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Depending on what you want to do, you can use standard organic fertilizer correctly to achieve your goal, or you can adapt and apply your own unique “brand” of organic fertilizer made from various food leftovers and things like compost tea. The key is to be aware of the nutrients your soil, grass and plants will need and to find out which organic product is more capable of providing it.   Let’s start with potassium. This metal is hands down one of the most essential nutrients for proper plant growth. One of the best organic products that holds a lot of potassium is the good old fashioned banana peels. You can simply eat the banana and then grind or cut up the peel to distribute it onto the soil. You’ll find the soil’s fertility level will be higher and your plants and grass will love it.   Sulfur and magnesium are two other chemicals that, if added naturally to the soil, will help your plants blossom without any negative aftereffects. Simply adding some Epsom salt to your ...

Grass affected by dog urine can be a big problem. If left unchecked, the grass can die and the spot might become very difficult to properly reseed. The following tips regarding the processes and organic products you can use for grass and soil treatment will help a great deal:   The first thing you have to do is to remove any dead growth that might already be beyond any redemption. Sometimes grass goes brown and is close to death, and at that point there isn’t much you can do. After clearing away dead grass and old growth, it’s time to wash away the rest with a hose. Doing that will maximize the chance to limit the growth of brown spots resulting from dog urine and pave a way for healthier grass to continue growing. Sprinkle garden lime on the affected area to eliminate any lingering odor and begin restoring the affected portion of your lawn. Treat the affected soil with the appropriate organic lawn care compounds to adjust the soil’s pH to normal and reduce the likelihood t...

When you want to treat grass for dog urine, there are a few very important things you have to know first: if the grass is dead, it can’t be brought back; it has to instead be cleared and replaced. Even when the grass is still alive, dealing with brown spots and returning your grass to its former, green appearance might be difficult and take a long time. As such, dealing with dead grass resulting from dog urine has to be done early on and taken care of as soon as possible.   As a result, knowing how to bring back dead grass from dog urine is helpful and has to do with organic fertilizing, and or re-seeding or new sod. The use of sod is an effective and quick way to get the ball rolling, but it really depends on how good the sod is that you can acquire. Seeding is more natural, but as expected it can take a pretty long time. You’ll need good quality liquid organic fertilizer, and you’ll also need to apply some good soil treatment before you even add the seeds.   Brown spots...

Knowing how to make grass green again and how to get rid of brown spots in grass can be a challenging prospect. Brown spots are hard to get rid of once they become more well-defined, and usually prevention is the best solution. However, when brown spots first start to form, there could be ways to counteract the problem especially if you already know what’s causing it.   One of the things you can do is prevent your pets from urinating on that area again and keep the use of fertilizer, (especially nitrogen-rich products) and excess water to a minimum. By protecting patches that were affected through pet urine or overuse of fertilizer, you can allow your lawn to heal. It due time it could improve greatly.   If the brown spots on your lawn are due to excessive moisture, you have to check why that moisture is there. Better drainage might be needed, or you could require a new sprinkler system to water your lawn more evenly and efficiently. Compacted soil also has to be dealt wi...

    Brown spots can kill your lawn. If you’re a homeowner with at least some lawn care experience, you know exactly how that plays out. Fortunately, there are ways to counter and prevent the formation of brown spots. To do that, you will of course have to first understand the most important causes and sources from where brown patches on lawn tend to originate.   One of the reasons for brown spots of your lawn could be excess moisture. If there is too much humidity in the air, that isn’t usually a problem. However, heavy rain, too much watering or rainwater spilling on a certain part of your lawn all the time will definitely do it.   Another reason why you might have to deal with brown spots is that there is too much thatch and compacted soil. These issues can cause water to pool on specific areas of your lawn and lead to the formation of brown spots quite quickly.   Excessive nitrogen or the improper use of fertilizer will also cause brown spots in gras...

If you haven’t taken care of a lawn before, you might believe it’s a very difficult process that requires a lot of manual labor. It’s true that dealing with hardened soil, aerating your lawn and seeding large areas might be difficult. However, these days you can find a lot of hi-tech and impressive quality lawn care products and tools that can help you out:   It used to be that testing your soil’s pH would require sending samples to a lab or doing the testing manually yourself. Electronic soil pH meters have made that process much easier, so now gardeners and homeowners no longer need a long time to check the soil’s pH and decide what their next step should be. With the help of good quality electronics, taking care of your lawn can be an easy task. An electric lawn mower can help you mow your lawn regularly and ensure that you don’t damage the grass blades in the process. Investing in a sprinkler system is also a great idea, since it will allow you to water your lawn evenly wit...

Organic lawn fertilizer is used more and more by both homeowners and business owners interested in making their lawn greener, healthier and more robust. If you’re serious about making sure your lawn can survive insects and pests, and that it’s going to easily withstand storms and cold weather once summer is over, then the use of organic liquid fertilizer might be an important addition to your lawn care activities. The difference between slow release solid fertilizer and the use of liquid fertilizer is the faster action associated with the latter. When you use organic liquid fertilizer , it will go straight into the soil and act upon your grass much faster. Because of this fact, it’s important to use liquid fertilizer through shorter bursts as well as more frequently.   Additionally, it’s worth mentioning that many organic fertilizers that are delivered in liquid form are actually contact products. That means the plants and the grass that they are used for will take up the nutri...

    A lush, green lawn is the dream of every homeowner who wants to live happily and comfortably in their own neighborhood. If you’re wondering what makes the difference between the most beautiful green grass and the least healthy sod you can imagine, the following points and tips on how to make grass green should be observed .   Before you even seed your lawn it’s essential to work on preparing the soil and making sure that it can sustain healthy grass. To start off, get rid of rotten roots leftover from plants and weeds, test your soil’s pH and adjust it to be as balanced as possible, and then use only organic compounds as fertilizer when you seed your grass. Even if you remove dead weeds, that doesn’t mean new ones won’t spring up and steal the vital nutrients and water that your lawn will need. It’s essential to kill those weeds and to also use natural methods to eliminate unwanted insects and pests. Aerate and water your lawn. If you want your grass to grow ...