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Brent
Joined: 09 Jan 2005
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Location: Cedar Hill,TEXAS
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 8:56 pm Post subject: Using Old Wheat on the Lawn |
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I recently inherited about 100 gallons of whole wheat from my wife's grandmother. The stuff is more than 20 years old, and was under her carport in AZ for the entire time. The heat killed all the nutritional value, but I would like to use it on my lawn as a natural fertilizer. Shoud I grind it and broadcast it like fertilizer, or should I compost it instead?
I have never tried this before, but it would be a shame for it all to go to waste. |
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CaptainCompostAL
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
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Location: Irondale,Alabama
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| Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 10:42 am Post subject: |
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| If it's really over 20 years old, don't worry about composted it first. Go for it, and use it as a soil amendment, or make a tea brew out of it, and use it as a foliar/soil drench on various plants or your lawn. |
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Marlyn
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 7:17 am Post subject: |
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Is it the berry that you have or is it already ground? If it's the berry, I would check to see if it will germinate before putting it out on the lawn. Hard to say how long some seeds will last.
Mary Ann |
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