Show freshen grass with fertilizer in fall late august or september is the best season to give lawn grass a lift after the hard summer season some refreshments in the way of fertilizer and possibly lime is called for thin stands of grass are particularly in need of help it if your lawn has not been limed in the last few years it is suggested that you apply 50 to 75 pounds of ground limestone per 1000 square feet feel this will sweeten the soil and make it possible for the grasses to respond better to fertilizer treatment the addition of 10 to 20 pounds ot of fertilizer per 1000 square feet of lawn will do wonders fertilizers such as 5 10 5 4 12 8 or those of similar ratios are well adapted tor for thickening lawn grasses uniform distribution can be obtained by spreading the material in two directions ions measure out halt half of the fertilizer needed for the lawn and spread it in a north south direction then spread the other half in an east west direction and there should be little difficulty in get getting ting even coverage lawns given a tonic in the manner described soon will assume a good healthy color and develop a dense stand of grass lawns composed of dense turf will resist invasion by undesirable weeds such as crabgrass buckhorn and dandelion |