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by Green
February 16th, 2023, 9:44 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: What's happening where you live?
Replies: 21
Views: 970

Re: What's happening where you live?

Things have now calmed down. Very little rain in about 3 weeks, which is good because some areas have finally dried out to normal (not all have). Still above average temps by 10-15 degrees. Today hit 65-67 as an extreme example. Next week is supposed to go back down to normal though (mid 30s to 40F,...
by Green
February 16th, 2023, 7:21 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Calculating Fertilizer analysis of a compound?
Replies: 14
Views: 363

Re: Calculating Fertilizer analysis of a compound?

And regarding the acid-base issue:

There is also a ready-made Potassium acetate-based product that has a 2-0-21 analysis. The 2% N is urea. But Potassium acetate solution is acidic, and urea solution is basic. How can you have both together in there like this and be ok? Solution at equilibrium??
by Green
February 16th, 2023, 6:58 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Calculating Fertilizer analysis of a compound?
Replies: 14
Views: 363

Re: Calculating Fertilizer analysis of a compound?

Yes, the burn potential is real. Thankfully I've never had it happen. That's why I'm reviewing all the calculations with you. The pre-made product recommends 2-5oz per thousand. I'm basing my revipe and rates off of it. Of course, I would go with the low end at 2oz of solution in a gallon and a half...
by Green
February 15th, 2023, 8:59 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Moss. Moss. Moss.
Replies: 18
Views: 762

Re: Moss. Moss. Moss.

Morph,

Do you happen have any good non-sulfur-containing moss killer recipes?
by Green
February 15th, 2023, 8:56 pm
Forum: Organic lawn care
Topic: Milorganite vs Grains
Replies: 24
Views: 3419

Re: Milorganite vs Grains

Morph,

Thanks for the Pootassium info.
by Green
February 15th, 2023, 8:54 pm
Forum: Water cooler
Topic: Home Brewing
Replies: 13
Views: 1579

Re: Home Brewing

Thank you for the experience!
by Green
February 15th, 2023, 7:51 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Calculating Fertilizer analysis of a compound?
Replies: 14
Views: 363

Re: Calculating Fertilizer analysis of a compound?

Morph, Thank you for pausing your workout routine to answer. Good to know I was on the right track. Apparently a tidbit 3 years of college chemistry just translated into real world stuff, and didn't all go in one ear and out the other! I didn't stop to figure out where the 0.0083 comes from, yet, bu...
by Green
February 14th, 2023, 9:37 pm
Forum: Water cooler
Topic: Home Brewing
Replies: 13
Views: 1579

Re: Home Brewing

bpgreen, If you're on here lately and see this, I wanted to ask if you had any experience with the company "Morebeer.com". Apparently they also have some physical store locations. Asking because I'm looking at purchasing some Potassium Carbonate for use in a "home brew" Summer foliar lawn fertilizer...
by Green
February 14th, 2023, 5:49 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Calculating Fertilizer analysis of a compound?
Replies: 14
Views: 363

Re: Calculating Fertilizer analysis of a compound?

Yeah. Looking forward to both of them commenting on this.

In the meantime, I thought of something:

Maybe my KCl example was off due to the fact that we measure "K" in "K2O equivalents" and not just "elemental K". If so, I'm not sure how this works into the calculation, exactly.
by Green
February 13th, 2023, 10:30 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Calculating Fertilizer analysis of a compound?
Replies: 14
Views: 363

Calculating Fertilizer analysis of a compound?

How do you calculate the fertilizer analysis of a chemical/biological compound orvmolecule given the molecular or ionic formula of the compound or molecule and nothing more? Is it as simple as totaling the ionic or molecular mass and finding the percentage of it that the target nutrient comprises? I...
by Green
February 5th, 2023, 9:54 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Home-made vole repellent longevity after significant rain?
Replies: 2
Views: 215

Re: Home-made vole repellent longevity after significant rain?

So far, it looks like most snow this year is short-lived, so I probably will not even bother. Actually, the ground is now frozen again after that 48 hour cold period and -8F temps the other night. Probably will thaw again in a week or two...
by Green
February 5th, 2023, 9:51 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Moss. Moss. Moss.
Replies: 18
Views: 762

Re: Moss. Moss. Moss.

Moss germination, not "less" germination. (If germination is the right word for moss.)
by Green
January 31st, 2023, 7:28 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Moss. Moss. Moss.
Replies: 18
Views: 762

Re: Moss. Moss. Moss.

Maybe the soil is more compacted and held more moisture where the mower wheels traversed, making the environment better for less germination. Do you use a light push mower or a heavier riding mower?
by Green
January 29th, 2023, 11:02 pm
Forum: Organic lawn care
Topic: Milorganite vs Grains
Replies: 24
Views: 3419

Re: Milorganite vs Grains

Morph, Interesting. I learned something from your post above: that biosolid fertilizers can easily have at least 0.5% or even 1% Potassium despite being marked 0. This is slightly more reassuring to know. Maybe they list 0 because the variability is too high and it's under 1% just as often as it's e...
by Green
January 29th, 2023, 10:46 pm
Forum: Weather
Topic: Winters with lots of rain: less snow?
Replies: 14
Views: 354

Re: Winters with lots of rain: less snow?

Yeah. That's the answer: it's warm enough that the amount of rain is excessive and ridiculous. We had 13+ inches of rain since Thanksgiving! Buried is not an exaggeration had it been snow instead. 125 inches of snow in two months? No thanks. And that's 3-4x the normal Winter total. Drought is pretty...
by Green
January 23rd, 2023, 7:04 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Home-made vole repellent longevity after significant rain?
Replies: 2
Views: 215

Home-made vole repellent longevity after significant rain?

This is my third year using Andy's Castor oil and dish soap vole repellent recipe (with my own additional ingredients added in last year--peppermint and hot pepper). No vole damage either year after having damage in the previous few years prior to using it. The thing is, since I put down the repelle...
by Green
January 18th, 2023, 10:48 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: What's happening where you live?
Replies: 21
Views: 970

Re: What's happening where you live?

Oh, and I actually did a charity mow on Jan. 2nd (to clean up leaves). Never mowed in Jan. before. Got clippings, too.
by Green
January 18th, 2023, 10:46 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: What's happening where you live?
Replies: 21
Views: 970

Re: What's happening where you live?

Our weather is starting to trend like Turf_toe's has been the last decade, the last few years. Maybe an inch of snow so far, but about 9 inches of rain and counting since Thanksgiving. (That would equate to like 85 inches of snow, which would be a disaster.) It's bad enough that the ground is satura...
by Green
January 10th, 2023, 7:09 pm
Forum: Weather
Topic: Winters with lots of rain: less snow?
Replies: 14
Views: 354

Winters with lots of rain: less snow?

This is the 3rd La Nina Winter in a row, I believe. Combined with the "atmospheric river"/onshore flow hitting the West Coast, it's causing January to be a bit warmer than average. We are still getting all the precipitation we normally do so far, just that more of it seems to be rain than in an aver...
by Green
December 6th, 2022, 11:21 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: 2022: What Did You Do On Your Lawn Today?
Replies: 213
Views: 20045

Re: 2022: What Did You Do On Your Lawn Today?

12/6/22: One final mow to clean everything up. The rain is ridiculous lately. Abnormally dry should be over any day.