Granular lawn fertization after ground freezes - Ask Extension
A lawn care company wants to apply a granular
Fertilizer now at almost Thanksgiving. I checked the soil. Its freezing up due to a few nights that ...
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Granular lawn fertization after ground freezes #778237
Asked November 22, 2021, 4:43 PM EST
A lawn care company wants to apply a granular
Fertilizer now at almost Thanksgiving. I checked the soil. Its freezing up due to a few nights that have upper teens and lower 20s for overnight lows. Would it be wasful. To apply this fertilizer to my lawn? Im assuming its a normal fert.blend. im thinking it would just sit there and maybe washaway. What is the thinking on this?
Ramsey County Minnesota
Expert Response
An application of fertilizer in November has been the recommendation in the past. Research, however, has verified what you suspect will happen. Most of a November fertilizer application washes away.
https://www.startribune.com/new-lawn-care-guidelines/102353674/
https://extension.umn.edu/planting-and-growing-guides/lawn-care-calendar
