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Author: | stuart [ Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:02 pm ] |
Post subject: | Taking the lawn organic |
The previous owner of the house my wife and I bought had a company applying fertilizers and weed control 6 times a year. Even so the lawn is showing problems. I want to go organic and wonder what the first steps should be at this time of year? I'm a bit daunted at the task of this as I have a 2 acre lot or Bermuda grass so using a hand broadcast spreader or even a walk behind drop spreader will be inefficient at best. I'm currently looking into a large rotary spreader that I can pull behind the tractor so that should help. Any advice is much appreciated. |
Author: | sandih [ Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:27 am ] |
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http://www.dirtdoctor.com/view_question.php?id=1822 |
Author: | user_48634 [ Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:06 am ] |
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That link is better for selling products than it is for growing grass. If you want to grow great turf, there are three steps.
Notice that the first two elements are independent of whether you use organic or chemical fertilizers. If you do those you will be 90% of the way to a great lawn. The organic fertilizer IS NECESSARY if you want to eliminate the chemical insecticide that the chemical folks like to use. By using only organic materials on your yard you will see the return of birds, lizards, toads, and geckos. These critters are predators for bugs, slugs, snails, and caterpillars. When they come back you might see one or two bugs during the year but you will never again see an infestation of anything. With two acres I would seriously consider landscaping to eliminate 1.5 acres of the turf and replace that with statuary, walkways, gazebo, rose garden, rock garden, picnic tables, barbecue, deck, patio, hedges, orchards, arbors, topiary, and other landscape elements that create interest in an otherwise boring expanse of water hogging turf. |
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