You will
need it one more time; and this is the most important spread of the year.
All this
year you’ve been putting down, or have paid someone to put down, high nitrogen
fertilizer, the first number on the fertilizer bag; the stuff that really
greens up the lawn.
“So”, you say.
This is
like giving your lawn bottles of 5 hour Energy shots every month. It greens it
up, but it doesn’t really do anything else. Nitrogen is basically just for the
leaves, in other words: anything above the topsoil.
And
again you say “So, I like it green”
But like
any good architect will tell you, “it’s all about the foundation”. Skimp on the
foundation and the building ceases to be upright in time. So it is with grass;
the top is only as strong as its root.
Winter
fertilizer concentrates its attention on the roots of the plant with the last
two numbers on the fertilizer bag, and pays very little attention to the
greenery.
Your grass
will go dormant very soon; at least what you see will stop growing. But not so
with the roots, they will keep growing until the ground around them freezes.
The roots will keep sucking up what this winter fertilizer provides; for it is
exactly what the roots need to build other roots. And more roots mean a
stronger plant, and a stronger plant means healthier green for your eyes next
summer.
If you have any questions
feel free to e-mail me at NiemeyerLandscaping@Gmail.com or post a comment on this Blog. Like us on Facebook at
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