Fertilizer for newly sown grass

bauney · 2018-09-26 12:16:27

Hi boardsies, i enlarged my garden in august and i sowed new grass. the guys who sowed it put down 10 10 20 fertilizer on it. Its looks in decent enough shape however, there is some areas of ground that are bit soft underfoot and the grass is light and patchy here. Drainage is not great here as the soil is pretty…

26-09-2018 01:16PM

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bauney

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Hi boardsies,
i enlarged my garden in august and i sowed new grass. the guys who sowed it put down 10 10 20 fertilizer on it. Its looks in decent enough shape however, there is some areas of ground that are bit soft underfoot and the grass is light and patchy here. Drainage is not great here as the soil is pretty dauby/sticky, but so long as the grass grows here i dont mind underfoot conditions too much as i have an automower to cut the grass.
Any idea of what is the best fertilizer i can do here to encourage grass coverage before the winter?
/thanks

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#2 26-09-2018 07:59PM

_Brian

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A typical autumn feed for a lawn would be a zero nitrogen fertiliser to strengthen roots without pushing a sloppy top growth over the winter.
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If you have access to an agri store ask about some of the “zeros” fertiliser they might have.

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