Why should I fertilize my lawn?

We hear this question a lot. It would be nice if we could fertilize our lawns once and be done with it, just like it would be nice if we could mow once for the season and that would be it. In the real world, where your lawn provides a growing, natural setting for your home and a place for your family to relax and play, it needs a regularly scheduled fertilization program to reach and maintain its full potential.

Your lawn needs a balanced fertilizer with nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium to keep it healthy and strong, plus numerous trace mineral elements that have been scientifically structured to give exactly what your lawn needs when it needs it. Most soils have some of these elements present, but usually they become depleted over the years. Turf is a very hungry plant during its major growing seasons.

Proper fertilizing with balanced applications throughout the growing season promotes thick, dense grass that can resist disease and weed invasions. Applying too much of any one of the basic elements can cause erratic results. For example, an over abundance of nitrogen will cause rapid growth of the grass plants that the roots can't adequately handle; the blades become long and spindly. Balance is the key.

Timing is also important. From experience and exhaustive testing, we know how long certain elements remain active in your lawn. Combined with the experience we have with our geography and current weather conditions, we can maintain that ideal balance of fertilizers with need. Not too much, not too little.