Fall Edition 2009
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Fall is the BEST and the most IMPORTANT time of year to fertilize your lawn
Denny McKeown has two options for your lawn care
Both programs based upon principles established by the Ohio State University.
- Option One -
Denny McKeown Professional Lawn Care
- Option Two -
Denny McKeown Do-It-Yourself Program
Applying too much fertilizer at the wrong times of the year is the #1 problem faced by the Tri-State.

Denny has teamed up with Lloyd Royse, owner of Royse’s Lawn Care to provide the Denny

McKeown Professional Lawn Care Programs. Their main focus is to apply the right amount and type of fertilizer at the specific time of the year it needs to be applied to be most effective.

For a free lawn analysis and estimate for the professional lawn programs call 984-8733.
3 Step Lawn Fertilization Program
STEP ONE - Fertilome’s Lawn Food with Iron. To be applied in September.
STEP TWO - Fertilome’s Lawn Food with Iron. To be applied again in November.
STEP THREE - Fertilome’s All Season Lawn Food with Prodiamine. Prodiamine prevents weeds in your lawn for up to 8 months. Apply in March or April.
FREE lawn analysis & estimate for professional lawn programs call 513-984-8733.
SAVE 20-30%* - when you buy the complete program.

* Amount of Savings based on the size of the program. Savings come from buying a program vs. each individual bag.
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Fertilize Lawn Twice in the Fall (Labor Day & Thanksgiving)
by Denny McKeown (CEO/Owner)

Most homeowners that fertilize their own lawn and most lawn care companies place too much emphasis on spring and summer lawn fertilization. Joe Rimelspach, plant pathologist from Ohio State University states that fall is the most important season to fertilize the lawn. When properly fed in the fall, the lawn only needs a small amount of fertilizer in the spring. Heavy fall fertilization of the lawn is the ideal time for all cool season grasses that compose most lawns in Ohio. Dr. John Street and Pamela Sherratt with the Ohio State University Department of Crop Science concur.
Turf managers state that turf fertilized in September and again in November generally shows better fall and winter color than turf that is not fertilized during this time period. In addition, signs of spring green-up have been shown to occur two to six weeks earlier if the turf had been fertilized the previous fall. Most importantly, the enhanced rate of spring greening is realized without stimulating excessive grass blade growth that can occur using four step fertilization programs or using most lawn care companies.

Many knowledgeable turf managers have utilized late season nitrogen fertilization referred to as late fall fertilization for many years. This type of fertilizer application includes a high nitrogen, quick release fertilizer applied in September and again in November. The selected fertilizer can also have small amounts of phosphorus and potassium included. The late fall application should be made when the lawn stops growing but is still nice and green, a condition that usually occurs in mid to late November when temperatures are in the 45-50˚ range.

September is also the BEST month to overseed or seed your lawn. You can add grass seed and fertilizer to your lawn the same day. Use a seed starting fertilizer formulation and be sure you reseed using one of the newer turf fescues. Like Finelawn Elite or a blend of turf fescue varieties such as Executurf Turf Blend. Be sure to loosen existing soil or slice seed to prepare seed for your soil.

Use the Right Stuff

To take advantage of all the benefits that fall fertilizing brings to your lawn, a lawn fertilizer that has at least 1 pound of actual nitrogen per 1000 square feet of lawn should be applied with each fall application. When selecting a lawn fertilizer, do the math. Multiply the first major number on the bag by the weight of the bag (ex. a bag of lawn food labeled 28-0-4 in a 20 pound bag to cover 5,000 square feet) Multiply the 28 which is the percent of nitrogen by the weight of the 20 pound bag. The answer is 5.6 pounds of actual nitrogen, the amount should be used over 5 thousand square feet. There are fertilizers that have a higher first number but the bag weighs less (ex. a bag of lawn food 32-0-4 in a 13 pound bag to cover 5,000 square feet) Again multiply the first major number on the bag by the weight of the bag (Ex. 32 x 13 pounds = 4.2 pounds of actual nitrogen which is not enough for fall feeding.

This limited and timely fertilizer schedule does not bode well with 4-step lawn programs for the do-it-yourself which encourages 3 applications of fertilizer in the spring or lawn care companies that like to make five or more applications of fertilizer to your lawn each year. To date, most fertilizers labeled ‘winterizer’ do not have sufficient nitrogen for either fall feeding.

Late fall fertilization definitely is a case of less gives your lawn more. Your lawn will show it’s appreciation by looking its best ever.
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