animaux wrote:
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On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 11:42:09 -0600, J Kolenovsky op=
ined:
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Yes, I've heard of Ladybug and Sustane/you mention them frequently.
Houston has "Microlife".

Regarding the Garden-Ville product:
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1. What is it about the creator?
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I don't like his ethics or the ethics of a few he's involved with. I'v=
e said
more than I should.

Howard Garrett? Or some of the radio talk show dudes?

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2. What were the results of using the product?

J
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Well, I still had chlorosis and the results were not as good as when I =
used
Sustane or LadyBug Brand. As I've said, I prefer to use products which=
do not
contain human waste. They are cheap, but unreliable. Biosolids can co=
ntain
harmful levels of heavy metals and it stinks. Anything I have to wear =
a mask to
use is not used. I don't even use D.E. any more, as a dust for that re=
ason.
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I could probably get specific with results, but I will say for argument=
s sake
that, the results I see with the preferred products far outweighs any r=
esult I'd
seen using Gardenville fertilizer products.
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Further, while Milorganite is a sludge product which I've used in the p=
ast for
my turf areas, I stopped using IT as well. It was a good, bacterial ba=
sed,
sludge product, but to have it shipped from Wisconsin when I have perfe=
ctly good
products made locally seems to be a waste.
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I do believe LadyBug Brand can cover an area of 7,000 sq.ft. I could b=
e wrong
about that, but for turf, the 8-2-4 outperformed every other product ou=
t there.
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The following website can provide the results of their studies, which w=
ere
conducted on turf using several forms of fertilizer.
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http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/growgreen/lawncare.htm
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Victoria

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