Archive for April 16th, 2010

Lawn Care

April 16, 2010
Posted by Matthew King

Conventional lawn care practices may cause micronutrient deficiencies and inefficient nitrogen usage. Plants take up nitrogen and micronutrients in a fixed proportion, so when nitrogen is highly abundant, micronutrients should be, too. Most commerical fertilizers don’t supply micronutrients, so lawns may suffer micronutrients deficiencies and often fail to use all the supplied nitrogen.

Natural lawns depend on fixation and release of nutrients by soil microbes to regulate soil fertility. Nutrients that are not directly taken up by the grass are stored and released slowly in proportions that promote healthy growth.

Natural Fertilizer help lawns develop deep root systems with proportional top growth by supplying nitrogen as part of a balance of nutrients. Due to its balanced growth, the natural lawn resists disease, insects and drought much more successfully than high-input lawns do. Naturally-managed lawns cycle nutrients efficiently, preventing thatch build-up. In fact, recycling thatch actually gives the lawn an extra two pounds of nitrogen per 1,000 square feet over the growing season, a nice little boost. Finally, natural lawns require less mowing than high-nitrogen lawns.

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