Fertilizer

[Conan]

Which brand produces the best results? Scotts or Ferti-lome

[Chad@LebanonTurf]

Lebanon fertilizers produce the best results of any products out there! Any questions please fell free to ask me about them.

[Trimline]

That's a bold statement lebanon!

[awm]

POST SOME DOPE ON IT LEBANON.TELLUS ALL ABOUT IT
YOU GOT MY INTEREST.

[kutnkru]

AWM heres the skinny:

Lebanon Pro 26-3-8 w/ Team: This product is a well blended fertilizer that uses high nitrogen in addition to prociding crabgrass, goosegrass and poa annual control.

Lebanon Pro 28-6-12: This product is a well blended fertilizer that provides the optimum balance of N-P-K(nitrogen-phosphorous-potassium). Potassium at 12% is in our opinion the ideal level to provide resistance while helping to reduce drought, disease, and winter damage.

Lebanon Pro 19-2-6 w/ Dursban: This product is another well blended fertilizer providing our clients with those essential elements for a fast acting greenup and producing an extended feeding at the same time. The .6% Dursban provides effective control for Japanese Beetle larvae, sowbugs, and a variety of pests.

Lebanon Pro 28-6-12: Same as above.

Hope this helps.
Kris

[joshua]

ok i could be wrong about the 2nd to, but scotts new halts and crab grass is 32-6-12 i'm postive on the first but the others are abouts meaning 1 or 2 off.

[kutnkru]

It all depends on whose program you are using.

United Horticultural Supply offers a BCMU(Balanced Chain Methylene Urea) program:
14-14-14
10-18-22
15-0-15
22-0-22
by UHS
The shorter chains in BCMU provide fast greenup and a s they dissipate, the longer ones take over to give sustained feeding.

The result is improved color and stress resistance with overall improvement of the turf profile. it also encourages enhanced soil activity and healthier turf science microbes feed on BCMUs carbon and nitrogen molecules.
Lesco offers several choices for fertilizer applications:
32-0-10 ... 21-3-21 ... 24-5-11 ... 28-5-12 ... etc.etc.etc.

A comparable Lesco program would be:
Pre-M .86%: 25-2-25

Lesco Fert: 28-5-12

Dursban .97%: 32-4-7

Lesco Fert: 28-5-12

Hope this helps you with the itch. I could just see you scartching your head. -LOL

Kris

[Edited by kutnkru on 03-13-2001 at 03:26 AM]

[awm]

Lot different than just 10-10-10 we use to use
everywhere.Appreciate the info Kutnkru,guess
times they is a changin.

[Gtotoy]

i have been very happy using Lesco products.... thats all i can say!!!!!!!Free delivery here for me

[lawnboy82]

what is this N-P-K stuff? i thought it was N-P2o5-K2o
and didnt dursban just become a restricted use pesticide?

[LScom Addict]

Make sure that if you purchase Scotts that you get the professionals mix. It will have the capsules instead of the dust mix. You might also want to consider Vigoro available at the Home Depot. This product has the poly-on formula that Lesco aquired the patent on thru a legal loop hole for theoir products. I believe that this is going to be the last year Vigoro is able to use this technology.

[Chad@LebanonTurf]

Try Lebanon's Proscape line. This is their all homogeneous, methylene urea fertilizer. No guesswork about uniform distribution when spreading. NPK and herbicide is in every prill with the exact amount of nutrients in every prill. 20-4-10 is the standard analysis coming in a variety of herbicides including Barricade, Dimension, Team Pro, Ronstar, Team, and Trimec. Also checkout the 19-2-9 w/Confront weed and feed. All homogeneous, methylene urea, dynamite product with Lebanon having exclusive rights to COnfront on a fertilizer. Turf does not have to be wet so that the prill sticks to the leaf like many weed and feeds.

[SummitFarmer]

I got a flyer from Home Cheapo the other day and on one page they were selling the Scotts 4 step "program" in 5Ksqft coverage area for like $22 a bag. On the opposite page they were selling Lesco Professional products in 12.5K sqft. bag for $18-19. Let's see cover 10K ft for $44, or $19....hmmmm. I don't know if this was just a sale or what but it seemed like a no brainer to me. Wish I had some place to store a bunch.

[Skookum]

I tried looking at Lebanon's website last night but internet was all screwy. I am very interested in the fert with the confront. If it works good, it would be a time saver for me. I also dislike sprayer much more than just spreading.