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Originally Posted by Lovey2
Sorry I was so short yesterday...in a hurry. Here's our story. My husband was out watering, AGAIN, because we had some brown spots on the lawn. A lawn service went by and told him it was a fungus, and just watering won't help and was probably causing the problem. Apparently here (as opposed to SWFL where we lived prior) it is preferred to water when the sun will get to the lawn and dry some of it out, rather than it sit. The dirt (clay) does not absorb as well. I looked "Zoysia grass fungus" up on line and got pictures of exactly what our grass looked like...brown patch. Then we went to Home Depot and bought a spray that required 2 applications, 14 days apart, and it appears to be gone. My husband has taken to hand watering those spots and running the sprinklers for only 6 minutes at a time. Of course, now it's raining more frequently, so he just turns the sprinklers on manually when it needs it. The garden people (most) at Home Depot are very knowledgable and can usually help, and don't try to upsell you, like some of the lawn services may. I'd bring them a picture and go from there. P.S. If it mole crickets, usually you will see those ugly little crickets on your driveway, or in your sprinkler head donut holes.
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Lovey, it sounds like you hit the nail on the head, by determining that the grass was being overwatered, which makes it susceptible to fungus. Most of us would assume that Brown grass needed to be watered, and make the problem worse.