The Best Fertilizer

When you want to make sure that your lawn remains green all summer, you will want to look at applying a fertilizer to the grass. However, once you see all the different brands of fertilizer, you might ask which one is the best fertilizer for a lawn. According to experts, the best fertilizer is one that is organic. This is because organic fertilizers are slow to release the nutrients into the grass and the soil. It also has an added advantage in that you don't have to fertilize the lawn as often. When the nutrients are released slowly over a period of time, the roots of the plants drink them in resulting in bare patches becoming green once again. It also helps to control the growth of weeds.
 
 The soil contains organisms that grass needs in order to grow. The grass breaks down the nutrients to form nitrogen, but you can aid this process by apply fertilizer in the form of actual nitrogen. Since only about 30% of a bag of fertilizer is actual nitrogen, you need to read the label to find out how much is in the bag. This is the first three numbers on the bag.
 
 When you use an organic fertilizer, you know that all the ingredients are natural and won't harm the earth with added chemicals. They don't suppress the grass, but keep it growing and healthy. If you mow your lawn on a regular basis, then the grass cuttings won't be too high. Instead of raking up these cuttings let them stay on the grass. They will rot and go back into the soil providing the natural ingredients the lawn needs. Although water is another necessity for grass, you should not give it too much water. Grass needs just enough water to keep it from being thirsty, but not enough to cause it to die.