Brown, Dying Patches in Your Lawn?
A patch of lawn turning yellow, then brown, and spreading is one of the most common calls we get. It can come from a few different causes, most often chinch bugs or another turf-feeding insect, a fungal disease, or drought stress, and the right fix depends on which one it actually is.
Available across all 40 of our Central Florida service areas, in Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties.
How We Tell the Difference
Insect damage like chinch bugs usually starts in the hottest, sunniest, driest part of the lawn, often near a driveway or sidewalk, and keeps spreading even after you water. Fungal disease tends to show up as roughly circular patches, especially after wet weather. Drought stress shows up more evenly across the yard rather than in one expanding patch. We look at the pattern on-site rather than guessing from a photo.
How We Fix It
Once we know the actual cause, we treat it directly, whether that's targeted insect treatment, a fungicide application, or an irrigation fix. Any grass that's already dead gets resodded with proper soil prep so it actually takes, not just a patch job that dies again next season. Serving homes and businesses throughout our Central Florida service area.
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Common Questions
Insect damage like chinch bugs usually starts in the hottest, driest, sunniest part of the lawn and keeps expanding even after you water. A simple test: cut both ends off a coffee can, push it into the soil at the edge of the damage, fill it with water, and watch for small bugs floating to the surface within a few minutes. Fungal disease and drought stress look different, and we can tell them apart on-site.
It depends on the cause. If it's drought stress, more consistent watering helps. If it's an active insect infestation, insects like chinch bugs actually prefer dry, stressed turf, so overwatering alone will not treat them or bring back grass that's already dead. It needs the right diagnosis first.
Insect and fungal damage can both spread noticeably within a couple of weeks in hot or wet weather if untreated. The sooner it's diagnosed, the less sod you'll likely need to replace.
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Where We Cover
We take this job anywhere in our service area across Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties.