Lawn Fertilization

Besides quality lawn maintenance, a lawn fertilization program has been designed to keep your lawn in top shape, without the fuss.

5-Step Fertilization Program

The basic 5-step fertilization program provides all the necessary nutrients to keep your lawn healthy, and looking good throughout the growing season.

Basic 5-Step Fertilization Program includes:

Early Spring

The first visit is designed to promote recovery from winter stress and early spring greening.

Spring

• Extra nutrients are applied to maintain healthy color and density of your grass.

Early Summer

• Summer heat puts tremendous stress on your lawn. To prepare for this warm season, a low growth fertilizer is applied, and the lawn is inspected for any problems that may be developing.

Late Summer

• Care continues with a summer fertilizer application that helps maintain color without encouraging excess growth.

Winterize

• The winterizer application promotes strong root growth and food storage necessary to maintain your lawn's healthy root system throughout the cold winter months. When warm weather returns, your lawn will green up faster, and be healthier for the new season.

Dethatching & Aeration

Dethatching and aeration are optional, but important services that deal with thatch. Aeration is the preferred method for keeping thatch buildup in check.

Thatch is a layer of living and dead organic matter that occurs between the green matter and the soil surface. Excessive thatch (over 1/2" thick) creates an environment favorable for pests and disease and an unfavorable growing environment for grass roots plus can interfere with some lawncare practices.

Aeration helps break down thatch buildup by bringing soil microbes to the surface where it can attack the thatch. In some cases thatch buildup is too severe for this method to be completely effective. In those cases, a lawn will need to be dethatched. This is a messy process, but one that should be done. Once completed, annual aeration should be able to keep thatch at a manageable thickness.

Call Razor-Sharp Lawncare for a complete evaluation and estimate
of your lawn's thatch level.