EverGreen 400sqm Complete 4-in-1 Lawn Care, Lawn Food, Weed and Moss Killer Bag

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Phosphorous helps to stimulate root growth, and potassium helps your lawn with drought and disease resistance. Most fertilizers have a combination of these three essential ingredients, along with some other additions to specialize in the formulation. Fertilizers can help your lawn deal with deficiencies in calcium, carbon, oxygen, carbon, boron, magnesium, boron, iron, cobalt, and manganese as well. Fertilizer can get your lawn looking it’s absolute best. Testing Your Soil Scotts Turf Builder’s granular formulation makes it easy to spread using a manual or electric spreading machine. An additional benefit to feeding your lawn in autumn is that it gives the lawn a green and healthy look and feel, which will be maintained over the colder months, right into spring. Over winter you won’t be tending to your garden as much, therefore, it is important you get everything done in September and October. Why should I feed my lawn?

Watering the grass is still recommended before application, to further encourage even distribution.

Tips to Apply Weed & Feed Properly  

Alternatively, look in our Weedkillers for gardeners document– sections 1b, cand d–for the corresponding product trade names (such as dicamba/mecoprop-P is sold as ‘Resolva Lawn Weedkiller Extra’) But there are others, which have added ingredients, such as weed and moss killers. These will be a massive help if you don’t regularly get rid of weeds.

Rake then mow your lawn regularly to keep creeping weeds at bay, such as speedwells, clover, silverweed and sorrels Whether hoping to fix a sparse lawn or trying to revitalise dead grass, when lawns are in desperate need of attention, reliable and fast-acting products can make all the difference. Miracle-Gro is a well-renowned company for a reason, and their Water Soluble Lawn Food is easy to apply with a sprayer or watering can, often creating visibly greener lawns in just three days. Encourage vigorous grass growth by applying a proprietary top-dressing in early spring at 1-4kg per sq m (2-7.5lb per sq yd) working in well with a rake or broom If your lawn needs it, you can keep fertilising throughout the summer. But granular fertiliser and dry soil don’t mix, so get your hose ready.If you’re looking for a fertiliser with an environmental conscience, the Plantworks Ltd Empathy Lawn Feed is a great example of organic lawn feed. This company is refreshingly focused on both caring for the planet and tending your lawn in equal measure. Lastly, you’ll have to “water in” the fertiliser. This will rinse the grass blades so that they won’t burn, and the roots will fully absorb the feed. Give it a good drink, enough that the fertiliser and soil become thoroughly moist, but not so the water begins to form puddles or wash away the nutrients. A chest-mounted spreader would be the ideal option to fertilize a smaller lawn. You strap on the harness, fill the hopper, and walk around your yard winding a crank. Repeat this treatment every few weeks, and your lawn will be looking great in no time. Types of Grass As you probably already guessed, pre-emergent types affect only have an effect on the weed’s seed, and won’t be useful if your green corner already has grown weeds. Meanwhile, post-emergent weed n feed types affect already developed weed. And sure, with the proper use, you can combine both types. However, be sure to make a pause between the two applications.

Neither children nor pets need to be kept off the grass after using this fertiliser, meaning there’s no inconvenience of having to choose a suitable time when they’re not around, and it can be applied easily using fertiliser trollies or hand shakers. Unlike some other fertilisers, there is also no odour emitted by these granules, creating a more pleasant garden atmosphere.

During the growing season the grass should be cut regularly and lightly raked, then after two or three days, cut again, removing the long growth Your autumn lawn feed of choice should be low in nitrogen, as you don’t want to encourage any top growth, which can be soft and easily damaged by harsh winter weather conditions. How should I feed my lawn? Of course, the best time for weed and feed depends on the circumstances, like the climate, soil type e.t.c. So there’s really no universal answer. This product improved turf quality and colour significantly, and gave very consistent improvement across the lawn. The grass greened up swiftly, showing good, healthy growth.

If you’ve got a large area of grass to cover, it can wind up being pretty expensive to buy several bags of lawn feed. Fortunately, products like the GREENFORCE 4-in-1 Lawn Feed, Weed, Moss Killer offer great value for money, with one 15 kg bag providing enough to cover an area of up to 750 m² (that’s 3 tennis courts!). After you have successfully applied and watered in the fertiliser, be sure to allow the product to work for over two weeks before overseeding patches with fresh grass seed. If you’re dealing with a serious moss problem, you may have to use a moss killer before feeding your lawn. That said, fertilisers often contain ferrous sulphate which can kill moss within days. So, you may not need a separate moss killer. MowingWeed and feed is searched around 56,000 times per month on Google UK alone. So it’s clearly a problem for many lawn owners and just like you, they probably want to find out how to combat their weed problem without killing the lawn once and for all. Some brands promote that its formula can kill up to 250-varieties of garden weeds. Using this herbicide won’t damage your lawn unless you’re using an exotic grass species and its safe for your garden’s environment. Avoid mowing the lawn very short, especially in summer, as this can weaken the grass and lead to bare patches thatallow weeds in. For advice on how to adjust mower blades and which cutting height to use at different times of year, see our guide to mowing This granular product needed to be applied every six to eight weeks but was easy to do so evenly by hand. The granules were a little irregular in shape and size, but they didn’t break up or become dusty. The product improved turf quality and colour significantly, keeping the lawn healthy and looking good. As lawn feeds go, this product is especially fast-acting. Results are often visible even sooner than the ‘5 days’ quoted by Miracle-Gro. That said, there are cases where this product hasn’t worked for everyone. Whether that’s due to grass type or weather conditions, results can vary lawn to lawn.