You see on fertilizer bags and information things like 25-0-4 and 10-0-10. But what do those fertilizer numbers mean, and what do they mean for my lawn? The lettered abbreviation for those numbers are NPK. Now that doesn’t help without more explanation. N stands for nitrogen and it is one of the main elements that helps grass grow. This is always the first number listed. Nitrogen is helpful in creating…
Read MoreBrown Footprints on My Lawn?!?
Have you ever seen footprints on your lawn? You can see exactly where someone went, but how did the footprints get there? Well we know how they got there, some walked through your lawn, but what exactly caused the footprints to appear. The footprints are caused when someone walks over frost covered grass. The frost is hard and frozen, and the grass is lush and growing. When the weight of…
Read MoreDormant Warm Season Grass
Maybe you have noticed that the grass is starting to slow down. However, you may have also noticed that some grass is starting to go dormant. The grass starting to go dormant already are the warm season grasses that have established in this area. We typically have cool season grasses in Michigan. Kentucky Bluegrass, Perennial Ryegrass, and Fine Fescue are all cool season grasses that are perfectly suited for this…
Read MoreFall Fertilizer
“Why bother with a fall fertilizer? My grass is going to be dormant soon. There is no need for it.” That is the thought from some people about a fall fertilizer application. But that fall fertilizer application does a lot for your lawn as it prepares to become dormant, and then get ready for the coming spring. Despite your lawn looking like it has stopped growing when the weather starts…
Read MoreNot so Wild about Violets
Wild violets in a yard can be an unsightly situation. But how do you take care of them? Controlling wild violets is not as easy as you might think. During the summer months, wild violets have a thick coating on their leaves that stop herbicides from entering the plant. This is not the end of the story. For a very short while in the fall, when the wild violets are…
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