New Orleans Real Estate News: Brown Patch? What the heck?

Brown Patch? What the heck?

 Brown patch

Hey West Bankers...does your yard look like this ? >>>>>>>>>

A couple of weeks ago, I noticed a small brown patch in my front yard.  Hmmm. Wonder what that is?  As the days went on, the patches began popping up all over the place.  YIKES!

So, I patiently waited for my yard guy, Tim, to come.  I have the greatest yard guy on the West Bank...he shows up on time, he does a great job, he doesn't charge me a fortune and best of all, he always gives me great advice when I get yucky brown patches in my front yard.  Sorry, but he is booked solid and not taking new customers at this time.

Anyway, his expert diagnosis was "Brown Patch".  Gee, you think?  Expert solution:  Go to (insert your favorite home improvement store here) and get some Immunox.  It comes in a bottle that attaches to the garden hose, no muss, no fuss, no mixing, and for about $15 and 15 minutes you can fix your brown patch problem yourself.  No wonder he's the greatest yard guy.

Lisa Heindel

 

 

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12 comments • Lisa Heindel, New Orleans Real Estate Broker • November 29 2007 09:44AM

Comments

would love to see brown grass, looks like a snow storm is headed this way for the weekend!  YUCK!
Posted by Susan Boeldt (Century 21 Rautmann/Schils Real Estate Inc) over 4 years ago
Susan, nope, no snow storms here, thank goodness.  I actually have hibiscus blooming and a bud on an iris plant!  Be careful and stay warm in that snow.
Posted by Lisa Heindel, New Orleans Real Estate Broker (Crescent City Living LLC) over 4 years ago

I'm curious.... what was causing the brown patches?  An insect?  A fungus?

And was the spray just some green paint?  lol

I hate to spray poisons in my yard, and I refuse to.  They don't call it POISON for nothing.

 

(and what the heck is a genipap? - my graphic)

Posted by Georgina M. Hunter R(S) e-Pro Maui Real Estate Sales (Jim Sanders Realty Inc. - Maui) over 4 years ago
Georgina, apparently it's a fungus and the treatment is some sort of fungicide for lawns.  I never knew such a thing existed.  I like the idea of the paint, though..at least it would all stay the same color, right? :)
Posted by Lisa Heindel, New Orleans Real Estate Broker (Crescent City Living LLC) over 4 years ago
I never hard of it either, but I'm not surprised.  If you could spray the fungicide on with a green color, you would also know where you already sprayed. 
Posted by Georgina M. Hunter R(S) e-Pro Maui Real Estate Sales (Jim Sanders Realty Inc. - Maui) over 4 years ago
Georgina, isn't that a great idea!  I like it!
Posted by Lisa Heindel, New Orleans Real Estate Broker (Crescent City Living LLC) over 4 years ago

Hey Lisa,

I thought it was bugs. Good thing you have a lawn guy. Send him up here and he can shovel the snow for us. LOL

Posted by Andrew Trevino Wilkes-Barre Homes For Sale (TradeMark Realtors Group) over 4 years ago

Andrew, no way, jose!  I love my yard guy and I'm not letting him get away :)

Posted by Lisa Heindel, New Orleans Real Estate Broker (Crescent City Living LLC) over 4 years ago
Go ahead, rub it in, you are still dealing with lawn problems while we are shoveling white stuff! Is this fair?
Posted by Bonnie & Terry Westbrook Grand Rapids MI Real Estate (Westbrook Realty) over 4 years ago
Bonnie, it was actually 80 degrees here yesterday, and I was weeding the garden while my husband hung the Christmas lights.  This morning, however, it is overcast, windy and in the low 60s.  Still not really cold, but at least it doesn't feel like summer in December. 
Posted by Lisa Heindel, New Orleans Real Estate Broker (Crescent City Living LLC) over 4 years ago

Lisa,

Do you think if I sprayed it on my head it would get rid of the 'brown' patch in the back?

Posted by Martin Abeshaus (JAE Commercial Cleaning Services) over 4 years ago
LOL, Martin!!!  How funny you picked this post to comment on...the day I wrote my last comment was apparently the day I got poison ivy :)
Posted by Lisa Heindel, New Orleans Real Estate Broker (Crescent City Living LLC) over 4 years ago

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