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Natural Lawn Care Products Can Help Keep Your Grass Pretty
Every year as soon as the grass turns green, garden owners around the world get anxious to start on their lawns. If they give their lawn enough love and care and just the right amount of patience, they are going to enjoy having a green lawn for many months to come.
For example, new grass inspires the garden owner to spread fertilizer in order for the young blades to flourish. One of the most common practices is to use natural fertilizers on your fescue and bluegrass lawns so this is what most gardeners opt for. Not only is it healthy for the soil, it is also healthy for the environment in general.
Most generally the fall is the proper time to apply organic fertilizer to your lawn. They do this because the roots have to sustain the plants all through the winter until next summer. If you happen to miss the fertilizer application during the fall you can still do it in the spring. A proper mixture of the organic fertilizer is a half a pound of nitrogen for every 1000 ft.².
Another organic product that you can use on your lawn is lime. People normally put this on their lawn during the early spring after they have their soil tested. There are a lot of different grass types that have their best growth whenever you can get the soil pH between 6.0 and 7.0. It is important for any garden owner to have their soil analyzed every 2 to 3 years. These tests will tell you how much lime you need to put on your lawn.
Pre-emergent organic herbicides must be applied between March and April in order to control the growth of crabgrass. Every once in a while crabgrass will emerge, but you can get the best of it and control it with organic herbicides. Crabgrass that is already growing won’t be affected by the herbicide though. Therefore, the best time to apply herbicides is when crabgrass is still sprouting.
Most people spray their fertilizer on their lawns during the fall.Spraying weed killer can also be done during this time. Just make sure that the weeds are growing. Always spray your weeds when they are growing.
Use different sprayers when applying herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides. Make sure that you marked and labeled your sprayers correctly so you know exactly what’s in them. Just a simple mistake of mixing any one of the lawn care products with another one can end up hurting your plants permanently.
March may be early for insect control but you must always care for your lawn during early spring. If your lawn didn’t get fed in the fall, then you can make up for it during the spring.
If you would like to read more on organic gardening and organic lawn care, then now is the time. Start gearing up for the fall and the time to prepare that lawn for those long winter months.
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