Lawn Fertilizer Challenge

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Lawn Fertilizer Challenge

Marty 3 min Read

Ahhh…Spring.

A time to break out the tools. Tools that cut, blow, edge and mow all the things that grow.

So, Pete and I are having a little dad-ly challenge.

A cultivation contest…a blade bash…fertilizer feud…or a “grass-off” of sorts.

To ensure we have stuff to cut, blow and mow, we’re gonna fertilize our lawns and see who grows the better lawn.

And to show you that our fertilizin’ and weed-killin’ is the real deal. We chose to treat only half of our respective lawns.

Serious before and after. No photoshop necessary.

Now we don’t want you to try this at home, unless you want to really stupid looking lawns, like us.

We might even get into a tomato throwdown.

A kale clash. Watermelon wrangle. Radish riot. Squash scuffle. Carrot combat. Rutabaga rumble. Dill duel.

A Melon melee.

I wish I could just name stuff for a living.

Uhh…Yeah. We might just do some garden stuff too.

The Fertilizer

To keep this thing fair, we both chose the same product. Well, almost.

Dad blog does DIY fetilizer with Sta-Green weed and feed

Pete used Sta-Green Weed and Feed.

I used Sta-Green Southern Weed and Feed. ‘Cause…well…I live in the south. I’m not sure what’s different. I am sure we have different types of grass, but maybe different weeds too?

I used Sta-Green Southern Weed and Feed. ‘Cause…well…I live in the south. I’m not sure what’s different. We have different types of grass, but maybe different weeds too?

I already had a drop spreader, but Pete got this awesome Sta-Green Broadcast Spreader.

If you want to know what’s right for your lawn, check out Lowe’s, they have a whole section of their website dedicated to Sta-Green stuff.

I went there and found out now is the time to fertilize since spring and summer are the growing seasons for many types of grasses. I also learned I should read the instructions—over-fertilizing is bad.

The Video

We recently added some GoPros to the Dadand arsenal of tools. That means you’ll benefit from tons of gratuitous video—full of excessive jibs, crossfades and dizzying points-of-view. Check it:

Now it’s your turn. Grow a better lawn than Pete and I. Kill weeds. Bathe in the spring greenery that is your grass. Go do it now, then comment to show us up.

Check back for our next post where I put together a little container garden.

Disclosure: Dadand was supplied product and/or compensated to post about Lowe’s—a company whose products we love and use all the time. Despite that, the opinions expressed by Dadand are our own. To provide as much transparency as possible, Dadand makes every reasonable effort to disclose the source of all products and services reviewed.

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Marty is a dad. He has twice as many family members as he has bedrooms. He does advertising, but would rather work in some type of shop. Like a workshop or repairshop. Or a garage. In fact, he has no garage, so he rents a shop to go and work on his projects, think about advertising or just sit there. In the quiet. But most of the time he is just dad, and that's the best part of this bio.