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Guides

Everything behind a well-fed lawn

Pick your grass for a feeding plan built around it, or use a tool to measure the lawn, read the bag and set the spreader.

By grass type

Feeding plans for six lawn grasses

Cool seasonKentucky bluegrass1–4 lb N a year
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
A cool-season grass that does most of its growing in spring and fall. Its fall feedings matter most.
Cool seasonTall fescue1–4 lb N a year
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
A deep-rooted cool-season grass, common across the transition zone. Feed it mainly in fall.
Warm seasonBermudagrass3–5 lb N a year
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
A sun-loving warm-season grass that grows hard in summer and uses the most nitrogen of the common lawn grasses.
Warm seasonSt. Augustinegrass2–4 lb N a year
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
A coarse, wide-bladed warm-season grass, common along the Gulf Coast and in Florida, that tolerates more shade than most.
Warm seasonZoysiagrass2–3 lb N a year
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
A dense, slow-growing warm-season grass that needs less nitrogen than bermudagrass.
Warm seasonCentipedegrass0.4–2 lb N a year
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
A low-maintenance warm-season grass of the Southeast that does best on very little fertilizer.

Tools

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