Lawn, Fertilization:

A luxuriant lawn depends on good fertilizing practices. Fertilization of lawns should be based on type of grass you have, the level of soil fertility and the lawn management used. A lush, green lawn doesn't just happen. It requires good management and tender, loving care.

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To begin, you must choose a grass suited to your soil and climate. Then, you must provide adequate fertilization and water, you must control the weeds, and you must keep the lawn free of insects and diseases.

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Fertilization of lawns should be based on type of grass you have, the level of soil fertility and the lawn management used. For best results, remove grass clippings from your lawn. You'll need more fertilizer, however, than if you leave the clippings on the lawn.

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In the highly fertile soils, you may not need to add lime, phosphate and potassium except where clippings are removed. Normally, applying a mixed fertilizer in the spring will be sufficient. Apply six to ten pounds of a fertilizer like 8-8-8 or amounts of other fertilizer mixture to provide an equal amount of nitrogen, phosphate and potassium per one thousand square feet.

On soils of low fertility, apply twelve to fifteen pounds of a fertilizer like 8-8-8 per one thousand square feet in the spring. Throughout the growing season, you'll need to apply one-and-a half to two pounds of ammonium nitrate or other nitrogen fertilizer to supply one-half to three-fifths of apound of nitrogen per one thousand square feet every eight to ten weeks.

Remember: Good care and adequate fertilizer can give you a lush, green lawn.

Fertilizing Trees,

Shrubs and Lawns:

March is the magic month for fertilizing everything that you want to see grow, flourish, and bloom&ldots; If you fertilize your lawn and garden plants during March...they will respond better then, than at any other time of the year.

For shrubs&ldots;

You should use about a quarter of a pound of a complete fertilizer per square yard of area covered by the plant. A quarter pound of fertilizer is equal to about a half cup and a complete fertilizer is one such as 8-8-8 . Distribute the fertilizer around the plant, but don't let the fertilizer touch the stems of the plants and don't apply it in bands around the plant.

Trees need plant food, too.

Apply one pound of a complete fertilizer such as 8-8-8 or equivalent for every year of the tree's life. The fertilizer should be put in holes that are about eight to twelve inches deep. The holes should begin about four feet from the trunk of the tree and they should extend beyond the spread of the branches. The holes should be in series of rings around the tree. The rings should be about four feet apart and the holes should be about five feet apart.

Looking at lawns.

If you want lush dark green lawn grass, you're going to have to fertilize it. You will need to apply about 20 pounds of a complete fertilizer for every thousand square feet of lawn. Don't apply the fertilizer when the grass is wet. However, after you've distributed the fertilizer, water the lawn to wash the fertilizer into the soil and to keep it from burning the leaves of the grass.