Late Milorganite application

[Mattsbay18]

Was hoping to get some advice on a late Milorganite application. I came across some clearance Milorganite at Menards, $2.50 a bag. I live in Wisconsin and I'm about to be snowed in for the next few months. Would it be best to apply the Milorganite now, before the snow comes or should I store it in the garage for an early spring application?

Thanks

[andy10917]

I'd save it for the Spring. Milorganite doesn't break down in the Fall (it requires the microherd to do that, and the microherd goes to sleep at roughly the same time as the grass). If the grass is still growing slightly, you may force tender new growth that may be damaged in Winter. So, basically there is nothing to be gained and the possibility of negative outcomes if you put it down now.

[Mattsbay18]

I'd save it for the Spring. Milorganite doesn't break down in the Fall (it requires the microherd to do that, and the microherd goes to sleep at roughly the same time as the grass). If the grass is still growing slightly, you may force tender new growth that may be damaged in Winter. So, basically there is nothing to be gained and the possibility of negative outcomes if you put it down now.

Then that's what I'll do. Thanks for the advice.

[73Chall]

That’s the advice I followed and it paid off. I brought 15 bags of the stuff home and was hot to trot when I came across (first time for me) the Fall Fertilizer guidance here, realized my lawn was smack in The Pause phase and, as hard as it was for me to “do nuthin” I put the bags up on a pallet until I was well into this year.

That stuff is the bee’s knees though!