Have you ever heard that lightning makes the grass grow? 

When a thunderstorm occurs, the lawn gets a feeding that only Mother Nature can deliver. 

Here's how: 

Nitrogen molecules in the air consist of two atoms that are bound together.  During a thunderstorm, energy from bolts of lightning break down some of the bonds of the nitrogen molecules in the air.  The nitrogen then attaches itself to the oxygen and that gives you nitrogen dioxide.

Nitrogen dioxide dissolves in the rain, transforming into nitric acid, which becomes nitrate.

The nitrates fall to the Earth in the raindrops, which in turn, fertilizes the lawn because nitrates are excellent fertilizers.

So, yes Virginia, lightning does make the grass grow!