Now's the time to feed your lawn.

Is your lawn showing some summer stress?  You can help reduce the effect of summer’s heat by applying ferti-lome’s Lawn Food Plus Iron now. This product will quickly green up your turf grass and keep it green long term. That's because ferti-lome Lawn Food Plus Iron contains chelated iron. It's important to use chelated iron in our typical heavy clay, high pH soils because your grass can absorb it more effectively than non-chelated iron. 

This is true any time you're adding iron to your lawn, trees or shrubs. Always look for products which contain chelated iron. Just like any other plant in your garden or landscape, your grass is only as good as the soil it’s growing in. Anything you can do to make your soil healthier improves the quality of your turf grass. Humic acid is a product you can apply to your lawn now to help your grass thrive. 

Natural Guard HuMic is a highly concentrated soil conditioner derived from the remains of decomposed organic plant materials. HuMic will make your soil healthier, increase microbial activity and enhance nutrient uptake.  In addition to feeding your lawn, now’s the time to set your mower as high as it will go and leave it there for the rest of the growing season. Plan to mow your lawn more frequently and follow the rule of thirds; mow often enough you that you take off about one-third of the grass blade per mowing.  Keep your mower blade sharp and don’t mow when the grass is wet. You want as clean a cut as possible and wet grass and dull lawn mower blades tear and pull the grass rather than cutting it. 

Finally, practice good watering techniques. Most of the lawns in the area consist of cool weather grasses; Perennial Rye, Blue Grass and Turf-type Fescue. At this time of year, these grass types need about two inches of water a week in order to maintain color and growth vigor. The most efficient time to water is early morning, before sunrise. It’s cooler and less windy, so there’s less evaporation. Plan to run your water system for longer periods of time and do it less frequently. Watering the lawn daily makes the root systems lazy. Watering less encourages roots to grow longer, looking for water. Stronger roots mean healthier grass and fewer weeds. Follow these best feeding, mowing and watering practices for a great looking lawn through the rest of the season.