www.howdini.com Organic lawn care tips: How to grow a green lawn organically You don’t have to use chemicals to get a lush, green lawn. Scott Meyer, editor of Organic Gardening shows how to green your lawn safely, without harmful chemicals. Keywords: organic lawn care tips green lawn care
Organic lawn care tips: How to grow a green lawn organically
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CommentClown
June 16, 2010 at 10:22 am
Urea is a chemical. Yes.
What is an organic compound? A carbon based chemical. The world gets a little bit stupider every year. This type of branding just makes it worse.
kmsiever
June 16, 2010 at 10:41 am
@luwdmke And it increases flooding problems.
txrepgirl
June 16, 2010 at 10:58 am
Thank you for the great info
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miketonon
June 16, 2010 at 11:33 am
correction; every lawn needs TO GET NUTRIENTS, it doesn’t necessarilly need to be fertalized by you.
TheHabit00
June 16, 2010 at 12:33 pm
scott meyer is a great teacher! i learned a lot thanks howdini
flavordave73
June 16, 2010 at 12:36 pm
@cheerfulleigh Epsom salts are not actually a salt but contains Phospherous and nitrogen. The sugar acts as a stimulant. Mix 4lbs epsom with 1lb confectioners sugar with your regular fertilizer. Spread as usual. You can Googlesearch that combo to see results. This combo gives a deep green lawn. Also try a bag of organic nitrogen from home depot. Its about $12 and will not burn your lawn. Works great.
cheerfulleigh
June 16, 2010 at 1:21 pm
@flavordave73 What does Epxome salt and suger do? Fill me in please.
erikinhawaii
June 16, 2010 at 1:54 pm
You don’t want the kids to get poisoned running on the lawn- just let them swim in that chlorine pool.
flavordave73
June 16, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Epsom salt and sugar. Bam
Thezipprite1
June 16, 2010 at 2:45 pm
Go to This Channel , Zipprite , Check it Out .
bluejacket83
June 16, 2010 at 3:30 pm
@nacholibreanglais the point is to save the environment….agreed, i keep my lawn short. midway on the deck height
bluejacket83
June 16, 2010 at 3:49 pm
@Tommos34 honestly, nothing i think
katkollmer
June 16, 2010 at 4:21 pm
@AIRSOFT24503 lol…no I mean Chicken poo?
AIRSOFT24503
June 16, 2010 at 4:48 pm
@katkollmer you have a cockapoo, so do i!
steve89z
June 16, 2010 at 5:46 pm
exc advice,exactly what i do,but this year i now have a push reel mower,no gas,oil,and that mess! and it pushes easier than my gas one!
katkollmer
June 16, 2010 at 6:05 pm
What about Cockapoo?
katkollmer
June 16, 2010 at 6:35 pm
@GardenDocSC Yep…I am from Texas and growing the bermuda and Augustine long will prevent weeds. I never use weed and feed ever!
RedPillProject
June 16, 2010 at 6:53 pm
plant FOOD, not Grass!
(unless you actually plan on feeding your grass to your animals…)
Tommos34
June 16, 2010 at 7:41 pm
what do you do if you have mesh growing in your yard? i have a big tree in my yard and can never get good grass because of the roots under the tree. Every other area in my yard looks great exeecpt the area where this tree is. What can be done without harming the tree to prevent this?
GardenDocSC
June 16, 2010 at 8:12 pm
Beckman, you are, simply, wrong. Synthetic fertilizers do not bind to the soil, and run off or leach through the ground. An organic 3-1-5 will do a better and longer lasting job. The microbes in your soils will utilize it better. What good is 28% N if 95% of it ends up in the local rivers or aquifers.
And Nacho, the reason he recommends a taller grass is that it shades out/chokes out weeds.
Go look at videos from OrganicTexas. They explain it all perfectly.
luwdmke
June 16, 2010 at 8:43 pm
If you just put astro turf down it solves all your weeding, feeding and cutting problems. It also stays green and it’s pesticide free.
nacholibreanglais
June 16, 2010 at 9:05 pm
but shorter grass looks smarter and neater? cutting the grass so it still has length will look as if it hasnt been cut? the point is???
beckmanb72
June 16, 2010 at 9:48 pm
The 3-1-5 luscious lawn & garden organic fertilizer looks like a joke. The 3 is nitrogen which grass needs the most. Most traditional lawn fertilizers are 28-1-1. The organic fertilizer is taken from the environment which is depriving some other ecosystem. In addition the word chemical is used too loosely, I drink chemicals every day such as water.