Your lawn and garden need nutrients to grow and stay healthy. Soil is an important source of key nutrients but it doesn’t always contain them in adequate amounts. That’s why many homeowners take the ...

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Fertilizer is defined as anything that increases the fertility of the soil. For a lawn, there are many ways to increase the soil's fertility to help your grass thrive — but some ways are far more ...

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When to fertilize your lawn depends largely on what type of grass is in your yard. The best time to fertilize any lawn is when the grass is actively growing. Most lawns benefit from being fertilized ...

Mid-April is the ideal time to put out that first fertilizer application on lawns in North Florida. A newer trend in managing fertilizers while protecting the environment is the 4 R’s of nutrient ...

One of the biggest mistakes people make before winter is scalping their lawn by mowing too short on their final mow. It’s generally recommended to mow cool-season grasses at 2 to 2.5 inches before ...

While the soil generally provides most of the nutrients needed for optimum plant growth, there are times when fertilizers are needed. Fertilizers contain one or more essential plant nutrients and can ...