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Garden owners are always anxious to begin working on their lawn when the grass turns green. If they give their lawn just the right amount of patience, they are going to have a lawn looks great 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. Most owners opt for natural fertilizers because it is the recommended practice for most bluegrass and fescue lawns. Organic some only good for the soil, but they’re great for the environment too.

The right time to apply organic fertilizer to your lawn is the fall. This is when the roots sustain the plants until summer. You can still put the fertilizer on in the spring though if you miss it in the fall. The amount of nutrients in the organic fertilizer must be a half pound of nitrogen for every 1000 sq. ft.

Another organic lawn care product that can be used is lime. After the spring soil tests is when most people put this on their lawn. There are a lot of different grass types that have their best growth whenever you can get the soil pH between 6.0 and 7.0. A garden owner should have their soil analyzed approximately every 2 to 3 years. These tests will tell you how much lime you need to put on your lawn.

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. Crabgrass that is already growing won’t be affected by the herbicide though. Because of this the best time that you need to apply the herbicide is one the crabgrass is just sprouting.

Most of your fertilizer spraying is done during the fall.Spraying weed killer can also be done during this time. You need to make sure that the weeds are growing though before you do spray that. During the drought, spray when the weeds are growing.

Whenever you are applying herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides, you need to make sure that you use a different sprayer for each one. Make sure that you marked and labeled your sprayers correctly so you know exactly what’s in them. Just a simple mistake of mixing any one of the lawn care products with another one can end up hurting your plants permanently.

Insect control isn’t always a big worry in early March, but it is vital for you to take care of your lawn during the early spring. If you missed feeding it during the fall, then you can compensate for it during this season.

If you would like to read more on organic gardening and simple oganic 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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