Like most of everything we own and love, regular maintenance is the key to long-lasting success. I’ve personally witnessed many homeowners completely burn their grass by either applying too much fertilizer, applying their fertilizer at the wrong times, and using the wrong ratios not knowing what proper nutrients are needed for success. A simple soil test can easily determine what is needed for your grass to thrive all season long. Some questions that pop up regularly are (Do I really need to fertilize my lawn?) – ( What do the numbers represent on the fertilizer bags?) – ( Why don’t the numbers on the bag add up to 100%? ) and ( Do I need to test my soil before adding fertilizer? ) Well, let me break it all down for you all as simple as I can.
2. What do the numbers on the bags represent? (NPK)
The numbers represent the % of each nutrient. For example : 31/00/03 represents 31% Nitrogen – 0% Phosphorus – 3% Potassium
3. Why do the numbers on the fertilizer bags not represent 100%?
4. What to look for in soil sample testing?
At Grovia Landscaping, We love to use our own personal blend of fast acting granular release fertilizer in spring. Then a slow release blend in the summer months which protect lawns from drought and another quick release fertilizer in the fall. There are always different opinion’s on what works best and what does not from one company to another. We at Grovia Landscaping base all of our NPK’s on personal experience and our own personal results. We focus our grass fertilizer programs in Notre Dame De L’Ile Perrot, Baie-Durfe, Beaconsfield, Pincourt, Senneville, Vaudreuil Dorion, Pincourt and Ile Perrot Québec.
Some experts may disagree on certain warm weather grass fertilizer but up here, with our cooler climate of Montreal Quebec, Kentucky blue grass goes dormant for half the season and we found that using a 1.1.1 ratio fertilizer NPK has remarkable results to start off our cooler climate grass early on in the season. We absolutely stand by our 19/19/19 quick release granular fertilizer.
This 19/19/19 fertilizer drives ourstanding results in Québec for our cool weather grass!
Our 27/04/08 summer slow release granular fertilizer is ideal for periods of drought and extreme heat that we periodicaly get in up here in Montreal – Québec.
Grovia Landscaping Inc. is working on a new mixture for fall fertilizer for our cool weather grass. If you’re looking for a lawncare company near me that provides fertilizer treatments to your grass in the west island look no further. Grovia lawncare provides fertilizer programs in Notre Dame De L’ile Perrot, Ile Perrot, Beaconsfield, Senneville, Baie-Durfe, Vaudreuil and surrounding areas.
You can always reach us at 514 924-1151 or email us at stef@grovialandscaping.com