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pounds of nitrogen and about one or two pounds each of phosphate and potash per 1,000 square feet between now and late fall. Many turf fertilizers are mixed to supply nutrients in approximately this ratio. “Since that is too much fertilizer to apply at one time, two or three applications will be needed,” Shoulders advised.
Fertilizer should be applied at a rate to provide one to one-and-a-half pounds of actual nitrogen per 1,000 square feet. The amount of fertilizer used should be determined by its nitrogen content. For example, five pounds of a fertilizer containing 20 percent nitrogen furnishes one pound of actual nitrogen.
Then between Oct. 1 and Nov. 15, and at least four weeks after the first application, the lawn should be fertilized again with the same material at the same rate. A third application should be made in December.
“When a similar program to the one just outlined is followed, the fertilizer is usually adequate until late in May or June of the next year. At that time, about a half pound of nitrogen per 1,000 square feet may be needed to improve the color and appearance of the lawn,” Shoulders said.
A practical program for most homeowners to use to meet the lawn’s nutrient needs calls for use of a complete fertilizer containing about two to four times as much nitrogen as phosphate and potash. The material should be applied between mid-August and midSeptember. The earlier date is applicable to the mountains and cooler areas of the state.
Information on this and similar lawn feeding programs using different analyses of fertilizers is available from the Rappahannock Cooperative Extension office in Washington.
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