At the request of several of our customers here is the text from the instructions that are sent with the first treatment.
Please find enclosed your springtime treatment for the Organic Lawns for America organic lawn care program. The product comes in an easy to use hose end sprayer and is literally ready to use as soon as you put it on your hose and start spraying. Each container will cover 4,000 square feet at the heaviest recommended rate. Don’t worry if you apply a little bit more in a certain section of your lawn, as our organic products have no tendency to burn if they are over applied. When you begin spraying your lawn try to cover each area as evenly as possible. There is no right way or wrong way to apply the product. Just go at your own pace and make sure that you are able to cover the entire lawn.
Some people like to do the lawn once at a half rate and then go back over it again. This first product is very different than what you would get with a chemical treatment. It does not contain the typical Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium that a chemical treatment would have. (Your second treatment will be more based on those nutrients.) This treatment is designed to loosen your soil and activate all the biological activity below the grass. When this happens the grass plants will use all of the stored nutrients that are already in the soil and just unavailable to the plants. This is the first step in cleaning your soil and giving you a healthy organic lawn. Remember to mow as high as you can to shade out weeds and crabgrass and only water your lawn this time of year if it needs to be watered. Usually spring rain is enough!
Your Soil Testing Kit
We have enclosed your soil testing kit along with an envelope for you to use when sending your sample to the lab. We have filled out most of the information for you but you will need to fill out what type of grass is in your lawn by using the recommendation codes on the bottom left of the green paper. Place this code in the box next to the “sample identification number” that we have written in for you. (Most lawns are made up of several types of grass so choose all that are appropriate.)
Take a soil sample using the instructions on the green sheet and fill the soil sample bag appropriately. Do not fill past the “fill line.” Place your soil sample and your green information sheet inside the white envelope that is provided and mail it to “Spectrum Analytic.” We have placed a label on the envelope for you. Depending on how wet or dry your soil is postage should be about $2.00. (You may want to bring to post office just in case.)
When your soil test is complete we will get the results to you as soon as possible along with an explanation and any recommendations we have.
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