What are the advantages (and disadvantages) of each? Does one, in fact, have merits that make it a far superior choice over the other? I need to put my house up for sale in the next several months (I’ve only been in it for about 6-7 months). I want the lawn to look as good as possible and I am thinking of hiring a service to get the results that I want. A nice lawn is an important factor in the “curb appeal” factor of desirability; at least it was with me. My lawn is looking okay. Not great, but okay. There are houses in the area with better lawns and others with worse.
The two main factors that I want to look at- are:
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Differences in cost? A Chem-Lawn flyer on my door mentioned a cost of $39 (per treatment, IIRC). Is an organic lawn service going to be similar in costs?
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Differences in results? Are results going to be similar using ‘environmentally friendly’ techniques as using ‘environmentally unfriendly’ methods?
I have seen statements online that claim that organic fertilizers will condition the soil, where chemical fertilizers are only used by the plant and there are no long-term benefits to the soil.
If all things are equal, (cost and results) I would go with organic because I have a dog and Austin seems to be more environmentally sensitive than other places that I have lived in.
Also, what makes organic fertilizer better in the eyes of an environmentalist? I just bought some fish fertilizer- that is plant food made from pureed fish. I can’t imagine that idea sits well with many environmentalists.
I hope this is okay in GQ, I had pondered putting this in both GD and IMHO as well.