutal temp-wise, with almost no rain (and no clouds).
The sun is just baking the yard. Most of it will come back from dormancy in the fall. You can help a bit by watering 2-3x a week in the early morning so that the water soaks in.
Could be heat. Could be a fungus. Could be insects. I just put down a combination fungicide/insecticide this morning. I can’t remember the name but I always get the same brand. Comes in a black bottle and hooks up to your hose. Couldn’t hurt to try it. I get mine at Lowe’s.
The same thing that happened to mine.
here in Georgia, when that happens to my fescue, it’s mold/fungus. I treated for it once but wasn’t worth the effort and cost so just overseeded in fall and all was good.
I’m not saying this is the case here (but it could be) so many posts like this, I have to wonder if they weren’t overseeded with rye. Obviously not all dead grass is rye, but when I see gorgeous green lawns go to hell as soon as it gets hot, I have to wonder. I’m in the SouthEast 8a and we have plenty of Fescue lawns that don’t all burn up in the summer heat.
Welcome to summer and cool season grass
It’s just dormant
It’s sleeping to protect itself from the heat. Will be fine again next spring
Mine every year it doesn’t rain twice a week in summer… New England lawns ..
Looks like your cowboy hat killed it 😫
I’m in Ohio and had a solid 4-6 week stretch where it was hot, humid, and rained almost every day which led to fungus. It immediately switched to hot and dry for the past month or so and almost every lawn looks like yours. I’ve treated mine with fungicide and a light dusting of milorganite then just watered it for a long time each morning, maybe a short evening watering for problem spots. Need to just limp to the finish line till temps cool down a bit.
I got hit with fungus. With all that rain most likely what happened..
What’s the cutting height? As if too short, it simply dries out much faster. I set 5cm height when dry period.
U have a hat on .. lawn needs one too
Ah, the famous scorch trials.
Do you have grubs?
Grubs or Army worms?
Heat! Mines look like that and where there is shade it’s still green! The temperature just been to hot, it’s abuse for the poor plants out here.
Summer happened
Climate change. Same zone and the last 3 summers its been impossible for even fescue to survive. I even put in a sprinkler system.
Fungus or grubs
Fried like mine
You fucked it up
Looks like invasive Dallisgrass to me.
With a hat like that you gotta be asking these questions phrased like “what in tarnation happened to my lawn” instead of “wtf happened?”