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Post by smallchunk on May 29, 2023 6:11:06 GMT -6
 I tried searching and couldn’t find anything, but that is usually the case when I search for things on forums, lol. Sorry if it’s already been brought up! What kind of system do you guys use for fertilizing your lawns. I don’t need the best looking lawn, but would like to keep it green during the year. I live in crappy North Branch sand ground and the former owner put in an older irrigation system. The lines need to be re run as it misses lots of spots but oh well. Here is my soil test. You can tell I (or previous owner) brought up my ph in the past by adding calcitic lime (only thing available at local garden center) and I have used too much milorganite (high p level). I added 160 lbs of dolomitic Pell lime just after taking the soil test on my roughly 35,000 sq. ft lawn. I was surprised Tractor Supply had it again since they haven’t since I moved to this place about 3 years ago now. I know I need K, and that should be an easy add. How about the Zinc? How can I get that? I know I could use Borax to get my Boron up. I need to spray for skeeters once my brother brings back the sprayer, can I add that to it or will the borax hurt the trees? Hope all is well, thanks for the help ahead of time! Maybe someday in the future I can worry less about my lawn and more about some hunting land 😄 |
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Post by Tooln on May 29, 2023 6:37:39 GMT -6
I tried searching and couldn’t find anything, but that is usually the case when I search for things on forums, lol. Sorry if it’s already been brought up! What kind of system do you guys use for fertilizing your lawns. I don’t need the best looking lawn, but would like to keep it green during the year. I live in crappy North Branch sand ground and the former owner put in an older irrigation system. The lines need to be re run as it misses lots of spots but oh well. Here is my soil test. You can tell I (or previous owner) brought up my ph in the past by adding calcitic lime (only thing available at local garden center) and I have used too much milorganite (high p level). I added 160 lbs of dolomitic Pell lime just after taking the soil test on my roughly 35,000 sq. ft lawn. I was surprised Tractor Supply had it again since they haven’t since I moved to this place about 3 years ago now. I know I need K, and that should be an easy add. How about the Zinc? How can I get that? I know I could use Borax to get my Boron up. I need to spray for skeeters once my brother brings back the sprayer, can I add that to it or will the borax hurt the trees? Hope all is well, thanks for the help ahead of time! Maybe someday in the future I can worry less about my lawn and more about some hunting land 😄 Well you started right by soil testing and it giving you what you need. When you talk about SYSTEM are you asking about application? There are many options for applying the fertilizer. Small hand held units or one that's a walk behind. Other than that my lawn the biggest issue is weeds. I just get some weed and feed from the local Fleet or Menards. Good luck. |
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Post by smallchunk on May 29, 2023 7:08:49 GMT -6
I guess how often you spread, what you use, etc.
Sounds like you just run some weed and feed in the spring and call it good?
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Post by Tooln on May 29, 2023 8:10:18 GMT -6
I guess how often you spread, what you use, etc. Sounds like you just run some weed and feed in the spring and call it good? Spring and maybe later in the summer. |
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Post by MoBuckChaser on May 31, 2023 5:36:34 GMT -6
I tried searching and couldn’t find anything, but that is usually the case when I search for things on forums, lol. Sorry if it’s already been brought up! What kind of system do you guys use for fertilizing your lawns. I don’t need the best looking lawn, but would like to keep it green during the year. I live in crappy North Branch sand ground and the former owner put in an older irrigation system. The lines need to be re run as it misses lots of spots but oh well. Here is my soil test. You can tell I (or previous owner) brought up my ph in the past by adding calcitic lime (only thing available at local garden center) and I have used too much milorganite (high p level). I added 160 lbs of dolomitic Pell lime just after taking the soil test on my roughly 35,000 sq. ft lawn. I was surprised Tractor Supply had it again since they haven’t since I moved to this place about 3 years ago now. I know I need K, and that should be an easy add. How about the Zinc? How can I get that? I know I could use Borax to get my Boron up. I need to spray for skeeters once my brother brings back the sprayer, can I add that to it or will the borax hurt the trees? Hope all is well, thanks for the help ahead of time! Maybe someday in the future I can worry less about my lawn and more about some hunting land 😄 You want a green lawn in the sand? Irrigation |
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Post by smsmith on May 31, 2023 5:55:49 GMT -6
Back when I cared about and wanted a monoculture lawn, I used Menard's lawn fertilizers, crabgrass preventer, and broadleaf killer. Spring, summer (late June, early August), fall fertilizer applications. You could replace one or more fertilizer applications with either broadleaf killer plus fertilizer or crabgrass preventer plus fertilizer (if needed). The last year I did that I think I had over $2k in lawn care products.
I don't care about a monoculture lawn anymore.
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Post by caveman on May 31, 2023 7:11:03 GMT -6
The only thing I use on my lawn is this brush killer in the fall to get rid of creeping charlie:
Highly recommend it. Found in the farming section of Fleet Farm.
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Post by wklman on May 31, 2023 10:37:42 GMT -6
Back when I cared about and wanted a monoculture lawn, I used Menard's lawn fertilizers, crabgrass preventer, and broadleaf killer. Spring, summer (late June, early August), fall fertilizer applications. You could replace one or more fertilizer applications with either broadleaf killer plus fertilizer or crabgrass preventer plus fertilizer (if needed). The last year I did that I think I had over $2k in lawn care products. I don't care about a monoculture lawn anymore. I overseeded my lawn with white dutch clover, then scalped it to an inch with my mower when I was up at my place in April. I caught a good rain the next day and it started coming pretty decent 2 weeks afterwards. Think I'll do that again the next few years until the clover takes over the grass. |
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Post by MoBuckChaser on May 31, 2023 10:39:14 GMT -6
Back when I cared about and wanted a monoculture lawn, I used Menard's lawn fertilizers, crabgrass preventer, and broadleaf killer. Spring, summer (late June, early August), fall fertilizer applications. You could replace one or more fertilizer applications with either broadleaf killer plus fertilizer or crabgrass preventer plus fertilizer (if needed). The last year I did that I think I had over $2k in lawn care products. I don't care about a monoculture lawn anymore. I overseeded my lawn with white dutch clover, then scalped it to an inch with my mower when I was up at my place in April. I caught a good rain the next day and it started coming pretty decent 2 weeks afterwards. Think I'll do that again the next few years until the clover takes over the grass. Nothing wrong with an Alsike clover lawn |
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Post by wklman on May 31, 2023 11:51:47 GMT -6
I overseeded my lawn with white dutch clover, then scalped it to an inch with my mower when I was up at my place in April. I caught a good rain the next day and it started coming pretty decent 2 weeks afterwards. Think I'll do that again the next few years until the clover takes over the grass. Nothing wrong with an Alsike clover lawn I'll have to try it. Thanks |
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Post by MoBuckChaser on May 31, 2023 11:52:52 GMT -6
Nothing wrong with an Alsike clover lawn I'll have to try it. Thanks Grows low and you can’t kill it. |
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Post by smsmith on May 31, 2023 13:14:22 GMT -6
I don't think you'll ever get clover to "take over" a grass lawn. I've seeded clover on my lawns here a number of times. What seems to happen is the clover fills in where the grass doesn't have what it needs to grow (nitrogen I assume). The clover does well in spots for a few years, gets lush (makes a bunch of N) and the grass moves back in to use up the N.
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Post by smallchunk on Jun 3, 2023 11:42:01 GMT -6
I tried searching and couldn’t find anything, but that is usually the case when I search for things on forums, lol. Sorry if it’s already been brought up! What kind of system do you guys use for fertilizing your lawns. I don’t need the best looking lawn, but would like to keep it green during the year. I live in crappy North Branch sand ground and the former owner put in an older irrigation system. The lines need to be re run as it misses lots of spots but oh well. Here is my soil test. You can tell I (or previous owner) brought up my ph in the past by adding calcitic lime (only thing available at local garden center) and I have used too much milorganite (high p level). I added 160 lbs of dolomitic Pell lime just after taking the soil test on my roughly 35,000 sq. ft lawn. I was surprised Tractor Supply had it again since they haven’t since I moved to this place about 3 years ago now. I know I need K, and that should be an easy add. How about the Zinc? How can I get that? I know I could use Borax to get my Boron up. I need to spray for skeeters once my brother brings back the sprayer, can I add that to it or will the borax hurt the trees? Hope all is well, thanks for the help ahead of time! Maybe someday in the future I can worry less about my lawn and more about some hunting land 😄 You want a green lawn in the sand? Irrigation I’ve got that! |
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Post by smsmith on Jun 11, 2023 7:21:27 GMT -6
I don't think you'll ever get clover to "take over" a grass lawn. I've seeded clover on my lawns here a number of times. What seems to happen is the clover fills in where the grass doesn't have what it needs to grow (nitrogen I assume). The clover does well in spots for a few years, gets lush (makes a bunch of N) and the grass moves back in to use up the N. I was sitting on the back porch last night and remembered this thread. Last year, I had a guy bring in some black dirt to put around the septic lids. The ground had sunk a bunch and I wanted it taken care of. At any rate, I put a bunch of grass seed down and a bit of clover. It's not a great pic, but you can see where the clover is and where it is not. Where it is, is on the new black dirt. Where it isn't is in the established lawn (where I have spread clover seed a number of times over the years).  |
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