CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- If you’ve noticed a whitish gray or whitish pink fuzz on your grass this spring, an expert says your lawn may have fallen victim to snow mold.
The Chicago area received about 45 inches of snow this past winter. Technical advisor Chelsi Abbott of the Davey Tree Expert Company said many lawns could wind up with snow mold because so much snow fell in such a short period.
"As it melts, what’s left behind is this white – it can be whitish gray or whitish pink fuzzy stuff and then dead-spots in the turf,” she said.
Abbott says snow mold is more of a "nuisance" than anything else.
If you notice dead patches in your lawn from snow mold, rake up the dead turf and then re-seed and fertilize, she said.
While you really don't need to be watering your lawn regularly right now, make sure you do any watering this time of the season during mid-afternoon, she said, with no extra chemicals needed.
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