Just spread organic compost/manure on it. Manure – This is a tricky one because dogs may try to eat it. Composting for three or four months removes much of the smell and makes it safer for pets and the garden. Compost – Compost is one of the best fertilizers for gardens and if you make your own it's free. Steps to Fertilize Naturally:
Broadcast a natural fertilizer(compost/manure buy in bags) in the fall or spring.
Topdress with 1/2 inch of compost or natural fertilizer and rake into the grass.
Use a seaweed extract as additional fertilizer.
Focus on soil quality over time instead of a quick fix.
Lawns need Nitrogen not Magnesium........Most articles and posts claim that adding Epsom Salts to lawns,soil and around roots when planting tomatoes, peppers and other vegetables, boosts magnesium and sulfur levels, which stimulates blooms. But few soils are deficient in magnesium or sulfur except for very sandy soils which experience a great deal of rainfall. And with any fertilizer, more is not better – each plant requires specific amounts of nitrogen, potassium, phosphorous, magnesium, calcium, sulfur and other elements, and what they don’t take up washes away as a pollutant. A lack of magnesium uptake by plants is usually caused by excessive potassium in the soil and adding more magnesium won’t improve the situation at all. Magnesium and sulfur are micronutrients from a plant’s perspective – they need only small amounts for optimum health.Epsom Salts are frequently advertised as highly soluble so they can’t be overused, which is false. Highly soluble chemicals which aren’t used by plants don’t just disappear from the environment – they wash away, to somewhere else, like your local waterways or neighboring properties.On lawns, the use of epsom salts is discouraged, because grass doesn’t require magnesium. Epsom Salts are sometimes used to reinvigorate pasture land (once again, a crop under heavy cultivation). But it is only a temporary solution, as literally half of the chemicals was away when it rains. The only way to know for sure if your soil is lacking in any element is to have it tested by an accredited soil lab. If your test results note a deficiency, you should only add the element/s needed and in proper quantities to bring the soil into the normal range.
Hi Phoebe. We use a hand-held spreader. You just put some weed and feed granules in it and crank a handle to spread it out. Just walk with it and crank the handle. It's very easy to use.
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this is an interesting article https://www.diynatural.com/how-to-make-compost-tea-natural-lawn-weed-and-feed/
We use epsonsalt
Just spread organic compost/manure on it. Manure – This is a tricky one because dogs may try to eat it. Composting for three or four months removes much of the smell and makes it safer for pets and the garden. Compost – Compost is one of the best fertilizers for gardens and if you make your own it's free. Steps to Fertilize Naturally:
Lawns need Nitrogen not Magnesium........Most articles and posts claim that adding Epsom Salts to lawns,soil and around roots when planting tomatoes, peppers and other vegetables, boosts magnesium and sulfur levels, which stimulates blooms. But few soils are deficient in magnesium or sulfur except for very sandy soils which experience a great deal of rainfall. And with any fertilizer, more is not better – each plant requires specific amounts of nitrogen, potassium, phosphorous, magnesium, calcium, sulfur and other elements, and what they don’t take up washes away as a pollutant. A lack of magnesium uptake by plants is usually caused by excessive potassium in the soil and adding more magnesium won’t improve the situation at all. Magnesium and sulfur are micronutrients from a plant’s perspective – they need only small amounts for optimum health.Epsom Salts are frequently advertised as highly soluble so they can’t be overused, which is false. Highly soluble chemicals which aren’t used by plants don’t just disappear from the environment – they wash away, to somewhere else, like your local waterways or neighboring properties.On lawns, the use of epsom salts is discouraged, because grass doesn’t require magnesium. Epsom Salts are sometimes used to reinvigorate pasture land (once again, a crop under heavy cultivation). But it is only a temporary solution, as literally half of the chemicals was away when it rains. The only way to know for sure if your soil is lacking in any element is to have it tested by an accredited soil lab. If your test results note a deficiency, you should only add the element/s needed and in proper quantities to bring the soil into the normal range.
Hi Phoebe. We use a hand-held spreader. You just put some weed and feed granules in it and crank a handle to spread it out. Just walk with it and crank the handle. It's very easy to use.
Here's an article that might help you - https://homeguides.sfgate.com/homemade-weed-feed-lawns-44528.html