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Posted by The GreenView Team at 9:31:29 PM | 3 Comment(s)

Finding out how much fertilizer to put onto your lawn is easy if you know the size of your lawn area. GreenView has a simple planning tool that will tell you how many bags of fertilizer you will require for your property. Check out our lawn size conversion chart:

If you don’t know the size of your lawn area, you will need to drag out the pen, paper and the calculator – that's right, it’s math time!

Start with the front lawn area: measure from the driveway to the lot line, then measure from the sidewalk to the planting bed in front of the house. Draw the approximate shape of the lawn and put the measurements on it. Multiply these two numbers to get the basic area of the front lawn, in square feet. Note any extra areas such as small lawns on the other side of the driveway, and calculate them separately. Deduct any areas that are devoted to plantings and sidewalks. Your final number will be the area of lawn that you need to fertilize. Repeat this with the back lawn area as well as the area at the side of the house. Add all these areas together to get the total lawn size of your property.

Most fertilizers are packaged in 5M bags, meaning one bag of fertilizer will cover an area of 5,000 sq. ft. Divide your total lawn area by 5,000 to get the number of bags to spread. If the number does not come out even, round the number up to the nearest whole number. Unused fertilizer can be stored and applied next year, be sure to seal the bag and store it in a dry location.

Author Kate Copsey can be reached at www.katecopsey.com.

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