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Timing: Apply early spring lawn fertilizer once between February and April, when your grass is starting to green up and begin to actively grow (around the time your lawn first needs to be mowed).
When should you feed grass in spring?
Feeding. In mid-spring (often late March to April), use a proprietary spring or summer lawn fertiliser at the manufacturer’s recommended rates. Feeding the lawn will increase vigour and help prevent weeds and moss from establishing. Apply fertilisers when the soil is moist, or when rain is expected.
Should you fertilize your lawn in the spring?
Most people apply a dose of lawn fertilizer in the spring, followed by one or two more applications during the growing season. If you are going to fertilize your lawn, do not do it too early in the season. The best time for that first application is late spring, just as the green grass is beginning to grow eagerly.
What month Should I fertilize lawn?
According to Scotts, you should apply lawn fertilizer between February and April when your grass starts to green up and begins to actively grow. Essentially, if it looks like your grass is ready for its first mowing of the season, then it’s ready for lawn fertilizer.
How do I fertilize my lawn in the spring?
Fertilize lightly in early spring with either slow-release or quick-release fertilizer. Time your fertilization schedule to use up all the fertilizer before the onset of hot summer weather, when cool-season grasses often go dormant.
Should you fertilize before or after cutting lawn?
When fertilizing a lawn, it is best to apply fertilizer after the lawn has been mowed so it has a few days to absorb the fertilizer. Wait until late summer, fall or early spring to fertilize the lawn. Mow the lawn and leave a small bit of grass clippings on the lawn.
When should I start treating my lawn?
Late spring is the best time to overseed warm-season grass. Fall is the ideal time for cool-season grass, but in colder regions, spot-seeding small areas in spring yields good results. When you overseed, apply a slow-release nitrogen fertilizer. Five weeks after overseeding, apply a quick-release nitrogen feed.
How cold is too cold to fertilize lawn?
As a general rule, you should not fertilize your lawn when it is dormant. Lawn grass can go dormant when it’s too cold, or too hot. At the cool end of the spectrum, you want to be sure that your air temperatures are consistently 60 degrees Fahrenheit or warmer.
Is it too late to fertilize my lawn?
Timing is everything when it comes to late fall fertilization. You should wait until the grass has stopped growing and rarely needs mowing. It’s okay if your grass still has some active growth, but it should be slow enough that you don’t need to mow it. However, you don’t want to wait so long that the ground freezes.
What if it rains after I fertilize my lawn?
The answer not very cut and dry, but here is the bottom line: The vast majority of the time, rain after a fertilizer application is not a problem at all. Water helps “activate” your fertilizer. It helps move the granules deep into the thatch where it starts to break down so that it can be soaked into the root system.
Should I fertilize my lawn before it rains?
It’s fine to spread your fertilizer before it rains as long as it’s more mild or light conditions. Like we said before, moisture is important for the fertilization process, so using chemical fertilizer on overly dry grass is likely to burn out your grass rather than make it grow and flourish.
Can I fertilize my lawn in December?
This is something we do not want in the winter as the harsher temperatures can damage new growth. Fertiliser should not be applied when the lawn is frozen or there is a drought as it will only be wasted – the soil will not absorb it properly.
Should you water lawn after fertilizing?
At Master Lawn, we typically say to wait 24 hours before watering your lawn after fertilizing. But it is important to make sure that it does receive a good watering session soon after that 24 hour waiting period. Watering helps the fertilizer to activate and to break down and begin feeding nutrients to the lawn.
Should you water after mowing?
While it’s definitely fine to water after mowing the lawn, you should avoid watering before you mow. Wet grass will just clump up as you mow it, clogging your mower and being a pain in general. This is also why you shouldn’t mow if it has rained recently.
How long should I wait to mow after fertilizing?
After a fertilizing treatment you need to wait only 24 hours to mow the lawn.
Can I fertilize after rain?
Don’t wait too long after a heavy rainfall to apply fertilizer. When the top two inches of soil have dried, the benefit of good distribution of the fertilizer in the root-zone area may be reduced. It is for such reasons that we suggest soil moisture should be at good levels just before a fertilizer application.
