Corn Meal and chemicals

[Sheila]

Hello, I am from Virginia, but this is the best site I could find for feedback. I have a question about the effectiveness of using cornmeal as a fertilizer and fungus controller if I have just put down a bag of crabgass controller and grub controller. I just found out now that cornmeal is very good at this. Looking at some of the posts, it looks like i should have just aerated my soil, dropped some cornmeal down,let the leaves drop, cover all the leaves with ironate. And then sweeped so the worms would get distrubuted. Can anyone tell me how long it will take a lawn to recover from a Chemical Treatment? i.e, fertlizer, crabgrass control, grub control and lime. Also, one post states that when toxic chemicals are used the effect of the cornmeal will be lost. How long will it take for the chemicals to break down, so I can then apply an effective coat of cornmeal?

Thanks,, Sheila from Virginia

[Soils Alive]

Shelia,

I would go ahead and apply the corn meal. This will start stimulating the soil microbes, which will speed up the chemical break down. The break down process can very on soil moisture, temperature and biological activity. I would apply the corn meal and molasses as biological stimulants, which will help you detoxify and improve your soils health.

[Dchall_San_Antonio]

I probably said that when fungicides are used, the antifungal effect of ordinary corn meal is lost. The use of general fertilizers and non fungicidal chemicals is basically okay with corn meal. Even if a fungicide was used, the corn meal is still a good fertilizer.

Sounds like you might be an organic convert!! Welcome :D