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Burnt my lawn with fertilizer
Hi, I know this question has been asked 100 times, because I did a
google search, but I wanted to ask my question anyway in case some of the circumstances were different. Here are the details.. its approx a year old sod.. I laid the second application of fertilizer for the year on Sunday night. It was pretty hot out, still in the 70's when I did it. The first application early in the spring, I used some really nice stuff from a local garden shop. This time, I used the hardware store special 5000 sq ft for $5 a bag stuff. It was something around 30-0-10. I used my broadcast spreader and applied a little less then recommended. I have in-ground sprinklers, and they go off every morning at 5am to give a light water, then a good soaking once a week on Wed evenings. Anyway, the sprinklers didn't go off the next morning for whatever reason, and I noticed the lawn was turning a little brown in some areas. OK -- I manually turned on the sprinklers and let it get a good soaking.. Woke up this morning (two days later) and there are nice and brown patches everywhere.. UGHH. The blades themselves are green on the bottom near the roots.. but 75% of the blade is brown from that point up. Any chance this is going to be recoverable? I am giving the lawn a good soaking twice a day today.. unless I hear differently, I will continue to do this for a week or so unless I don't see any improvement, in which case I'll stop. My questions a 1. What did I do wrong? I think the mixture of using a cheap-o fert was mistake number 1. Mistake number two was probably applying it in the middle of the summer during the day heat. I've used dry fertilizers in the past with this lawn and others, and never had a bad experience (except when I dropped a pile of it on a spot once). 2. Will the lawn come back based on what I described? I know its impossible to tell from description alone, but I really hope someone can lend some expertise in this! Things I learned (so far): 1. Quit obsessing over the lawn so much... it really didnt appear to NEED any fert. 2. If I do fertilize again, use either organic or liquid. thanks for any insight, I'm really upset with myself right now!! |
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