Fertilizing your lawn in South Dakota in the spring is a great way to help it emerge from winter dormancy and start the growing season off on the right foot. However, it's actually possible to fertilize your lawn too early in the spring, so you'll want to make sure that you don't do that! That's because if the ground is still frozen when you apply the fertilization treatment, your grass won't be able to absorb it, and it could instead run into a nearby waterway, polluting it. To ensure your grass will be able to utilize the nutrients from the fertilizer treatment, you should wait until the soil temperature warms up to about 55 degrees Fahrenheit before applying it. To ensure you're not fertilizing your lawn too early, you should hire professionals to apply the treatment. Professionals will know when and how to apply the treatment to ensure your lawn maximizes its benefits.

If you fertilize your lawn too early in the spring your grass won't be able to absorb it.

Fertilizing your lawn in the spring is a great idea because it can help your lawn emerge from winter dormancy and start the growing season off on the right foot. However, applying a lawn fertilization treatment too early in the spring is a bad idea. That's because the ground could still be frozen due to the freezing weather we experience in our area over the winter. If you apply a fertilizer treatment to your lawn when the ground is still frozen, your lawn won't be able to absorb it. This can lead to multiple problems. For one, your grass will miss out on the benefits it contains. And two, the nutrients from the fertilizer treatment can run off into nearby waterways, polluting them. So, it's best to avoid fertilizing your lawn too early in the spring.

When nutrients run into waterways, it can lead to excessive growth of algae.

Wait for the soil temperature to warm up before fertilizing your lawn in the spring.

If you want to make sure you aren't fertilizing your lawn too early in the spring, there are some things you can do or look for that will indicate it's okay for you to apply the treatment. For one, you should monitor the soil temperature and wait until it reaches at least 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Once your soil has reached that temperature, the ground is likely no longer frozen and you can go ahead and fertilize it. You can also wait for your grass to start greening up or wait until it actively starts growing again. Once either of those things starts to happen, you can move forward with fertilizing your lawn.

Hire professionals to fertilize your lawn this spring.

While it may be tempting to fertilize your lawn yourself this spring, this is a task that is best left to professionals. That's because professionals will know exactly when to fertilize your lawn and will make sure the ground isn't frozen before doing so. They will also know what type of fertilizer to use for best results, and will be able to apply it correctly in order to ensure your grass can maximize the benefits that they contain!

Give us a call today to schedule our lawn fertilization service.

At Sharp Lawn Care, we can help keep your lawn supplied with the nutrients it needs to thrive via our lawn fertilization service. This service includes multiple treatments throughout the year, including in the spring! What's more, this service also includes weed control treatments to prevent weeds from stealing nutrients for themselves. We offer our lawn fertilization service to residential and commercial properties, as well as HOAs, in Sioux Falls, SD, Sioux City, IA, and other surrounding areas in South Dakota, including Tea and Harrisburg. If you're in the Sioux Falls, SD area, you can reach us at (605) 251-6880 to sign up, while those in Sioux City, IA can call us at (712) 253-8024 to get started today!