It is Science
The science behind why the rain does not wash away the fertilizer is basic organic chemistry - chemical bonds between charged particles. It is like a magnet and iron filings - organic matter (grass leaves, debris, and the soil microbes) are the magnets and the fertilizer spray is the iron fillings. When we spray your lawn the fertilizer is tightly held onto the organic matter by chemical bonds. These chemical bonds cannot be broken by rain, so the rain cannot wash away the fertilizer or chemicals.
Water In after Application
Rain or irrigation after application helps our fertilizer and chemicals to stay on the lawn. The instructions printed on the label require that our spray be watered in after being applied to the lawn. This helps spread the fertilizer over more surfaces. The more surfaces, the more the chemical bonds, the more chemical bonds the more tightly the fertilizer and chemicals are held in the lawn.
Rain Does Not Wash Away the Fertilizer
Did you ever notice how lawns turn green after the rains? If the fertilizer washed away with the rains, the lawn would turn yellow, but it doesn’t. Why? Because the rain did not wash away the fertilizer!
Moist Soil Is Critical to Survival
A dry soil starves a plant – wet soil feeds a plant. A plant must have moist soil to absorb the nutrients clinging to the organic matter. When a lawn is well watered – like after a rain - it can absorb more nutrients, be healthy, and thrive. Whereas a dry lawn is yellow weak and often in a “survival mode” of just barely living. To take full advantage of lawn spraying you should be generous with the water.
A Tall Canopy Helps
Mowing at 4” or higher increases the amount of surface area in the lawn. The more surface area, the more chemical bonds. To take full advantage of lawn spraying you should mow your lawn at 4” or higher.
