Ideal eq lawn fertilizer
- BuckeyeChuck
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Ideal eq lawn fertilizer
Has anyone heard of Ideal EQ lawn fertilizer? The place where I normally buy Milorganite has this now. looked it up online. At the moment they do not have Milorganite in stock however so far this appears to covers 2500 square feet and is 36 pound bag. I will have to drive to the store to examine the contents in person. Was not sure if possibly they rebranded this for the store?
- andy10917
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Re: Ideal eq lawn fertilizer
Yes, no, and Yes.
You provided nothing but gobbledygook (marketing names) to work with. 36 lbs of what? 2500 sq ft of what? Marketing means exactly nothing -- what's in the bag?
You provided nothing but gobbledygook (marketing names) to work with. 36 lbs of what? 2500 sq ft of what? Marketing means exactly nothing -- what's in the bag?
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Re: Ideal eq lawn fertilizer
Ideal EQ Natural Lawn Fertilizer with Nutripel 4-3-0 appears to be a biosolids product (from the Buckeye State), but they sure do go out of their way to avoid saying so.
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Re: Ideal eq lawn fertilizer
36 lbs per 2,500 square feet is 14.4 lbs/K, times 4% nitrogen equals 0.576, or 0.6 lbs per thousand of nitrogen.
That's a little low, but it'd work fine. Personally, for spring I'd say that's kind of trim. For fall, I'd step that up to 25 pounds per thousand to get a full pound of nitrogen per thousand. Assuming nothing nasty, and biosolids do have to meet fertilizer standards, I wouldn't have any objection to using it.
The phosphorus is awfully high so long-term use might not be the best idea--but if your soil is also low phosphorous, it would solve that problem over time as well.
And depending on your potassium levels, that 0 might be high, low, or just right...
That's a little low, but it'd work fine. Personally, for spring I'd say that's kind of trim. For fall, I'd step that up to 25 pounds per thousand to get a full pound of nitrogen per thousand. Assuming nothing nasty, and biosolids do have to meet fertilizer standards, I wouldn't have any objection to using it.
The phosphorus is awfully high so long-term use might not be the best idea--but if your soil is also low phosphorous, it would solve that problem over time as well.
And depending on your potassium levels, that 0 might be high, low, or just right...
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Re: Ideal eq lawn fertilizer
Sorry. I was using my phone to post this a few days ago and had some problems. I posted a link to it a few min ago using my laptop.
https://www.menards.com/main/outdoors/g ... 878&ipos=2
Feel free to delete the other post I just made.
https://www.menards.com/main/outdoors/g ... 878&ipos=2
Feel free to delete the other post I just made.
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Re: Ideal eq lawn fertilizer
Yes, that it the link I added for you a couple days ago, plus another more helpful link.
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Re: Ideal eq lawn fertilizer
Bumping this thread as i see this in Indianapolis area big box stores now where they used to sell milorganite. Similarly priced but a little less iron.
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