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Lawns lose their nutrients over time, fertilizer can help stop this from happening. Professionals are great for these applications because they know what kind of fertilizer will work for the needs of each yard. Using fertilizer will not only make your gardens more vibrant and healthier, but it can also encourage plant and tree growth and lead to more colorful and healthier blooms. Not only that, but fertilizer encourage thick greenery leaving no room for weeds to move in and ruin your lawn. There are safety measures that must be followed, never over fertilize your grass. feeding should be done at least 4 times a year or less depending on the type of grass you have. 

The best time of the year to hire a professional to fertilize your yard is generally in the fall when temperatures are cooling down. Mid April usually is a good time to start. The second feeding should be around mother's day, third will be around July 4th and last will be near Labor day. Going for a 4 step season long program is the most popular form of fertilizing because its easy to remember the dates for when to give your lawn some love. Brands like Scotts, Jonathon Green, and an organic one from Espoma follow these programs if you plan on using them. Although different types of grass require different times for feeding, this is a general time frame used for cooler types of grass that wont lay dormant till near fall to winter. For more information or to book your appointment, Call us today at (209)-267-2797.

​So you want to fertilize your grass and make sure it gets the proper love an care you want to give it. But how? Here' a few things you can do to make sure you give the best love to your lawn. 

1. Use the correct grass seed spreader.
  • Using the correct grass spreader will help evenly spread the fertilizer to the desired area or just all around the yard. A rotating broadcast spreader is ideal as it distributes nutrients in an even manner.
2. Water your lawn few days before to loosen the soil
  • ​this is a crucial moment as loose soil easily absorbs the nutrients into the soil. A second but light watering is followed after a few more days to wash off the fertilizer from the grass blades. too much watering will cause concentrated nutrient puddling or will wash away the work you put in. If you're too busy to do this, calling in a professional will do the trick. 
3. Start along the perimeter before going doing full coverage
  • Starting along the perimeter makes it easier to get a full coverage as well as going in a back and forth motion to get the most of your fertilizer with even spreading and slight overlap.
4. Use the correct fertilizer 
  • Going to the store to buy a bag of fertilizer but not sure which one you're going in to buy can be difficult, especially if you have no idea what your grass needs.​​​ 

You have different fertilizers you can purchase from your local hardware store if you're still looking into one. Purchasing PH testers will also come in handy if you need the assistance to find what's missing in the dirt. 

All fertilizers are classified in different categories in which they provide single nutrients (ie: K, P or N). This is whats called "Straight Fertilizers". Complex Fertilizers Contain two or more nutrients such as P and N. Which is also named as Multi-nutrient fertilizer. then you have Organic and inorganic fertilizers. Organic fertilizers are composed of recycled material, such as plant and animal derived material. Inorganic fertilizers contain no carbon materials with the exception of urea and processed chemical treatments to create synthetic fertilizers.
Single Nutrient Fertilizers:
Also known as straight nutrient fertilizer is composed of mainly ammonia or it's solutions. widely and commonly used as well is Ammonia Nitrate (NH^4NO^3). 

Single nutrient phosphates Fertilizers consists of super phosphates. These single super-phosphates contain 14–18% P^2O^5, But can trail to different or added forms such as triple super-phosphate 44-48% P^2O^5 or phosphogypsum. When a single and triple fertilizer are combined, they are a double super-phosphate.

Multinutrient Fertlizer:
Fertilizer containing more than one nutrient component of K, P or N

There are 3 types of micronutrient fertilizers to look out for:
Binary NP, NK, PK fertilizers. NPK fertilizer and Micro-nutrient fertilizers.

Binary fertilizers provide a combination of mostly nitrogen and phosphorus to your dirt, supplying them to the grass and surrounding plants you want fertilize as well. The main fertilizers that make up this NP fertilizer are Monammonium and Diammonium Phosphate. MAP and DAP. For any question you may have you may call (209)267-2797.

NPK fertilizers are a combination and ratio amount of nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. This is represented by three numbers separated by a dash  (ie:16-4-8) describing the ratio content of the fertilizer. The first number represents the nitrogen, the second is phosphorous and the third being potassium.

Micro-nutrient fertilizers include these main nutrient: molybdenum, zinc, boron, and copper. These are what make up the micro-nutrient fertilizer. These nutrients come packaged as water soluble salts and while they are an option to use, these nutrients are not required for all plants and gardens as only few require the needs of this micro-nutrient when droughts or heat affect the plant.

All in all a PH test kit should tell you what you need if you have no clue what to do or get and asking your local hardware customer service or professional team will help you find what you're looking for.
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