Washing away excess fertilizer can save your lawn.
Maintaining a healthy lawn can be a time-consuming chore. While you will need to invest less time (and probably money) in your lawn after it has become firmly established, it still requires care so it can thrive. Adding fertilizer to your lawn provides it with the nutrients it needs to survive. Add too much fertilizer, though, and you can damage the lawn because the fertilizer will burn it. In a worst-case scenario, you'll need to remove the dead patches and reseed or plant new sod, but before you do that, you can take some steps to try to save your lawn.
Instructions
1. Rake up excess fertilizer as soon as you spill it on the lawn to prevent it from interacting with the soil and grass.
2. Apply gypsum to the lawn, using at least 10 pounds for every 100 square feet of damaged area. The gypsum binds with the fertilizer and helps carry it away.
3. Water the lawn thoroughly for several weeks to drive the fertilizer out of the soil as quickly as possible.
4. Spread new grass seed on top of the lawn. If, after six to eight weeks you see no improvement, you'll need to remove the dead area and resod or reseed the lawn.
Related posts
Restore even beauty to your lawn.Dead spots in your lawn may be caused by pet urine, or furniture or other objects sitting on a spot for an extended period of time. You often can prevent these spo...
Get rid of burn spots to keep your lawn looking healthy.Too much fertilizer and excess dog urine can really do a number on your lawn. Each contains nitrogen, which your soil needs in small amounts...
Get rid of urine spots on your lawn by replanting the grass.Urine spots on the lawn are caused by the high content of nitrogen that is present in dogs' urine. Dogs commonly urinate on grass as it...
Keep your lawn looking lush with Scotts Weed and Feed.Lawns benefit from the additional nutrients provided by an application of fertilizer. Unfortunately, the fertilizer won't stop the weeds from...
Keeping nitrogen levels under control is a pet owner's key to having a green lawn.Many dog owners' lawns contain brown patches of grass from their pets eliminating their waste. Nitrogen, a waste p...
