I was curious to see if any of you guys have used Greene County Fertilizer's Cool Season fert program? Or their Air-8 product?
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If you are primarily dealing with Bermuda/zoysia then idk. In my experience with Bermuda growth regulators or frequent mowing increase the thickness and health more than anything.
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Yes, I am dealing with primarily bermuda/zoysia. Frequent mowing does help but we have a lot of new construction using poor soils for fill then laying sod with a thin layer of topsoil on top of that.Extremely difficult to get a quality lawn from that sometimes. I am thinking that the roots have be maximized to get what I am looking for on the top side. Growth regulators are out of the question for me. Very touchy and exact use can be critical.
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I've considered buying the N-EXT products next year as a home owner. I have a couple test plots so was going to try them there first and see if I can see a big difference or not before I go all in. I have a 20k sqft yard so wouldn't be cheap. Have also considered a granular Humic product like Humic DG.
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You can mix up your own humic and kelp and spray it on your yard for a lot less than they are charging. You are essentially being charged to ship water
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Check out carbon x fertilizer for new construction, uses bio char as the carrier for macro/micro and has rgs in it. Should really build soil in those situations quickly. I have talked to the owners and they are committed to create a quality product that is not expensive and competitive with current granular options.
https://carbonearth.co
https://carbonearth.co
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Where can a home owner get liquid humic and kelp significantly cheaper? Its expensive to ship liquid.
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Dont think you can but you can get a granular product and disolve it in water to make your own liquid product. Cheaper then N-EXT products but you also have to do more work and mix everything youself.
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I got mine thru Amazon. Just a few ounces made 2 gallons of liquid.
I can go thru my paperwork and find the exact recipe if you want. Let me know.
You can also add molasses to feed the microorganisms in the soil as well.
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Where are you getting your supply? Rgs is cheaper than making my own from Helena.
Just saw where you were getting it from amazon. I'd be interested In Products bought but doubt they could provide my supply.
Sulfur free black strap molasses is what you want I think. 1 pt - 1 qt per acre maybe? It provides a good source for microbes.
I'm looking forward to this product. I hope it is as good as they say it is. I like the fact that it comes with some of the micros. I'm a homeowner with tons of fill dirt as topsoil in my neighborhood.
RGS 3oz/1000 and AIR8 6oz/1000 will run bout $.80/1000 for both! I can say one thing I will be looking to add this mix to a couple rds!
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Is that purchasing by the 5 gal bucket or by the tote?
RGS 2.5 gal jugs comes out to about $11.10/gal, @1 gal/acre
Air8 2.5 gal jugs comes out to about $9/gal, @265oz/acre
More you buy the less per gal you pay, but the shipping is what tears you a new corn shoot until you get to 5000 gals then its free!! My math may be off a few pennies either way, so don't hold me hostage on it!
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Came across these recipe's for your own concoctions in my explorations. A little more trouble but would save you huge on shipping...and overall costs for that matter. Just thought I'd share
https://aroundtheyard.com/index.php...w=article&id=154:soil-conditioner-and-kelp-help-plus-humates&catid=9&Itemid=117
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Rgs is about $9 per gallon in tote price. Think 9.50 for 5 gallon pails. Not sure in 2.5 but that seems more for diy guys.
Not sure about freight but the way it’s going it may be better to buy now than later
Not sure about freight but the way it’s going it may be better to buy now than later
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They are located 30 miles from me
Your dead on with the recipe's
Just another thing to think about in the wonderful world of lawn care!
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Exactly! From what I saw of that recipe and just some quick figures in my head, I can mix a bunch of that for cheap! You can always do some tweaking
One thing I've got a steady supply of around here is empty 2.5 gal jugs and tap water!
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I thought I'd bring this thread back up because I've done some checking on product and I can buy product to mix my own "biostimulant" in expensively. I have jugs so that's not a problem but thought it might be easier to add appropriate amounts of product(parts of the recipe) directly to tanks and skip the pre-mixing in jugs part of the process. I have excellent agitation in all of my tanks.
I was wondering if any of you had any experience doing this or could see any problem doing this. One product (Humic Acid) is a soluble powder and one is a liquid (Kelp Extract).Neither would be at a ratio that would be difficult to get into suspension given the agitation my tanks have.
Doing it this way would save me hassle(pre-mixing) It would also save me storage space as well as expense over buying it in liquid form from companies that ship the final product mixed in liquid form ready to dilute and use...
Thoughts?
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I don't see why that wouldn't work if you have the agitation, that will be the key. Humic acid doesn't like to stay suspended. The stuff I buy from GCF is 'long brewed' and even then I can't let it stay in my tanks over the weekend without it clogging the filters. Let us know how it works for you.
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