A systemic fungicide – fungicides that can be applied to the soil or roots of plants to fight off fungus – is crucial to your lawn’s health. From keeping it free from fungus, such as rust, or treating fungus that is already present, they should be around 9 months old. Many home owners like to maintain their lawns and landscapes. The most common type of fungus affecting Florida grasses is dollar spot. Dollar spot usually affects Bermuda, Centipede and St. Augustine grasses and will occasionally infect Zoysiagrass, carpetgrass and other warm-season turfgrasses such as Kikuyugrass, Seashore Paspalum, Bahiagrass and Buffalograss. Systemic fungicides are a type of fertilizer that also kills fungus. Systemic fungicides kill the fungus itself rather than just killing the spores. This can be helpful for preventing fungus from coming back for multiple seasons. Fungus thrives in hot, dry seasons and cooler, wetter ones.

Systemic Fungicide For Lawns

Systemic Fungicide For Lawns

A systemic fungicide is a product that is absorbed by the roots and moves through the plant to its leaves and stems, killing disease-causing organisms on contact. It is important to use a systemic fungicide because it doesn’t just treat symptoms, but also gets to the root of lawn diseases.

Common lawn diseases include:

• Fungal leaf spot (Septoria brown spot) causes small tan or brown spots on leaves with light yellow borders and tan centers; these spots later turn black when spores are released from fruiting bodies called pycnidia.
• Gray leaf spot (Alternaria blight) causes small circular lesions with gray centers surrounded by chlorotic halos on leaves; these lesions can cause premature defoliation if not controlled early in the season.
• Fairy ring (fairy ring mushroom), which appears as a greenish-white ring of grassy turf surrounding an area where mushrooms have grown during warm weather months since last fall/winter seasons; this fungus grows slowly over time as more fungi enter through its perimeter until finally drying out after about 8 weeks when temperatures drop below 60 degrees Fahrenheit below ground level).

Benefits of Using Systemic Fungicide

Systemic fungicides are used to control a range of diseases that affect the roots, crown, and leaves of a plant. This type of fungicide is absorbed by the plant’s vascular system, which then distributes it throughout all parts of the plant. Systemic products protect entire lawns from fungal diseases such as dollar spot and brown patch.

Systemic products will treat an entire lawn rather than just an isolated area that has been infected with disease spores. Unlike other types of fungicidal treatments (such as granular applications), systemic fungicides work on an entire lawn or garden bed rather than just treating individual plants or patches within it.

Common Lawn Diseases

Lawn diseases, like other plant diseases, are caused by fungi, bacteria and viruses. But the lawn is a different kind of plant than fruit trees or garden plants. The most common lawn diseases—brown patch, fairy ring and thatch—are caused by fungi.

The fungus diseases may be either systemic or non-systemic in nature. Systemic fungicides are absorbed by the roots and move throughout the plant to prevent disease from starting wherever it might appear on the leaves or stems. Non-systemic fungicides don’t travel through a tree’s vascular system (the tubes along which water moves). Instead they stay on top of grass blades where they protect against infection by coating leaf surfaces with chemicals that inhibit fungal growth

Signs of a Lawn Disease

• Cracked or discolored turf
• Yellow or brown spots
• Vertical stripes
• Damp patches
• Fungus or mold growing on the surface of soil.

Warm-Season Grasses vs. Cool-Season Grasses

• Cool-Season Grasses:
• Are better for northern climates.
• Are better for southern climates.
• Warm-Season Grasses:
• Are better for more moderate climates, such as the Midwest and East Coast of the U.S. They are not well suited to colder temperatures and will die back during winter months in most cases, but can be sown from seed every year as long as it is kept warm enough (70 degrees Fahrenheit or higher).

How Systemic Fungicides Work

With a systemic fungicide, the active ingredient is absorbed through the roots and travels throughout the entire plant. With this type of treatment, you’re actually treating your lawn from the inside out. It works on contact with fungi or other invasive organisms that damage grass plants by attacking them at their roots and then spreading to nearby plants. Fungicides can also be applied directly to leaves as well as soil around plant roots, but most experts agree that this type of application isn’t very effective in preventing fungal infections

Use a systemic fungicide to protect your lawn from fungal diseases caused by warm or cool weather.

A systemic fungicide is applied to the soil around your plants, and it works its way up through the plant’s roots to kill any fungus. It is a better choice than a contact fungicide because there is no need to apply it directly on top of the leaves or stems of your plants – which can cause damage to them if done too often. Systemic fungicides are also more effective than contact fungicides because they offer broader protection against fungal diseases caused by both warm and cool weather conditions, rather than just one or another type of weather condition.