Yes, Yes and yes and Yes.

I also get the same look, every time. Your not alone on that one.

You will love the affect of SBM on your lawn. Give it a few weeks, then sharpen your lawn mower. PS, it can spill over into any sections of your gardens. Excellent organic material, light fertilizer.

I also get the same look, every time. Your not alone on that one.

Ditto. I wouldn't put it down at 100 degrees...because I hate dehydrating and feeling ill when I do it. That's really the only reason I don't. :-)

Soybean is soybean is soybean, of course, even for Mr. Ed. Animal feed is the same stuff.

Yeah me too on getting the funny looks! The clerk at my local feed store looked at me like I was a loon! Said he'd never heard of putting SBM on the lawn before. My husband was even wondering if I was all there until he saw the results in about 3 weeks!

Could you tell me where in Ontario that is? I still cannot find a source for soybean meal near the Toronto area. It is SO frustrating. I have put down coffee grinds from Starbucks but I desperately want to put down some grains!

Finding soybean meal sometimes is not easy. Try calling all the farm feed stores in your area.

Sandy, the store I'm referring to is Rural Roots Co-op, on Lansdowne Street in Peterborough.

Rather pricey as a garden center but you can sometimes find things there that no one else has.
Bizarre place. They sell saddles and dogfood and sheep dip in the same place as gourmet chutney and designer gardening aprons.

I think the 55 pound bag is either $18 or $12, I can't recall now. Going to pick some up later this week, currently it's way too hot to wrestle with a 55 pound weight!

I just spread it for the first time over the weekend. I take that back - my 5-year old spread it for the first time over the weekend while I watched and thought how great it was that he could help and play on the lawn the same day I fertilized it.

He was thrilled that we were putting 'horse food' on the lawn for the micro organisms to eat. I also got strange looks at the store. Especially when I asked for alfalfa too. But it sure is worth it to have the peace of mind.

Thank you so much Chris for the info on Rural Roots Co-op. I can't tell you how excited I am to have finally found a place to purchase soybean meal. I live in Scarborough though so I might have to wait and pick some up on the way to the cottage. If its not too much trouble, when you go there next could you check their hours for me. I would probably be going through on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday and it would be really helpful to know when they are open to plan when to go. I tried to look them up on Google but didn't get any hits for them. Do you need to become a member of the co-op to shop there? I'm not sure how a co-op works.

No problem. I'll stop by there on my way home tonight since I want to get some Dutch Clover seed anyway.
I'll make sure they have plenty in stock. Tell you what, if it looks like they're low on stock, I will have them set a bag aside for you under "Sandy" - I'll just give them my phone number.

You don't have to be a member at this place. Like I said, it's a little odd. Good quality products, though - prepare to spend some time browsing.

It's next door to Chapters Books, so you can come up the Parkway to Lansdowne and turn right.

Okay, Sandy, here's the goods:

They are open 8 to 8 Thur and Friday, and 8-5 on Sat/Sun.
I got 25kg for $12.05 (which I think is quite a deal but I ruined it by then also buying a clematis I really didn't need...). It's 47% protein. The soybean meal, not the clematis.

They have lots in stock.
Hope this helps, have a great long weekend!
C.

Chris, this is my first year using Soybean Meal (and "pure" Alfalfa pellets) and I've been amazed by the results. I'm sure you will be too.

Best wishes,
Bill

Thanks, once again Chris for the info. I can't wait to get my soybean meal. You have no idea what I have gone through trying to find a source for it. I have even e-mailed the Ontario Soybean Growers Association three times to find a source (no replies yet). Unfortunately I won't be going to the cottage until the end of the month of July so all I have been able to put on my lawn so far is coffee grounds from Starbucks. Now I just have to make sure that I have enough room in the trunk of my car for the bag. I'd like to get at least two bags if I can fit them in. Do you know if they are open 7 days a week? I might be coming home from the cottage on a Sunday or Monday depending on the weather.

One real quick sidenote.

Throw the stuff in your gardens, too. It doesn't look great atop mulch but it waters in after a week, tops, and a few weeks after that you need to stand back and dodge the plants as they grow. :-)