Alachua County bans certain fertilizers through next year
Published: Jul. 1, 2022 at 11:52 PM EDT
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Starting Friday Alachua county is banning certain fertilizers through the month of February.
Landscape fertilizer must contain no less than 50 percent slow-released nitrogen.
The fertilizer also cannot contain phosphorus unless a deficiency is verified with a soil test.
They should also not be applied when the soil is wet or for the first 30 days after seeding or sodding a lawn.
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