Lawn Diseases
Lawn Fungus Identification: Rule Out 4 Impostors
Lawn fungus identification by patch pattern, blade lesion and season — starting with the four things that look like disease and are not.
Rotation Fungicide
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$19–$24
Typical price · 5,000 sq ft per 32 oz bottle
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Propiconazole in a hose-end sprayer. Fast curative knockdown and the right rotation partner to azoxystrobin for resistance management.
Our Verdict
Faster curative action than azoxystrobin and a different chemical class — which is exactly what you want for the second application in a fungicide rotation. The hose-end bottle trades precision for convenience.
✅ Pros
- Fast knockdown of active infections
- Different FRAC class than azoxystrobin — ideal rotation partner
- Hose-end bottle needs no equipment
- Budget-friendly per application
⚠️ Cons
- Shorter protection window (~14 days) than azoxystrobin
- Hose-end application is imprecise on windy days
- DMI class can thin some turf at high summer rates
Product type
Rotation Fungicide
Active ingredient
Propiconazole 2.42% (hose-end spray)
Price range
$19–$24
Coverage
5,000 sq ft per 32 oz bottle
Best for
Second application in a fungicide rotation
our editor rating
4.4 out of 5
Where our facts come from
Label read on EPA's label database
EPA Reg. No. 92564-47
We opened this product's accepted label on EPA's own Pesticide Product Label System — the strongest source available for what a product is registered to do.
What we found when we read it
Full label read 2026-08-02 on EPA PPLS. Registered product name 'BTF Concentrate'; sold as BioAdvanced Fungus Control for Lawns. Propiconazole 2.42% confirmed. Dollar spot is on this label — nine mentions — along with anthracnose, brown patch, large patch, powdery mildew, red thread, rust and summer patch, which is why dollar-spot.mdx cards this rather than the azoxystrobin granular. Note the same registrant also holds a 0.51% propiconazole GRANULAR product (92564-38); this record is the 2.42% concentrate.
Where this page and the container disagree, the container wins — the label is the legal authority on rates and restrictions. How to read one yourself.
Where This Product Matters
Matched against each state's actual disease, weed and pest pressure.
Alabama
Alabama hub →Large patch (the centipede and zoysia disease that defines an Alabama spring)Gray leaf spot (St. Augustine)Dollar spot
Arkansas
Arkansas hub →Large patch (zoysia, and the Delta's humidity makes it reliable)Brown patch (tall fescue in the Ozarks)Dollar spot
California
California hub →Brown patch (fescue under summer night irrigation)Dollar spot
Colorado
Colorado hub →Dollar spot
Connecticut
Connecticut hub →Dollar spotBrown patch (July and August on tall fescue, once the nights stop cooling off)Snow mold, gray and pink (a real disease here in the northwest hills, where snow cover sits for weeks)
Delaware
Delaware hub →Brown patch — the defining disease of a Delaware tall fescue lawn, because humid nights that never drop below the high 60s are the normal July here rather than the exceptionGray leaf spot (tall fescue and perennial ryegrass, late summer, and it kills a stand faster than brown patch does)Dollar spotLarge patch on zoysia, as soil cools through the 70s in autumn and again in spring
Florida
Florida hub →Large patch (Rhizoctonia solani)Gray leaf spot
Georgia
Georgia hub →Large patch (zoysia and centipede — the disease that decides a Georgia spring)Dollar spot
Hawaii
Hawaii hub →Large patch and brown patch (Rhizoctonia) on zoysia and St. Augustine, running whenever warm humid conditions persist — which on the windward side is most of the yearDollar spot
Idaho
Idaho hub →Dollar spot
Illinois
Illinois hub →Snow mold (gray and pink — a Chicagoland certainty, a southern Illinois rarity)Dollar spotLarge patch (zoysia in the southern counties)
Indiana
Indiana hub →Snow mold (watch as snow recedes in March)Dollar spot
Iowa
Iowa hub →Dollar spotSnow mold
Kansas
Kansas hub →Brown patch (Rhizoctonia solani) — the tall fescue killer here, running when temperatures pass 80°F with high humidity and high nitrogen, and capable of taking a stand out in a long hot humid stretchLarge patch on zoysia, as soil temperatures pass through the 70s in spring and autumnDollar spot
Kentucky
Kentucky hub →Brown patch (tall fescue's summer killer statewide)Large patch (zoysia)Dollar spotGray leaf spot
Louisiana
Louisiana hub →Large patch (St. Augustine and zoysia, warm humid spring and fall)Gray leaf spot (St. Augustine's summer disease here)Dollar spot
Maine
Maine hub →Dollar spotBrown patch — a southern-coast problem, uncommon inland and north
Maryland
Maryland hub →Brown patch (tall fescue's July and August killer statewide)Dollar spotLarge patch (zoysia in the DC–Baltimore corridor)Gray leaf spot
Massachusetts
Massachusetts hub →Snow mold (gray and pink)Dollar spotBrown patch (tall fescue in a humid coastal July)
Michigan
Michigan hub →Snow mold (gray and pink, after prolonged snow cover)Dollar spot
Minnesota
Minnesota hub →Typhula blight (grey snow mold, after months of snow cover)Microdochium patch (pink snow mold)Dollar spot
Mississippi
Mississippi hub →Large patchGray leaf spot (St. Augustine)Dollar spot
Missouri
Missouri hub →Brown patch (tall fescue's July and August killer)Large patch (the zoysia disease Missouri sees more of than most states)Dollar spotGray leaf spot
Montana
Montana hub →Dollar spot
Nebraska
Nebraska hub →Dollar spot
Nevada
Nevada hub →Dollar spot
New Hampshire
New Hampshire hub →Snow mold, gray and pink — not an occasional New England nuisance here but an annual expectation wherever snow lies for months, and gray snow mold specifically wants that long coverDollar spotBrown patch (a Seacoast and southern-tier problem more than a North Country one)
New Jersey
New Jersey hub →Dollar spotBrown patch (tall fescue in humid July weather)Leaf spot
New Mexico
New Mexico hub →Dollar spotLarge patch on zoysia as soil passes through the 70s
New York
New York hub →Snow mold (gray and pink, heaviest in the lake-effect belt)Dollar spotBrown patch (tall fescue and ryegrass in humid August weather)
North Carolina
North Carolina hub →Brown patch (the #1 tall fescue killer)Large patch (warm-season lawns)Dollar spot
North Dakota
North Dakota hub →Dollar spot
Ohio
Ohio hub →Gray and pink snow mold (heaviest in the northeast lake-effect belt, rare along the river)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma hub →Large patch (zoysia)Brown patch (tall fescue in the northeast)Dollar spot
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania hub →Gray and pink snow mold, heaviest on the plateau where snow lies longestDollar spotBrown patch (tall fescue in a humid July)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island hub →Dollar spotBrown patch (humid bay nights are what make it a Rhode Island problem rather than an occasional one)Snow mold, gray and pink
South Carolina
South Carolina hub →Large patch (centipede and zoysia, in warm humid spring and fall weather)Brown patch (tall fescue in the Upstate)Dollar spotGray leaf spot (St. Augustine)
South Dakota
South Dakota hub →Dollar spot
Tennessee
Tennessee hub →Brown patch (tall fescue's summer nemesis statewide)Large patch (zoysia)Dollar spotGray leaf spot
Texas
Texas hub →Brown patch / large patchGray leaf spot (St. Augustine)Dollar spot
Utah
Utah hub →Dollar spotSnow mold in the mountain valleys
Vermont
Vermont hub →Dollar spotBrown patch — real in the Champlain Valley and the southern river valleys, uncommon at elevation
Virginia
Virginia hub →Brown patch (tall fescue's summer nemesis here)Gray leaf spot (tall fescue, late summer)Dollar spotLarge patch (zoysia)
Washington
Washington hub →Typhula snow mold (eastern Washington under prolonged snow cover)
West Virginia
West Virginia hub →Brown patch — the defining disease of a West Virginia tall fescue lawn, driven by humid valley nights that never cool off in JulyGray leaf spot on tall fescue and perennial ryegrass in late summer, which takes a stand out faster than brown patch doesDollar spotLarge patch on zoysia as soil cools through the 70s in autumn and again in spring
Wisconsin
Wisconsin hub →Typhula blight (the grey snow mold of long snow cover)Microdochium patch (pink snow mold)Dollar spot
Wyoming
Wyoming hub →Dollar spot
Common questions
Common Questions
How much does BioAdvanced Fungus Control for Lawns cost?
BioAdvanced Fungus Control for Lawns typically runs $19–$24, covering 5,000 sq ft per 32 oz bottle.
What does BioAdvanced Fungus Control for Lawns treat?
BioAdvanced Fungus Control for Lawns targets Brown patch, Large patch, Dollar spot, Snow mold, Gray leaf spot.
What is the active ingredient in BioAdvanced Fungus Control for Lawns?
Propiconazole 2.42% (hose-end spray), registered under EPA Reg. No. 92564-47.
What is the biggest downside of BioAdvanced Fungus Control for Lawns?
Shorter protection window (~14 days) than azoxystrobin
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