I sympathise, reading the instructions on the packet I see I cannot apply
weed & feed in a drought, or when the grass is wet, or when the soil is dry,
& if it doesnt rain within 2 days I have to water the lawn (and we do have a
hosepipe ban here). In addition I have to mow the lawn 2-3 days before & not
again until 2-3 days afterwards.

A friend of mine believes that the best lawn fertiliser is 3 parts sand & 1
part cement - I know how he feels !

KK


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On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:46:08 +0100, "Neil" wrote:

Seeing all the lawn ween and feed products in the stores, I decided (and
it
was a close thing) to buy Evergreen Complete and their Easy distributor
(on
wheels) to distribute accurately.

My lawns total around 140 sq m front and back, but I'd used all 200 sqm
of
the tub doing around 75% of the lawn. I wish I'd stopped, but it was last
Saturday, with good conditions as per the use recommendations and I
couldn't
see how I could be doing anything wrong.

Overnight Saturday, and again on Sunday we had some rain.
On calling Scotts on Monday to complain as I'd had to buy another tub of
granules, they said that it sounded like I'd used double the application
rate of 35g/sq.m.

They said that my lawn may become scorched, which made me most unhappy as
I've tended for it well since it was laid in turfs in my new home last
May &
August.

Scotts advised to spike the lawn and then soak it. Spiking it almost
killed me. Soaking it probably cost me £15 on my water meter (we have no
hose-ban here).


so that will be about 2,500 gallons - I see why you used the word
"soaking"