Winterizing
Fall is here, and with it the dormancy of all of your plants. How
about some fall season consideration to the largest part of your
landscape, your grass? For cool season grass (fescue and bluegrass)
it is the most important time to fertilize. So much so, it's been
said that if you only fertilize once a year, do it in the fall. So
give your grass a bedtime snack and fertilize with Fertilome Winterizer
(25-3-6). The recommendation is to apply a fall application of fertilizer
twice. Once in the early fall and once in November.
You might consider at least a substitution if not a supplementation
of Fertilome Weed Out (25-4-4). Why? Ask yourself this: What is the
first thing you see in your lawn in the early spring? Dandelions!
How can they be so early? They start in the fall! Fertilome Weed
Out contains Trimec, a broadleaf weed herbicide. It's a contact killer,
meaning put this stuff on when the weed is there. Apply to a damp
lawn so the contact killer can stick and after a couple of days,
water.
If you have a warm season grass lawn (bermuda and zoyzia), you have
a fertilizer just for you: Fertilome Winterizer & Weed Preventer
for Southern Grasses. Pay attention here, this stuff is different
from anything else. Apply this product after the desirable grass
has gone dormant. The active herbicide (Simazine) kills anything
that is green. Broadleaf weeds will still be green after the grass
goes dormant. TAKE SPECIAL CARE TO AVOID THE DRIP LINE OF TREES,
SHRUBS, AND ROSES. |
