Garden owners are always anxious to begin working on their lawn when the grass turns green. With just the right amount of patience, they will enjoy a fine lawn in the months to follow.

The appearance of new grass rings many gardeners out with their fertilizer so that they can give their young blades  the nutrients that they need to flourish. Most people like to use organic fertilizers because it is the most common and recommended practice for fescue and bluegrass lawns. Not only is it healthy for the soil, it is also healthy for the environment in general.

Most generally the fall is the proper time to apply organic fertilizer to your lawn. This is when the roots sustain the plants until summer. You can still put the fertilizer on in the spring though if you miss it in the fall. The amount of nutrients in the organic fertilizer must be a half pound of nitrogen for every 1000 sq. ft.

Another organic product that you can use on your lawn is lime. After the spring soil tests is when most people put this on their lawn. There are a lot of different grass types that have their best growth whenever you can get the soil pH between 6.0 and 7.0. The garden owner must have his soil analyzed every 2 to 3 years. The results from the soil tests determine how much lime must be applied.

If you wish to hold and control the growth of crabgrass, then you are going to want to use pre-emergent organic herbicides between the months of March and April. Every once in a while crabgrass will emerge, but you can get the best of it and control it with organic herbicides. If your crabgrass has already started growing though however it won’t affect it. Because of this the best time that you need to apply the herbicide is one the crabgrass is just sprouting.

Most of your fertilizer spraying is done during the fall.Many people like to spray their weed killer during this time as well. You need to make sure that the weeds are growing though before you do spray that. During the drought, spray when the weeds are growing.

Whenever you are applying herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides, you need to make sure that you use a different sprayer for each one. It is vitally important to make sure that you mark your sprayers according to what is in them and accurately. Mixing these organic lawn care products with one another can damage the plants because of the residue.

Insect control isn’t always a big worry in early March, but it is vital for you to take care of your lawn during the early spring. If your lawn didn’t get fed in the fall, then you can make up for it during the spring.

If you would like to read more on organic gardening and simple oganic lawn care, then now is the time. Start gearing up for the fall and the time to prepare that lawn for those long winter months.