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Spring Dead Spot in Bermudagrass Lawns 

If your bermudagrass lawn is greening up unevenly this spring and has circular patches of straw-colored turf refusing to green-up, you may be dealing with a frustrating but common problem known as spring dead spot (SDS).

Spring dead spot is a fungal disease that lives in the soil during fall and winter. SDS is caused by fungi in the Ophiosphaerella group,…