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Here is a link that might be useful: How do I get 4-6-8?

thanks, I ended up ordering it from Amazon.com. Have to pay shipping costs but with gas at $4 a gallon shipping costs might be cheaper LOL

We went to the Lowes on Ulmerton in Largo, and they didn't have the lawn fert we've been using for years. They only had one kind on the shelf for St Augustine grass, so we took it. It was some brand I never heard of. We ended up with nasty rust stains all over they driveway. Hope they haven't banned the rust remover yet.

In truth, a ban on the manufacture and use of nearly all synthetic salt fertilizers would be a great benefit nation-wide.

Seriously - was anybody around when we had virtually an entire Summer of Red Tide? We live near the Intercoastal Waterway & the smell was horrific! Dead, bloated fish were floating around the bay & piling up on the beaches for months - you didn't want to go outside! This was not that long ago, either. Talk about economic impact...

FWIW, organic fertilisers are slow release & do not impact the waterways the way that phosphates do - less $$ in the long run as well.

Laws are not for the conscientious & careful (which I'm sure everyone here is) - they're for the other kind of people - & sadly, there seem to be plenty.

Pnbrown,

While I understand why you are saying that I would remind you that without commercial fertilizers millions would go hungry around the world. Chemical fertilizers are fine when used responsibly.

Yeah but...this isn't about farming, it's about lawns & shrubbery, etc. - how many have gone hungry w/o those?