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Spring Fertilization???
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Posted by walt1 7 a (My Page) on Tue, Apr 11, 06 at 21:51
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Posted by walt1 7 a (My Page) on Tue, Apr 11, 06 at 19:43
Hello Folks,
I live in zone 7a, I missed fertilizing last Fall.
When this Spring should I fertilize? Now or in May sometime? I've already used a weed killer.
Thanks for your help. Walt1
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RE: Spring Fertilization???
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| Fertilize perennials now -- it's not too late, but next year, do it earlier. Fertilize your grass in the fall. |
RE: Spring Fertilization???
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| Fairfax County Extension recs fall fertilization. If you must in the spring, wait until the grass is growing again (early May) and apply Nitrogen at half the rate. http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/envirohort/factsheets3/lawn/MAR88PR5.HTML |
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| You're not supposed to fertilize lawns until fall--you can do it at half the rate as biddy67 mentioned around May 15 or so. I just signed up for the Great Scapes program in Prince William county. They send someone out who takes a soil sample and measures your lawn and then gets back to you with an analysis of what you should do when. Fairfax may have a program similar. |
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| I do my fertiliing any time I want to but then again I cheat and use worm castings and they can be put out any time because it dont burn. I am the kind of person that can burn up a lawn by thinking of fertilizing so now I only use worm castings because even I cant screw it up. Just remember that too much and you will be cutting the most lush greenest grass about every 4 days. |
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