Winterizer Fertilizer Question???

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Author Message   Bearrose1954  My Favorite Photo My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Sunday, July 24, 2005 - 11:41 am:    Last year I bought some Winterizer Fertilizer to put on the lawn. I have not done that before and probably will not do so again. I am curious why it has such a high N rating on the NPK rating scale??? It seems like to me that for over wintering one would want to apply something that would be higher in th P and perhaps K areas. At least the P part since that would feed and keep the roots strong. The lawn really did not come back as nicely this year and the only thing I did differently was to have applied the Winterizer last year. What kind of feeding do all of you do for your lawns for the over wintering time?? (Cold zones folks.)I used the Fertilome Winterizer from our local greenhouse. Stan Bearrose1954 - Colorado, Zone "5"   Gardenfiend  My Weather Posted on Monday, July 25, 2005 - 02:34 am:    I'll take a stab at this since no one else has answered. When did you apply the fertilizer? I've never done what you did, but on lawn fertilizer packages and elsewhere I've read that you can use it either late in autumn or in the spring. The idea being that since the grass doesn't grow in the winter, the fertilizer is simply stored for its use when the weather warms up. At least that's my guess. Gardenfiend - Germany, Zone "7a"   Bearrose1954  My Favorite Photo My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 08:59 am:    Hi Gardenfiend. That was my understanding of how the Winterizer was supposed to work too. I applied it in late October as instructed by the folks here at my local greenhouse/nursery. It just really did not perform as desired. I think I will go back to my normal method which is applying the first feeding in early spring. That way the food is carried well into the lawn areas by the spring rains and any late wet snows we may get. Stan Bearrose1954 - Colorado, Zone "5"

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