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by Charley
October 25th, 2013, 1:48 pm
Forum: Organic lawn care
Topic: Corn Meal and Dormant Seeding
Replies: 6
Views: 559

Re: Corn Meal and Dormant Seeding

I am not planning to use Corn Gluten Meal. I will use just plain ground corn, finely ground to be called Corn Meal, not cracked corn. It is whole corn kernel, not the seperated gluten. My concern is related to the inhibition of germination from Corn Gluten as it will certainly be a part of the whole...
by Charley
October 25th, 2013, 11:09 am
Forum: Organic lawn care
Topic: Corn Meal and Dormant Seeding
Replies: 6
Views: 559

Corn Meal and Dormant Seeding

I am considering tossing some Kentucky Bluegrass seed in January. I have read several articles indicating the Corn Gluten will inhibit germination. Should I be worried about using just fine yellow corn meal now and will it inhibit germination several months down the road? My purpose in using the cor...
by Charley
October 21st, 2013, 11:04 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Anyone used Creeping Red Fescue in the Northeast lately?
Replies: 48
Views: 3354

Re: Anyone used Creeping Red Fescue in the Northeast lately?

I have had the Creeping Red Fescue in the lawn. It certainly has a different apperance. It looked so nice and soft and seemed to hold up well. I have a couple of very shady places where I am considering sowing some with dormant seeding in a few months. I have hesitated from using it as it seems to b...
by Charley
October 3rd, 2013, 11:40 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: FYI - Winterizer Fertilizers & fall feeding
Replies: 104
Views: 28224

Re: FYI - Winterizer Fertilizers & fall feeding

Very timely BUMP of timeless good information.

Thanks
by Charley
September 18th, 2013, 12:21 am
Forum: Lawn Renovations
Topic: Tenacity rate at seeding time?
Replies: 51
Views: 7067

Re: Tenacity rate at seeding time?

I have used Tenacity several times in the past couple of months. It is one of the few products which will get rid of nimblewill. The product name Tenacity is the label name for turf and lawn use. The same product has been available for years for agricultural use and marketed as Callisto. Price is mo...