Necessities Of Lawn Fertiliser

Lawn fertilisers are essential to good lawn health, they contain supplements of all the foods needed by our lawns in order that they can flourish. These foods come in the form of nutrients and minerals, and without the regular use of fertilisers - we will always be left with envy when looking at that beautiful lawn next door or down the road.

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Fertilisers Damaging The Environment

Fertiliser damage to the environment is often reported in the media when things go wrong, and many people around the country also witness the problems which occur when fertilisers leach into the environment in large quantities. This damage is most often seen when rivers, creeks and other waterways become choked with algal blooms, with a resultant pungent smell which emerges when this occurs.

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Does Fertiliser Burn Lawns

While lawn fertilisers are absolutely necessary for all lawns to maintain their health, colour and vitality, if applied incorrectly they can cause significant damage to lawns including burning the leaf and turning the lawn brown as a result.

The Nitrogen in fertiliser is one of the most important nutrients to all plants, including lawns, that they need for their very survival. It's when too much Nitrogen is applied to the lawn, or the Fertiliser is not watered into the lawn properly that the Nitrogen component will burn the leaf of the lawn.

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Dynamic Lifter Fertiliser

Dynamic Lifter is a processed and aged sheep manure based fertiliser. It has continued to gain considerable acceptance and increased use around the garden, and is now a respected and established organic fertiliser product.

As the use of Dynamic Lifter has increased, many people have furthered the use of it, and began including it into their lawn fertilising programs too. This is an excellent addition to lawn care fertilising, but there are a few points to keep in mind when using Dynamic Lifter as a lawn fertiliser.

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Lawns Can and Should Be Fertilised In Winter

Lawns can be fertilised in Winter, and part of every good lawn fertilising regimen should include the preparation for Winter fertilising which begins before Winter and continues into the middle of Winter.

Despite many concerns about fertilising lawns in Winter from earlier times, these beliefs simply aren't true for the majority of lawns in the country, and the majority of lawns being grown in Australia are Warm Season Grasses being grown in warm environments.

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What Do The Numbers On Bags Of Fertiliser Mean

All bags or packets of fertilisers all have one thing in common, they all have a number ratio printed clearly and in plain sight on the packaging. For most people these numbers mean very little, and concentration on the buying decision can often be driven by other aspects of the packaging or trust in a particular brand.

These numbers on bags of fertilisers represent a very important ratio of all the three major nutrients required by all plants, including lawns. These major nutrients are (in order) Nitrogen - Phosphorous - Potassium, and the ratio on the bag of fertiliser is telling us the ratio in which these major nutrients are present in each bag of fertiliser we are considering purchasing.

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