Garden owners are always anxious to begin working on their lawn when the grass turns green. If they give their lawn enough love and care and just the right amount of patience, they are going to enjoy having a green lawn for many months to come.

As an example, many gardeners like to put fertilizer on their young blades of grass so that they will grow well and become nourished. One of the most common practices is to use natural fertilizers on your fescue and bluegrass lawns so this is what most gardeners opt for. Using this practice isn’t only good for the soil but it’s good for the environment as well.

The right time to apply organic fertilizer is during the fall. This is so that the roots can sustain the plants until summer. You can still put the fertilizer on in the spring though if you miss it in the fall. A proper mixture of the organic fertilizer is a half a pound of nitrogen for every 1000 ft.².

Another organic lawn care product that can be used is lime. This is often applied during early spring after the soil tests. If you can maintain your soil is pH between the range of 6.0 7.0 it would be best for your lawn as a large number of grasses and do their best growing in this range. The garden owner must have his soil analyzed every 2 to 3 years. The results from the soil tests determine how much lime must be applied.

In order to control the growth of crabgrass, you’re going to have to put on pre-emergent organic herbicides between the months of March and April. Every once in a while crabgrass will spring up but it can be controlled with organic herbicides. If your crabgrass has already started growing though however it won’t affect it. Because of this the best time that you need to apply the herbicide is one the crabgrass is just sprouting.

Spraying fertilizer is mostly done during the fall. Spraying weed killer can also be done during this time. Just make sure that the weeds are growing. During the dry season, spray your weeds when they are growing.

Whenever you are applying herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides, you need to make sure that you use a different sprayer for each one. It is vitally important to make sure that you mark your sprayers according to what is in them and accurately. Mixing these organic lawn care products with one another can damage the plants because of the residue.

In might be a little early to begin insect control in March, but your lawn care must always begin in the early spring. If by chance you didn’t get around to feeding your lawn during the fall, the spring time is the time you want to make up for it.

If you would like to read more on organic gardening and easy organic lawn care, then now is the time. Start gearing up for the fall and the time to prepare that lawn for those long winter months.

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