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| I have extremely low levels of phosphate in my soil. I am wondering if this may have been due to over use of the soil as it used to be a huge garden. Everything else shows fine and my pH level is 6.5 in most areas, but I cannot get grass to grow well. I also get dry pan and cracking badly.
I am wondering how much phosphate to add to the area and how long after applying to reseed my lawn. I think i am just going to use fescue to reseed and overseed. I have excellent nitrogen levels and potash levels, but need phosphate badly so I wonder how long Bonides phosphate takes to get into the soil. I applied some, worked it in with my garden weasel and watered, but I don't know how much to use. |
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- Posted by texas-weed 7A (My Page) on Wed, May 30, 12 at 0:22
| Well the only way to be certain is with a soil test, in which they would recommend x lbs/Kft. So since we do not know that apply at a rate of 1-lb/Kft2. So if using Triple Super Phosphate (0-45-0) apply the product at a rate of 2-lbs /Kft2. Or if it is time for fertilizer, then buy a bag of with a ratio of 1-1-X. |
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- Posted by s10sleeper Kansas (My Page) on Wed, May 30, 12 at 1:07
| the phosphate I applied was 0-45-0, I have communicated with K-State Ag research who said I can send a soil sample, but they said the results will probably be skewed by the phosphorus as I went ahead and applied it. As far as fertilizing, I have used Scotts turf starter and then also in the established grass the spray type, I can't recall the name, but it did not have much phosphorus, but a large amount of nitrogen. Amazingly today alot of the buffalo popped up out of the ground so I will just wait to see how it does and see how the fescue turns out in the other areas. |
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| I'm getting sooooo many different messages about using triple phosphate-from great to horrid.Anyone with experience using it? |
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