You may have heard people ask what the best fertilizers for lawn or what the best fertilizers for grass are, and have wondered what the difference between grass and lawn is?
Grass is a plant of many varieties that is used to cover dirt to make the area look green and inviting instead of grey and unattractive. There are many different varieties of grass. When a decent amount of grass is put together and watered, fed and trimmed and there are very little weeds in it, then it’s called a lawn. A lawn is definitely more pleasing to look at than grass. Whether you already have a lawn or just an area with grass, McGeary has the best fertilizer for grass (5-3-4)and other organic fertilizers to help you produce an organic fertilizer lawn that will make you proud.
Organic fertilizer lawn starts with choosing the type of grass you need
A beautiful lawn begins with choosing a type of grass that is suitable for the climate. Many types and varieties of grasses are now available.
For the western valleys of the Pacific Northwest, the best choice is perennial ryegrass for full sun and a mixture of perennial ryegrass and fescue for part-shade. New varieties of these grasses have a fine texture and good green color. One drawback to perennial ryegrass is that it has to be watered enough to keep it green during the growing season. Otherwise, it thins out until the lawn is dense clumps with bare spots in between. Perennial ryegrass will not spread to fill in the bare spots like most other grasses so bare spots need to be reseeded. A lawn that won’t be watered should be at least half fescue. Fescue is much more drought tolerant and will come back quickly when rainfall resumes.
Kentucky bluegrass is better for the area from the Cascades to New England and the higher elevations of the upper South. Buffalo grass is not as nice looking but it is requires much less water. Bent grass was very popular thirty years ago but it takes much more water and fertilizer to keep it green. Also, it is susceptible to every known lawn disease.
These are cool season grasses that grow the most in the spring and fall. For the South, warm season grasses are used such as Bermuda grass, Zoysiagrass, centipede grass and St. Augustine grass. Each has it strengths and weaknesses. Since they go dormant in the winter, annual ryegrass is often over seeded in the fall so the lawn will stay green all winter.
Now you can think about the upkeep of your lawn and fertilizing it. Fertilizing a lawn regularly will give it healthy green color as well as help prevent disease and weed problems. If a lawn is well fed and growing rapidly, disease spots on the grass blades are mowed off before they become visible. A thick lawn will prevent weeds from getting started. We highly recommend an organic fertilizer lawn over a non-organic lawn for many reasons including that it’s better for the environment. We have many that we consider to be our best fertilizers but we think our best fertilizer for organic fertilizer lawns and our best fertilizer for grass, is the McGeary Organics 5-3-4 Organic Gardening & Yard Fertilizer.
