The spring season here in Iowa is the time of the year when your lawn will start coming out of winter dormancy and start growing again. To give your grass a boost and help it reach its full potential, you should fertilize your lawn twice in the spring. The first treatment should be applied during the early spring to help your lawn emerge from winter dormancy and green up quickly. Then, you should apply another fertilizer treatment to your lawn in mid-to-late spring to replenish its nutrient supply and help prepare it for the upcoming summer. However, it's important to also apply weed control treatments to your lawn during the spring season to prevent these plants from stealing the nutrients from the fertilizer treatments for themselves!

Fertilize your lawn in early spring to help it emerge from winter dormancy.

Blue, granular fertilizer in a green spreader on a lawn in Waukee, IA.

As the winter season comes to an end and spring gets underway, your grass will start to emerge from its winter slumber. To help it come out of winter dormancy in good shape so it can start the growing season off right, you should fertilize your lawn in the early spring. This treatment will supply your lawn with the nutrients it needs to bounce back from winter and regain its beautiful green color. Additionally, these nutrients will help promote new grass growth, helping your lawn become lush so that it can enhance the overall beauty of your property.

Fertilize your lawn in mid-to-late spring to replenish its nutrient supply and prepare it for the summer heat.

After about a month or so, your lawn will likely have used up a lot of the nutrients from the early spring fertilizer treatment, so you should fertilize it again in mid-to-late spring. This treatment will replenish your turf's nutrient supply so that your grass will have access to all of the nutrients that it needs to grow strong and healthy. What's more, this treatment will also help prepare it to endure the summer heat. Because lawns in Iowa are comprised of cool-season grass, they tend to struggle during the hotter times of the year. By fertilizing your lawn right before summer, your lawn will be better equipped to endure the heat and stay looking its best.

Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium are the three most common nutrients found in lawn fertilizers.

Always pair spring fertilizer treatments with weed control treatments!

Weeds are pesky, nutrient-stealing plants that can cause a lot of trouble when they pop up on lawns. If there are weeds on your lawn when you apply a fertilizer treatment, the weeds will steal some of those nutrients from your grass. This can result in the weeds getting stronger and becoming more problematic. To prevent this from happening, you should pair fertilizer treatments with weed control treatments. During the early spring fertilizer treatment, you should also apply a pre-emergent weed control treatment to help prevent any weeds from popping up on your lawn. Then, during the second fertilizer treatment, you should apply another round of pre-emergent to help keep weeds at bay as well as a post-emergent weed control treatment to eliminate any existing weeds on your lawn. By pairing fertilization and weed control treatments, you can help your lawn reach its full potential this spring!

Give us a call today to enroll in our lawn fertilization program.

At Outdoors by JK, we offer a lawn fertilization program that includes multiple treatments throughout the year, including twice in the spring, to keep your grass supplied with the nutrients it needs to thrive. In addition to fertilization treatments, this program also includes weed control treatments to keep your lawn free of these nutrient-stealing plants.

We offer our lawn fertilization program to property owners in Waukee, Urbandale, Clive, and throughout the surrounding areas in Iowa. Give us a call at (515) 330-1123 to enroll in this program today!