Having a healthy and lush lawn is important to some home owners but with the recent pesticide ban some products may not be available any longer. There are alternatives.
Corn gluten can be applied in early spring and it will prevent weed and crab grass seeds from germinating. If you keep a thick, healthy lawn throughout the season, weeds will not be able to establish. You can use a fertilizer high in nitrogen that should be applied early spring, late spring, early summer and early fall.
If you have thin patches of grass, this is where weeds will try to establish themselves, you can dress your lawn with weed free topsoil then apply grass seed. Also, you can always weed by hand.
Scotts EcoSense line of products are made from ingredients such as canola oil, acetic acid (vinegar), insect phermones, feather meal etc. which are not hamrful to the environment. They have a natural lawn fertilizer and weed and insect control sprays.
Visit ScottsEcoSense.ca for help on managing your pest problems, maintaining a healthy lawn and having good garden care practices.
