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Follow these directions for healthy lawns, trees, shrubs and flowers.

Lawns - Apply 20 lbs of SoundGRO per 1000 square feet 4 times per year. The best times for fertilizing cool-season grasses are mid-April, mid-June, early September, and late October.

Trees - Apply 5 lbs of SoundGRO for every inch of the tree's diameter measured 4 feet from the ground. Apply under drip line or outer circumference of the tree.

Shrubs - Spread 4 lbs of SoundGRO per 100 square feet on shrub beds.

Vegetable Gardens - Mix 3 lbs of SoundGRO per 100 square feet into bedding soil in spring. Repeat when plants emerge.

Annuals - Mix 3 lbs of SoundGRO per 100 square feet into flower bed soils in spring. Repeat when buds are forming.

Perennials & Vegetable Gardens - Mix 5 lbs of SoundGRO per 100 square feet into the flower bed soils in spring. Repeat application when buds are forming.

*1 pound of SoundGRO = approximately 3 cups


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