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Iron supplements for the yard

8 years ago

Does anyone know if the iron in an iron supplement from Walmart or any pharmacy would be beneficial for turf grass? I was thinking about purchasing some and then dissolving it in water so I could spray it all over, but it’s hard to find out if that iron would benefit the turf grass. I have a variety of fescues, rye, and bluegrass if that matters.

Comments (10)

  • 8 years ago

    Are you sure your grass needs an Iron supplement? Does a soil test indicate that or does the grass just look a bit anemic? There are numerous nutrient deficiencies that can mimic what might appear to be an Iron deficiency and soil pH is one.

    Before spending money, time, and energy on something that may not be needed have a soil test done.

  • 8 years ago

    Thank you for responding. I was just curious about whether or not it would work like ironite it chelated iron.

  • 8 years ago

    Ironite makes a liquid product called- 'Ironite plus' .......its available at most garden centers, or on-line.

  • 8 years ago

    Ironite is okay but I’m curious about the topic of the post specifically. Iron supplements from any pharmacy section could me a more cost effective way to add iron to the grass.

  • 8 years ago

    Most iron supplements are pharmaceutical-grade iron sulfate, the same as you can get by purchasing fertilizer grade iron sulfate (cheaper). As long as you grind them finely enough and dissolve them in the water, they'll work. I'd recommend adding a good non-ionic surfactant to help it stick.

    They'll be pricey as heck compared to fert-grade stuff (usually with large amounts of iron oxide contaminates), but they'll work.

  • 8 years ago

    Welcome back morpheus!!!! I was just thinking the same thing, ironite has to be cheaper than pharma right?

  • 8 years ago

    Check out mbferts. They have chelated iron that's 13% iron and it's much cheaper and in powder form. I'll be buying that now instead these liquid iron supplements that only 3-6% iron.

  • 8 years ago

    Pure ferrous sulfate (up to 30% iron in monohydrate form, about 15% in heptahydrate) is fine. Chelation is great for soil applications, but for spray, the leaf surface is already acidic and the spray is acidic, so chelation is not necessary.

    Ferrous sulfate heptahydrate and ferrous sulfate monohydrate will both be far cheaper than any chelated form.

  • 8 years ago

    Thank you everyone for the help. I’m going to a bit more research.

  • 8 years ago

    Iron as a micronutrient has beneficial property's to all plants but its mostly notible one is it turning grass green for a short period of time maybe a week or two I think it's kind of a wast of money.

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