Here is my Organic Lawn Fertilization Schedule. Just remember, that while a true organic schedule may make you feel good about the environment, it does take a little longer for the Organic Schedule (and the inevitable improvements to the quality of your soil) to start really showing.

The need for better organic products is obvious, however, as we all become more "environmentally aware."

The ultimate benefit of the organic schedule: fewer things to do. Many advocates of organic fertilizers claim that they only fertilizer two or three times a year.

Here's a brief list of organic fertilizers I think should be considered in the schedule, mainly because they are somewhat cost effective, don't smell (make me gag) bad, and are readily available. Availability is somewhat subjective, though, since they're carried mostly by independent retail garden centers that aren't part of "big box" stores. Lowe's, however, has been known to carry the Medina products.

• Micro Life 6-2-4
• Nitro Phos Sweet Green 11-0-4
• Southwest Fertilizer Earth Essentials 5-1-3
• Nature’s Guide Premium Turf 6-1-4
• Medina Growin' Green 4-2-3
• Lady Bug Natural Lawn & Garden 8-2-4
• • Soil Mender Turf Mate 4-2-3
  THE ORGANIC SCHEDULE
  FEBRUARY - Corn gluten meal (as pre-emergent herbicide)
  MARCH - Organic fertilizer as listed above
  APRIL - Compost as top dressing
  MAY - Organic fertilizer as listed above
  SEPTEMBER - Organic fertilizer as listed above/or simply compost top dressing
                          Agricultural Corn Meal as preventative fungicide
  OCTOBER - Organic fertilizer as listed above, as winterizer treatment
  NOVEMBER - Corn gluten meal as pre-emergent herbicide
  
  As you may have noticed, if comparing schedules, one of the other benefits of using a 100 percent organic schedule is the reduced need for fungicides due to all the beneficial bacteria and protozoa that will naturally fight fungal diseases. But you will also discover agricultural corn meal (for fungal treatment) and corn gluten meal (for pre-emergent herbicide treatment) are very hard to find. In fact, very few garden centers carry more than one product for each of those treatments. And I'll bet dollars to donuts that none of the mass merchandisers carry either. Thus, there's not much need to list different brands like I did for the myriad of organic fertilizers.
  
  The good news is that this is obviously a growing market, and I witnessed many manufacturers trying to get their agricultural corn meal and corn gluten meal products into Texas nurseries and garden centers at last year's Texas Nursery & Landscape Association Convention.