Everyone wants healthy plants but they do not understand that healthy plants come from healthy soil! Feeding your soil with an organic lawn fertilizer, unlike synthetic ones, will help improve the soil, allowing the soil to better retain nutrients and moisture.
Organic fertilizer releases nutrients in a controlled, time-released fashion. This provides a sustain feeding pattern and will ensure long term health for your lawn. Check with your local greenhouse to see when the best time is for fertilizing, mulching and planting both seeds and seedlings in your climate zone. Organic lawn fertilizer such as Concern® Weed Prevention Plus® and Ringer® Lawn Restore® will work to keep your soil healthy, which allows you to have a healthy lawn all season long!
The Difference is CLEAR!!! Organic Lawn Fertilizer outperfoms!
Where to start??
Every healthy garden begins with healthy soil. Soil is the single most important aspect of a healthy garden. Without nutrient rich soil, you will not harvest healthy plants and therefore, be wasting your money year after year.
New gardeners are cautioned to put money and effort into improving their soil as they may feel there isn't a benefit. But what they fail to realize is that healthy plants come from healthy soil, and not vice versa.
Soil found in a typical yard is 85-90% mineral residue and only about 10% organic matter. Underneath your beautiful plants and vegetables, lives a community of insects and microorganisms who add organic matter to your soil.
While organic lawn fertilizer feeds the soil, which in turn feeds the grass, synthetic fertilizers feed the grass, and strip the soil of all of the valuable nutrients. This in turn causes green grass in the short term, but is detrimental to the long term health of your lawn.
When you spray synthetic fertilizers onto your lawn and garden, they travel into the soil and can kill the insects and microorganisms who call this soil home. Synthetic fertilizers also contain salt which can kill the insects and microorganisms as well as hurt your plant! Worst of all, synthetic fertilizers do nothing to add nutrients to your soil.
Ringer® Lawn Restore® and Concern® Weed Prevention Plus® are two all organic lawn fertilizer products made from natural sources and add valuable nutrients to your soil including potassium, and nitrogen. With Ringer® and Concern® fertilizers, you do not have to worry about burning your grass or harming the helpful microorganisms and insects in your soil.
When to Use Organic Fertilizers
Organic lawn fertilizer take longer them synthetic chemicals to work as they feed your soil and plants slowly, providing the perfect amount of nutrients. Organic fertilizer should be applied and mixed completely with the soil at least three weeks in advance of planting seeds and young seedlings.
The Key to healthy soil lies in organic matter. Organic matter does so many wonderful things for a garden but most people do not realize its benefit. Adding organic matter to your garden improves the soil structure, which allows it to better retain moisture and nutrients. Microorganisms and beneficial insects feed on harmful microbes and prevent disease. Organic matter also contains acids that make plant roots more permeable which allows them to retain more water and best of all...nutrients!
Composting is a perfect way to develop more organic matter in your soil. Using a product such as Ringer® Compost Plus Organic Compost Starter will allow you to turn 500-750lbs of yard and kitchen waste into nutrient rich humus... the perfect food for your lawn and garden. Compost can be added to your lawn and garden at any time during the season! Ringer® Compost Plus Organic Compost Starter can have you nutrient rich humus in as little as 60-90 days. Using organic compost in conjunction with an organic fertilizer will have you with a healthy lawn, that will remain healthy for years
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The Key to healthy soil lies in organic matter. Organic matter does so many wonderful things for a garden but most people do not realize its benefit. Adding organic matter to your garden improves the soil structure, which allows it to better retain moisture and nutrients. Microorganisms and beneficial insects feed on harmful microbes and prevent disease. Organic matter also contains acids that make plant roots more permeable which allows them to retain more water and best of all...nutrients!
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