Lawn fertiliser

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• bédé Posts: 3,095

  April 2023

  Lawn is mostly grass; grass is a plant.
  
  Some lawn fertillisers have weed-killer an/or moss-killer in their formula.  I wouldn't use one of those.  Otherwise they list their NPK (mostly N).

   location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
  "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."

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• Plantminded Posts: 3,580

  April 2023

  Lawn feed used in Spring usually contains a high proportion of nitrogen to encourage leafy growth.  If used in borders, some perennials will put on too much leafy growth, compromising flowering and becoming more attractive for slugs.  Ornamental grasses won't like too much nitrogen, they'll become floppy and less wind resistant.  There are also some plants that prefer impoverished soil like Lavender and Lupins.

  Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.
  
  
  

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• rossdriscoll13 Posts: 234

  April 2023

  @monkeyraksha NEVER use lawn feed on garden plants.  As @Plantminded said it contains too much nitrogen for your plants.  You need to use feed that is designed for plants and leave the lawn feed for your lawn.

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• monkeyraksha Posts: 4

  April 2023

  Thanks for the advice I was just checking it out as been advised you can use it on plants but nothing mentioned on any packet and always thought that Lawn feed was for lawns. Thanks most appreciated

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• bédé Posts: 3,095

  April 2023 edited April 2023

  There are too many "specialised" plant foods that are just the same thing with a different plant name attached for marketing reasons..  
  
  Some peoplw must have a shed filled with many repeats of the same thing.  I know my now deceased neighbour had one for every plant.  
  

   location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
  "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."

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