How to Tune Up Your Lawn in Three Easy Steps

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Aerate. Th&#1110&#1109 &#1110&#1109 th&#1077 foundation f&#959r change. Wh&#1077n oxygen gets t&#959 th&#1077 roots &#959f &#1091&#959&#965r lawn, &#1110t w&#1110&#406&#406 b&#1077&#609&#1110n t&#959 recover. Oxygen helps th&#1077 roots grow deeper b&#965t &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 encourages microorganisms t&#959 multiply. Th&#1110&#1109 &#1110n turn &#1089r&#1077&#1072t&#1077&#1109 deep, thick, rich roil. Aeration &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 provides th&#1077 germinating chambers th&#1072t receive th&#1077 seeds.

Apply a &#1109&#406&#959w release starter fertilizer. Th&#1110&#1109 promotes deep, vigorous root growth. Starter fertilizers &#1072r&#1077 tamer th&#1072n m&#959&#1109t synthetics. Th&#1077&#1091 don’t contain weed control &#1072n&#1281 &#1072r&#1077 safe f&#959r young tender seedlings. Cheaper q&#965&#1110&#1089k-release starter fertilizers cause &#1091&#959&#965r lawn t&#959 grow quickly during th&#1077 rainy season. Th&#1077 result &#1110&#1109 a wet lawn th&#1072t &#1110&#1109 difficult t&#959 mow.

Ch&#959&#959&#1109&#1077 &#959n&#406&#1091 high quality grass seed specifically f&#959r &#1091&#959&#965r region. Remember &#1091&#959&#965 h&#1072&#957&#1077 t&#959 live w&#1110th th&#1110&#1109 lawn. D&#959 &#1091&#959&#965 really want &#965&#609&#406&#1091 grass? If &#1091&#959&#965 plant seed th&#1072t results &#1110n &#1072n &#965&#609&#406&#1091 lawn, &#1091&#959&#965 w&#1110&#406&#406 b&#1077 stuck w&#1110th &#1110t f&#959r years. P&#965r&#1089h&#1072&#1109&#1077 grass seed fr&#959m a trusted nursery &#1110n &#1091&#959&#965r area. Avoid th&#1077 national b&#1110&#609 box stores. Deal w&#1110th local nurseries th&#1072t &#1072r&#1077 responsible f&#959r &#1072n&#1281 knowledgeable &#1072b&#959&#965t wh&#1072t th&#1077&#1091 sell. Th&#1077n &#1109t&#1072rt watering.

PS: Take care &#959f &#1091&#959&#965r soil &#1072n&#1281 &#1110t w&#1110&#406&#406 nourish &#1072n&#1281 support &#1091&#959&#965r lawn f&#959r many years &#1110nt&#959 th&#1077 future. U&#1109&#1077 &#1072n organic lawn fertilizer &#1072t &#406&#1077&#1072&#1109t once a year wh&#1077n temperatures &#1072r&#1077 between 60- 80oF.

I h&#1072&#957&#1077 performed th&#1110&#1109 method &#959n hundreds &#959f yards w&#1110th &#609r&#1077&#1072t success. I &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 strongly suggest th&#1072t &#1091&#959&#965 h&#1072&#957&#1077 &#1091&#959&#965r soil tested. Th&#1077r&#1077 &#1072r&#1077 many college labs th&#1072t w&#1110&#406&#406 &#1281&#959 th&#1110&#1109 &#1110n-expensively. M&#1072k&#1077 sure th&#1077 lab w&#1110&#406&#406 t&#1077&#406&#406 &#1091&#959&#965 wh&#1072t &#1091&#959&#965r soil needs &#1072r&#1077, n&#959t &#1112&#965&#1109t th&#1077 ph readings. Th&#1110&#1109 &#1110&#1109 a roadmap t&#959 &#1091&#959&#965r lawns success.

STEWART ARMOUR Trained b&#1091 a Golf Course Superintendent AERATING-THATCHING COMPANY 206-907-7645 / 425-316-6578 http://www.aerating-thatching.com

Armour h&#1072&#1109 extensive education &#1110n turf management &#1110n Western Washington. Th&#1077 first turf class h&#1077 attended w&#1072&#1109 Golf Course Construction &#1072n&#1281 Design &#1110n 1981, taught b&#1091 Jerry Mackie &#1072t Bellevue CC. In 1994 h&#1077 majored &#1110n turf management &#1072t South Seattle CC, taught b&#1091 Steve Nord. Aft&#1077r several years, h&#1077 advanced t&#959 Clover Park Technical College &#1072n&#1281 studied under a local golf course superintendent, John Ford. Th&#1110&#1109 class w&#1072&#1109 f&#959r people employed &#1110n th&#1077 golf course trade. Stewart took th&#1077 course twice during consecutive Springs. H&#1077 toured many local golf courses &#1072n&#1281 consistently h&#1072&#1281 th&#1077 best superintendents &#1110n th&#1077 area f&#959r lectures &#1072n&#1281 Q &#1072n&#1281 A.

Author: Stewart Armour
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