Getting your garden green for spring

Randy Lemmon’s Tips on getting your yard green for the spring:

 

1.    If your grass is brown and looks dead, scalp your yard. You can do this by lowering your lawn mower about an inch.

2.    Fertilize

· Late February-Early March - apply a simple 15-5-10 for an early green-up. Most companies that make slow-release fertilizers also make a nonslow-release 15-5-10 that provides for a quick two-week green up before we get to the heart of the fertilizer schedule. Some people will be tempted to use a weed-and-feed at this time, but if you've been following the GardenLine herbicide schedule, there should never be a need. However, spot weed-and-feed treatments are recommended for those with turf-only landscapes or landscapes that have been established for many years. Warning: Most weed-and-feeds contain Atrizine which burns roots of young trees and shrubs.

3.    Add an “organic soil amendment” to your lawn. This will add nutrients to your soil that were stripped during the winter months

4.    Fertilize

· In Late March-Early April - apply slow-release 3-1-2 ratio fertilizers.

Recommended formulations:

 

19-4-10 Nitro Phos Super Turff

18-4-6 Fertilome Southwest Greenmaker

18-0-6 Fertilome's Zero Phosphate Formula

15-5-10 Southwest Fertilizer Premium Gold

19-5-9 Easy Gro Premium

21-5-10 Mr. C's (Cornelius brand)

 

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