If you want your lawn in Iowa to be strong and healthy from spring to fall, you should follow a good lawn care routine that includes both lawn fertilization and weed control treatments. Lawn fertilizer treatments provide essential nutrients that will bolster your lawn's health, but without weed control, your turf will continue to be riddled with weeds. Meanwhile, weed control treatments target weeds and keep them from stealing nutrients from your grass, but without fertilizer, your lawn will not receive the nutrients it needs to thrive. By incorporating both treatments into your lawn care regimen, you can be confident that you have a healthy and weed-free lawn!

What happens if you fertilize your grass without applying weed control treatments?

Green lawn in Waukee, IA, with many weeds.

Fertilizer treatments are crucial to maintaining your lawn's tip-top health. However, without weed control, your lawn will continue to be overtaken by weeds. Leaving weeds to their own devices will give them lots of opportunities to not only take up every available space on your lawn but also steal nutrients from your grass. Fertilizing your lawn without applying weed control treatments will only benefit the weeds because these invasive and unwanted plants will feed upon the nutrients from the fertilizers as well. This means you'll be providing nutrients to the weeds as much as you're nourishing your grass.

To ensure your lawn gets the most out of the fertilizer treatments you're feeding it, you'll want to enroll in a weed control program. Usually inclusive of pre- and post-emergent treatments, this type of program will target weeds at both ends of their life cycle for effective control.

What happens if you only apply weed control without fertilizer treatments?

Weed control treatments play a huge role in helping your lawn grow strong and healthy. Pre-emergent treatments act as a protective blanket over your turf that keeps newly germinated weeds from sprouting, preventing them from ever making an appearance on your lawn. Meanwhile, post-emergent treatments target weeds that have already broken through the soil surface and emerged on your turf. However, applying weed control treatments alone is not enough to ensure your grass has the nutrients it needs to stay healthy. A lawn that is free of weeds looks nice but you'll still want to ensure it receives nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, essential nutrients found in fertilizers that fuel healthy, lush, and resilient grass growth.

Why You Should Combine Lawn Fertilizer & Weed Control Treatments

Healthy green lawn in Waukee, IA, with plants and no weeds.

The best way to keep your grass at its best throughout the growing season is to combine lawn fertilizer and weed control treatments. By combining these two lawn care treatments, you can ensure that your lawn receives the nutrients it needs to flourish without having to compete with pesky weeds! Regular fertilizer treatments will provide your grass with a consistent stream of nutrients that bolster its health and fortify its roots so it is better equipped to fight off stress. Pairing them with weed control treatments ensures your lawn has no competition for the nutrients from fertilizers. This will result in a healthy, weed-free lawn that looks neat and lush all year long!

Fertilizers and weed control treatments should be regularly administered from spring to fall.

Call us today to sign up for our lawn fertilization and weed control services!

A good lawn care routine should include both lawn fertilization and weed control treatments. To make taking care of your lawn easier for you, our team at Brilliant Borders Landscaping offers lawn fertilization and weed control services so you can rest easy knowing your grass has enough nutrients to feed off during the growing season without having to compete with weeds. These services involve multiple visits to your property throughout the year to administer nutrient-dense fertilizers as well as pre- and post-emergent treatments to keep your grass healthy and free of weeds. We provide these services to commercial and residential properties in Waukee, West Des Moines, Urbandale, and surrounding communities in Iowa. Call us today at (515) 664-6205 to sign up!