Three major insect pests can cause dead areas in the lawn. Chinch bugs, mole crickets and sod webworms can infest St. Augustine type grasses. Chinch bugs do not affect Bahiagrass but the other insects do. Insects are seasonal and defensive action should be take when they are most likely to attack.

Be willing to accept a less than perfect lawn. Respond to the brown spots by hand watering not by watering the entire yard. Check the coverage of sprinklers and look for broken lines or heads and clogged nozzles. Also check for disease or insect problems. Not all brown spots are caused by water problems.

These most likely are due to lack of water in an extreme drought or chinch bugs. Todd Valley Farms buffalograss varieties require about 1/4 the amount of water of normal turfgrass. If your Buffalograss is under drought stress the grass blades will get a purplish color. Watch for this. Water deep to replenish the soil with moisture and the purple color will go away. If you fail to see this sign of stress and your buffalograss goes brown, do not panic.

In the Winnipeg area, we can often blame two turf pests, the sod webworm and the glassy cutworm. These insects cause yellow or brown patches in the lawn in mid to late summer.

If you’ve had dogs in the area, you’re probably seeing dog urine injury. To correct the problem, water the affected areas thoroughly to wash away the urine. While this won’t completely eradicate the brown discoloration, surrounding grass will eventually fill the affected spots. To prevent further problems, try to keep dogs off the lawn. If canines can’t be blamed, you may have dollar spot or Fusarium blight. If you live in a warm, humid area, you may have brown patch.

This is an indication of a fungal infection. Fungal infections are usually the result of warm temperatures, high humidity and low light levels. Treat the plants with a systemic fungicide such as Phyton 27.

Do the brown spots cause you any discomfort? If they do you’ll want to visit your dentist. If they don’t hurt they are probably some other type of stain. This product will most likely lighten those types of brown spots.

These brown spots on your paint are imbedded metallic particles that has gone through the clearcoat and has imbedded itself underneath the clearcoat. Commonly called "Rail Dust", the particles can be removed by using a clay bar. Some severe cases can be cured by using a spray of oxalic acid, but that can damage plastic parts. According to DaimlerChrysler Corporation, clay bar treatments are the only recommended solution to remove rail dust on all their vehicles, including the Mercedes-Benz Line.

There could be several reasons, such as an iron deficiency, too high a pH or a lack of iron in the soil. I would suggest a soil test to determine the pH. We offer this service here at the Volusia County Extension Service, 3100 East New York Avenue (Route 44), Deland. The cost is $1 for three samples. We test each Thursday morning, so bring it to the center before then. If the pH is okay, try applying iron chelate in the area. Sedge is an indicator of over-irrigation.

Typically 1 to 3 treatments are necessary. Patients should allow 4 to 6 weeks in between treatments for optimal results.

Called solar lentigines, those unsightly brown spots that appear on the hands, arms, chest and face are the cumulative result of sun exposure. And even if you never intentially tanned your skin, intermittant day-in day-out exposure is enough to cause the problem. The solution is Bioelements Pigment Discourager with 2% hydroquinone. Ask your esthetician for specific instructions on how to use Pigment Discourager, and follow her directions if you want to see results.

Yes. We have found that intense pulsed light, or IPL, photo facial treatments work best for hyperpigmentation or sun damage on the face or other areas of the body. IPL light therapy helps lift the pigmentation to the surface of the skin so that it will slough off. Although IPL will never remove all the brown spots, it can substantially lighten them. Intense pulsed light will also give your skin a more even tone.

Brown spots result from dog's urinating on the lawn. Often the area surrounding the browned out grass will be a darker green. Water the affected areas to dilute the urine content in soil. Severely burned spots may require overseeding to fill in the spots in a lawn.

Solar Lentgo (brown spots) are non-raised, concentrated areas of excessively pigmented skin attributable to prior sun exposure and can occur in all skin types. In lighter skinned individuals laser or IPL treatment is quite effective. Dr. Krausser has achieved excellent results in lentigo removal by combining a response to a series of medical solution peels and daily use of hydroquinone-4%. In all instances, though, frequent daily application of a strong (SPF 45) sun block is advised.

Homeowners are often perplexed in the spring when evergreen trees and shrubs turn reddish-brown or brown, and when deciduous plants don't break bud to leaf out. It is important to consider what happens in the winter. This may give you some clues as to what might have happened. There are several things to be aware of including winter desiccation of evergreens, which is a fairly common form of winter injury, and rodent injury to plant bark and stems.

YES - Female dogs, particularly large female dogs leave a large quantity of urine in one spot. The salt in the urine burns the grass. Hybrid bermuda grass normally recovers within two weeks. To prevent urine burn, give your dog METHIGEL, a natural vitamin available through a veterinarian.

Lightly rake the surface inch of soil to remove dead debris and properly prepare the area for seeding. Select a grass seed that is the same type as already growing in your lawn. Lightly apply seed to the soil surface and gently pack to firm the seed into the soil. Apply a light layer of straw or seeding mulch to encourage rapid seed germination. Water lightly until the seed has fully emerged. Do not apply crabgrass preventer to newly seeded areas of your lawn.

That's a fungal leaf spot called black spot. Some varieties are highly susceptible to it and will require weekly spraying with a systemic insecticide just to exist. Without the protection the plants grow stemmy and weak. Other types, including the recognized EarthKind roses identified by Texas A&M, are far less prone to the disease and can exist without heroic spraying.

Completely! Après contains titanium dioxide, which is a natural sunscreen to help keep those spots from darkening.

Sun spots” are very common. Not only can pigmentation produce on the face, but also on the chest, arms and any parts of our body that is exposed to the sun. The sun may not always be the culprit however. Hormone changes can cause this pigmentation of the skin as well. There are different ways to deal with treating these spots. Products that contain Hydroquinone can be applied topically or most commonly patients can undergo a series of Intense Pulse Light Laser treatments.