N P K the main ingredients of lawn fertilizer. What do the letters stand for? Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium the food that feeds your lawn. The best time for lawn feeding is in the fall. Nitrogen is for shoot growth it stimulates your plants to produce more leaf growth and shoots. Phosphorus stimulates the development of roots . Potassium helps with stress to help plants recuperate .
Fall fertilizer is probably the most important fertilizer application of the year for your lawn. After a long hot summer the grass plants look forward to the cool of the fall and grow quickly. If you fertilize now you will have a much healthier lawn next spring. A lot of people think that the lawn is just about done in October for the year the truth is that the important time is just beginning. The roots start to grow and grow right into the winter. You may not see any growth on top but there is a lot going on down in the soil which will determine what your lawn will look like next spring.
A good quality lawn should be fertilized 4 times a year, around May Day, Fathers Day, Labor Day, and Halloween. Use a good quality fertilizer with a slow release nitrogen and your lawn will grow healthy and be able to fight off not only pest and disease but help crowd out weeds as well.
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