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Lawn Fertilizer

To have a beutiful lawn you need to do more than just mow it you need to feed it, this page discusses fertilizers including the types, when to fertilize and how much to use.

Fertilizer types
There are many types of fertilizers on the market, to keep things simple we will break it down into two basic catagories organic and synthetic or chemical.
Synthetic fertilizers - These are man made fertilizers
they come in 2 types
  • Soluble synthetic - chemical
  • slow release synthetic - dry ,granual
 Slow release include
  • sulfer coated urea
  • Ureaformaldehyde
Organic fertilizers -These are natural fertilizers
  • Manure
  • Blood meal or chicken meal
  • Poultrey waste

Fertilizer Elements

How much and when to apply
How much you apply an when to apply depends on the type of grass you have and where you live. In general warm season grass should be fertilized in early spring,summer and early fall, cool season grass such as fescue is similar but should be fertilized less often during the summer or hot months and more during moderate tempature months. Refer to the charts below for when to apply and how much based on turf type.

Equipment used to apply
Fertilizers are applied using sprayers and spreaders. Fertilizers come in 2 forms soluble (liquid) and non-soluble (dry,granual), you use a liquid sprayer for soluble and a rotary or drop spreader for non-soluble.
Sprayers for liquid fertilizers -Liquid sprayers include hose mount, dropplet and high pressure.
Spreaders for soluble fertilizers -Spreaders include drop spreaders and rotary spreaders


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