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Show these recommnded rates, so be careful to avoid burning your lawn, be cautious. If you do put on too much, promptly water wa-ter your lawn thoroughly to prevent the burning effects. Agent suggests lawn treatment Putting on fertilizer this fall will help you have a pretty pret-ty lawn next spring. That's a word to home owners from County Extension Agent, Robert Rob-ert L. Hassell. Dr. Paul D. Christensen, Utah State University extension exten-sion soil specialists, recommends recom-mends commercial fertilizer in preference to manure for lawns. He says that manure is good fertilizer for lawns, but it is messy and often brings in weed seeds. He explains, grass needs nitrogen ni-trogen each year and clover needs phosphate periodically, so gear your fertilizer application applica-tion to promote the kind of lawn growth you prefer. For lush grass growth, each year put on about eight pounds of ammonium sulphate or five pounds of ammonium nitrate per 1000 square feet of lawn. This fall, cover the lawn with about half this amount, then apply the rest next summer. Also apply 10 pounds of . trebel super phosphate to the same area every two to four years if you like lots of clover. If you want less clover that much phosphate should last twice as long. Nitrogen may cause burning if you exceed by several times |
