Clay soil can be some of the most productive soil a grower will ever work with. It can hold nutrients. It can hold moisture. It can support strong crops, deep turf, healthy trees, and productive gardens when it is managed well. Some of the best farmland in the country has a meaningful clay fraction. Many […]
A greener May lawn does not start with the mower. The mower shows the result, but the real work is happening underneath the turf. Roots are waking up. Soil temperature is rising. Moisture is moving in uneven patterns after spring rain. Grass plants are trying to rebuild density after winter, traffic, shade, compaction, and early-season […]
Organic fertilizer starts working best when the soil is ready to work with it. That is one of the most important things to understand in May. A bag of organic fertilizer may contain nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, and other useful nutrients, but those nutrients do not always become available to plants the same way a […]
New transplants can fool you. A tomato plant may look sturdy in the tray. A pepper may have dark leaves and a strong stem. A flat of annual flowers may look full and ready. A young shrub may look healthy when it comes off the truck. But once that plant is moved into a field, […]
Potassium does not always get the attention it deserves in May. Nitrogen is easier to notice. When a lawn greens up, a vegetable crop starts pushing leaves, or a young planting looks stronger after feeding, nitrogen usually gets the credit. Phosphorus gets talked about at planting because roots matter early. Calcium gets attention once tomatoes […]
Blossom end rot is one of those problems that shows up after the important mistake has already happened. A tomato looks healthy, then the bottom of the fruit turns dark, sunken, and leathery. A pepper begins sizing, then the blossom end collapses. Squash, melons, and eggplant can show similar damage. By the time the symptom […]
Nitrogen gets attention in May because the response is easy to see. When a lawn is short on nitrogen, it often looks pale and thin. When young vegetables are ready to grow but short on nitrogen, new leaves may come slowly. When field crops begin active vegetative growth, nitrogen demand starts rising. When trees, shrubs, […]
May is one of the easiest months to overfeed a plant. That may sound strange, because May is also when growth begins to move fast. Lawns are greening. Vegetable gardens are filling. Field edges are waking up. Annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs are putting on new growth. Across much of the United States, soil temperatures […]
May rain can reveal more about soil than almost anything else. When a storm rolls through and water disappears into the ground within a reasonable time, the soil is usually open enough to breathe and move moisture. When water sits on the surface, runs across a lawn, pools in a garden bed, or leaves field […]
May is the month when soil conditions start shaping the whole growing season. Learn what to check before applying fertilizer and how soil testing and humic soil support can help farmers, gardeners, and landscapers make better fertility decisions. May has a way of making every acre, garden bed, lawn, and landscape feel urgent. Planting is […]
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