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a blog by a dog

Does your lawn need help?

3/23/2015

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Tips on improving your lawn

If you've noticed some bare areas in your lawn, April (March here in Florida) is a good time to do something about it.

Grass plugs

Installing plugs is a convenient, quick way to fill in those bare patches in you lawn.  Most turf grasses can be started this way . But some grass varieties, like Bahia, don't respond well to plugging and are best planted as sod or seed. For those that do, there are several advantages to using grass plugs:
  • You're able to pickup smaller amounts for the time you have.
  • Plugs left over can be watered and kept for several weeks if you don't get them all planted.
  • Plugs are easy to carry and move from place to place.  Especially handy when you have widely dispersed bare spots.

Grass Plug Planting Tips:
 For sure-fire plug transplanting success, use the following regime:
  • For best results, prepare the bare spots by removing weeds before planting time.
  • Plant plugs at the proper depth:
    St Augustine - 6-12 inches
    Centipede - 6 inches
    Bermuda - 12 inches
  • Dig a hole the proper depth with a plugger or trowel
    Line the hole with worm castings or some other slow release fertilizer as you plant
  • The secret to  transplanting success is watering your plugs roots with a mixture of 20 parts water to 1 part VermaPlex® before planting.

  • Place your plug into the prepared hole and firm the soil around the root.

  • Side dress the plug with more worm castings

  • Water in with the VermaPlex mixture

  • Keep the plugs moist 

  • Repeat the VermaPlex application in 7-10 days

Spring is  also be a good time to apply the worm castings to your entire lawn and water in with VermaPlex®.  See the application instructions page for details on lawn fertilizing using organic worm castings and liquid fertilizer.

Which brings something else to mind:  Is your lawn mower in good working order?
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Organic lawn fertilizer resources

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Be prepared to fertilizer your lawn and re-plug bare spots. Order these slow release, certified organic fertilizers based on worm castings now.

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