Having a healthy and attractive lawn, is an important thing for most households. This shows how much care you take of your property. It pays to welcome friends and visitors, with a refreshing view of your nice lawn. This is why you should do everything you can, to improve your lawn.

If you live in the northern hemishere, it is almost mid summer now and one aspect of the garden that is often neglected is the lawn. The next couple of articles are on lawn care. If you are in winter now, then use this advice to have have a lovely lawn when summer returns.

Fertilizing Your Lawn

One way to make sure that your lawn stays healthy, is to make use of fertilizers. Fertilizing the grasses, in your lawn, will keep them green and healthy. It also ensures that they don’t dry out easily, because of the right nutrients supplied to the soil. This is also a way of making sure, that the grasses in the lawn won’t be subject to diseases.

Types of Fertilizers Available

For your fertilizing efforts, it is best to know what elements will be needed. A typical fertilizer will contain the three elements nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. Each fertilizer will make use of these elements. However, they can differ in the percentage. You can easily determine the proportion of each, according to the digits provided, in the fertilizer package.

Nitrogen is the chief fertilizing element, that ensures your grass grows green. It is perfect for fighting the pests, in the environment, as it maintains the steady growth of the grass. Phosphorous will help the grass grow firmer, in it’s roots. Potassium is perfect to help the lawn withstand droughts and fight off diseases.

The Right Fertilizer for the Right Grass Type

It is very important to choose the right kind of fertilizer, that will go well, with the grass type, you have in your lawn. Part of caring for the lawn, is to know the kind of grass you have, so that you can properly respond, to it’s needs and circumstances. For example, to ensure that your grass is healthy, the soil that you use, must suit the climate in your locality.

As to fertilizing the lawn, it will definitely help, in making the grass healthier. However, if you don’t know how to properly administer the task, then you might overdo it. This can lead to facilitating the thickness of the grasses, that will entail more cutting on your part, to maintain the lawn. The excess fertilizer might also scorch the lawn and cause it to go brown.

In this regard, it is best to know your grass type, so you can administer the right fertilizer, in the correct amount. Grasses are usually classified, according to the climate that they can withstand. Some are for cooler climates. Some grow better in warmer places. Thus, the key to choosing the right fertilizer, is to know the grass type. Know what conditions they grow best in and let the fertilizing efforts facilitate it.

There are also grasses, that are prone to certain diseases, or conditions. You can take note of these aspects, to get the right fertilizer to use. For example, some grasses tend to rust. This may be difficult to avoid, but the probability of it’s occurrence, can be minimized, if supplied with the right amount of fertilizer.

Liquid Fertilizer vs. Dry Fertilizer

Fertilizers can either be dry, or liquid. Proper fertilizing of your lawn, must take note of the type of fertilizer, that will be most favourable, to your grasses.

Dry, or granular fertilizers, are the most common. They are easy to use and administer to your lawn. They also tend to last longer. The fertilizing effect, can work for your lawn, for months. This method will be less costly. At the same time, it is said to be the better option, if your lawn is in a colder climate.

Liquid fertilizers are the kind that you usually see, in spray bottles. The nutrients needed by the plants are mixed with water, to make a concentrate. This is perfect for lawns, with problematic soil characteristics. The liquid fertilizer, will ensure that the nutrients reach the roots.

Know the kind of fertilizer, that you can best use, at the growth stage, of the grass. For example, when your grass is starting to grow, it can make good use of fertilizing elements, that will make the roots grow stronger. If your lawn is subjected to the winter, or colder days, then potassium is a better option.

Conclusion

Growing a healthy lawn is the key. Simply take note, of the needs of the grass, like the need of fertilizing, to ensure the right nutrients. With this, you can definitely expect a nice lawn, for your household.

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Sally Robson is a South African Internet marketer, who together with her husband Derek, have a vision of empowering all fellow South Africans and other non U.S folk, to have equal opportunity and success on the internet, by overcoming the many obstacles facing them. They have started a string of sites, resources, courses and articles, as part of Dersalsites. Sally has a passion for gardening. For more articles and advice on gardening topics, visit Sally at: http://www.dersalsites.com/sallysgardeningtips/ 

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