my first 10 yards that i aerated, seeded, and fertilized are the greenist around.

[steve-o]

this is a true story. it turns out that the manufacturer of the fertilizer actually had the spreader settings wrong. in this case it was a big difference. i use an earthway spreader and they had the drop and rotary reversed. i was putting the fert down at #23 when it should have been #15. i wasted some fert, but man these things are green and growing like crazy.

steve

[MASTERMOWER]

Pictures?

I love super-green lawns.

[TRANSMAN]

Next year it`ll be

this is a true story. it turns out that the manufacturer of the fertilizer actually had the spreader settings wrong. in this case it was a big difference. i use an earthway spreader and they had the drop and rotary reversed. i was putting the fert down at #23 when it should have been #15. i wasted some fert, but man these things are green and growing like crazy.

steve

Next year it will look like a 100 ton dog pee`d on them!!!!!!

By the time all the nitrogen soaks in / gets absorbed ,Yellow will be the color , and your new user name!!!!!!!!:laughing:

T-puppyCAT

[MASTERMOWER]

Next year it will look like a 100 ton dog pee`d on them!!!!!!

By the time all the nitrogen soaks in / gets absorbed ,Yellow will be the color , and your new user name!!!!!!!!:laughing:

T-puppyCAT

N soaks in, gets absorbed?

First off.......the applications weren't put down last week. Secondly, I betca Steve used a fert with a maximum of 33% SR N. Most of the nitrogen has already been made available to the plant. The rest will follow soon.....

Besides, nitrogen is easily leached from the soil anyhow.

He's fine........no dog pee.


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Time will tell

N soaks in, gets absorbed?

First off.......the applications weren't put down last week. Secondly, I betca Steve used a fert with a maximum of 33% SR N. Most of the nitrogen has already been made available to the plant. The rest will follow soon.....

Besides, nitrogen is easily leached from the soil anyhow.

He's fine........no dog pee.


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What, N does not get absorbed????

Off coarse this is trees but growth should be growth on carbon based plants of any nature within reason....

http://herkules.oulu.fi/isbn9514259114/html/x199.html

If you click the link , read down to the 4th line dont they describe nitrogen as getting absorbed??????????

Does the grass just change color because it likes the smell of it????

It does get into the grass itself does it not????? maybe your correct.....

Regardless......

Yes i agree with MM on the pictures ....

Presant and next year , spring........

I saw the same thing happen... So if the results differ then the dated pictures will tell the tale.....:laughing:

T-pupstercat

[steve-o]

we are good in hooterville.......

N soaks in, gets absorbed?

First off.......the applications weren't put down last week. Secondly, I betca Steve used a fert with a maximum of 33% SR N. Most of the nitrogen has already been made available to the plant. The rest will follow soon.....

Besides, nitrogen is easily leached from the soil anyhow.

He's fine........no dog pee.


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Pictures?

no pictures here. i honestly don't have a digital camera. my wife does. i haven't a clue how yall do that stuff. even if i did, how would you know they are mine? 25% mastermower. they are green though and big time green. i'll have to see the difference in the ones i did after i found out. these yards look like somebody dumped ironite on them. 2 more weeks and they get round #2, 32%. maybe i'll bite the bullet and keep the wrong spreader setting and keep cutting till xmas with alittle help from mother nature. there is a round #3 coming too.

steve

[MASTERMOWER]

I'd be light on the 2nd app there Steve. You don't want that extra 25% SR N to clash with the added 68% N!!!

Check this out Mr. Twanny, actually customer quote........

"within 48 hours after the fertilizer application, our lawn looked great...."
And it does......greenest on the block, most weed-free as well. I must admit though, I didn't spread but 1.25 lbs N per 1000SF, 25% SL.

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Post those babies

I'd be light on the 2nd app there Steve. You don't want that extra 25% SR N to clash with the added 68% N!!!

Check this out Mr. Twanny, actually customer quote........

"within 48 hours after the fertilizer application, our lawn looked great...."
And it does......greenest on the block, most weed-free as well. I must admit though, I didn't spread but 1.25 lbs N per 1000SF, 25% SL.

Pictures....

Now you know everyone including you loves a picture ,and "it says a thousand words" so please post pictures.........

T-puttyCAT

[treedoc1]

not leached but gone none the less

Come on MM, aren't you just out of college. This was soil science 101

Nitrogen from urea can be lost to the atmosphere if fertilizer urea remains on the soil surface for extended periods of time during warm weather.

Urea breakdown begins as soon as it is applied to the soil. If the soil is totally dry, no reaction happens. But with any small amount of soil moisture, urea normally hydrolizes and converts to ammonium and carbon dioxide. This can occur in 2 to 4 days and happens quicker on high pH soils.

The ammonium is what is volatile and goes into the atmosphere.
So not really leaching into the soil, but gaseous into the atmosphere.

When a urea particle dissolves, the area around it becomes a zone of high pH and ammonia concentration. This zone can be quite toxic for a few hours. Seed and seedling roots within this zone can be killed by the free ammonia that has formed. Fortunately, this toxic zone becomes neutralized in most soils as the ammonia converts to ammonium. Usually it's just a few days before plants can effectively use the nitrogen. That's where the yellow impression might come from misapps.

Normally that 46-0-0 is the rapid release part of the balanced fert and the volatility is lessened with colder temps, thats why it's a good winterizer app, less chance of burning when the temps drop, the chemical reaction is slower.

Shouldn't be much yellowing next spring.

[MASTERMOWER]

Come on MM, aren't you just out of college. This was soil science 101

Spring 06.....yes sir...

I posted my thought provoked question for Twanny to answer. He's learning a lot these days. Best part is, he's smarter than most of the lawn boys here................HE ACTUALLY KNOWS HOW TO LOCATE ANSWERS ON HIS OWN!

[TRANSMAN]

More importantly!!!!!

Spring 06.....yes sir...

I posted my thought provoked question for Twanny to answer. He's learning a lot these days. Best part is, he's smarter than most of the lawn boys here................HE ACTUALLY KNOWS HOW TO LOCATE ANSWERS ON HIS OWN!

I was just busting Steev-eeeee-ooooo`s chops about his fertilizing glitch.....

We joke around with each other knowing it is a joke and in good old fun!!!

I really did not think there was any 100 ton pups running around anywhere

I P.m`d him and made sure he knew i was just joking and he approved me for my response......

I was just reading some older "i think" thread M.M where you were trying to think of the name of the act protecting consumers from bogus warranty denials from major companies.....

I was going to post back but forgot where the thread was as i`m a little fuzzy from a dental visit and anesthesia.....

That act you were referring to i believe was the Magnuson Moss Warranty Act , and should protect somebody from the hypothetical question you were asked regarding using aftermarket oil filters and why the manufacturer shouldn't void any warranty as long as the product met the requirements of said manufacturer.....

Sorry im off topic but im to lazy now and drugged up as of now to find whatever thread i had been reading earlier......

T-Pup.....CAT........

[steve-o]

where was treedoc1 for my soil sample sample thread ?

did he reply ???? damn, i missed another good chance to learn something.

steve

[MASTERMOWER]

Pictures....

Now you know everyone including you loves a picture ,and "it says a thousand words" so please post pictures.........

T-puttyCAT

Pictures? Yes, I'll try. Won't be till next week though.......stay tuned?

[steve-o]

nothing like a one hit wonder.......

Come on MM, aren't you just out of college. This was soil science 101

Nitrogen from urea can be lost to the atmosphere if fertilizer urea remains on the soil surface for extended periods of time during warm weather.

Urea breakdown begins as soon as it is applied to the soil. If the soil is totally dry, no reaction happens. But with any small amount of soil moisture, urea normally hydrolizes and converts to ammonium and carbon dioxide. This can occur in 2 to 4 days and happens quicker on high pH soils.

The ammonium is what is volatile and goes into the atmosphere.
So not really leaching into the soil, but gaseous into the atmosphere.

When a urea particle dissolves, the area around it becomes a zone of high pH and ammonia concentration. This zone can be quite toxic for a few hours. Seed and seedling roots within this zone can be killed by the free ammonia that has formed. Fortunately, this toxic zone becomes neutralized in most soils as the ammonia converts to ammonium. Usually it's just a few days before plants can effectively use the nitrogen. That's where the yellow impression might come from misapps.

Normally that 46-0-0 is the rapid release part of the balanced fert and the volatility is lessened with colder temps, thats why it's a good winterizer app, less chance of burning when the temps drop, the chemical reaction is slower.

Shouldn't be much yellowing next spring.

maybe this guy should improve his post count...............................

steve

[jrservices]

Cmon, Dawg. post pics at Photobucket, then dump em on here. I wanna see em.:laughing::laughing::laughing: