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Steveo · 05-08-2006, 02:33 PM posted to alt.home.lawn.garden

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Steveo wrote:
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Generally, one application of fertilizer plus pre-emergent control
in
Spring is all you want till Sept.

Where do you find a lawn food that gives you seven months of nutrition?

It's not 7 months from mid April to early Sept. And in summer, cool
season grasses do not want to be agressively growing. While extra
nitrogen in summer will make the lawn greener, it also makes it a lot
more vulnerable to disease and fungus. IMO, for the typical lawn, the
tradeoff is not worth it. You could put down another application in
late May, but I definitely would not be applying fertilizer in mid
summer.

We are feeding with 70% slow release now. Out of the 2000 or so that we
feed every six weeks, we've had to apply a fungicide to less that 50 of
them.

Insect damage is much more of a problem in the summer months, especially
chinch bug right now.