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Sarasota fertilizing responsibly is so very important, not only for your landscaping in Sarasota but our beautiful waterways that Sarasota is known for.  Keeping our turf lush and green along with keeping your sarasota plants and trees healthy we have to fertilize in accordance with the State Of Florida’s new fertilizing rules and regulations.  The State did the right thing by conducting a five year study on how turf trees and plants respond to fertilizing in all weather conditions and different times of the year.  This study resulted in the fact that fertilizer is polluting our water ways, not only making the water cloudy but killing very important habitat that are vital to the states economy.

Im sorry it had to come down to the economy, it should have just been implemented because it was the right thing to do but as we all know economy and profit comes first in most of the political decisions that eventually become law.  there  are so many variables that are involved in proper fertilization and pest control and we could talk all day about different situations, here are some tips on responsible fertilization.

1. Never fertilize before heavy rain is expected, the rain fall washes the granule fertilizer in to the drain and eventually into our water ways.

2. Always read the label of what you are about to apply to your landscape and turf.

3. Never apply more than one pound of nitrogen per one thousand Square ft of area, measure area length times width and this will give you your area in Sq.ft.

there is a formula available through the Sarasota County Extension service

4. There is no need to feed nor water plants in the Winter, the turf nor plants will use the fertilizer because they are dormant.  Water very little for they do use much water because they are not actively growing.  With all of us working together to keep our Sarasota landscape and turf lush green and healthy with out polluting our waterways.

Lawn care in Venice Fl. seems so much more difficult to maintain turf, especaily St Augustine, so much water required and with all these water restrictions in Venice these hot summer days put so much stress on lawns that if your nt cheating on the water you are certainly using an anormouse amount of water on your watering day.  I think of the trade off, all that preciouse water for some green grass, I believe qwater is too important to our quality of life to poor so much of it on the ground.  The amount of fertilizers and pesticide that run down the street after every irrigation cycle into our water ways is far too much for the natural cycle to handle, and thats why we have imposed fertilizer restrictions in Venice.  To avoid such run off set your clock for ten minute run times for three cycles this will give the water time to soak in and not run off.  Using this run cycle will save you atleast 50% on water and keep that expensive fertilizer on you r property and out of our waterways. For more information on run cyces and understanding irrigation in Venice contact us at www.stateoftheartlandscaping.com