Fairy Rings
Fairy Rings can be common on lawns and rough grass areas generally appearing more or less in circles. There are three types:
Fairy Rings - Type 1
These can be identified as a ring of dead turf bordered on the inner and outer edges by fast growing, deep green, healthy looking grass.
This damage occurs because Mycelium on the inside of the ring, drains the nutrients present in the soil, then dies and produces an impermeable surface. The soil is depleted of nutritional content and water starving, the grass plants.
Fairy Rings - Type 2
Fairy Rings are visible as very dark circles of healthy looking grass. It is rare that excessive damage is caused to the turf but, the presence of fairy rings spoil the uniform look of the lawn.
The ring of enhanced growth is probably due to the release of nitrogenous compounds cause by fungal breakdown of organic matter.
Fairy Rings - Type 3
These have no noticeable effect on the growth of grass itself, but mushrooms and toadstools grow on the surface. These normally appear in the autumn.
Picking the mushrooms and toadstools before mowing helps prevent the spread of the fruiting bodies.
Your local TruGreen® lawn care specialist can help by using an Integrated Disease Management Programme (IDM) to remove your fairy ring problem.
