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#78513 - 06/04/06 07:17 AM
Re: fertilizing lawns
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Registered: 10/08/04
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About everyone around here in my neigborhood has chem lawn . If the wind blows in the way toward my house on the corner downwind we can smell the chemicals . One will spray there lawn aross the street and then the other neighbor will spray in the back of us . You can't walk across tthe lawn until it is dry
We have lived in our house for over 20 yrs and have never sprayed our lawn . It is bad for the dogs and kids . Now, we did for the front lawn put some ferlilezer on the grass it started to look really bad , but not the back yard .
I really like my weeds and the wild violets so much the purple and the white ones.
Renee
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#78515 - 06/07/06 02:50 AM
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Registered: 06/26/03
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Loc: pennsylvania
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I have a new lawn (2 years old) and it looks great. I have been using a private landscaper to do the fertilizing. He does not charge us any more than going to Lowe's and buying the bags. We always bought one bag too many so we did not run out. The extra bag we bought now pays for the guy to do it for us.
It is granular and he comes 5 times per year until the lawn is firmly established. He looks at our trees and shrubs while he is here and makes comment if needed. I like the service. I never lived anywhere that would grow a lawn so I am loving it.
Lynn
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#78516 - 06/07/06 07:13 AM
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Registered: 01/01/04
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Loc: Tazewell County, VA, USA
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Horse manure.
I'm giving it away.
Come, get it.
Free.
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#78517 - 06/07/06 09:05 AM
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Registered: 10/08/04
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That is so good for gardens and flower beds and the lawn , oh, but the smell for miles and miles . Haaz.......
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#78518 - 06/09/06 12:39 AM
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Registered: 01/01/04
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Loc: Tazewell County, VA, USA
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You're confusing horse manure with chicken manure which REALLY stinks and burns. If horse manure has been cured correctly, there's no smell.
I'd take the smell of raw, fresh horse manure ANY day over the smell of chemicals.
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#78520 - 06/09/06 08:20 AM
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I agree with you about the horse manure . I have never seen a squirrel or a bird run across my neighbors lawns either . You got that right Chatty. I don't like the smell of chemicals lawns.
[ June 09, 2006, 01:21 AM: Message edited by: Renee ]
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#78521 - 06/13/06 01:12 AM
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Registered: 06/26/03
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Loc: pennsylvania
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My yard is full of birds, bunnies, squirrels etc. Actually, the bunnies can find another home because they are eating my garden!
I guess my landscaper does not use chemicals when he treats my lawn?
I compost the veggies and would love some of Thistles' horse manure!!!
Lynn
Lynn
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#78522 - 06/15/06 07:32 AM
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Also, visit your local nursey who may have a schedule to follow for your specific grass.
I've a bug problem w/ mole crickets, ants and other various insects. Most products purchased at Lowe's, Home Dept or Wal-Mart do not seem to work very effectively b/c most only treat one problem at a time. Also, the costs add up. A neighbor has recently discovered "TalStar" which takes care of all those pesky bugs. Just as soon as the hurricane rain ends, I'll purchase a bag from the local feed store. I understand that you should begin application near the house and work your way out. I'll let ya'll know how it works out in a couple months!
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#78524 - 06/14/06 10:04 PM
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JawJaw, I believe you can purchase at your local feed store or Tractor supply. A 25 lb bag should cover 5,000 sf. Although it does not fertilize, my neighbor used TalStar past spring and her yard looks wonderful, especially since those crickets no longer wreak havoc upon the lawn. Here's a helpful website: http://www.doyourownpestcontrol.com/talstar.htm
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#78528 - 06/15/06 05:45 AM
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J.J.
No fire ants here , must be in Ala . I have ants that have invaded my kithen and I read where one part vinager and one part water and spray on the outside of the house and inside and so far it has worked for my ants . I love the smell of vinager . Well, I am coming that way in July I like to see those thing fire ants that it .
Renee
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#78530 - 06/23/06 09:58 AM
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Registered: 09/29/05
Posts: 217
Loc: Moscow
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There is only ONE thing that will get rid of fire ants: a product called Logic or Award. It's a growth inhibitor that when picked up by the ants as food, prevents the ant eggs from developing and hatching. It takes about 4 weeks to reduce a mound. It is NOT a poison and will not kill ants or anything else. Perfectly safe around pets and children.
It's expensive but it works. You just have to keep after the ants continuously so that the eggs never hatch. I used to buy the stuff in 25 pound bags at the farm/feed store.
The problem is that if you have neighbors who don't treat their fire ant problem, their ants will always be burrowing onto your property. They're a pestilence.
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