What kind of fertilizer do you use on your grass to make it fuller and greener?

Question

This time of the year or should I wait until later.

Answer 1

6-4-4
19-5-9

Answer 2

It really depends on where you live.I am from Arizona and at this time of year we use a fertilizer very different then most of the country would use.It is best if you go to a gardening center and ask them what to use in your area.I was a landscaper for 20 years and have found that the nursery's give better answers than the big home and garden centers.

Answer 3

Hi,
Myself, I have been using "corn gluten meal", for the last 3 years.
This is a by-product from processing corn into corn oil.
One can find it at some garden centers, but it will be rather costly and in small amounts.
I get mine from a cattle/livestock feed supplier, much cheaper and in 50# bags.
Corn gluten meal is used in large quantities for livestock feed.
1 50# bag covers approx. 3,000 sq. ft., but I like to put it down rather heavy.
What this gluten does is, because it's 100% organic, is feed the bacteria that breakdown, digesting it into nitrogen which is added into the soil that the grass can use.
This gluten also feeds all the live organisms, worms, etc., in the soil thereby helping keep your turf healthy.
The other benefits are that this gluten has the properties to act as a "natural pre-emergent" against many weed seeds.
Least, but not last, corn gluten meal acts as a "natural fungicide" against the bad fungi that can inhabit a lawn that is stressed or in attack by lawn damaging fungi.
This gluten is 100% safe to have where pets and kids could be sharing the area. (IT'S CORN)!
The only drawback is that one should wait to use it in an area that they wish to put down grass seed. Like I said, it will prevent the grass seed from germinating. If you have put down the gluten first, wait a couple of weeks to allow it to breakdown enough to not inhibit germination.
I use it 3 times a year, Spring when the lawn shows signs of greening up, mid-Summer, to help control dandilion seeds that may drift into my yard from anothers' yard, and this week-end, to give all the soils organisms one last feeding and to help the feeding of the yard.
This gluten is extremely safe, often through-out the growing season I toss handfulls around my flowers, shrubs, and garden, just to help prevent weed seeds and control fungus' that may be there, but shouldn't be.
It can't burn your yard or anything, but you will notice a nice dark green-up of your yard.
1 other thing, if you put it on too heavy, it may made your yard smell for a few days a little bit "country", If you get my drift?
Like I mentioned at the start, this is the 3rd year for using this, and I will bet my yard looks better than most in my area, with only minimal weed control needed occasionally.
Hope this helps, Dave

Answer 4

not sure what kind of fertilizer but i've heard if you mow your grass in different patterns each time it is supposed to make it fuller. I think it works

Answer 5

any kind of a slow release that's high in nitrogen. Nitrogen is the first numbers on the label, i use a 20-20 -20 myself, sometimes I'll get a small bag of ammonium nitrate but be very careful with this stuff

Answer 6

If you're in a northern area, put down a fertilizer that says 'winterizer', now. It will promote root growth without so much top growth, and help spring green-up.

Answer 7

We use weed and feed on our lawn. You can get this at any Walmart, Lowes, Home Depot etc. We put it on at the end of summer with a spreader, this seems to help a lot.

Answer 8

Now is the time. Good old manure works best if you can stand the stink. Ironite (a brand) is great for greening up a yard.

Answer 9

anytime is a good time. i guess cow or horse manure is good for the grass.