On top of all the other responsibilities of home ownership lawn maintenance can prove to be one of the most frustrating. Those of us who never even keep a plant alive find ourselves having to maintain yards and yards of grass.
The questions go on and on. How much water is enough? How much grass fertilizer is right? Why is necessary to use a grass fertilizer?
If these questions are running through your mind, there are some hard and fast answers about grass fertilizer that won’t take too long to learn and remember. There are really only a few factors to keep in mind:
The climate: Is the area where you live hot and dry or humid? Is it cold with lots of snowfall or is there a lot of rain? All these components will prove important in how often you need to water and how much grass fertilizer you will need.
What type of grass fertilizer do you intend to use? Will you be using organic only, or do you want to try a chemical based fertilizer? Is your lawn small or larger and will price impact how much fertilizer you can use?
If you live in an area with a cool or very cold season you’ll see two periods when your lawn really flourishes and needs to be replenished.
In the spring when your lawn ‘wakes up’ from winter dormancy, and then again, just as summer ends during the cool of the autumn you need to concentrate on giving the lawn what it needs. During the early fall growing spurt trying a larger than average does of nitrogen. In the spring cut down on nitrogen so as not to burn the lawn.
In warm climates apply grass fertilizer during the late spring with smaller amounts toward late summer or fall.
To really uncomplicated things, you can place ask a local nursery about watering and place a measuring cup in the line of your sprinkler to check the level.
You can also use a combination grass fertilizer that contains antifungal, weed control, and pest control ingredients. When you understand how and when to use grass fertilizer you have one less headache as a homeowner.