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as said earlier, the best weed defense is healthy turf.

Slow release fertilizer usually last about 8-10 weeks depending on different factors such as mechanical processes (mowing and walking on), watering and soil temperature.You can also increase your mowing height as cutting turf short stresses the turf,longer turf also requires less watering.

In regards to trees, Canadian Tire has great prices but 1 important thing to consider is the climate that much of their nursery stock comes from. Many cedars and other trees are grown in the interior BC with milder winters and grown in containers, your local nurseries have stock that is obviously already adapted to the Alberta weather and have a greater success rate of thriving.