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Scott's bonus S
Posted on 4/15/13 at 9:17 am
Posted on 4/15/13 at 9:17 am
OB
Put down Scott's bonus s Saturday before the rain, how long do I have to wait to put down the Scott's turf builder?
Tia
Put down Scott's bonus s Saturday before the rain, how long do I have to wait to put down the Scott's turf builder?
Tia
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Posted on 4/15/13 at 9:18 am to aparke7
I believe the answer is 8 weeks.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 9:21 am to aparke7
what type of grass do you have? If it is centipede, don't do it. Centipede needs very little fertilizer and many a centipede lawns have been destroyed by over fertilizing
Posted on 4/15/13 at 9:29 am to Tigerpaw123
Yea I have centipede.
Glad you said that.
So should I wait 8 weeks?
Glad you said that.
So should I wait 8 weeks?
Posted on 4/15/13 at 9:41 am to aparke7
so pretty much in June you should be ok.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 9:45 am to Chad504boy
Preciate it!!
Posted on 4/15/13 at 9:46 am to aparke7
quote:
Glad you said that.
So should I wait 8 weeks?
wait till next year, if you put out bonus s, it has fertilizer already in it, you are fine
next year I would recommend you staying away from the combo weed n feed all together, in early march treat for clover and weeds with a 2 4 d based weed killer such as weed free zone, then in mid April fertilize with a centipede variety specific fertilizer (the middle number will be 0)
Posted on 4/15/13 at 9:51 am to Tigerpaw123
I haven't weed'n'fed or fertilized my lawn in 3 years (yeah, I'm a slacker) but when I used Bonus S on my centipede lawn 4 years ago it worked wonders.
Grass turned a nice dark uniformed green and didn't have a single weed pop up at all that year.
I didn't use anything other than the Bonus S.
Grass turned a nice dark uniformed green and didn't have a single weed pop up at all that year.
I didn't use anything other than the Bonus S.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 10:38 am to Tigerpaw123
many a centipede lawns have been destroyed by over fertilizing
You need to listen to this.
I fertilized centipede real hard one spring. I had the greenest grass in town. It is currently pine straw.
You need to listen to this.
I fertilized centipede real hard one spring. I had the greenest grass in town. It is currently pine straw.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 10:40 am to Bill Parker?
quote:
I fertilized centipede real hard one spring. I had the greenest grass in town. It is currently pine straw.
this makes no sense at all.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 10:41 am to Bill Parker?
quote:
I fertilized centipede real hard one spring
What do you consider real hard?
40 pounds of Nitrogen per acre?
What kind of fertilizer?
Posted on 4/15/13 at 10:42 am to Nodust
quote:
What do you consider real hard?
yeah, you're only supposed to do it once in spring at a correct spreader setting and that's it. Another time in summer if you want.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 10:44 am to Chad504boy
I would never use Scott's bonus whatever. Over priced cheap fertilizer. Most of it is all nitrogen. That is not what lawns need.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 10:57 am to cdaniel76
You should only fertilize centipede in the spring, and stay away from a fertilizer high in nitrogen. Too much nitrogen makes the grass out-grow the roots and increases the chance for insect problems. I agree with the post above about using a weed killer and fertizer separately.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 11:03 am to chadau79
And never lime it. Unless your pH is below 5.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 11:12 am to Chad504boy
quote:
I fertilized centipede real hard one spring. I had the greenest grass in town. It is currently pine straw.
this makes no sense at all.
I think it means he over fertilized and it looked good for a short time, but is now dead.
The part he bolded about being careful to not overfertilize helped me crack the code.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 11:14 am to tigerfoot
I guess I should add that it's a brand new lawn that was put down when I closed on my house. I have a pretty robust sprinkler system that watered 5 days a week our first 2 weeks in the house, then every three days since then.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 11:23 am to aparke7
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I guess I should add that it's a brand new lawn that was put down when I closed on my house. I have a pretty robust sprinkler system that watered 5 days a week our first 2 weeks in the house, then every three days since then
Just leave it alone, water as needed, but remember it is better to water heavy fewer times than lightly more often (this will force the roots to go deep versus spreading out just below the soil making them easier to burn)
also, raise your mower deck to allow the grass to be 1 1/2 inches (this will look too long for a while but will thicken up and be beautiful)
This post was edited on 4/15/13 at 11:24 am
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