17-08-2007, 06:05 PM
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Soil test help
Foobar wrote:
On Aug 14, 4:28 pm, Steveo wrote:
wrote:
On Aug 14, 7:13 am, Jim wrote:
trader wrote:
KC wrote:
trad wrote:
Lime now and 15-0-15 fertilizer next spring.
KC
Why wait till Spring to fertilize? Fall is an excellent time
to apply ferilizer
There are divided opinions on this subject and I gave the one I
was taught. Existing growth benefits but new growth suffers.
Rationale is that nitrogen stimulates new growth late in the
season and this growth does not have time to toughen up before
freezes, thus dying.
KC
If you look at the advice of university agricultural services and
turf authorities, I haven't seen any disagreement. In fact,
most of them state that Fall is the best time to fertilize, as
there is much less chance of encouraging disease. If you have
any sources that state otherwise, I'd be happy to see them. And
I do it every year on mylawnand it looks super, nice and green
all winter.
your advice is dependent upon the type of turf one is managing.
http://www.super-sod.com/info-guide-.../www.super-sod
.co
m/info-guide-centipede.html
both are warm season active cool season dormant grasses
yet they have different feeding requirements.
leaving the uninformed uninformed allows for increased
seed and fertilizer sales resulting in an industry net
gain. is it the right thing to do?- Hide quoted text -
If you read the original post, the question was:
"Here are the results of mylawnsoil test. Can you recommend soil
amendments or treatments? Have rye,fescueand bluegrass in central
CT. "
It's clear the question and answer I gave were for cool season
grasses in CT, not warm season grasses. Fall fertilization is
clearly appropriate. So save the nonsense about trying to increase
fertlizer sales.
I understood you completely, Trader, and you were spot on with your
advice.
Bermuda isn't really turf-grass anyway is it? it looks like grass weeds
to me.- Hide quoted text -
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Most golf course use it. Footbal fields? Baseball, Soccer? So yeah,
it's a turf grass.
Not aroumd here they don't.
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