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Organic Lawns

Here at FoxFarm, we’re hearing from more and more gardeners who want to make the switch to an all-organic lawn.  The benefits are obvious: a safer lawn for your kids and pets, less runoff into rivers and oceans, and a significant cost savings over time.  What’s not to like?

Start with Peace of Mind Premium Lawn Fertilizer.  It’s packed with nutrients and beneficial microbes that keep your lawn thick, luscious, green and healthy.   Apply 4 pounds per 150 square feet, using a garden spreader, and rake gently into soil and water immediately.  Feed one more time this fall, and then give it a rest through winter.

Set the blades on your mower higher, and leave the grass clippings on your lawn to decompose.  If you aren’t getting enough natural rainfall, water deeply once or twice a week.

Fall is a good time to aerate your lawn to prevent thatch build-up. You can use a spading fork for this, or buy a pair of those groovy spiked sandals (available at garden centers) and just walk across the lawn.  Rake in a layer of Happy Frog Soil Conditioner after you de-thatch to improve the health of the soil and encourage a strong, deep root system.

What About Evergreens?

It’s easy to forget conifers and other evergreens in the late summer when everything is in bloom. But they can get depleted, too.  We developed Marine Cuisine specifically for evergreens, acid loving plants like rhododendrons and hydrangeas, and vegetables.  This is a strong, fast acting, time release fertilizer that includes more than the basic minerals your plants need to stay healthy.  We’ve also added crab meal, kelp, and seabird guano.  That means that your soil is getting vital micronutrients and amino acids as well as the basic nutrition it needs.  Think of it as seafood for your garden.

Because Marine Cuisine contains soluble, fast acting nutrients, it’s important that you use them according to package directions to avoid burning plants.  A little goes a long way, but fortunately, Marine Cuisine comes in a resealable pouch so that you can keep using it all season long.

Tiger Bloom for Fall Bloomers!

Not everything flowers in the spring.  Autumn brings a new round of flowering annuals like marigolds and snapdragons, as well as late-blooming shrubs and trees.  Take stock of your garden and you might even find that summer roses are ready to produce one more round of blooms before winter.

In fact, many gardeners miss the opportunity to enjoy fall flowers.  But there’s no reason why your garden can’t keep blooming right up until the first frost. As soon as you start to see a new buds set, try a foliar feeding of Tiger Bloom. We call it a “vicious bloomer” because it is packed with fast-acting, high-phosphorus nutrients designed to help plants burst into bloom.  We like to use it as a foliar feed (just dilute according to package directions and spray it on the leaves in early morning or late afternoon to avoid sun scorch) because the nutrients are immediately available to the plant and go right to work.

And if your plants are already blooming and you just want to keep them going?  Try Big

Keep It Going with Cha-Ching

If you’re looking for a little extra horsepower to keep your flowers blooming or to keep those tomatoes producing late into the season, it’s time to take a look at Cha-Ching. However, if you’re a little laid back when it comes to following package directions, you could accidentally use too much and burn tender plants. If you’re growing native plants that take their own sweet time to bloom, higher doses of fertilizer may not be necessary. We feel that with some of these native species, you should let nature handle it naturally.

This high phosphorus fertilizer is packed with micronutrients designed to increase essential oil production.  That boosts flavor and fragrance.  It’ll also help your plants produce more vibrant colors and continue to fruit and flower late in the season.

Cha-Ching is just one member of our fabulous trio of soluble fertilizers.  Hydroponic gardeners are achieving amazing results using our high-grade fertilizers.  Each ingredient has been carefully selected to ensure optimum plant production, from the vegetative stage through harvest.  But these fertilizers are not just for hydroponic growers.  They can also be a gardener’s secret weapon.  Check them out today, and remember ---this is powerful stuff.  A little goes a long way.