Arlington County. The skylines of Arlington's Courthouse and Rosslyn neighborhoods, with the Georgetown and Downtown neighborhoods of Washington, D.C. immediately past them. The county accounts for most of Virginia's border with the District.
Watering and mowing alone will not make a healthy lawn. It must be fertilized. We have included a starter fertilizer in the mixture applied, but it is only sufficient to supply enough nutrients for about 30 to 45 days. It is important for the development of a healthy lawn that a fertilization program be started at this time.
Since the soil takes some time to absorb the fertilizer, you should fertilize the lawn before planting the grass seed instead of afterward. You can apply your grass seed as soon as you add fertilizer to your lawn.However, you must not use fertilizer that contains preemergent herbicides, or the grass seeds will not germinate. Before adding the fertilizer, you should till the soil.atering. Grass seed needs water to grow, but too much water will cause the fertilizer to leach out of the soil, which can reduce the soil fertility. You should thoroughly moisten the soil, but you should not saturate the soil.