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When to Apply Scotts Summer Fertilizer
When to Apply Scotts Summer Fertilizer. Keeping your lawn fed helps to maintain root structure, improve coverage and ensure the plants stand up to stresses like heat and foot traffic. When you fertilize warm-season grasses in summer, it helps to use a product like Scotts that not only fertilizes but protects against heat and pests.
Keeping your lawn fed helps to maintain root structure, improve coverage and ensure the plants stand up to stresses like heat and foot traffic. When you fertilize warm-season grasses in summer, it helps to use a product like Scotts that not only fertilizes but protects against heat and pests.
Considerations
Use summer fertilizer only if your lawn consists of warm-season or transitional grasses. Warm-season grasses include bahia, Bermuda, buffalo and carpet grass. These grasses grow primarily in warm weather, so they'll be ready to soak up the fertilizer you put down. Transitional grasses also do some growing in the summer. These include Kentucky bluegrass and fescue. Cool-season grasses like bent grass, red fescue and ryegrass are dormant in summer, so there is no use in fertilizing them. If you do, the nutrients will simply drain into the soil. As a general rule, if your lawn grows in summer it will benefit from fertilization. If it turns yellow or remains at a constant height, it is probably a cool-season grass.
When to Apply
Judging the best time to apply fertilizer is a matter of knowing when your grass is actively growing. If you apply too early, the nutrients may wash away before the grass has a chance to ingest them. The lawn professionals at Greenview recommend applying fertilizer after the first three mowings. This will ensure that the grass is active, healthy and ready to feed. In most temperate areas of the United States, first growth occurs in early to mid-May. But it might happen as early as March or as late as June, depending on the climate. Do not apply fertilizer to a wet lawn, because excess moisture may cause runoff. For best results, wait until the grass has been dry for two to five days before applying. This will help the fertilizer soak into the ground after watering and increase its chances of reaching the roots.
How to Apply
Using a lawn spreader or gloves, apply Scotts fertilizer evenly to a dry lawn. A general guide is 2.5 lbs. per 1,000 square feet of lawn, but consult the product label to be sure. Water the lawn thoroughly. Save leftover fertilizer for a future application or dispose of it according to directions provided by your local waste disposal center. Do not dispose of fertilizers in water sources or public sewer systems.
