Why does one lawn look lush, vibrant and green while the lawn immediately next door is sad, dying and brown? The answer is often fertilizer. In this week’s guide to having great grass, we’re going to look at how one simple lawn treatment can radically transform your lawn’s appearance and health.
What Is Fertilizer and Why Is It Important?
Fertilizer is basically food for plants. As you know, most plants get their nutrition via their roots from the soil. If the soil in your yard is not too great, your grass doesn’t have a lot of nutrients to develop with. The result is poor, patchy grass growth.
Fertilizer is applied to the soil to provide for the nutrients that aren’t already there. There are many different minerals and types of organic material that can be used to supplement the soil. The reason your Cohasset lawn service performs a soil analysis prior to make any recommendations is to discover which specific nutrients are most lacking in your lawn. The best fertilizer is the one that’s custom mixed for your lawn’s specific needs.
Fertilizer is Applied Repeatedly Throughout The Year For Best Results
Thinking of fertilizer as food for your lawn makes it easy to understand why you need repeated treatments throughout the year. It’s just like how we as human beings need to eat multiple meals throughout the day. In the Cohasset area, the best practice is to have the lawn fertilized at least three times annually: early in the spring, to jump start growth; during the middle of the hot summer, and right before the winter snows arrived.
Chosen carefully, applied consistently, fertilizer can help transform a struggling lawn into the jewel of the neighborhood. This is the time of year to have your Cohasset lawn service provide a professional assessment of your lawn so you can fertilize completely and appropriately throughout the growing season.
