Fertilizing Tips - Michael Glassman Podcast Series

Award-winning landscape architect gives homeowners a few tips on how to properly fertilize their lawns, shrubs and trees.

A common assumption is that the secret to having a green and healthy yard is water, water and more water. Nature is struggling to meet our ever-increasing demands for water and we are facing drought conditions with water rationing in some parts of the country. Simply put -- there is a limit to how much water we can consume without ever-increasing consequences.

With summer here and the height of the watering season upon us, it is time to make sure all of us are doing our part to conserve water and at the same time keep the water bill down. Michael Glassman is an award winning landscape designer and in this weekly podcast series offers tips on how to save water and still have a great yard. Michael has twenty years of experience in the field and has been featured in such publications as Sunset Magazine, Fine Gardening, Better Homes and Gardens, and Landscape Architecture. He is designer and co-host of the Discovery Home Channel program Garden Police.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• water
• conservation
• environment
• lawn
• garden
• gardening
• green
• sprinkler

[lem0n2lime]

I checked my local store and they didn't have any fertilizer with the 20-10-10. I checked all. What brand fertilizer would have those magical numbers? I live in Stockton, Ca by the way.

[TeedandBrown]

Um, I'm really not trying to get into a fray here, but aren't you a irrigation guy? Or, more appropriately a "fertigation" guy?

What's your basis for the "practically forbidden" comment? I know there's disagreement, but "practically forbidden" suggests that the industry has more or less settled on your point of view.

Just curious as to your position on this one.

[TeamGopher]

I gave you 5 stars! Nice work.

[gatordone2007]

What a bozo.

On a lawn, it almost forbidden to put phosphorus on. yet this "expert" recommended a mixture with 10% phosphorus. Unbelieveable.

Yeah, I'll listen to an irrigation company for how to grow better lawns!???

[wjv4me]

Helpful, thanks! How about self-install an irrigation

system?