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Originally Posted by albertGQ
My wife and I were thinking of doing Greendrop this year. We never got around to calling them and just last night a salesman from Dr.Green came to our door. He gave us this whole spiel about six visits and a free aerate for only $230. They guarantee no weeds.
I've never heard about these guys before. Has anyone dealt with them? Are they comparable to Greendrop? Their prices look lower as well.
We're leaning towards signing up but wanted to see if anyone on CP has had good or bad experiences with them.
TIA!
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I won’t address specific fertilizing companies, but I’ll mention some key differences when choosing a fertilizing program.
Generally speaking, there are only two advantages to using a liquid fertilizer. One advantage the customer will notice is the quick response – the grass will green up faster than a granular in nearly all instances.
The second advantage with liquid fertililizers is it is very cheap to produce. That said, these savings are rarely, if ever, passed on to the consumer.
Some disadvantages are as follows:
The turf uses up the liquid fertilizer’s resources very quickly – think of liquid applications as “feast and famine”. Note that some companies are making six visits in a season, 4 of which are fertilizer applications – considering our short summer (growing) season, and you can see just how quickly the fertilizer nutrients are used up.
Secondly, and perhaps most important, liquid applications are absorbed through the foliage rather than through the soil. In many cases after long-term use of liquids, the soil becomes nutrient deficient, particularly regarding nitrogen. When the nitrogen deficiency develops, red thread (a fungus) often occurs in the turf.
Considerably more leaching compared to granular application
Easily burns turf (compared to granular SCU) if improperly applied.
As for granular sulphur coated urea (preferred) applications, think of the opposite to the above.
Hope this helps when making your decision.
p.s. The clover you have in your turf area is more than likely the result of your soil lacking nitrogen.