Supplying your turf with fertilizer throughout the year will help your lawn in South Dakota thrive. When it comes to choosing a type of fertilizer, there are two options: granular and liquid. When choosing between these two options, you'll need to know how each of them works. Granular fertilizer is designed to slowly release nutrients into your soil over an extended period of time and has long-lasting results. Liquid fertilizer is sprayed onto your lawn and is absorbed by your soil immediately. Although liquid treatments provide immediate results, they will need to be applied more often than a granular treatment will because your grass absorbs the nutrients so quickly. While both of these options are effective, granular treatments are the better option because they last longer, so your lawn will always have the nutrients it needs to thrive.

What is Granular Fertilizer?

Granular fertilizer being shown in lawn in Jefferson, SD.

As its name suggests, granular fertilizer is a type of fertilizer that comes in granular form and will slowly release nutrients to your lawn over an extended period of time. This type of fertilizer will spread over your lawn, and then it will need to be watered into your lawn to become activated. This type of fertilizer is a great option because you won't risk your lawn falling victim to fertilizer burn because the nutrients will be released slowly.

Always combine weed control treatments with fertilizer treatments to ensure weeds are not stealing the important nutrients from your grass.

What is Liquid Fertilizer?

Professional applying liquid fertilizer treatment to lawn in North Sioux City, SD.

Liquid fertilizer is a type of fertilizer that comes in a liquid form and is sprayed onto your lawn. This type of fertilization treatment will provide your lawn with immediate results because the nutrients will be released all at once. While this type of treatment is effective and can give your lawn an immediate boost, the results are short-lived and you will need to reapply these treatments often to ensure that your lawn always has the nutrients it will need to flourish throughout the year.

The three main nutrients that most fertilizers contain are nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus.

Both granular and liquid fertilizers are great, but granular is the better option because of its long-lasting results.

Granular and liquid fertilizers are both great and will provide your lawn with nutrients, but granular will be the better option because of its long-lasting results. Because granular fertilizers provide nutrients over an extended period of time, they don't need to be applied as often as you would if you were to use liquid fertilizer. What's more, granular fertilizers can be applied to lawns in the fall and they will provide your lawn with the nutrients it needs to make it through the winter season. This way, when spring arrives, your lawn won't be brown and dead, but ready for the growing season!

Give us a call today to schedule our fertilization service.

At Sharp Lawn Care, we dedicate our time to ensuring your lawn stays beautiful and healthy throughout the year. Our fertilization treatments have been designed and tested to ensure they will provide your lawn with all of the nutrients it needs to thrive. We offer three different granular fertilization packages to give you personalized treatments based on your specific lawn needs. Our fertilization service is offered to commercial, residential, and HOA properties in Sioux Falls, Tea, Harrisburg, SD, and throughout the surrounding areas. If you own a property in or near one of these areas, call (605) 251-6880 to schedule our fertilization service. We also offer this service to property owners in the Sioux City, IA area. If you own a property in or near this area, you can reach us at (712) 253-8024.