Things are green and growing. We are in the warm weather. It is summer. After we have prepared our lawns and landscapes in the spring for this time of the year, it is time to feed our lawns again. This time it is with a summer blend of fertilizer. The summer fertilizer application should have a higher nitrogen content compared to the spring fertilizer application. (The first number on the…
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Every spring your lawn is coming out of dormancy from the winter and getting ready for the growing season ahead. Something that we do to help our lawn is put down a spring fertilizer application. What kind of fertilizer should be used? What does this fertilizer application do for your lawn? The spring fertilizer application should have a lower nitrogen content in the spring as compared to the summer. (The…
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Everyone wants an even fertilizer application. But come spring time, I see it time and time again where a homeowner tries to fertilize his or her lawn, and ends up striping the lawn with the fertilizer. Applying fertilizer unevenly will result in unsightly light green strips in a sea of dark green grass. What happens to cause the uneven fertilizer application with a rotary spreader could be a spreader malfunction,…
Read MoreFertilizing Too Early
Here we are, spring is coming up quickly. The temptation is to get your lawn greened up quickly once spring is fully underway. So we think, fertilizer. Great, we have the right idea. Now we have to be careful not to fertilize too early. Fertilizing when the ground is frozen is not only a waste, it is harmful to the environment. Fertilizer spread on frozen ground will just wash away.…
Read MoreFall Grass Growth
You may have noticed that fall grass growth has started to slow as we approach the middle of October. How does the grass know that it is October? Well, it really does not have a clue. Grass, like all plants use the weather to grow. We are starting to get into average temperatures that are cooler. Cool season turf grass (the kind that we have in West Michigan), the leaf…
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