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Fertilizing Lawns - Give your lawn nutrients and it will give you a kingdom of greendom!

Lawn fertilization is a critical step in attaining a thick,green lawn. In lawn fertilizing, I'll highlight the must knows and provide some of my feed back based on my experience with fertilizing lawns.

HOW TO FERTILIZE YOUR LAWN

Soil PH Testing - check this first

The truth is that your soil PH, may be so low or high that your lawn will not accept a fertilizer application readily. It's very important that you take a soil sample to your local county extension service for a PH testing.

I've fertilized many lawns and the grass did not green, even with adequate moisture. Why ? because the soil PH was too low, and this creates a bottle neck for the nutrients and other important elements for proper lawn growth.

LIME - Increases soil PH
SULFER - Decreases soil PH

OPTIMUM SOIL PH RANGE FOR TURFGRASS

6.5 - 7.5

St. Augustine
Bahia

6.0 - 7.0
Kentucky Bluegrass
Zoysia
Perennial Ryegrass
Bermudagrass

5.5 - 6.5
Tall Fescue
Red Fescue
Chewings Fescue
Bentgrass

5.0 - 6.0
Carpetgrass

4.5 - 5.5
Centipedegrass

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LAWN FERTILIZING

Following a check for proper soil PH, your ready to apply a liquid or dry (granular) fertilizer.
Ready mixed liquid fertilizers that you connect to your hose are effective and easy.
Use a rotary spreader to apply granular fertilizer in the spring and fall. Drop spreaders cause streaks a lot easier than the rotary spreader.

LAWN FERTILIZING FORMULA

SPRING - Sta-green granular - one application
EARLY SUMMER - Scotts Liquid Fertilizer - one application
SUMMER - Scotts Liquid Fertilizer - one application
LATE SUMMER- Scotts Liquid Fertilizer - one application
FALL - Sta-green granular - one application