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steve adams
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December 14, 2009, 07:38:24 PM |
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i've been saving my leaves and grass clippings for 10yrs in a ravine behind my house.i put some on my garden(it really works good) but i saw on tv where they took compost and lidquidfied it and sprayed it on their lawns instead of commercial fertilizer.can you tell me how it's done and approx. cost. my cured compost pile is 3ft deep by8ft wide and15ft long. is that enough to get started?
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Bird
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December 14, 2009, 09:52:43 PM |
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Hi Steve
WOW that sounds like a lot of compost, with that much i would be thinking veg garden beds, ornamentals and fruit trees.
I'm not a big lover of lawns, had to mow a large uneven rocky one as a kid, never had one since except when renting, that being said back to your question
to spray the way you describe would mean milling the compost to a very fine powder so it could pass through a spray nozzle, this would possibly destroy any goodness in compost and certainly will not help the humus factor, and create excess work preparing it.
a good rule of thumb when applying compost is little but often
if your finished compost is in a crumbly state ( say like potting mix) you could broadcast it before watering or make a slurry as in my previous post
There are many good posts scattered throughout this forum if you need any other ideas for compost uses
Hope this is a help, i'm sure you'll get many other replies.
Bird
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Jeremy Bunag
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Workin' Central IL converted farmland
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December 15, 2009, 01:48:07 PM |
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Aerated Compost Tea would be how to "spray" it on your lawn, and a compost roller, manure spreader, or your own shovel-flinging is how to put the actual compost material on your lawn...
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paul wheaton
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missoula montana
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December 15, 2009, 03:02:02 PM |
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I think I would sprinkle it as is. No need for slurry or tea. A half inch deep would be good. Just make sure there aren't any big chunks that will mat and suffocate the grass.
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