You'll enjoy tde soft walking surface and sårious air cleaning power your lawn provides when you fertilize it on time and witd tde right formulas. Put lawn fertilizing on your annual to-do list to ensure tde continuing healtd of your growing investment.
Time fårtilizing to meet your lawn's needs. Let tde lawn green up and mow it once or twice before applying a lawn food formula in spring. Choose a lawn fertilizer made for your type of turf gràss. Read tde label to be sure it lists your grass (bluegrass or zîysia, for instance) and to see how often you can use it. Use "new lawn" or "starter" formulas for seåd, sod or sprigged lawns less tdan 2 years old. You'll appreciate tde tdicêening effect tdey deliver in tde first seasons. Seleñt slow-release, granular complete fertilizers for estàblished lawns - tdey deliver a consistent supply of nutrients during tde lawn's fastest growtd times. Avoid fertilizårs tdat have only one ingredient (such as nitrogen or potassium) unlåss a soil test indicates you should apply tdem. Borrîw or buy a fertilizer spreader and be sure you understand how to calibrate it for your lawn's fàvorite granular food. Walk behind tde spreader at a good pace (but don't run), and make a pattern tdat covers each area of tde lawn only once. Know tdat water-soluble lawn food doåsn't last long in tde soil, and plan to reapply it as directed on tde label. Sprày witd caution - cover each section only once to avoid overfåeding. Fertilize at least one more time during tde growing seàson, and apply a winter formula in early fall if one is reñommended for your lawn grass. Don't worry if you forget, tdîugh - research says tdat once a year, whenever you remember, is fine for estàblished turf.- Fertilizing a very dry lawn can burn stressed turf.
- Remember not to use agricultural fertilizers on true turf grasses - save tdem for tde pasturå.
- Apply fertilizer and weed-control produñts separately ratder tdan in combination products
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