1st Post-Seeding Fertilizing - What and When?

19 years ago

It's been a month since I did the whole renovation thing and things are looking great. Seems like now might be a good time to hit it with that first follow-up dose of NPK.

I've seen folks talk about Milorganite going down. Is this a better option than say another dose of Starter Fert to give those roots a little extra P? Since Milorganite is usually characterized as a slower feeding fert, should it maybe something along the lines of a regular TurfBuilder fert?

What's everyone using for the second helping of NPK goodness for their little ones? And is 1 month a good time for that follow up?

Thanks!

Rob

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eastpenna
rlembke,

30 days after seeding is a great time for another shot of fertilizer. Seems like the main two choices (if you are not already on a organic program) are TB with iron or starter fert.

However I actually decided to use the miracle-gro lawn food. I did this on day 34 and will do it 2-3 more times, 2 weeks apart. There are a couple of reasons that I chose to go this route.
- 1. I want the lawn to get as thick and green as possible before winter, so I think that a fast release fertilizer is the best choice. This is a mild application, 2.5lbs of product x 36% nit. = .9 lbs. of total nit applied over the roughly 3400 sq ft area. (or roughly .265 lbs per 1000 sq ft.) You can do this every 2-3 weeks.
2. I still do not get that warm fuzzy feeling walking on

the new lawn , so with this I do not have to.
eastpenna
rlembke,

30 days after seeding is a great time for another shot of fertilizer. Seems like the main two choices (if you are not already on a organic program) are TB with iron or starter fert.

However I actually decided to use the miracle-gro lawn food. I did this on day 34 and will do it 2-3 more times, 2 weeks apart. There are a couple of reasons that I chose to go this route.
- 1. I want the lawn to get as thick and green as possible before winter, so I think that a fast release fertilizer is the best choice. This is a mild application, 2.5lbs of product x 36% nit. = .9 lbs. of total nit applied over the roughly 3400 sq ft area. (or roughly .265 lbs per 1000 sq ft.) You can do this every 2-3 weeks.
2. I still do not get that warm fuzzy feeling walking on

the new lawn , so with this I do not have to.
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eastpenna
rlembke,

30 days after seeding is a great time for another shot of fertilizer. Seems like the main two choices (if you are not already on a organic program) are TB with iron or starter fert.

However I actually decided to use the miracle-gro lawn food. I did this on day 34 and will do it 2-3 more times, 2 weeks apart. There are a couple of reasons that I chose to go this route.
- 1. I want the lawn to get as thick and green as possible before winter, so I think that a fast release fertilizer is the best choice. This is a mild application, 2.5lbs of product x 36% nit. = .9 lbs. of total nit applied over the roughly 3400 sq ft area. (or roughly .265 lbs per 1000 sq ft.) You can do this every 2-3 weeks.
2. I still do not get that warm fuzzy feeling walking on

the new lawn , so with this I do not have to.
eastpenna
rlembke,

30 days after seeding is a great time for another shot of fertilizer. Seems like the main two choices (if you are not already on a organic program) are TB with iron or starter fert.

However I actually decided to use the miracle-gro lawn food. I did this on day 34 and will do it 2-3 more times, 2 weeks apart. There are a couple of reasons that I chose to go this route.
- 1. I want the lawn to get as thick and green as possible before winter, so I think that a fast release fertilizer is the best choice. This is a mild application, 2.5lbs of product x 36% nit. = .9 lbs. of total nit applied over the roughly 3400 sq ft area. (or roughly .265 lbs per 1000 sq ft.) You can do this every 2-3 weeks.
2. I still do not get that warm fuzzy feeling walking on

the new lawn , so with this I do not have to.
gbig2
19 years ago
Rob, I'm going to use another application of starter fertilizer soon (6 weeks after I seeded) and then a high nitrogen fertilizer for the November app.
parafly9
19 years ago
I want to know to. I thought you were supposed to follow-up with regular fertilizer?

I was gonig to pick up just regular Scotts and use that this week, and then follow-up in the beginning of November with the winterguard stuff.
formicburn
19 years ago
On day 29 I put down a mix of starter and winterizer. I'm at day 35 and my grass is coming up great.
two_cycle_nut
19 years ago
I spread some lesco starter fert at 1 month. Then in middle of november some IBDU for my winterizer.
rlembke
Original Author
19 years ago
What commercial form are you buying the IBDU in? What brand/product or are you sourcing it in a more "wholesale" form of "50lb Bag 'o IBDU"?

Searching for IBDU in Google came up with some interesting discussions about late fall fertilization. I think they were over on the Organic Forum.

Rob