How and When to use Fertilizer in Your Lawn and Garden

Time for our annual reminder that fall is one of the best times to apply fertilizer to your lawn. Why? Because a proper application of fertilizer before the first frost will help it survive a harsh winter. Certain plants such as pansies, Iceland poppies, and calendula, usually need to be fertilized now, too, because most soil doesn’t provide the essential nutrients they need for optimum growth.

Guide to Healthy Lawns

Sonoma County is home to more than a dozen grass species. These cool-season grasses actively grow in the spring and fall. That’s why it’s important to fertilizer during those times of years. Experts recommend that at least one fertilizer treatment be a “complete” one that includes all three primary nutrients a healthy lawn needs: nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. Otherwise, most established lawns need only a nitrogen rich treatment on a regular basis.

Some signs that your lawn needs fertilization include:

• Discoloration
• Slow growth
• Weed or other pest invasion

The key to a health lawn is making sure just the right amount of fertilizer is applied over the course of a year. Too little and you have the problems listed above; too much and root growth slows down, leaving your lawn vulnerable to problems like insect infestation.

Fertilizer as Part of Regular Landscape Maintenance

A lush, green lawn depends on more than watering and mowing. It’s the result of regular, strategic maintenance throughout the year. DK Landscaping’s innovative lawn maintenance plan helps your yard stand out in the neighborhood.

From streetscapes and business complexes to condos and single-family homes, DK Landscaping delivers consistent, reliable landscape maintenance services to local properties. Any business or homeowner who wants to protect their investment should consider using a service like ours that gets a landscape on a regular maintenance schedule.

Helping our commercial and residential customers enhance their landscape is a vital part of what we do. We know the best time to fertilize, what spot treatments are needed, and when it’s the best time to uproot weeds, aerate, mow, and mulch. We want to help you get and keep a healthy and beautiful lawn!

As professional landscapers we also provide monthly irrigation inspections to help you manage your water use and save money while doing it. Other maintenance services include:

• pH test to check for proper nourishment
• Tree care including trimming, planting, moving, disease control, and removal
• Seasonal color plantings
• Garden bed care including pruning, weeding, fertilizing, and mulching

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Want to learn more about keeping your lawn in prime condition through the use of fertilizer? Contact us today. We look forward to discussing with you all the benefits of getting on a regular landscape maintenance schedule!

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