I just changed the subject line to "Northeast".

And I originally thought "NE" was "New England". I was wondering why Jon thought he was part of New England.

Overseeding will be cheaper and your lawn will look better in an instant, without chemicals, or prayer. I'm not so sure that I agree with that. I think if you ask KOG, me, Gary or anyone else that did a major overseeding or renovation last year whether they felt that it was "better in an instant", ...

Nothing: More questions... (1) No Lime? What is the natural pH in your area? That's quite a difference in pH between the front-yard and the back-yard that is still unexplained. (2) The CEC is very good at almost 15. Great! And the Organic Material is borderline Low. (3) The Calcium and Magnesium lev...

The Milorganite doesn't have all that much Nitrogen, but the amount of Carbon is huge and available. The rain probably leaches both Nitrogen and Carbon, so who knows the exact outcome. Don't try shortcuts - just work with the lawn and baby it a bit. Stick with it!

I don't think you're done with the sugar yet - I'd guess you've still got 10 days to go. That's a LOT of sugar.

Alright, Nothing - fess up! What have you been doing to your soil for the past 3 years? Your nutrients are all over the board - both very high and very low.

I'm not an expert on Indiana soils, but those results don't happen naturally. Tell us your lawn care story...

Andy, diclemeg, and others in NY state. This is headed your way.

TT - thanks! I raced home from NYC to try to beat the rain with a mowing after seeing that picture. The loving spouse had mowed the entire acre for me. What a woman! I married well.

*** Typed while BPGREEN was typing - some overlap *** There are two reasons not to do anything about weed control now for anything except the weeds that grow crazily and thrive on heat and dry conditions. In my area (not all that different from yours) Oxalis is the main weed that I will attack with ...

Potash is OK any time of the year, but is often seen in "winterizer" fertilizers because it helps with Cold Tolerance in turf. That is the only reason - there is no reason to avoid it at other times of the year. Some very conservative organic folks feel that the Chlorine content in Muriate of Potash...

I guess my answer would be somewhat similar to Morph's: the most important one to me is the first one that explains the headache I was testing the soil to figure out. If I was ever to be in a situation where I was limited to one test, however, I guess I would pick "pH" - it can make a mess of everyt...

Hi, Jim! Is there any chance that you put down Lime this Spring? Have you have been liming-without-testing for years? That's a pretty high pH for most areas In SE Michigan. If it was a recent liming, I'd ignore the pH reading if you took soil from near the surface. I'd ignore the Sulfur recommendati...

I assume that as long as we follow your directions and handle the copper sulfate and manganese sulfate carefully that it is ok for us to play lawn chemists? Yeah - if its a windy day, you may want to use a dust mask, but this stuff is generally safe but the dust can be a bit irritating. Its all ava...

Patrick: I love and hate the question. I love that people think about what is really important to the soil as opposed to blindly listening to marketing jargon from mass-market products like synthetic NPK-only bag products. I don't think you'll like my answer, but I thought about my answer for awhile...

I use it as a signal to reduce my weed treatments to spot treatments of Oxalis and stop ground ivy and wild violet treatments. I also always check the temperatures for the next three days before doing ANY treatments once the Oxalis blooms.

They are each about $4. Are these the right things?

Yup! That's them, and about the expected price.

I will look for a feed store or something to get the soybean meal for the future. There are Agways in your area - they can special-order it for you with a week's notice at no extra costs. No SBM now until at least late August. If you've got a truck or Suburban, go to Quincy and load up on the Bay S...

I saw two "signal" events yesterday here in the NY Hudson Valley area, and thought I would pass them along as notes to folks that are cooler than my area about where the line is currently - I haven't seen anyone passing along the signs for any other areas. Feel free to update this with the "signal s...

Well, I use June 15th as the cut-off for real fertilizers, and many of the members here think that is too late. If you're going to put it down, do it very soon. But then again, the Organic Choice stuff is only marginally more active than the Milorganite. Most of us throw bags of Milorganite down on ...

Morph: Up where I live, the larger "dog ticks" are considered an inconvenience (even though they can rarely transmit Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever). The large deer populations around me, and the always present Deer Ticks are a much larger threat. My wife has had Lyme Disease, my best friend lost 80% ...

I agree - it looks like what I used to have. I called mine the "museum of grass" because it had every variety of grass known to man. You're missing a few varieties. That lawn was healthy as a horse.