That's why I do not store anything. I buy what I'll use right away. I learned the hard way after having the garage full of bugs and mice.

you better need tons of leaves to mix in with that amount of nitrogen...

Next time send it to me ;-)

Those bugs will die and decompose on the soil just like the SBM would.

I store my organics in a Rubbermaid bin. Don't ever keep anything over a winter. Apply everything you have left in November or December.

Dchall, I didn't store it over winter as I just bought it a month and a half ago. Never even got to start using it on the plugs. I have Alfalfa and I put that in a 18 gallon Rubbermaid container. Next time the Soybean Meal gets put in the Rubbermaid ASAP and indoors. What a waste of $20...

Loulibloather I have a bunch of shredded paper and leaves so no problem there. Usually nitrogen is what is in short supply. This will be cooking at 140-150 in a day or 2.

You really cannot store SBM, it is a magnet (very desirable food) for bugs and rodents. Your problem was also compounded by your humid, warm Florida climate.

So it is a use once kind of deal? What are people doing with 50# of it then if that is the case? Everyone have 10k sq ft lawns?

I think the recommended rate for SBM is 10-20 lbs per 1000 sq ft. That means that a 50 lb bag will cover 2500 to 5000 sq ft. I've got a 4k sq ft lawn and from what many others post, I think it must be relatively small (but average to large around here where there's no rain). I could easily use a 50 lb bag of SBM in one application. How small is your lawn?

Pretty sure the entire lot size is less than .25 acre. That's standard for here and that's not even 2500k if my math is correct.

Your math is a little off. :-)

1 acre = 43,560 square feet

So, 0.25 acre = 10,890 square feet

Thanks Skizot. I knew I was a little off. haha

I use 2 bags of soybean meal on .199 acre of lot. That's with house,driveway and sidewalk. So about 6000 sqft of green stuff....

> "Thanks Skizot. I knew I was a little off. haha"

And off on your application rates, hence then expectation / presumption / results of the grains as a fertilizer.

You do have to realize I am only fertilizing the plugged areas and not the entire yard. The yard consists of mostly weeds or native grass and I am trying to convert the lawn into Bermuda only. So I have been hand fertilizing the plugged areas only, I don't want to be feeding weeds.

pkapeckopickldpepprz, if you are spot-fertilizing, then I'd probably recommend going with a synthetic fertilizer over grains.

I've got that covered too Skizot. Got a 50# of Lesco 39-0-0 and a 36# bag of Milorganite as well as the remainder of the 50 # bag of Alfalfa. I still have about 30# of fish meal but I am saving that for my own potting mix.