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Organic 4 Step Lawn Care Program

Why Care for Your Lawn Organically?

Synthetic chemical insecticides, fungicides and weed controls have the potential of killing the “soil life”. Organic fertilizers, weed controls and soil conditioners do the opposite. They encourage “soil life”, including earthworms, in the work of recycling organic matter. The maintenance of natural soil fertility and health is the fundamental basis for the development of a healthy lawn that is better able to withstand drought, and resist insects and disease.

Natural organic compounds increase soil microbial activity resulting in improved soil structure and better lawn performance. These soil organisms continuously break-down organic matter (thatch and dead plant material) into valuable nutrients vital for proper plant nutrition. They thrive and multiply with the introduction of organics. Microbes break down nutrients into a form, which allows them to be used by grass plants. Humic acid enhances the nutrient efficiency, availability and exchange of plant nutrients from the soil. The slower release of nitrogen from organics products compared to synthetics enables grass plants to better utilize nitrogen producing more grass plant growth, over an extended period of time.

Step 1 (April) & Step 3 (July)

Jonathan Green Organic Weed Control plus Fertilizer is a 100% organic corn gluten granules with a natural 9-0-0 nitrogen fertilizer. This wonderful product feeds your lawn to a rich-green color and also prevents both grassy weeds like crabgrass, and broadleaf weeds such as dandelions from germinating. It can control weeds for up to 10+ weeds. Jonathan Green Organic Weed Control can be applied at anytime of the year, but the key to effective weed control is to apply the weed control a few weeks before the target weeds are expected to germinate. For crabgrass control this means applying in early spring. For broadleaf weeds like dandelions a second application of weed control should be done in early summer.  Existing weeds, which are already in the lawn, will not be controlled as the organic corn gluten just affects weed germination, in this way it works as a weed preventative not weed killer. Do not spread grass seed after using this product for 60-90 days, or the young seedlings may also be killed.

Step 2 (June) & Step 4 (August)

Jonathan Green Natural Beauty All Organic Lawn Fertilizer is fortified with primal humates to re-vitalize your soil and grow a healthy, organic, eco-friendly lawn. This phosphorus free fertilizer contains amino acids, vitamins, polysaccharides, (naturally derived from fruits and vegetables) and plant nutrients derived from: feather meal, soy bean meal, blood meal, kelp meal, wheat shorts and humic acid. Over seventy million years ago, the earth’s mineral rich soils sustained a vast amount of plants and animals. As these plants and animals died, their remains decomposed and where compressed into primal, humic shale. Humates which are harvested from this primal humic shale are vital to the health of the soil and therefore the lawn. Humus, the organic constituent of soil, is not in a static condition, but is inhabited by countless billions of micro-organisms. Humus is constantly being formed from plant and animal residues decomposing through microbial activity, releasing nutrients to be used again by green plants. Natural Beauty All Organic Lawn Fertilizer encourages the beneficial soil fungi to develop feeding tubes called mycorrhiza, which forms a living bridge between the humus of the soil and the grass plant. This connection is able to transfer nutrients to the grass plant. This “Wheel of Life” renews and supports life in your lawn. Use Natural Beauty All Organic Lawn Fertilizer to restore lawn soil life and fertility in sterile, tired, compacted soils and to rejuvenate sick, tired lawns.

A note about Organics

Organics take time to build up in the soil, be patient and try the entire organic program for one year and the improvement you will see in your lawn will be dramatic.
Once you've gone "Green" with Jonathan Green you will no longer experience the flush of top growth which can happen when chemical fertilizers release quickly. You will mow less and have less turf disease out breaks to contend with.