Can you use grass clippings to fertilize a garden, even if you've fertilized the lawn that the clippings are coming from?

Can you use grass clippings to fertilize a garden, even if you've fertilized the lawn that the clippings are coming from Asked by newbie2594628 54 months ago Similar questions: grass clippings fertilize garden fertilized lawn coming Home > Patio, Lawn & Garden.

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Grass clippings can be used in a garden I ran a lawn service company for several years. Yes, lawn clippings can be used to fertilize in a garden, but with the usual caveats. Short answer: yes, grass clippings can be put into a garden, and provide some benefits.

The previously used fertilizers are 'in' the blades (in lesser doses), just waiting for the decomposition process to release them to the waiting soil and plants. Don't spread too thick, or the heat from this decompostion can kill plants. Just taking the fresh clippings and placing them directly onto the soil, or even working them into the soil does little for the soil.

If the clippings haven't decomposed yet, they act more like a mulch, keeping moisture in the soil and actually raising the soil temperature as the clippings slowly break down. This can be advantageous for younger seeds or seedlings, so long as the thickness of the 'mulch' layer isn't too heavy for their growth. The main 'nutrient' you're very slowly returning to the soil is nitrogen, the 'green' part of the grass.My stronger recommendation is to compost the lawn clippings with organic materials; either in a composting 'machine' or just a compost pile.

The different bacteria in the compost prepare the 'waste' turning it into a healthy, drier, nutritious mix of new 'soil' that can easily be spread and incorporated into the garden soil. More details here of composting go beyond your question though. Sources: My opinion .

Yes, with conditions Any green organic should be composted first before application. Green matter has too much moisture and nitrogen to use raw and can mold and burn, even as a mulch. If you use a lot of lawn chemicals, composting can help 'cook' these things out and adjust your pH.

If your lawn gets treated with something like a pre-emergent weed killer (common in combination lawn fertilizers), clippings could inhibit sprouting. You also wouldn't want a broad spectrum insecticide in your vegetable or herb garden.

Yes, you can - I do it all the time, but be careful of weed killer. The fertilizer part is not a paroblem, it should actually help, especially if you mix the grass well with the soil or let it compost on top of the soil. But if you used a weed killer on the lawn, then it will hurt or kill the plants in the garden.

Sources: My opinion.

Mulch personally I consider grass clippings (in my case is a result of mowing and bagging) a type of mulch. Sure, you can put the grass clippings in your compost pile, after a while you will get a nice compost, and use as organic "fertilizer". But I don't think clippings alone can exclude other formal fertilizers, organic or chemical.

But most of the time I will just spread the fresh clippings around shrubs to act as mulch, eventually they will break down and somehow feed the soil. I won't use it around flowers or any plants for display though, since the clippings look messy and really ugly. And 75% of the time I don't do bagging in mowing, just leave the clippings in the lawn - a nice way to recylcle soil nutrition.

Sources: just some simple thoughts boxing's Recommendations Grasscycling: the time is right. (recycling grass clippings): An article from: Parks & Recreation Amazon List Price: $5.95 Don't bag grass clippings! (FSA) Grass clippings: Good as gold for your lawn .

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