I live in Nova Scotia Canada need to know whats the best fertilizer to use on my lawn in the spring summer fall in the spring id like to have a something to help control weeds and in summer insects?

Answer 1

Generally speaking Nova Scotia soil is acidic (around 5.5 Ph) so you want to put down some lime to help raise it to around 6.5 to 7 for most grasses this is ideal. It will also help with fleas and ticks and thirdly it will help green up your lawn. Also a fertilizer like weed and feed in early spring can help control those pesky weeds early April is ideal when your grass is about 50 percent green it won't be as effective if u apply it when the weeds are growing strong also apply it when the grass is a bit damp for absorption. A good fertilizer for spring or fall in particular (fall being the best time to fertilize as u get fall and spring benefits) would be a turf builder mix some thing with some nitrogen even more acid and almost as much Polate or potassium a good dry slow release mix is best apply before a day of light rain for absorption. Remember although nitrogen is good for grass if u put a strong mix of Nitrogen and not much else your grass will grow fast yes but it will also make it weaker and more susceptible to disease and pests its only a quick fix. Nitrogen-targets foliage PAcid-targets roots Polate or potassium -targets overall health . Also look into aerating ur lawn in spring to help with air and water circulation a compacted lawn is more inviting to weeds you can also put down your lime at the same time for better absorption I can go on and on but I won't hope that info isn't too jumbled.