How can you restore your lawn to health if your homeowners association is ruining it?
On the subreddit community r/lawncare, a user posted a cry for help when brown blades of grass appeared after rehabilitating his lawn.
“I applied a starter fertilizer (overseeding my lawn) about 4 weeks ago, about a week after germination,” OP wrote. The images showed close-ups of the brown grass with mottled patterns on it.
“Everything was beautiful and green. About a week ago someone came by my neighborhood authority and applied 25-0-5 fertilizer to everyone's lawn. Could this be the cause of the browning that occurred during this time period? This is what I did. Cut the grass down to about 3.5 inches and are you worried the blades might cause it too… or could it be fungus?”
“Any help would be greatly appreciated!” OP asked.
This type of fertilizer used by the HOA contains 25% nitrogen, 0% phosphorus and 5% potassium and is used to promote green growth. According to the National Library of Medicine, there is currently no confirmation as to whether NPK fertilization can increase or decrease fungal growth.
“This is a fungus, there are mottled patterns on the leaves that indicate a fungus,” one user wrote back.
Whether or not this was caused by the HOA's fertilizer, homeowners have had issues with HOA policies that prevent eco-friendly home improvements, as well as strict guidelines on yard maintenance, solar panel installation, and more. Even the use of native plants, which help protect wildlife and purify the air, has been thwarted by HOAs.
Homeowners across the country are looking for ways to update restrictive HOA policies and introduce eco-friendly home improvement projects.
🗣️ Should HOAs be able to force homeowners to change their yard?
🔘 Absolutely not 💯
🔘 Yes – it’s part of the deal 🤝
🔘 Only in extreme cases 🏚️
🔘 We should ban HOAs 🚫
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Luckily for the OP, commenters had eco-friendly ways to treat the fungus on the lawn.
“Try it, this works well for me,” one user shared with an image of the Bioadvanced brand. “I recognize spray areas. I put a small amount of surfactant in the bottle.”
Another user found that dish soap could be an effective solution for spraying mushrooms.
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