On the back of a bag of fertilizer, you will find three numbers. These three numbers tell the percentage of the primary ingredients in the fertilizer. Take a basic lawn fertilizer, for example, with a label that contains: 20-5-10
These numbers stand for the "big three" nutrients that your lawn needs to thrive. They always appear in the same order: nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. They tell you how much of these nutrients, by weight, you are getting in the fertilizer. In this case, you are getting four parts nitrogen to one part phosphorous and two parts potassium. If you don't want to know a lot about fertilizer, remember that nitrogen is the most important nutrient and it is the ingredient that makes your lawn green. To figure out how much nitrogen is in this bag of fertilizer, multiply its number (in this case, 20) by the weight of the bag of fertilizer (usually 50 lbs.). This means you are getting 10 pounds of nitrogen in this bag of fertilizer. This is important to know when you spread your fertilizer. You do not want to apply to much nitrogen - only one pound or less in any single feeding. Too much nitrogen can burn your lawn. Remember to always water it well in after spreading or better still wait till it starts to rain and spread it around then. ********************************************************************** This message and its attachments may contain legally privileged or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not disclose or use the information contained in it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the e-mail. Any content of this message and its attachments which does not relate to the official business of Eraring Energy must be taken not to have been sent or endorsed by Eraring Energy. No warranty is made that the e-mail or attachment(s) are free from computer virus or other defect. ********************************************************************** [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
