Should I fertilize St Aug grass now?
Thanks for the tip. I will give it a try.
"animaux" wrote in message
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On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 02:12:17 GMT, "cledus" opined:
After I put down weed/feed this past spring, my grass turned neon
green/yellow. I assume that I overfertilized. It still hasn't recovered.
Should I winterize now or hope for the best?
If you have used a weed and feed like Scotts, or some other synthetic
fertilizer
I recommend you switch over to a quality, certified organic product which
also
has trace elements. Home Depot sells LadyBug Brand, which is made right
here in
this area, is certified organic and will cover more than a bag of
synthetic
stuff. The weed part (atrazine) found in synthetic fertilizers is found
in high
levels at Barton Springs and should be avoided.
If you can, go buy a bag of LadyBug and follow their recommended
application
rate. Fall feeding is more important than spring feeding, regardless.
The up
side is that, after being organic for a few years, less and less
fertilizer is
necessary for turf. I feed my turf maybe once a year in fall with a
granular
fertilizer, and a few times during summer I use liquid seaweed in a hose
end
sprayer to deliver trace elements (about 60 of them) which come in the
seaweed.
My turf is lush, thick, green and I think I watered it about 10 times from
April
till October.
Victoria
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