Kids Safety of lawn fertilizer

Hi,

I'm planning on laying down some Evergreen Complete lawn fertilizer in the next week. Living in Scotland, a dose of rain is never far away, so I fully expect the fertilizer to start dissolving into the lawn v.soon.

How much time should allow to pass before allowing kids to play in the garden?

Just concerned that the chemicals of the fertilizer would be bad for kids.

Regards,
Ijonas.

 

I've used it and not been worried, but my personal rule is to keep kids/pets off until after a good downpour/or hose job.

However, Evergreen Complete doesn't actually work anyway, so you might want to consider a different strategy, depending on what condition your lawn is currently in.

 

Hi,

The main lawn is not too bad a shape after winter. I just want to get it prepped for summer. So I'm going to aerate it and I'd like to give it some lawn food.

I used Evergreen Autumn Lawn Care last year and there's a little scarring in some places.

The side channels, along which most of the wear & tear occurs needs aerating, overseeding and intensive feeding.

The garden's a little neglected (previous owner).

Any tips & suggestions on lawn food are much appreciated.

Regards,
Ijonas.

 

I think evergreen complete is an OK treatment if your lawn is lousy - 40% weeds say.

But if your lawn is 10% weeds then I think fertiliser + a spray for the weeds (which you can spot-treat rather than covering the whole lawn) is a better - i.e. much cheaper - solution.

I get Nitrogen fertiliser off the local farmer (so about as cheap as it can be bought, in bulk) and it costs me about 10p / kg and is stronger than domestic fertilizer (NPK = 20-0-0 I think)

Evergreen Complete is about £1 / kg :( and NPK = 14-2-4)