Comments on: Corn Gluten–Can Animal Food K’O Crabgrass?

By: Is Your Lawn Killing You? - City Desk - Washington City Paper

Is Your Lawn Killing You? - City Desk - Washington City Paper — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:23:28 +0000

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By: Corn Gluten Can Animal Food KO Crabgrass Green Talk | Toe Nail Fungus

Corn Gluten Can Animal Food KO Crabgrass Green Talk | Toe Nail Fungus — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:56:35 +0000

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Banish Crabgrass with Corn Gluten: Three Times a Charm | Green Talk™ — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:06:27 +0000

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By: Vivi Chicken Recipes

Vivi Chicken Recipes — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:03:54 +0000

Thanks for sharing the document from Rutgers Cook College, i really learned a lot. I am in no way an expert on seeding and that will really help me with my future lawn project. I’ll try late next summer!

By: Corn Gluten: Extremely Crabby About Crabgrass | Green Talk

Corn Gluten: Extremely Crabby About Crabgrass | Green Talk — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:46:00 +0000

[...] gave me detailed instructions how to properly use the corn gluten as delineated in my article, “Corn Gluten: Can Animal Feed K’O Crabgrass?.” Did I follow them? Well, not really. The first rule I broke was when to apply it, which is when [...]

By: Green Talk

Green Talk — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:09:17 +0000

Welcome back, Kline!

Take a look at this Rutger’s Agricultral Experiment station publication (http://njaes.rutgers.edu/pubs/.....?pid=FS584) It is a pdf file.

Basically it says that the best time to seed is late summer/early fall (no later than Oct 5 in north NJ and Oct 10 in south NJ) because there will be adequate time for grass growth before winter. In addition, the grass will not compete with the weeds at this time of the year. I am seeding right now.

I did seed a patch very late in October/Nov one year and covered it lightly with hay. It never germinated in the Spring for me. Readers, has anyone seeded beyond when it is advisable and grass appeared in Spring? I would love to know this.

I am also going to run this animal feed issue by Professor Christians and see what he thinks. I will let you know.

Thanks for the wordpress plug-in. Can you send me a screen shot of what you are seeing when you are ready to post? I sent you an email to your email address. Did you get it? If not let me know, I will send it again. Thanks again for posting.

By: Kline

Kline — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:07:16 +0000

I only know from research; I am contemplating doing it myself on my lawn as I would like to not use chemicals on the lawn. I know that a healthy lawn will take care of itself. I know it’s tempting to purchase the animal feed as for example I can get that locally for $100/ton; a far bit cheaper than $30/50lbs of commercial corn gluten meal. I think I might try to mix some the the commercial with the feed and give that a try. If anything the feed would just be good 10-0-0 fertilizer. Just make sure to use the pellets and if possible even to rake the pellets into the soil after spreading. Then water the pellets to activate them and then be sure to let them dry out.

A side note; why is late summer the best time to seed in the north? Late summer is what – August-September? I was always told to seed 1 week before it snows so that the seeds lay dormant throughout the winter and are then the first to sprout in the spring. If you plant late summer (well before the 1 week before snow) do you expect the grass to actually sprout during the fall? How do you fend off an unexpected night of frost?

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By: Green Talk

Green Talk — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:41:32 +0000

Kline-I agree with you on the animal feed vs. the pellets. I don’t think the animal feed I used was very effective this summer and mentioned that in one of my comments. I am glad you confirmed by suspicions. Out of curiosity, how do you know this? Have you tried the pellets with success?

As for the posting after you answer the anti-spam filter, I can ask the author of the WordPress plug-in if this can be accomplished, and I wish this did not happen to you because I would have really liked to have read your long post. (If you know of another plug-in that accomplishes this–let me know!) Thanks for your short post as well as not being discouraged and leaving the site without posting. I know it is frustrating because of all those spammers out there. Please post again.