As far as weeds that is one area where I’m trying to fine tune the organic approach….they say to mow your grass high and the grass will win out if it is healthy, but I’m seeing some evidence to the contrary. There are individual sprays you can make with Vinagar to kill stuff, but as far as a natural preemergent there isn’t really a silver bullet.

Supposably Corn Gluten Meal (different than plain Corn Meal) can somewhat accomplish this as it prevents seeds from sprouting while also providing a good source of nitrogen to your lawn, but basically you can expect to wait becaus that method basically wipes out weeds by preventing their children from spawning.

Anyway its still a learning process for me, but if you can get Soybean meal at a rate closer to mine it makes a good cheap effective fertilizer, I may mix in some chemical weed killer until I figure out how to properly fend off those organically…..I’ve tried hand pulling but thats nothing more than good exercise and the weeds are winning that battle right now.

So, now you’ll have to come up with an organic solution for the other chemical, weed control……lol

Thank you.

As far as rate I can get you a more precise answer, but essentially 10lbs per 1000sq ft is pretty much what you can use.

As far as overapplication this is the great part about using organic products such as soybeans…you cannot burn your lawn like you can with chemical fertilizers. Short of piling on so much that the grass is covered and can’t get sunlight you really have nothing to worry about.

Organic fertilizers break down slower and basically your lawn only uses as much as it needs, where as chemical fertilizers are more like an IV injection and if you overdo it you will burn/kill the plant.

Also unlike chemical fertilizers you can apply anytime of the day and don’t have to worry about the sun overheating your lawn and burning it.

I will find a couple pages that explain this better and give breakdowns of the nitrogen levels in various types of organic fertilizers so that you can know exactly what application rates you want to use, but like I said earlier you don’t have to worry too much about over doing it. General rule is you want about 10 parts nitrogen per 1000 sq ft….I believe soybeans have 9 parts nitrogen per 1lb, but I’ll look that up for you.

Do you know if an excessive application can damage the lawn like a chemical fertilizer will?

Thanks for your advice and help