The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:51 pm**

Does anyone on here have any experience of successfully treating Red Thread in Lawns. I ask because my lawns have been infected with it very early this year probably due to the cold and wet weather over the last 2 months. The infection is very severe and covers about 3/4 of an acre I also have a few clients I turfed lawns for recently complaining about it as well. I also lost all my spuds including the earlies to blight last week which is unheard of for this time of year. I have never bothered treating it before because it always came at the end of the season and was gone fairly quickly but this time it's going to be around for a while. The treatments I can source cost up to Â£160 for a dosing that will make about 20ltrs and treat 500m2 so I'm looking at spending a pretty wedge to get this sorted so looking for some tips and reassurance before I go ahead.
Cheers
Paul

Posted: **Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:53 pm**

blight in june???
smith period?
too late for dithane 945?
i dug up some of my arran pilot yesterday and very nice they were too ,
sorry never heard of the red thread
cheers LLL

Posted: **Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:47 am**

Yup blight in june our average dialy temperature has been around 14deg and drizzling so perfect conditions. I could see my breath working away at 10am last week it's bloody sh#t here.

Posted: **Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:41 pm**

Isn't red thread a sign of a blunt mower and infrequent mowing? I forget, haven't seen any for years.

Posted: **Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:03 pm**

red thread is a sign of a lack of nitrogen. most common in warm wet conditions, applying nitrogen and removing the thatch on the lawn will help sort it out. You can also use Scorpio (Bayer) granules to get rid of it

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Red thread treatment