lawn food

plural lawn foods

1. informaluncountableusuallyFertilizer for grass.

   Mix four pounds magnesium sulfate (Epsom salts) with a bag of your favorite lawn food that covers 2,500 square feet.

   2015 April 14, Mary Hunt, “Secrets of a cheapskate gardener”, in twincities.com Pioneer Press, retrieved 22 Apr 2015

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   To fertilize, take a hose-end sprayer. Pour in one cup of liquid lawn food and follow with a can of beer, a cup of flea-and-tick shampoo and the balance in household ammonia.

   1989 June 19, Julie Greenwalt, “The Grass Is Always Greener on Jerry Baker's Lawn Because He Feeds It Beer, Soap and Ammonia”, in People Magazine, retrieved 22 Apr 2015

   Buy him a rake, a rotary mower with a grass collection box, some autumn lawn food and The Lawn Expert by Dr Hessayon (£7.99, Transworld).

   2007 October 5, “Garden advice: Thorny problems”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 22 Apr 2015