A growing lawn is a hungry one. Make sure yours is well-fed with help from Lawn Doctor of Greater Oxford. We offer lawn fertilization services all over Trumbull, Oxford, and across nearby areas in CT. We’ll evaluate your lawn, identify its nutritional needs, then tailor a plan around it. The custom blended fertilizer we apply will help ensure your lawn is getting the right care.
Professional Lawn Fertilization 101: What to Know First
If you’ve never worked with a company to fertilize your lawn before, you might have questions. As one of the leading lawn fertilization teams in the Trumbull area, Lawn Doctor of Greater Oxford has answers. Below are some frequent questions we get. If you’d like to know more, simply give us a call.
What is fertilizer? Fertilizer contains nutrients that are important for the health and growth of your lawn. While some of the surrounding soil contains essential elements, it’s often not enough to sustain a lawn over time.
Why is fertilizing important for my grass, especially if it looks healthy? Fertilizing promotes a strong root system and green, thick blades. This allows it to crowd out weeds as it grows more vigorously and enables your lawn to withstand stress from heat and drought, as well as heavy foot traffic.
Should I mow or rake before fertilization? When you cut your lawn and rake to break up surface thatch, you’re exposing more of the soil, so fertilizer can easily reach it. This improves the treatment’s effectiveness. However, if possible, it’s best to wait at least 24 hours after an application to mow so the weed control treatment has the chance to work its way through those plants and be as effective as possible.
Should I aerate my lawn before or after? If soil is compacted, aerate before you fertilize. The process of aerating will expose even more soil, so fertilizer reaches the soil and gets absorbed.
When should I water? The best time to water grass lawns is in the early morning between 4 AM and 9 AM. Watering in the cool morning will reduce the amount of evaporation that occurs while you’re watering, so your grass can soak up more water in less time. This trick will save you on your water bill. Avoid watering at midday, (when water evaporates too quickly) and late at night (which can lead to fungal growth). Watering during the heat of the day can cause the water to evaporate before it reaches the roots. Lawns that are still wet at nightfall regularly can experience lawn fungus and disease. Watering in the early morning will prevent this from happening.
It might seem like you should water your lawn every day. The more water the better, right? But watering every day can weaken the root system in your yard by causing it to become shallow and dry out faster. However, watering too infrequently can cause the roots to dry out and the lawn to yellow. The key is to water just a couple of times a week to help keep your lawn moisturized and healthy.
When can kids and pets go back on it? You simply need to wait 1-2 hours after any of our treatments to allow liquid products to dry and then you are safe to go on the property.
Serving Trumbull with Lawn Fertilization
Rather than handling lawn fertilization on your own, put your grass in the hands of the Trumbull area’s experts: Lawn Doctor of Greater Oxford. We’ll treat it like our own from start to finish, so you get a lawn you love again.
In fact, we’re leading the way in lawn fertilization in:
- Trumbull
- Oxford
- Newtown
- Cheshire
- Milford
- New Haven
- And throughout the surrounding area
Get greener, healthier grass with our lawn fertilization in Trumbull, CT. Simply contact us today for a free estimate!
