my first bone density test
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My First Soil Test. Please help on Fertlizing Schedule!
Comments (7)Ah, OK, I thought perhaps I have having a bit of a psychotic break or something. Your calculation breaks down to well over 3 lbs of nitrogen (back, 4 in the front) per thousand square feet. For any synthetic (numbers like 20-10-10 will be synthetics), that's way, way, way too high. You run a very severe risk of burning the lawn and killing it off, even with the alkaline soil. I feed organically and won't exceed 1.5 lbs of nitrogen at one application--and organics aren't risky in that department. Burning is caused by an excess of salts in the lawn, and synthetics are very high in salt. That forces your lawn to reverse water out of the roots and into the soil (reverse osmosis, in other words), which renders it bone dry and kills it. Even if you got away with it, most of that nitrogen is either going to gas off the lawn, wash away into the rivers, or go into really excessive top growth. You don't want that as all three are a waste. One suggestion is to go organic, which has no salt, will help moderate your pH at the same time, and improves the soil--plus gets the N-P-K monkey off your back a bit. Oh, it also feeds gradually over time instead of one spike and then nothing. There's an entire forum about this (Organic Lawn Care) if you're interested. 'Nuff said. If you'd rather go synthetic, no more than 1 pound of actual nitrogen should be applied at one time (there are exceptions for warm season grasses, but you don't have those in Indianapolis anyway). Note, I wouldn't normally break things this way, but with an overseed coming up, I'm modifying things a bit. Others will have differing opinions and their timing isn't wrong, just different. I'm assuming you can get a fertilizer around 25-5-5 (about that of Turf Builder, Turf Builder plus Iron, and a thousand other off-name brands) for the below. There's nothing wrong with bargain fertilizer, and Vigoro does the same job somewhat cheaper. Store brand is usually one of the large companies and does the same job MUCH cheaper. If you get something different, the equations are: Take square footage in thousands (so your back yard is really 9 as I don't bother with minor decimal points, and the front is 3). Take the values from the bag as a decimal (0.25, 0.05, and 0.05). Take 1/bag value and then multiply by the square footage. That's the number of pounds per thousand square feet to apply to get 1 pound of a given nutrient. Generally I use nitrogen because that's the highest number on the bag. So 1/0.25 * 3 = 12 lbs of 25-5-5 in the front, or 4 lbs per thousand square feet of your fertilizer. That's exactly 1 lb per thousand of nitrogen. You can then calculate the other two values by: 4*0.05 = 0.20. So you're adding 0.20 lbs of phosphorous and 0.20 of potassium. Out back, 1/0.25 * 9 = 36 lbs, with the same pounds per square foot of everything going down. Or a grand total of 48 lbs over the whole lawn. OK, the math is done, we now return you to your normal schedule. In this one particular instance, you're planning on overseeding so I'm hearing that you have a weak lawn. Consequently, I'm going really high on this schedule. If you don't have a lot of bluegrass this schedule's a bit aggressive and I noted that below May 15: Apply 4 lbs per thousand square feet August 15: Use Starter Fertilizer instead to prepare for your overseeding (this isn't critical and you can use the other stuff instead if you like) September 15: Apply 4 lbs per thousand (skip if you don't have bluegrass) October 15: Same November 15: Apply either 4/thousand or use Winterizer at the correct rate (which you'll calculate) That's 5 lbs N for the year (very high), 1 lb phosphorus (more than enough) and 1 lb potassium (a bit trim, but still OK with your readings). Normally I'd never cut the September feed, but with seeding the August one will have to do. If you skip seeding and don't have bluegrass, skip August instead. Is that enough variables for you? ;-) If it's too confusing, let me know what type of grass you have and I'll take another shot at it....See More#351- Thinking SOUP!
Comments (103)Good afternoon all... I did make it to town yesterday. It turned out to be much nicer than predicted. I did all that I went to do, and was home with the purchases unloaded when the rain arrived. It wasn't bad, but plenty windy, and accompanied with thunder and lightning. We were under a tornado watch all day and well into the night. One was sighted to the south of us, in our county, but there has been no report of damage. That cannot be said of the one that hit Gassville to the east of us. It was 40% destroyed, with one death...(a 91 year old woman), and lots of injuries. It is said that several others were killed in Arkansas, but I haven't heard where. No, Denise. I haven't read that book. The only reason I ended up working on the one that I mentioned is because I happened to notice it on the shelf, and decided to give it a stab! I have reached some more interesting chapters, but am still not past page # 143. Bling? I call what I have just plain old fashioned jewelry ! I do not think any of it is very valuable, although some of the older stuff may be. I mostly wear necklaces and pins/broaches. My wedding ring is just a plain gold band. Pm2, our winter isn't all that short, but we keep having false springs that trick things into growing.I never dare put my tender plants out until the last of April. Saucy, I hope you have someone that you feel comfortable talking to. That is a real help when one is having problems. I know a lot of 'us' are good listeners. I have enough experience with troubles that I can commiserate with those of others. I agree with you about 'sharing'. I really need to do that. I am sending good wishes, hugs, and prayers to/for you. Ei, the best way I have found to prevent making 'goofs' is to open the page twice, and go back and forth as I 'talk' to each person. even then I am capable of goofing! :-( I have a problem getting sleepy when reading too, unless it is a very engrossing read, but I never lay down, or recline while reading. I get to hurting even while setting in a comfortable chair. I can't possibly lay down and read! I have never read War and Peace. I may have it in my 'library'...but not sure. I have 2 or 3 of Michener's long books, and have read them. With the bone density test, you lay on a table and the scanner moves over you. You aren't enclosed like with an MRI, and you don't drink anything. Marie, your orchid is gorgeous! I neglected to keep a close enough eye on the plants in the bay window, and ended up with a terrible outbreak of scale! They were on the 2 primroses, the yellow moth orchid from Ei, an Angel Wing Begonia and a pot of crotons.! I am diligently removing them with cotton soaked with rubbing alcohol. I sure hope I win! I bought a new Primrose in town yesterday. It will stay well away from the affected plants. Marian...See MoreGood bones stand the test of time?... 1985 Kitchen Refresh *Pic
Comments (24)gbsim Your house with real wood trim, moulding and doors look very lovely, warm and grounded. Don't let anyone paint that beautiful wood trim in awful contractor special white that looks shiny and tacky at the same time. I am so tired of looking at cheaply done MDF shiny white trim on so many houses that it is a breath of fresh air to see real wood trim and moulding. Not only does the MDF and bad paint job make the trim look shiny, most people end up picking stark white that makes the trim look like pimples with make up on it. Coupled with strong paint color on the walls, whew! Good luck selling your house! It really has kept its age well. I know what you are talking about: the unknown construction quality. We have gutted and redid our house. There is nothing left of the original house. We can't imagine not knowing how things were done behind the walls. My husband even had them put metal flashing between each joins of the lap siding! (kind of extreme but...) We have a walk out basement: we call it daylight basement here. They don't live like basemnet at all. I suggest exploring in floor hydronic heating for the basement slab. It is expensive but it makes the basement quite comfortable....See MoreBone density scan at 9
Comments (10)Oh, absolutely. Your doctor should be able to fight for you as this test was absolutely necessary in diagnosing your problem. Please don't give up on this! Glad you're feeling a bit better, Paw, and hope that trend continues for both you and your poochie....See Morejudys_ont
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