Summer Ban on Nitrogen Fertilizer Goes Into Effect
Homeowners and lawn care professionals alike cannot apply nitrogen or phosphorous to lawns and landscape plants from June through September.
From City of Tampa Online: Tampa Bay Estuary Program (TBEP) and its partners in the Be Floridian fertilizer education campaign remind residents of Tampa that a summer ban on using nitrogen fertilizer began on June 1. Homeowners and lawn care professionals alike cannot apply nitrogen or phosphorous to lawns and landscape plants from June through September. But that doesn't mean your yard will turn brown, shrivel up and die! Garden centers throughout the region offer a variety of "summer-safe" yard products that will help you keep your landscape green and growing throughout our long, hot summer. These products comply fully with local fertilizer ordinances - ensuring that our efforts to maintain an attractive landscape don't pollute our ponds…
david whitwam
8:17 am on Thursday, June 7, 2012
FYI WWW.WHITWAMORGANICS.COM, a local Tampa company right in Seminole Heights, has products and services to help with all your fertilizer needs. We have been using methods compliant with the fertilizer ordinance for over four years now. more ›