In eastern PA, your lawn needs nutrients to grow thick and green to prepare it for the dog days of summer. Slow-release fertilizer feeds your lawn now and for up to six weeks. It also feeds the soil to promote healthy summertime turf.
In this blog post, you’ll learn the following about late spring fertilization, including
- Slow-Release Fertilizer: What Your Lawn Needs Now
- Quick-Release Fertilizers Can Do More Harm Than Good
- Spend Less Time Working on Your Lawn—And More Time Enjoying It.
Now that you know what’s ahead, let’s dive into why feeding your lawn in late spring with slow-release fertilizer makes all the difference.
Slow-Release Fertilizer: What Your Lawn Needs Now
Slow-release fertilizers deliver nutrients to your turfgrass for up to six weeks, gradually feeding your lawn through the hottest part of summer. This lawn fertilizer helps turf roots grow deep into the soil, where extra moisture is stored.
You’ll notice you’ll have to water less often when you use slow-release fertilizer for your lawn because your turfgrass is more drought-tolerant over the summer.
Slow-release fertilizers encourage consistent, gradual grass growth because of their balanced nutrients. Your turfgrass will also have better disease resistance and will use less fertilizer over the long term.
Learn more: From Neglect to Flourish: The Importance of Committing to a Lawn and Landscape Maintenance Plan
Quick-Release Fertilizers Can Do More Harm Than Good
You may have walked down the lawn care aisle of your favorite garden retailer and noticed quick-release fertilizers, also known as soluble or fast-acting fertilizers.
While the labels may entice you with their slick advertising, consumer beware! Quick-release fertilizers aren’t organic and can do more harm than good. For example, you could easily overfertilize your lawn.
There are some instances where quick-release fertilizer benefits brand-new lawns, but it can be a killer for an established lawn. Quick-release is a high-concentration formula, and putting too much on your lawn can burn it, especially during July’s heat waves.
Conversely, slow-release fertilizers are organic, and they slowly feed the soil rather than only feeding the plant, as quick-release fertilizers do. You want healthy soil so that worms and other soil critters help create vigorous turfgrass.
Learn more: Summer Landscaping Essentials’
Spend Less Time Working on Your Lawn—And More Time Enjoying It
Does your summer schedule typically look like this
– You fertilize your lawn every 4-6 weeks
– You go around your yard spot-treating weeds
– You mow your lawn every week
– You string-trim to keep clean edges?
Summer is only 94 days long, according to an old Country Time Lemonade commercial. So you should enjoy your lawn instead of spending almost every weekend caring for it.
You’ll save time and money when hiring a lawn care pro.
Here are seven other benefits of hiring a local landscaping company for lawn maintenance tasks:
- Save money from DIY fertilizer mistakes, which can lead to expensive lawn damage. Let a pro handle the timing and treatments, so your yard gets what it needs without blowing your budget.
- Improve your curb appeal because your lawn care pro has the knowledge and skills to create a beautiful lawn.
- Get more bang for your buck. Even if you’re not selling your home, a thick, green lawn and beautiful landscaping can boost your property value up to 20%—and give you a full return on your investment.
- Invest in your local lawn care company’s expertise. Eastern PA lawns have special needs compared to lawns in Georgia or Ohio. Your local landscaping company understands what your lawn needs in every season.
- Get regular lawn upkeep. Your lawn care company has programs for you to sign up for that will give your turfgrass the consistent care it needs throughout the growing season.
- Reduce your risk of injury. If you’re not used to doing yard work or you’re an older homeowner, your risk of falling and hurting yourself increases. Stay safe and injury-free when you hire a lawn care pro.
- Clean out your garage. When you hire a lawn care company to take care of your lawn, you’ll need less equipment hanging around.
Don’t wait until your lawn is showing signs of distress. Your lawn care team will apply slow-release fertilizer now to prepare it for the upcoming hot summer days.
Get Expert Help with Late Spring Lawn Care
Stop wasting your weekends working on your lawn. Instead, trust us at Jamison Lawn Care to apply slow-release lawn fertilizer before the dog days of summer begin. Contact us today to schedule a lawn estimate.
Sources:
LawnLove.com, 9 Reasons to Hire a Lawn Care Professional.
Ibid., Slow-Release vs. Quick-Release Fertilizer.
SalisburyGreenhouse.com, The Science Behind Slow-Release Fertilizers: How They Work and Why They Matter.
