Spring is upon us and it's time to hit that lawn with fertilizer BEFORE it gets too warm! This is the time of year to use a good week and feed on your lawn.Follow with a good watering and don't use TOO much fertilizer or it may burn your lawn if it doesn't get enough water!
Use a good lawnmower to cut your grass and make sure that the blades are SHARP. You know if they are not sharp because you can see some white at the blade ends if they are not sharp...it is tearing the grass blade and hence the white frayed end instead of a nice clean cut.
Water ONLY in the early morning. If you live in the HOT country you can do a second watering in the early afternoon but NEVER water at night. Watering at night can lead to fungus in the lawn.Fungus can trick you to think that the lawn looks like it needs more water (because it turns color) and what you most people do? Yes that's right they water MORE when they should water less and at the right times.
If you mulch your grass...which you should instead of bag,make sure that you go over the lawn plenty of times to cut the grass clippings as small as possible.Mulching give the grass free green fertilizer to grow with.
Don't water too much as this only wastes water.
There are many alternative to chemical fertilizer out there if you want to go "Green" and help your grass and the environment.
Here are some links to fertilizers that are better for the environment.
http://www.extremelygreen.com/fertilizerguide.cfm
http://www.cleanairgardening.com/fertilizer.html
http://www.planetnatural.com/site/xdpy/sg/Organic%20Fertilizers
Happy gardening and green grass growing!
Regards,
Rick Goates
ECO Broker
