How to Fertilize Your Lawn

A proper fertilizer plan will help make your lawn look its best. In this video I'll show you how to dial in a fertilizer program advocated by industry leaders and professors of turf management.

Before you begin to think about a fertility program for your lawn, the first thing you should do is figure out square footage of all the sections in your lawn. Then make a note or a map of your lawn for reference when you forget the size of each section.


Now that you know the square footage of your lawn, it’s time to think about fertilizer.

If you’ve never really looked at a bag of fertilizer there are a few things you should know that will help you along the way.

First, you should ignore the statement on the bag that says this bag covers 5,000 square feet. That number tells you nothing.

What you want to know is the weight of the bag, and the numbers next to the three letters N-P-K. These are the percentages of Nitrogen Phosphorus and Potassium, by weight, of the bag.

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[TheLawnMechanic]

Enjoyed the video, thanks for sharing!

[BenjaminT.Minkler]

solid info, and no messing around.... this definitely shows in the high performance of your yard

[hectorlopez]

I've always had a hard time deciding how much fertilizer to use in my lawn, but this video just made it so much clearer. Thank you.

[SirSmokesAlott]

how tf do you only have 4.6k subs. your content is a lot more informative than most.

[AlexKstar]

This information is pure gold. Exactly the summary I was hoping to find to get my Kentucky bluegrass looking it's best.

[harjuwithme]

My lawn hasn't looked this good in years thanks for all the great information...the perfect cut🙌

[Striperman]

I must say, I would take the advice of someone whose lawn looks like that. Great video. Love this series 👍💚🦸

[michaeljasper]

Great video. Do you feel that in a cool season lawn that as long as you do a light feeding in spring (may) that no more fertilizer is needed til Sept and Oct?

[nerrisapersad]

I am in Columbus Ohio and we have Kentucky blue grass. I am beginning to fertilize with the Scott turf builder. Can I alternate TB with Scott’s Green Max about 6 weeks after the TB? The lawn already exist. I was also wanting to reseed to make the lawn thicker. Any ideas? Your video was fantastic for me as I am a new beginner!

[jd]

Would Milo around July 4th be a bad thing? Their website schedule says to throw down on the holidays. It does have phosphorus which you talked about as a no-no for the summer.