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We offer a complete line of pet food, horse feed, and live-stock feed and supplies. Our staff will provide excellent advice and quality products for your lawn, garden, and pasture. With high quality brands like Purina, Blair, Priefert, John Deere Landscapes/Lesco and many others, we offer many fine products at fair prices. We hope that our service, attitude, and appearance, brings you back to Premier Farm and Home.
TURF NEWS
It's Time For the Next Step!
Check out the Premier Farm & Home Fertilizer Program. Printable version
LATE SPRING EARLY SUMMER LAWN CARE
As the fast growth of spring begins to fade you will notice your lawn begin let down a bit. The turf's color yellows slightly, and it becomes full of stems. Usually around May 1st it's time for the next step.
An application of slow release nitrogen can move the yard back towards vegetative growth rather than reproductive growth. Nitrogen will also green the yard back up from the post spring let down. We recommend either a 32-0-0 with biosolids and 20% Uflexx for an economical green or a traditional 32-03-08 with 30% Poly coated sulfur coated Urea and 2% Fe. I would like to see a pound of nitrogen per 1000ft2. Which is roughly 3lbs/1000ft2 of fertilizer. IF you give your yard a shot of nitrogen now you will keep your quality as high as possible until summer dormancy.
Note: If you fertilized with a high nitrogen fertilizer in the spring (not recommended, why?) you may not have any reserves left to extend quality into the summer. This application may not be for you. Instead of extended quality you may see a brief push of growth followed by a crash as conditions be come stressful.
- Click HERE for a video on how to overseed.
- LINK to KSU TURF INFO PAGES
WHATS NEW?
- EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS , check out our latest youtube videos!
-NOW FILLING PROPANE BOTTLES, We are now setup to fill propane bottles for Grills and RV's
-Meet our NEW STAFF MEMBER GENNA GALLAHER She will be working for us as an outside salesperson, she hopes to see you out on the farm!
Click here for an extension publication on weed control in home lawns.
- New list of KSU recommended Varieties 2010 includes Green Resistor Varieties.
- What kind of problems are showing up in the landscape? Check out KSU Turf Blog for some great insight on current landscape problems.
- THE LAWN PROBLEM SOLVER - great place to help narrow down common turf problems. Click Here for a Text publication
WEED CONTROL
- Nifty sight dealing with weed ID and control- WeedAlert.com
- Soon it will be that time of year again...dandelion and clover are out in force. Knock em' out with Trimec broad leaf weed killer. Commercial strength Trimec 992 andTrimec Classic can help you tackle even the largest of broad leaf problems.
- North Central Extension and Research Association Publications. Found a great link to multiple university extension sites. With topics like general lawn and landscape, Athletic Fields, Golf course, diseases, insects, Weeds, Establishment and renovation, and many more.
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