Importance Of Use Of Fertilizers For Lawn Care

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Fertilizers play a key role in maintaining the health of the plants we use in our home lawns or in gardens. If we want the plants of our lawn to look healthy and lust green then we must add fertilizer to them. In this article I will introduce you to the working and the importance of the fertilizer and then will guide you that which fertilizers are good for the lawns. All plants require some elements for their proper growth and maintaince among them the nitrogen, potassium and the phosphorous are the most important. The role of potassium is to toughen the roots and the phosphorous to provide it nutrients for the proper growth and maintenance. Soil is the main source for these elements but the crops fail to develop, if grown repeatedly in the same field, unless these nutrients are provided to the soil. The fields can be replaced by using the artificial fertilizers in measured quantities over the field.

We see that our lawns become dry instead of appearing lush green this is because the deficiency of these nutrients which can only be fulfilled by the addition of the fertilizer. Why the lawns become wilted, dry and ugly ...
... by the deficiency of these minerals? The answer to this is that the nitrogen deficiency in the soil results in the stunted growth and strong chlorosis, deficiency of phosphorous causes stunted growth of root, soil deficient with potassium causes leaf margins yellow and brown in color and premature death of the plant and deficiency of magnesium results in chlorosis. Fertilizers enhance the natural fertility of the soil or replenish the chemical elements taken up from soil by the previous crops. Now you must be confused that which fertilizer to choose? Whenever you go to buy a fertilizer keep in mind that the nutrient element present in it must be readily available to the plant, it must be fairly soluble in water so that it thoroughly mixes with the soil, it should not be injurious to the plant, it should be cheap, it must be stable so that it is available for the longer time to the growing plant, it should not alter the ph of the soil. Before buying the fertilizer you must search that which brand of fertilizers is of good quality in the market and take the advice from the user of that fertilizer.

All the fertilizers in the market are manufactured in different combinations of the essential elements. Now you must search yourself that the soil of your lawn in deficient in which element and in how much quantity then the normal required value by using the hydroponics technique. Then select that fertilizer that matches the required mineral content of your soil. Most commonly used nitrogen fertilizers are the calcium nitrate, calcium cynamide, ammonium sulphate, ammonia and urea. The potassium fertilizers include the calcium super phosphate and triple phosphate and the potassium fertilizer include potassium nitrate. Therefore we must use the fertilizers.

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