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Will Fertilizer Burn My Lawn In Summer?
For some reason, folks are highly concerned about summer lawn fertilizers and heat. I’m not sure where this stems from but I will help you out now: no, they will not burn your lawn in any greater fashion in heat than they will in cool temps.Heat doesn’t really make fertilizer more “volatile” or make it more “potent,” so have no fear. Now, I will say, if you are using a fertilizer like CarbonX (CX DIY) that has high amounts of straight urea nitrogen, you should not apply that to a wet or damp ...
Best Lawn Fertilizer for Summer | Part 2
Cool Season Lawns
Kentucky Bluegrass, Ryegrass, and Turf Type Tall Fescue - slow play in summer.Low nitrogen, higher potash and lots of micronutrients. Bio-Stimulants are always good too.
Warm Season Lawns
Centipede and Bahia - slow play in summer. Low nitrogen and for sure higher potash and micros.Bermuda, St Augustine, Zoysia - feel free to push harder with Nitrogen. Or you can slow play with more frequent, low N apps, but be sure to get potash and micros in there too.Bio-stimulants are goo...
How To Choose Lawn Fertilizer Based On A Soil Test
If you remember in last week’s blog about The Ins and Outs of Lawn Fertilizers, I went into some of the basics of fertilizers, what they contain, and why. I also touched on some of the thinking processes that I like to use when choosing a fertilizer for the lawn. Be sure to review that post too!
Today I am now going to put that into practice and read a soil test for you and recommend some fertilizers that you would use if this was your test. The idea is that I’m going to show you a real-world...
The Ins and Outs of Lawn Fertilizers
What’s up Lawn Care Nuts?I hope your week is going well and you are seeing some blue skies and sunshine!This week I am going to talk about fertilizer.The reason is that I feel there is some confusion about just exactly “what is a fertilizer?” and “how do I know which one to use?”
Now keep in mind, as we go through this, I am talking about primarily lawn fertilizers.The reason this is important is that a lot of info you find online about fertilizers and fertilization is meant for farmers grow...
Florida, Texas, Gulf Coast Fall and Winter Pre-Emergent Schedule
I wrote this plan specifically for “South Florida” as a winter pre-emergent and soil plan, but many of you could still benefit from incorporating a lot of this into your plans as well.
Watch The Videos
First off, make sure you watch the video I put out just this past weekend outlining the basics of the Florida Pre-Emergent Plan.
I’m not going to get into the watering portion in this written guide, so just make sure you get down at least 1” of water a week anywhere in Florida.Even if your tur...
Fall Brown Spots Could It Be Grubs
What’s up y’all, hope you are having a great week!Now that most of you cool season folks are out of your heatwave and actually getting into fall time, the emails on “how come areas of my lawn are not greening up?” are starting to come in.In this case, my first reaction is always to get down in the brown spots, especially along the edges where the green fades to brown, and pull up the lawn.If it peels up in chunks with no roots or can be rolled back like a carpet, chances are if you keep diggi...
Cool Season Lawns - Seeding and Not Seeding
With the crazy weather around the country this week, for some of you, it may be time to call “no joy” and look for a different strategy.For others, you may just need to hold the line for a few more days until relief comes.
Is It Time To Call No Joy?
From military aviation. A pilot reports "no joy" when an attempt to establish visual or radio contact with another aircraft is unsuccessful; or when an attempt to acquire a target - either visually or on tactical radar - is unsuccessful. (source)I...
What To Do In Your Lawn This Week, First Day of Fall
What’s up y’all, hope you are having a great week! In case you didn’t know, Monday, September 23 was the first official day of Fall 2019. Congratulations Lawn Care Nuts, you made it!Kiss the summer goodbye and get ready for some mild weather and greener lawns. Unless you live in Nashville, TN or somewhere on a similar latitude, you guys have still be hot hot hot, and dry.
Being as you are in the heart of the transition zone there, many of you have fescue lawns that you wanted to aerate/ov...
