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Scotts Weed Control Fertilizer Killed Our Lawn!! Measurements....
MICHELLE H. wrote:
The entire yard/house is on 0.11 acres. The property measurements for our entire lot/yard is 50 feet x 100 feet. We have 50 feet in front. 50 feet in back, and 100 feet on the sides of our property. So thats it, its official, our Scotts Drop Spreader must have malfunctioned, and even though it was set at 5.5, it must have came out at like a 10 or 11!? Well, I guess its going straight to the curb for trash pickup in a few days, and we have to invest in a new one!!! Everyone says to invest in a "rotary type" spreader, but is a "rotary spreader" really that good for our SMALL lawn??? I always thought that drop spreaders were good for small lawns, and rotary spreaders are better for bigger lawns??? I don't remember what the setting number pertains to, but you still don't seem to be using the right calculation. First, if the entire lot, WITH HOUSE, is about 5000 sq. ft., you need to consider the lot size MINUS the area of the house, driveway, flowerbeds, etc. If you take the actual area you covered, you will know how much you applied with the setting at 5.5. I would try, next time, setting it at about 1.5 and cover the lawn going both ways - small enough to repeat if needed as it is better to apply too little than too much. You may also want to avoid any fertilizer until your grass starts looking a little pale (not as deep green). A drop spreader might be better if you have hedges or flower beds that you don't want to throw herbicides into. Also, liquid herbicides or insecticides sometimes go on better with a hose-end sprayer, as you can hit only the areas that need it and you are done. |
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Scotts Weed Control Fertilizer Killed Our Lawn!! Measurements....
MICHELLE H. wrote:
The entire yard/house is on 0.11 acres. The property measurements for our entire lot/yard is 50 feet x 100 feet. We have 50 feet in front. 50 feet in back, and 100 feet on the sides of our property. So thats it, its official, our Scotts Drop Spreader must have malfunctioned, and even though it was set at 5.5, it must have came out at like a 10 or 11!? ... I'd say it's more likely it wasn't _really_ at the setting thought it was than there's anything fundamentally irreparable about it. All the numbers are for are a starting guide -- you should _always_ start low and measure an area and calibrate-in the actual drop rate. There's no guarantee if you toss this and spend the $$ the brand new one won't do the same if you don't pay attention to it more closely than apparently you and hubby have done...starting w/ figuring out how much you should actually use _before_ starting. -- |
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Scotts Weed Control Fertilizer Killed Our Lawn!! Measurements....
On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:03:47 -0400, (MICHELLE H.)
wrote: Everyone says to invest in a "rotary type" spreader, but is a "rotary spreader" really that good for our SMALL lawn??? I always thought that drop spreaders were good for small lawns, and rotary spreaders are better for bigger lawns??? I gave the neighbor a good drop spreader. I like this one for a small lawn. pic: http://www.acohardware.org/uploaded/...ndspreader.jpg |
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Scotts Weed Control Fertilizer Killed Our Lawn!! Measurements....
On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:49:04 -0400, Still Just Me...
wrote: The drop is much more accurate - as long as you don't miss anyplace - then you get stripes. ...and burns on the turns.. unless one pays attention.. |
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Scotts Weed Control Fertilizer Killed Our Lawn!! Measurements....
Jim Elbrecht wrote:
.... All in all it is a pretty good lesson learned all around. I've _NO_ confidence there's been any learning, unfortunately...certainly little if any indication of it, anyway. -- |
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Scotts Weed Control Fertilizer Killed Our Lawn!! Measurements....
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dpb wrote: Jim Elbrecht wrote: ... All in all it is a pretty good lesson learned all around. I've _NO_ confidence there's been any learning, unfortunately...certainly little if any indication of it, anyway. -- One thing that *I* haven't learned from the tale is how someone could know that they have 0.11 acres but have no idea how many square feet they have. |
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Scotts Weed Control Fertilizer Killed Our Lawn!! Measurements....
In article , Smitty Two wrote:
In article , dpb wrote: Jim Elbrecht wrote: ... All in all it is a pretty good lesson learned all around. I've _NO_ confidence there's been any learning, unfortunately...certainly little if any indication of it, anyway. -- One thing that *I* haven't learned from the tale is how someone could know that they have 0.11 acres but have no idea how many square feet they have. Or, even worse, how someone could know the exact dimensions of the lot, but still have no idea of the square footage -- and be completely unaware that two bags rated to cover 5,000 sf each is waaaaaaay too much for a 50x100-foot lot. |
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Scotts Weed Control Fertilizer Killed Our Lawn!! Measurements....
Smitty Two wrote:
In article , dpb wrote: Jim Elbrecht wrote: ... All in all it is a pretty good lesson learned all around. I've _NO_ confidence there's been any learning, unfortunately...certainly little if any indication of it, anyway. -- One thing that *I* haven't learned from the tale is how someone could know that they have 0.11 acres but have no idea how many square feet they have. Tax bill? Square feet of lawn is pretty irrelevant until you need to treat or replace it. Or both. ) |
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Scotts Weed Control Fertilizer Killed Our Lawn!! Measurements....
Doug Miller wrote:
In article , Smitty Two wrote: In article , dpb wrote: Jim Elbrecht wrote: ... All in all it is a pretty good lesson learned all around. I've _NO_ confidence there's been any learning, unfortunately...certainly little if any indication of it, anyway. -- One thing that *I* haven't learned from the tale is how someone could know that they have 0.11 acres but have no idea how many square feet they have. Or, even worse, how someone could know the exact dimensions of the lot, but still have no idea of the square footage -- and be completely unaware that two bags rated to cover 5,000 sf each is waaaaaaay too much for a 50x100-foot lot. Only reason I know the rough area of our condo lawn is because we used enough stuff to cover 25,000 sq. ft. Got the dimensions somewhere, but I would have to hire a physicist to figure out what is left after pavement, building, hedges, etc. There was some kind of song and dance for callibrating our spreader, but my memory isn't so good these days (all taken up with remembering internet passwords and bank pin numbers and grandkids birthdays ) |
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Scotts Weed Control Fertilizer Killed Our Lawn!! Measurements....
On Jul 2, 11:03*am, (MICHELLE H.) wrote:
The entire yard/house is on 0.11 acres. The property measurements for our entire lot/yard is 50 feet x 100 feet. We have 50 feet in front. 50 feet in back, and 100 feet on the sides of our property. * So thats it, its official, our Scotts Drop Spreader must have malfunctioned, and even though it was set at 5.5, it must have came out at like a 10 or 11!? Well, I guess its going straight to the curb for trash pickup in a few days, and we have to invest in a new one!!! Everyone says to invest in a "rotary type" spreader, but is a "rotary spreader" really that good for our SMALL lawn??? I always thought that drop spreaders were good for small lawns, and rotary spreaders are better for bigger lawns??? Just calibrate it dont junk it. But why are you using a drop unit for that much land, or maybe you are not it is a rotary unit, are you sure its not rotary, my cheapo scotts rotary does near 4x as much in one pass as a drop unit, so I walk 75% less. I called scotts to calibrate mine as it came set to high [ Scotts makes alot more money this way] Best is calibrate and underfeed always, that "scotts system" of a bag a season is unessary in my opinion for most. Actualy for many, and me, lawn treatments are a scam. Best is mulch grass, and mulch leaves and you are fertilised and done, You still didnt remove the house and everything else from your sq ft figures. |
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In article , ransley wrote:
Just calibrate it dont junk it. But why are you using a drop unit for that much land, "that much"?? 50x100 is a *small* lot. |
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Scotts Weed Control Fertilizer Killed Our Lawn!! Measurements....
On Jul 3, 9:52*pm, (Doug Miller) wrote:
In article , ransley wrote: Just calibrate it dont junk it. But why are you using a drop unit for that much land, "that much"?? 50x100 is a *small* lot. For a drop spreader its alot, a rotary scotts will only need 25% the walking and be easier to get even work. |
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Scotts Weed Control Fertilizer Killed Our Lawn!! Measurements....
ransley wrote:
On Jul 3, 9:52 pm, (Doug Miller) wrote: In article , ransley wrote: Just calibrate it dont junk it. But why are you using a drop unit for that much land, "that much"?? 50x100 is a *small* lot. For a drop spreader its alot, a rotary scotts will only need 25% the walking and be easier to get even work. Time you take out the house, driveway and other non-lawn areas there won't be enough space left of that lot to get a full head of steam up to get the rotary to spin and half the product will end up either in the street, on the neighbor's yard or the driveway. You could effectively fertilize/seed/whatever that area w/ hand casting by the time you got the spreader filled. -- |
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Scotts Weed Control Fertilizer Killed Our Lawn!! HELP!!!
replying to MICHELLE H., Alan wrote:
It killed my lawn as well. The product is WEED KILLER it does not feed anything, there are countless killed lawn stories on the met regarding SCOTTS weed and feed. THEE COMPANY NEEDS TO HAVE A LAWSUIT against them . It is WEED KILLER and will kill your lawn, it is falsely advertised -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...lp-381815-.htm |
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Scotts Weed Control Fertilizer Killed Our Lawn!! HELP!!!
On Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 6:44:06 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
replying to MICHELLE H., Alan wrote: It killed my lawn as well. The product is WEED KILLER it does not feed anything, there are countless killed lawn stories on the met regarding SCOTTS weed and feed. THEE COMPANY NEEDS TO HAVE A LAWSUIT against them . It is WEED KILLER and will kill your lawn, it is falsely advertised -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...lp-381815-.htm It doesn't claim to feed anything, it's weed killer, not fertilizer or a weed-and-feed product. I've never used any of those products. For weeds, I use a tank sprayer and a weed killer for turfgrass. That puts the product where it's needed instead of spewing it over the whole lawn. Even if you're lawn was full of weeds, I think any granular weed killer is a bad idea. It depends on contact, on the particles sticking to the weeds and that's dubious at best. Spray it on and you know it's on there. |
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