Lawn Fertilizer, What Does The Soil Need?
So true with beginners, the subject of lawn fertilizer seems simple enough. After all, it can’t be that hard to periodically sprinkling fertilizer over your lawn and then water it so it can penetrate into the underlying soil. Here’s what most people don’t realize. Applying lawn fertilizer is easy, but the hard part is determining your lawn’s specific needs.
What Are Your Lawn Fertilizer Options
My Lawn
I have a 90% fine fescue lawn with about a 10% bluegrass mixture. In the video it is kinda hard to see so I put the images below: (You can click on the pictures to get a larger view.)
Sowing a New Lawn
Make sure you have adequate time for ground preparation. Ideally, you should plan ahead and prepare your site at least three months before you intend to sow the seed. Thorough the site preparation is the key to establishing a healthy lawn. The best time to start is early summer for an autumn sowing.
How to Lay Turf Made Easy
You can lay turf at almost any time of the year, even when the ground is slightly frozen or even during the heat of the summer. However, you will need more water during the summer days, then in winter. In comparison, spring and autumn have sufficiently favorable conditions for sowing most seed lawns.
Advantages & Disadvantages of Laying Turf or Sowing Seeds
So you have prepared the soil and done your research on the particular type of grass that you want for your lawn. Now the next decision is pretty easy, do you want to buy turf or sow a new lawn from seed. There are many advantages and disadvantages to both methods. However, laying turf as the upper hand in many cases. Here are some things to consider when deciding to lay turf or sow a new lawn from seed.
Advantages & Disadvantages of Laying Turf
Advantages
Choosing the Appropriate Type of Grass
There are many options and varieties of grass you can choose from, with over 10,000 different types of grasses in the world, surely picking one would be a pretty easy process.
Choosing the right grass will depend heavily upon where you live and the type of grass that fits your taste.
Picking the right type of grass for your area will keep your lawn lush green and looking healthy for the entire year. Before you decide what type of grass you want, you need to determine the intent for using your lawn.
