stepping up your program

[grassmasterswilson]

I have been doing fert and squirt for a while now. I mainly stick with granular fertilizers and various weed control products. My chemical sales reps always seems to be pushing other things like ferromac and other types of fertilizers and iron.

I am pretty confident in the weed control aspect and I use my local university's fertilizer guidelines. Mostly it is 1 lb of N per 1000 sq. ft. and I do that 2 or 3 times a year.

What do you guys think about the other fertilizers or liquids? Would you substitute something different? I am mostly fescue and bermuda, with a few centipede. Some are irrigated and some not.

[thelawnkid]

I do add other stuff on the smaller lawns. I have used ferromec with good results. I just started using brexil multi and so far it has been doing great, better than the ferromec for sure. I am thinking about going to a whole new program that contains a little more micro nutrients and P and K and a little less N.

[greendoctor]

My program for a lawn is more like what is done on a high end golf course. No granules at all. A soil test is drawn upon induction of a new client. A liquid fertilizer program is developed based on the results of the soil test. There are two reasons for doing this. I am able to correct even a "problem" lawn or landscape and I set myself apart from the 1001 landscaping companies and lowball mowing operations. They fertilize a lawn once every 3 months with a generic granule. I am on the lawn with a liquid every month. If we are talking about the same product, Brexil is a chelated micronutrient mix normally used by fruit and field crop farmers. That is an almost complete mix, only thing missing is copper. To make grass green and flowers vibrant, it takes more than iron. That is why it does more than Ferromec. BTW, I do not like Ferromec. Turns everything it touches rust red. For micronutrients, I like FEature for Fe and Mn, Albion Labs Metalosate solutions for the other elements.

[Stillwater]

No granules on a high end golf course.. hmmm

[superintendent]

Your so wrong on only liquid on golf courses. Most use granular in the spring and fall and when it gets hot we switch to liquid to be putting down a tenth of a pd a week to get close to 1 lb in 3 months