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OVER FERTILIZATION.

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From: TRACY SCHAEFFER
City:
WERNERSVILLE, PA
I HAD A LAWN SERVICE THAT I HAD CANCELLED. I DECIDED TO DO MY LAWN MYSELF. I USED SCOTTS TURFBUILDER 29-2-4 ON MY LAWN AT THE SETTING OF 3 RATHER THAN 3 1/4 AS THE BAG SAID . IT WAS A 15 POUND BAG AND AT THIS RATE IT HELD OUT FOR MY WHOLE YARD. I DIDN'T WATER AT ALL RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET RAIN THE NEXT DAY. I CAME HOME THE NEXT DAY TO FIND THAT THE LAWN COMPANY I HAD CANCELLED HAD CAME ANYWAY AND ALSO FERTILIZED MY LAWN. I WAS EXTREMELY MAD. NOW I AM WORRIED MY GRASS WILL DIE BECAUSE IT WILL BE BURNED. THE COMPANY USED A LIQIUD FERTILIZER. WHEN I GOT A HOLD OF THE MANAGER HE SAID THAT THEIR PRODUCT HAD A NITROGEN RATE OF 17 PERCENT.HE SAID MY LAWN SHOULD NOT BURN HE FELT THAT THE COMBINED RATE OF NITROGEN BETWEEN THE GRANUAL I PUT DOWN AND THE SPRAY WAS 46 PERCENT. HE TOLD ME NOT TO WATER. I AM WORRIED MY LAWN WILL BURN . I FEEL THAT I SHOULD GO OUT THERE AND BE HEAVY DUTY WATERING. WE HAVE HAD NO RAIN TO ACTIVATE THE GRANUALS I PUT DOWN . HELP. THE BAG OF TURF BUILDER WAS TO COVER 5000 SQ FEET.BELIEVE YOU ME I AM NOT DONE WITH THE LAWN COMPANY!

THIS TYPE OF GRASS IS ZOYSIA GRASS.

 
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