Howdy from Taylors. I think Connor Ward has a YouTube video about this. Is there any chance the granular could have been clumped slightly and left some bigger chunks?

 

Hey, neighbor! I'm not far from you, Greer, SC.

I guess theres a slight chance it was clumped. Is there anything I can do to correct this and should I worry about any harm being done at this point?

 

I believe this is the video I was thinking of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3Yxsr7kwdg

I'm pretty new to this so maybe someone with more experience will chime in but I'm thinking the Bermuda will grow back with a little time.

 

Thanks for the video!

Here are some photos of the front lawn where no dogs are. The camera may not pick it up completely but in some areas there is a yellow tint. My lawn isn't 100% out of dormancy yet but when I fertilized it was at least 60% or more a week ago. I'm hoping as its awakening everything will green back up on it's own.

 

Thanks for the video!

Here are some photos of the front lawn where no dogs are. The camera may not pick it up completely but in some areas there is a yellow tint. My lawn isn't 100% out of dormancy yet but when I fertilized it was at least 60% or more a week ago. I'm hoping as its awakening everything will green back up on it's own.

Are you specifically talking about the yellow dots?

Edit- nevermind. I'm an idiot.

 

Hopefully I can get some clarity on this...

I used Rodgers 16-4-8 granular fertilizer about a week ago. According to the label, one 50 lb bag covers 5000 sqft but what confuses me is the following. If I take the 16-4-8 fertilizer, divide 100 by 16. The result is 6.25 pounds of product per thousand square feet: 100/16 = 6.25 to get 1 lb of nitrogen per 1000 sqft.

With this math one 50 lb bag would cover up to 8k sqft. I applied 2 bags across my entire 10k sqft lawn based on the label recommendations of 1 bag/5k sqft.

Which recommendation should I have followed here and did I apply way too much fertilizer to my lawn?

 

The 50lb bag is 16% N by weight. 50lb * 0.16 = 8lb N per bag. For two bags, that's 16lb of Nitrogen. Across 10ksqft that gives a N rate of 1.6lb/1000ksqft.

 

The 50lb bag is 16% N by weight. 50lb * 0.16 = 8lb N per bag. For two bags, that's 16lb of Nitrogen. Across 10ksqft that gives a N rate of 1.6lb/1000ksqft.

Is that too much for the area I have?

 

That is the typical fertilizer burn after granules are spread on a reel low lawn. They sit on the leaves rather than going down to the soil level as they would on a high cut lawn. If the granules have any kind of coating or slow release, they are no longer slow release if the reel mower cuts them. Plenty of water if it s not raining hard and regularly is the remedy.

 

That is the typical fertilizer burn after granules are spread on a reel low lawn. They sit on the leaves rather than going down to the soil level as they would on a high cut lawn. If the granules have any kind of coating or slow release, they are no longer slow release if the reel mower cuts them. Plenty of water if it s not raining hard and regularly is the remedy.

Thanks so much! Doesn't sound like there's anyway to avoid this when using a reel mower.

 

There is a reason why I spray feed lawns.
No granules to sit on top of grass or get chopped by reel mowers.
The granules that do work in a reel cut situation are called greens grade fertilizers. They are small granules that disperse or dissolve on contact with water. They cost about $50-65 a bag. Way more than lawn food designed for high cut cool season grass.

 

There is a reason why I spray feed lawns.
No granules to sit on top of grass or get chopped by reel mowers.
The granules that do work in a reel cut situation are called greens grade fertilizers. They are small granules that disperse or dissolve on contact with water. They cost about $50-65 a bag. Way more than lawn food designed for high cut cool season grass.

Great information! Thanks

 

It will be ok, just a little ugly for weeks or so. I've done it on multiple occasions because I'm too cheap to buy greens grade and haven't tried any spray fertilizers yet. I try to time the apps with rain but it sometimes the forecast is wrong and doesn't then it looks like this :lol:

 

1.6 pounds of N per 1000 sq ft is way too much. You only need about .5-.75 pounds per 1000.

 

1.6 pounds of N per 1000 sq ft is way too much. You only need about .5-.75 pounds per 1000.

I realize that now. I just went by the bags recommendation that one 50lb bag covers 5000sqft. I'm not sure why they would state that since one bag at 16-4-8 is enough to cover 8k sqft with 1 lb of nitrogen/1k sqft. I even called the manufacturer and she confirmed the same thing. I didn't break the math down until after I had already spread it and begin asking why they would advertise it that way.

 

It will be ok, just a little ugly for weeks or so. I've done it on multiple occasions because I'm too cheap to buy greens grade and haven't tried any spray fertilizers yet. I try to time the apps with rain but it sometimes the forecast is wrong and doesn't then it looks like this :lol:

So you're telling me there's hope! lol

I would use a liquid fertilizer but when mixed with my blue lawn dye to ensure equal coverage my lawn looks crazy for a few days until it fades or cut away.

 

It will be ok, just a little ugly for weeks or so. I've done it on multiple occasions because I'm too cheap to buy greens grade and haven't tried any spray fertilizers yet. I try to time the apps with rain but it sometimes the forecast is wrong and doesn't then it looks like this :lol:

So you're telling me there's hope! lol

I would use a liquid fertilizer but when mixed with my blue lawn dye to ensure equal coverage my lawn looks crazy for a few days until it fades or cut away.

Having a Smurf Lawn is a right of passage for first time sprayers. It says "yeah my lawns blue, but so are my hands and feet and arms and teeth."

 

It will be ok, just a little ugly for weeks or so. I've done it on multiple occasions because I'm too cheap to buy greens grade and haven't tried any spray fertilizers yet. I try to time the apps with rain but it sometimes the forecast is wrong and doesn't then it looks like this :lol:

So you're telling me there's hope! lol

I would use a liquid fertilizer but when mixed with my blue lawn dye to ensure equal coverage my lawn looks crazy for a few days until it fades or cut away.

Same here dude. Learning curves on going from a good lawn to better is huge. I have backed away from the die this year and added some black colored green county products or spray when the dew makes it pretty easy to see. Goodluck

 

It will be ok, just a little ugly for weeks or so. I've done it on multiple occasions because I'm too cheap to buy greens grade and haven't tried any spray fertilizers yet. I try to time the apps with rain but it sometimes the forecast is wrong and doesn't then it looks like this :lol:

@Cory and others.

I applied 1 pound of N per 1K square feet 2 days ago...and I have just a little bit of fertilizer burn.

Im confused as to what causes fertilizer burn?

Is it putting down too munch N at one time? If thats the case what is considered too much. "I am doing a grow in right now on my renovation"

I was thinking you could be pretty aggressive "it is Bermuda " and could go lower or higher than 1 pound of N per 1k square feet IF...you watered the fertilizer into the lawn right away with a nice rain or long sprinker session?

Im just not sure what to "avoid" to keep from burning the lawn?

 

It will be ok, just a little ugly for weeks or so. I've done it on multiple occasions because I'm too cheap to buy greens grade and haven't tried any spray fertilizers yet. I try to time the apps with rain but it sometimes the forecast is wrong and doesn't then it looks like this :lol:

@Cory and others.

I applied 1 pound of N per 1K square feet 2 days ago...and I have just a little bit of fertilizer burn.

Im confused as to what causes fertilizer burn?

Is it putting down too munch N at one time? If thats the case what is considered too much. "I am doing a grow in right now on my renovation"

I was thinking you could be pretty aggressive "it is Bermuda " and could go lower or higher than 1 pound of N per 1k square feet IF...you watered the fertilizer into the lawn right away with a nice rain or long sprinker session?

Im just not sure what to "avoid" to keep from burning the lawn?

If you are mowing low it's because the prills are sitting on top of the canopy. They can't make their way through the canopy so when they start to release they burn the leaf tissue. Similar to a dog pee spot.

If you want to use granular products you either need to use a bio solid like milo or buy fertilizer with a smaller SGN (prill size). They are usually called fairway grade or greens grade. But the smaller SGN fertilizers are a lot more expensive so spraying fertilizers is usually the route most people end up taking or just using milo.

The lower you go the more expensive it gets :nod: :lol:

 

It will be ok, just a little ugly for weeks or so. I've done it on multiple occasions because I'm too cheap to buy greens grade and haven't tried any spray fertilizers yet. I try to time the apps with rain but it sometimes the forecast is wrong and doesn't then it looks like this :lol:

@Cory and others.

I applied 1 pound of N per 1K square feet 2 days ago...and I have just a little bit of fertilizer burn.

Im confused as to what causes fertilizer burn?

Is it putting down too munch N at one time? If thats the case what is considered too much. "I am doing a grow in right now on my renovation"

I was thinking you could be pretty aggressive "it is Bermuda " and could go lower or higher than 1 pound of N per 1k square feet IF...you watered the fertilizer into the lawn right away with a nice rain or long sprinker session?

Im just not sure what to "avoid" to keep from burning the lawn?

If you are mowing low it's because the prills are sitting on top of the canopy. They can't make their way through the canopy so when they start to release they burn the leaf tissue. Similar to a dog pee spot.

If you want to use granular products you either need to use a bio solid like milo or buy fertilizer with a smaller SGN (prill size). They are usually called fairway grade or greens grade. But the smaller SGN fertilizers are a lot more expensive so spraying fertilizers is usually the route most people end up taking or just using milo.

The lower you go the more expensive it gets :nod: :lol:

Now you tell me :shock:

 

It will be ok, just a little ugly for weeks or so. I've done it on multiple occasions because I'm too cheap to buy greens grade and haven't tried any spray fertilizers yet. I try to time the apps with rain but it sometimes the forecast is wrong and doesn't then it looks like this :lol:

@Cory and others.

I applied 1 pound of N per 1K square feet 2 days ago...and I have just a little bit of fertilizer burn.

Im confused as to what causes fertilizer burn?

Is it putting down too munch N at one time? If thats the case what is considered too much. "I am doing a grow in right now on my renovation"

I was thinking you could be pretty aggressive "it is Bermuda " and could go lower or higher than 1 pound of N per 1k square feet IF...you watered the fertilizer into the lawn right away with a nice rain or long sprinker session?

Im just not sure what to "avoid" to keep from burning the lawn?

If you are mowing low it's because the prills are sitting on top of the canopy. They can't make their way through the canopy so when they start to release they burn the leaf tissue. Similar to a dog pee spot.

If you want to use granular products you either need to use a bio solid like milo or buy fertilizer with a smaller SGN (prill size). They are usually called fairway grade or greens grade. But the smaller SGN fertilizers are a lot more expensive so spraying fertilizers is usually the route most people end up taking or just using milo.

The lower you go the more expensive it gets :nod: :lol:

Gotcha.

Yeah this cutting low stuff never stops with the $$$😀.

So with your front lawn what fertilizer do you use on it?

I'm guessing your back lawn is granular?

Thanks for help!!!

 

It will be ok, just a little ugly for weeks or so. I've done it on multiple occasions because I'm too cheap to buy greens grade and haven't tried any spray fertilizers yet. I try to time the apps with rain but it sometimes the forecast is wrong and doesn't then it looks like this :lol:

@Cory and others.

I applied 1 pound of N per 1K square feet 2 days ago...and I have just a little bit of fertilizer burn.

Im confused as to what causes fertilizer burn?

Is it putting down too munch N at one time? If thats the case what is considered too much. "I am doing a grow in right now on my renovation"

I was thinking you could be pretty aggressive "it is Bermuda " and could go lower or higher than 1 pound of N per 1k square feet IF...you watered the fertilizer into the lawn right away with a nice rain or long sprinker session?

Im just not sure what to "avoid" to keep from burning the lawn?

If you are mowing low it's because the prills are sitting on top of the canopy. They can't make their way through the canopy so when they start to release they burn the leaf tissue. Similar to a dog pee spot.

If you want to use granular products you either need to use a bio solid like milo or buy fertilizer with a smaller SGN (prill size). They are usually called fairway grade or greens grade. But the smaller SGN fertilizers are a lot more expensive so spraying fertilizers is usually the route most people end up taking or just using milo.

The lower you go the more expensive it gets :nod: :lol:

Would CarbonX also cause this type of burn or is that more like Milo that avoids this?

 

@ENC_Lawnmy first application was 34-0-0 and 0-0-60 but the lawn was just coming out of dormancy so burn spots weren't really an issue because so much of the lawn was brown anyway. The next round was 16-4-8, it did burn but it was a week before sand so wasn't a big a deal to me. The last two rounds I used GreenTRX, but it still burned even after heavily watering it in



I bought 46-0-0 a few weeks ago after seeing the first round of GreenTRX burning with the intention of spraying the rest of my apps after I'm finished with the GreenTRX. My backyard is tall enough that the standard cheap 34-0-0, 0-0-60, and 16-4-8 I use works just fine with no burning. If I use any of those on my front lawn currently it will look like it did in those photos from last year.

@Jimefam I'm not sure if CarbonX would because I haven't used it and didn't buy it but from the photos I've seen of it the prill size doesn't look small enough to me for it to fall through the canopy. Since it does have synthetic fertilizers in it I would assume it will burn the same way.

 

@ctrav sorry bro, you had to find out sooner or later :lol: