Plantworks Ltd Empathy Lawn Feed Liquid Seaweed Stimulant 1L

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The same applies to the humble residential lawn. Presumably, you wish to maintain your soil quality and not have a destructive impact on your local environment. That’s why we’ve created this guide to help you choose effective, sustainable fertilisers for your lawn. Using lawn feed is an excellent way to ensure we get that lush green lawn that we all want. It’s a goal that can otherwise be hard to achieve in the British climate! This issue of fertiliser use, soil degradation and water pollution has certainly come to the fore in recent years. The intensification of land use on the commercial scale has led to more fertilisers being used. The main ingredients in fertilisers are nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. These elements are essential to plants but in excess, they degrade the quality of soil and leach or run off into waterways and have dire effects there.

Lawn feed isn’t exactly food; it’s more a combination of mineral nutrients that help your grass to grow. Just like other plants, grass needs a regular supply of nutrients to keep it growing healthily. The main nutrients needed are nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K), each of which provide your lawn with different benefits.

In autumn, your grass should be fed so it grows at a slow rate and so the roots can be strengthened against the cold. That’s when a specialised autumn feed is needed. You should also rake well during autumn to remove dead grass and weeds.

For smaller gardens, this Vitax Green Up Liquid Lawn Feed works well to ‘green up’ the lawn whilst eliminating smaller weeds. For grass that needs a consistent helping hand, the MOOWY All Season Lawn Feed can be applied once every 90 days, keeping the lawn topped up no matter the season.I’m trying to reduce the number of harsh chemicals I use in my garden, and seaweed extract is much more environmentally friendly than many of the chemical-soup products on the market, but is it for you? Now that you’ve read the blog, digested its contents and started to understand the complex nutritional needs of your lawn, you can see how a seaweed tonic can take it from a 7.5 or less to a 9. Hi Nik, thanks for getting in touch. The easiest way to get a liquid from the seaweed is to use a garden shredder to break up the material, then half fill a barrel with the shredded seaweed. Fill the barrel to the top with water, hot water will speed up the breakdown of the seaweed but cold will work fine. Bear in mind that the production of synthetic fertilisers uses a lot of resources and energy and may harm the environment where they are manufactured. What’s more, studies have shown than synthetic fertilisers decrease the amount of microbes (fungi, bacteria and other micro-organisms) in the soil, which reduces soil fertility over time. The best autumn lawn feeds are therefore organic feeds and mulches, which work in harmony with existing soil microbes and fauna and help to create a long lasting and sustainable healthy lawn. With the advance of science, the nutritional content of seaweed has subsequently been proven in the lab. Farming and extraction are now advanced industrial operations, bringing the benefits of seaweed to gardeners all over the country. Why is seaweed good for lawns?

Seaweed has long been used as a soil improver, thanks to its natural content of nitrogen, potassium and phosphates. Endorsed by the Royal Horticultural Society, this liquid seaweed stimulant from Plantworks contains organic seaweed extract that improves plant development by increasing chlorophyll production. The feed also contains extra iron from sustainably harvested kelp extract.If dug in fresh, then seaweed is used like any other soil conditioner, digging it in to one or two spades’ depth below the surface and using up to a barrow load per square metre (if you have this much available).

Creating a new garden is an exciting a long-term undertaking. If you spend some time improving the soil at the start it will reward you for years into the future. The NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) ratio is 6-9-6, and the high phosphorus content is what helps this product better promote the health of germinating seeds compared to other lawn feeds. Nitrogen is responsible for leaf growth, and potassium encourages plants to grow and function correctly. MOOWY gives an all-round nutrient boost for your grass, no matter what the season. It’s a slow-release fertiliser that keeps working for 60 days, strengthening plant roots and boosting the chlorophyll in your grass thanks to its high nitrogen content. MOOWY suggests mowing your lawn no shorter than 5cm before spreading the granules evenly and then lightly watering in, regardless of the time of year you’re using it. You should see greener grass within seven days, although bear in mind that there’s no weed or moss killer in this feed.The bio-active compounds in seaweed boost the lawn's natural defences, making it more resistant to certain diseases and pathogens. If you’re looking for a fertiliser with an environmental conscience, the Plantworks Ltd Empathy Lawn Feed is a great example of organic lawn feed. This company is refreshingly focused on both caring for the planet and tending your lawn in equal measure. Applied at the recommended a rate of 35 g /m², this 10 kg bag of lawn feed will cover approximately 285 m², suitable for most medium gardens.