A beautiful lawn adds much beauty to your home. Lush green lawn gives the whole surrounding a fresh look. To maintain your lawn you must have the basic knowledge of how to seed the lawn, how to fertilize your lawn and how to eliminate weeds. You must be aware of every aspect to maintain a healthy fresh lawn. Fertilizing the lawn at right time with right amount is an important task. Do you know how to fertilize your lawn? It is not a big deal; you can get many tips by reading the article.

You must have knowledge of grass type, fertilizer and season in which you are gong to fertilize your lawn. The time of fertilizing the lawn depends upon the type of grass. Cool season grasses need to be fertilized in late months of summer, as the best time is when the lawn is greened fully. Various types of fertilizers are available in the market. You have to make a right choice out of many. The fertilizers that are combination of different nutrients are available. Cool season grasses need the fertilizers with heavy nitrogen in late spring season. Warm season grasses should bee fertilized in early springs. Fertilizers with chemicals are also in market that help against pests and weeds. Check before you buy that for how much time the fertilizer will last.

When planning to fertilize the lawn make a soil test. Take soil from about 6 random spots in your lawn and mix them in a plastic bag. Take them to the expert and see if your lawn needs to be fertilized or not. The test results will guide you about type of fertilizer your lawn needs and the correct amount of it. Buy a fertilizer. In spring season the growth of cool season grasses is at its best, which slows down afterwards in summer season. Mostly when grasses come out of winter hibernation in spring, people fertilize them. It is not the right as the grass will grow rapidly and you have to mow it then. Plant roots do not grow with such pace, as the ground is too cold for roots to grow. The weak roots cannot support the heavy growth on top. Fall season is best to fertilize the grass. At this time grass stores nutrients for spring and use them at the time of need. The fertilizer high in potassium and phosphorus and low in nitrogen will work fine. These nutrients will prevent the grass getting brown in summer.

Take help from Cooperative Extension Educator about the amount of fertilizer according to soil test results. Drop spreaders are considered best for applying fertilizer. Wheel marks of the spreader help you in determining where you have applied fertilizer.