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 Significance of nutrients for the growth of lawn:

As far as the concern of the growth of a beautiful green and thick lawn goes nutrition or feeding is always an integral part. The rest that matters all is the hows, whats, and whens about the nutrition of the lawns. Here in this part of article we are going to focus on the whens of the lawn nutrition. On an average basis the best time for the nutrition of the lawns is autumn even though extra feeding can be done in spring and the early summer. In those parts of the planet where the atmosphere is more warm and tropical type regular feeding starting from spring and continuing through the autumn is suitable. The best lawn nutrition can be provided with the complete type of fertilizers having a reasonable percentage of nitrogen in them.

What to feed to the lawns:

Most of the lawn fertilizers have three major ingredients in them. These are nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus. It is fortunate that most of the lawn manufacturers these days mention the composition and the percentages of these ingredients in the packages so that any one has to hunt for the specific nutrients. The sacks of the lawn fertilizers have all the instructions for the application and at the same time specify the area over which they should be spread. Along with this all the major components present in the fertilizers are also mentioned. Experts suggest the usage of a fertilizer having a percentage of at least15 to 20 % for comparatively newer lawns. There are also some varieties of nitrogen plant foods having a nitrogen percentage of up to 20 to 45 % that can be used at correspondingly lighter rates.

How to apply the fertilizers:

In case of the lawns the type of the fertilizers really does not matters that much if the proper care is taken of the how about of the application of the fertilizers. As it is seen some grass varieties needs specific requires more food and some require less and hence is the need to take care of how much food is being fed to the grass. In addition to all these the impacts of heavy or over dosage of nutrition or even mal nutrition can possibly result in the poor or death of an already existing turf.
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