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| Planning a fall overseed on 10k square feet of my lawn in Leslie, MI. I have a limited budget and am trying to get this accomplished for about $300. Not looking for perfection. Also, I am not interested in applying RoundUp to the whole yard and starting over. Just wanting to get your thoughts on how sound the plan is before moving forward much farther. I do have a few questions at the end.
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| I see a few issues with your plan. 50 lbs of dolomitic lime is not going to do much for 10k square feet. For 10K square feet you would need about 400 lbs of dolomitic lime per application. The other thing is you might need calcitic lime, not dolomitic. Did you get calcium and magnesium levels from your soil test? According to the label Weed B Gone shouldn't be applied less than 4 weeks before seeding. If you spot spray weeds, it's probably not a huge issue, but a blanket spray with a hose end sprayer might prevent some germination. Questions: 1: You can put Milorganite down, I would apply it after putting the seed down. I think you are underestimating costs and amounts of materials. Do you have hoses for the whole yard and timers? The only straw I would use would be shredded straw, and that's like 10 bucks a bale and you would probably need around 10 bales. Also I don't like that blend of seed personally. Midnight is a great KBG cultivar, but I don't think it is the best to mix with TTTF. Also the only TTTF cultivar they listed that I have heard of is Essential, but there are many better ones out there. |
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| As usual, tiemco is "spot on" with his observations and suggestions. Especially on cost and materials. |
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