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Liquid vs granular/solid fertilizer
Hi,
I was wondering what the advantages/disadvantages of liquid vs solid/granular fertilizer. I live a northern climate (Montreal, Canada), I have Kentucky bluegrass. Alos, There's an area of my lawn that's meets the foundation of the house that need to be elevated to drain rain away from the house. I estimate it needs to be raised 2-3 inches at the foundation. Thanks! -- HK |
Liquid vs granular/solid fertilizer
Sorry, forgot to ask what the best procedure is to raise the level of the
lawn as per my first post below. -- Ho-Kuo Chan Software Designer, Digital Division Wavesat Wireless Inc. (514) 956-6322 "Ho-Kuo Chan" wrote in message ... Hi, I was wondering what the advantages/disadvantages of liquid vs solid/granular fertilizer. I live a northern climate (Montreal, Canada), I have Kentucky bluegrass. Alos, There's an area of my lawn that's meets the foundation of the house that need to be elevated to drain rain away from the house. I estimate it needs to be raised 2-3 inches at the foundation. Thanks! -- HK |
Liquid vs granular/solid fertilizer
"Ho-Kuo Chan" wrote in message ... Hi, I was wondering what the advantages/disadvantages of liquid vs solid/granular fertilizer. I live a northern climate (Montreal, Canada), I have Kentucky bluegrass. Alos, There's an area of my lawn that's meets the foundation of the house that need to be elevated to drain rain away from the house. I estimate it needs to be raised 2-3 inches at the foundation. Thanks! -- HK For a do-it-yourselfer the granular fert is normally preferable 'cause it will be time-released and is easier to apply evenly. To raise the level near the house you have a couple of options. If you just dump 3" of soil on the grass there you will kill or set back most of the grass and weeds will fill in. You could dump the soil on and then cover in sod or seed it. Sod would solve the problem instantly. You could also add the soil an inch or so at a time and as the grass grows up through it add some more and in this way gradually raise the level there. Peter H |
Liquid vs granular/solid fertilizer
"Ho-Kuo Chan" wrote:
Hi, I was wondering what the advantages/disadvantages of liquid vs solid/granular fertilizer. I live a northern climate (Montreal, Canada), I have Kentucky bluegrass. Alos, There's an area of my lawn that's meets the foundation of the house that need to be elevated to drain rain away from the house. I estimate it needs to be raised 2-3 inches at the foundation. Thanks! Liquid is more profitable for commercial applicators. -- GO# 40 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://NewsReader.Com/ 50 GB/Month |
Liquid vs granular/solid fertilizer
-- Ho-Kuo Chan Software Designer, Digital Division Wavesat Wireless Inc. (514) 956-6322 "Peter H" wrote in message ble.rogers.com... "Ho-Kuo Chan" wrote in message ... Hi, I was wondering what the advantages/disadvantages of liquid vs solid/granular fertilizer. I live a northern climate (Montreal, Canada), I have Kentucky bluegrass. Alos, There's an area of my lawn that's meets the foundation of the house that need to be elevated to drain rain away from the house. I estimate it needs to be raised 2-3 inches at the foundation. Thanks! -- HK For a do-it-yourselfer the granular fert is normally preferable 'cause it will be time-released and is easier to apply evenly. To raise the level near the house you have a couple of options. If you just dump 3" of soil on the grass there you will kill or set back most of the grass and weeds will fill in. You could dump the soil on and then cover in sod or seed it. Sod would solve the problem instantly. You could also add the soil an inch or so at a time and as the grass grows up through it add some more and in this way gradually raise the level there. Peter H |
Liquid vs granular/solid fertilizer
Sorry about the last post, I forgot to copy my question: do I need to pack
the soil down after dumping it or should I just level it off? Thanks! -- Ho-Kuo Chan "Peter H" wrote in message ble.rogers.com... "Ho-Kuo Chan" wrote in message ... Hi, I was wondering what the advantages/disadvantages of liquid vs solid/granular fertilizer. I live a northern climate (Montreal, Canada), I have Kentucky bluegrass. Alos, There's an area of my lawn that's meets the foundation of the house that need to be elevated to drain rain away from the house. I estimate it needs to be raised 2-3 inches at the foundation. Thanks! -- HK For a do-it-yourselfer the granular fert is normally preferable 'cause it will be time-released and is easier to apply evenly. To raise the level near the house you have a couple of options. If you just dump 3" of soil on the grass there you will kill or set back most of the grass and weeds will fill in. You could dump the soil on and then cover in sod or seed it. Sod would solve the problem instantly. You could also add the soil an inch or so at a time and as the grass grows up through it add some more and in this way gradually raise the level there. Peter H |
Liquid vs granular/solid fertilizer
"Ho-Kuo Chan" wrote in message ... Sorry about the last post, I forgot to copy my question: do I need to pack the soil down after dumping it or should I just level it off? Thanks! If you add the soil gradually, in a few stages there is no need to tamp it down as it will find it's own level eventually. If you add 3" at once then you will have to tamp it down or it will be lumpy. Peter H |
Liquid vs granular/solid fertilizer
"Peter H" wrote:
"Ho-Kuo Chan" wrote in message ... Sorry about the last post, I forgot to copy my question: do I need to pack the soil down after dumping it or should I just level it off? Thanks! If you add the soil gradually, in a few stages there is no need to tamp it down as it will find it's own level eventually. If you add 3" at once then you will have to tamp it down or it will be lumpy. Peter H Tamp the fill,leave the 2 inches of top soil you're gonna put over it fluffy. -- GO# 40 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://NewsReader.Com/ 50 GB/Month |
Liquid vs granular/solid fertilizer
"Ho-Kuo Chan" wrote:
-- Ho-Kuo Chan Software Designer, ...hey hoe chan,wtf does this have to do with lawn food? -- GO# 40 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://NewsReader.Com/ 50 GB/Month |
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