Fertilizer and Lime Services in Kelowna

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Just like your own body, your grass requires nutrients, water and air. Depending on the type of grass in your lawn and the region you live in, different ratios of these nutrients are required. Here in Kelowna, we definitely get our fair share of rain but this is only one of the essential elements your lawn needs. When the summer heat comes and the soil begins to dry out, if your lawn hasn’t been fed the nutrients it needs, it might not survive.

So what nutrients does your lawn need here in Kelowna? Pretty much all plants require large amounts of the same three nutrients, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, but different plants require different ratios. House plants, for example, usually require a balanced mix of all three, whereas most grasses demand higher amounts of nitrogen than phosphorus or potassium. Phosphorus and potassium are more readily available on most lawns, meaning they need to be replenished less often. Nitrogen, on the other hand, moves quickly through the soil with rain or water. This means that it moves out of the soil quickly as well and needs to be replenished more frequently.

Lawn fertilizer bags will list their ratios with the N-P-K formula, meaning the first number is nitrogen, the second is phosphorus and the third is potassium. This is why when you look for lawn fertilizer, the first number, nitrogen, will be the largest because your lawn needs the most of it.

Now that you know a bit about fertilizer and what it does, it’s time to choose a fertilizer. This part isn’t as hard as it may seem, although there are plenty of options. Some bags are labelled as lawn food, some are labelled by season. Here in Kelowna, there’s so much rain to help promote growth and repair that a standard fertilizer will do the trick. The more specialized bags for different seasons, or the bags with less common N-P-K ratios are options you might want to consider if you’ve tried standard fertilizers with no success. Essentially, don’t worry about the nuances when it comes to fertilizers unless you own a golfing green, your lawn just needs nutrients! Make sure you also pick up a seed and fertilizer spreader while you’re out!

Tip: It’s handy to know the square footage or meters of your yard to know how much fertilizer to purchase.

You might want to just spread the fertilizer and be done with it, but just spreading fertilizer alone might be a waste of your time and money. The pH levels of your lawn are important for receiving nutrients. In Kelowna, lawns can easily become acidic due to various reasons. If you live in an area with high pollution, it can raise the acidity of your lawn. Even heavy rain can raise the acidity as pollutants can be carried in the water droplets. As dead leaves, branches or other debris decays, this also leaves acid in the soil.

The problem with acidic soil is that it prevents the nutrients from reaching the roots of your grass. Even with an abundance of these nutrients, the acidity can kill most of it before your lawn receives any benefits. So while you could try to fertilize your lawn without lime treatment here in Kelowna, we would always recommend pairing the two together to ensure that the nutrients you just spent money on will have no problem reaching the roots of the grass you’re trying to nourish!

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