Show THIN LAWNS USUALLY NEED fertilizing NOT SEEDING every spring thousands of home owners recalling that the lawns looked rather thin last summer scatter seed in hopes that a dense stand of green grass will hide the bare spots experience with lawns and pastures ha has proved to united states department of agriculture workers that by far the most frequent cause of thin turf is infertile soil grass plants usually adjust themselves to the plant food available in the lawn or pasture when the grass cover is thin it usually is a sign that there is not enough plant lant food to support a dense sod zw sowing fresh seed is likely to be a waste of money and effort unless the soil is first fertilized enough to support a heavy growth of lawn grass if the soil is made fertile enough the sod may thicken up without additional seeding if it lacks plant food for the plants already in place it cannot supply enough food to the new plants with their smaller root systems thin lawns or pastures usually need a complete fertilizer and in most cases benefit from an additional application of county agents know local needs and the fertilizers available in the local markets |