Knowing When to Fertilise
- By jimboom_david
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- 01 Dec, 2015
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You want your Sir Walter lawn looking its best at all times. This means it needs taking care of, like all living things. One of the best ways to make sure that your lawn is in the best shape is to fertilise it regularly. When a lawn is properly fertilised, it can deal with the stress of changing temperatures and other situations that can cause problems.
Use water when spreading
If you simply just scatter the fertiliser on your lawn it’s just going to sit there unless you do something to help it get into the ground. There are two things you can do. You can water the area where you spread the fertiliser yourself, or you can water when there’s going to be a good rain.
The water helps dissolve the fertiliser, and allows it to delve deep into the soil. Then the microorganisms in the soil breakdown the fertiliser even further so the plants can use it. The grass roots take up the nutrients and spread it throughout the plant.
The Suns Job
Next the leaf has to convert the fertiliser into energy. This is where the sun comes into play. Sunshine itself is a form of energy. It breaks down nutrients and helps the plant turn it into carbohydrates. This then spreads throughout the plant, and it is used as food.
Feeding Your Lawn
Fertilising not only helps your lawn grow, but is a way of providing nutrients for your lawn over the long haul. When plants can store nutrients, then they can deal with things like drought much better than if they are struggling to pull the nutrients from the soil.
What is the Best Time to Fertilise?
There are several times of year that you really should fertilise your lawn. These are at the beginning of spring and midway through summer. For those in a tropical area, you want to avoid fertilising in the heavy rain season. During these times the fertiliser simply gets washed away.
