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Summer heat is here! Next couple of days 90’ and above.
Don’t make the mistake of watering more than once a week at an inch at a time and no nitrogen which will only stress the lawn.
I'm confused, which isn't unusual when it comes to fertilizer and such. In the Milorganite thread, it looked to me like you were planning an application in early July. On the bags of milorganite it says, "nitrogen fertilizer." My plan was the apply right after July 4th. The temp's here have been in the upper 90's. Now I'm not sure if that is still a good plan or not .
I'm confused, which isn't unusual when it comes to fertilizer and such. In the Milorganite thread, it looked to me like you were planning an application in early July. On the bags of milorganite it says, "nitrogen fertilizer." My plan was the apply right after July 4th. The temp's here have been in the upper 90's. Now I'm not sure if that is still a good plan or not .
Milorganite is fine to use in ALL temps, esp. high temps. Apply anytime.
It is a slow release nitrogen and does not burn. At least have never had a burn with it and that is working in a nursery adding it straight to plants in pots as well as putting on my lawn.
I am in Missouri and I have to apply nitrogen throughout the summer. I live on a rock/clay bluff and chemical retention is not that good.
Last edited by Misty Mountains; 06-30-2018 at 07:31 AM..
I put down my July 4th bag of Milo yesterday. Most people find Milo to be pungent, but I told my wife that I'm starting to really like it LOL. Smells like.......a green lawn...
Very nice summary! I have to add a couple of things for my area.
I am here in Missouri and I tweak this schedule to 2 applications of crabgrass/broadleaf preventer. Either January/February and then June/July. Our season has been going too long and we now have weeds all year long.
Chickweed, spurge, plaintain, and more continue to grow in the landscape during our winters. The ground takes forever to freeze and we frequently have thaws in Jan and Feb. only to get cold again however the germination starts for the early spring weeds, hence the early application now.
This yr., I switched to a spot weed killer that has crabgrass preventer in it. Jury is out on that for now as I just started using it this yr.
Final point, go buy seed at a reputable place, your local farm and home stores will have better seed. I use "Earth Carpet" brand seed when I can get my hands on it. I have to drive for it.
Unfortunately, some people try to use synthetic fertilizer in the summertime which is typically a quick release and will end up burning their grass and then they don’t understand what happened.
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Originally Posted by PennyLane2
I'm confused, which isn't unusual when it comes to fertilizer and such. In the Milorganite thread, it looked to me like you were planning an application in early July. On the bags of milorganite it says, "nitrogen fertilizer." My plan was the apply right after July 4th. The temp's here have been in the upper 90's. Now I'm not sure if that is still a good plan or not .
Milorganite is fine to use in ALL temps, esp. high temps. Apply anytime.
It is a slow release nitrogen and does not burn.
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