How Can You Keep Your Pets Safe During a Fertilization Service?

Fertilizing your lawn in North Carolina is essential to ensure optimal turf health, but you don't want a beautiful lawn to come at the expense of the health of your pets. Thankfully, you can help keep them safe during a fertilization service by following a few simple steps! To protect your pets during a fertilization service, the best thing to do is keep them indoors during the application. You should also wait until the treatments are dry before allowing them to go back outside. However, for the most accurate information about pet safety during a fertilization service, always speak with your lawn care provider. They know about the specific products they use and will be able to advise you on how to best keep your pets safe during the treatments! Continue reading to learn more about how you can keep your pets safe during a fertilization service!

Keep your pets inside during the fertilizer application.

The best way to keep your pets safe during a fertilization service is to keep them indoors throughout the entire process. If left outdoors, pets can very quickly make their way to the area of your lawn where the fertilizer product is being applied. They can also approach your lawn care provider who is trying to apply it, which isn't ideal. Keeping them indoors prevents them from coming into contact with and potentially ingesting harmful chemicals. This also allows your provider to do their job efficiently and effectively without distractions.

Wait until the fertilizer treatments dry before letting pets back outside.

Thankfully, many fertilizer treatments are pet-safe once dry. For this reason, you want to keep your pets indoors during the fertilization service and not let them back outside until the treatment is dry. How long it takes to dry depends on a few factors, though. For example, the type of fertilizer used and the weather affect the drying time. Granular fertilizer needs to be watered into a lawn and can take longer to dry when compared to liquid fertilizer, which typically dries much faster. Additionally, if it's sunny outside, the treatments will dry quicker than they would on a cool, cloudy day.

Always talk to your lawn care provider about pet safety during a fertilization service.

Although you can take a few steps on your own to protect your pets during a fertilization service, it's always ideal to talk to your lawn care provider about pet safety. They have knowledge of their products and will be able to tell you how to best keep your pets safe during treatments. For example, they will know what type of fertilizer treatment they're using and how long it will take for that specific product to dry. They can also factor in the weather and other elements that might have an effect on drying times for their specific treatment. This will give you the most accurate information, and you can confidently let your pets back outside when professionals advise.

Reach out to us today to schedule our lawn fertilization service.

Here at Carolina Turf Lawn and Landscape, we've been in business for 13 years and know how important pet safety is during a fertilization service. We offer three lawn fertilization packages: Silver, Gold, and Emerald! Each package includes different services, but all include fertilization treatments that are pet-safe once dry. We offer this service to commercial and residential properties, as well as HOAs, in Matthews, Weddington, Ballantyne, Wesley Chapel, NC, and other nearby cities! Reach out to us today at (704) 649-0430 to sign up for our lawn fertilization service! We look forward to hearing from you soon.