How to Avoid Fertilizer Burn in Your Field and Lawn

Correct fertilizer application rates are extremely important when growing a healthy lawn. Applying excessive amounts of fertilizer to fields will cause the nitrogen and salt levels in the soil to increase, which may damage or kill the grops. This phenomenon, known as fertilizer burn, manifests itself as yellow to brown strips or patches of dead grass. Many times symptoms appear the day after an application. Leaching the excess fertilizer out of the ground and reseeding dead patches are the best ways of treating the problem.

About Fertilizer Burn in Grass
Fertilizers are made up of different chemicals and minerals. Mineral salts in particular are what causes the fertilizer burns in grass. When you over-fertilize, the salt builds up and dries up the soil eventually killing the grass. An easy way to remember this is: just as too much salt is bad for our bodies, so is too much salt for our grass.

Signs that You’ve Over-Fertilized Your Lawn
Fertilizers are like food for the plant. And when a plant is over-fed, there are telltale signs. For example, when you over-fertilize, you’ll see grass discoloration, especially if the discoloration is in a stripe pattern, most likely caused by the overlapping spreader rows.

How To Treat Fertilizer Burn in Grass—–If you have applied too much fertilizer to your lawn:

Remove Fertilizer: If you’ve spilled granular fertilizer or can see it on the ground, grab a broom or wet/dry vac and get up as much as you can before it dissolves into the lawn.
Apply Water: As soon as you notice a problem with fertilizer burn, drag out the sprinklers! Water helps to dilute and flush the mineral salts away from the roots of your lawn. On the first day, water until the ground can’t soak in any more. Then water every day for about the next week. Water in the morning to reduce the risk of fungal diseases.
Wait and See: At this point, there’s nothing you can do except wait and see if your lawn will recover from fertilizer burn. Unless it’s early spring with plenty of planting time left, I’d wait until the next planting season rolls around (fall for cool-season grasses, spring for warm-season grasses) before replanting. Then overseed thin spots, and sow seed or sod in large dead areas. In the future, be sure to fertilize your lawn very carefully!

How to Prevent Fertilizer Burns in the Future
To keep fertilizer burn from being a problem in your lawn, consider:

The most obvious answer is to FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS! Too many of us just want to put the fertilizer in the spreader and start. Resist the urge to skip over the package instructions if you really care for your lawn. Another way to prevent fertilizer burns is to use organic fertilizers that are much less likely to cause fertilizer burn in grass. And finally, if your lawn is already in bad shape, treat it very carefully. You don’t want to make it worse by over-applying it with fertilizer that it can’t handle.

CONCLUSION
If you have burned out a grassy area for any reason, do not despair! Hopefully it is a simple fix that can easily be remedied with a weeks worth of water. But if not, then a little bit of patience and simple care is all you need to get it looking like new. Preventative measures truly are your best bet, but even the most careful of lawn owners can have an accident occur.

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Hopefully this article has provided you with some simple steps to follow to fix your lawn, and keep it looking great for years to come. If you have any questions or comments, please leave them below. And as always, please share!

This article is contributed by Beidou Overseas Business Dept.

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