Late November Iron

I wasn't quite happy with the lawn color in the Thanksgiving Day photos, so I've added iron twice since then for a grand total of 12 ounces per thousand. That would be very high for a non-elite bluegrass, although elite bluegrasses just turn very dark greens.

That's the last for the year, and this shot should last right into early spring.

As always, click on any photo to make it larger.

The standard shot:


Across the back:

Thanksgiving Photos

The lawn's doing very well for November, although I have a feeling that a lot of my winterizer washed through and got lost in the 2 1/2" of rain we got. If I see evidence of that, I'll do a partial re-winterization over the next few weeks.

As always, click any image to embiggen it.

The standard shot, with extra leaves. I sent the mower out to take care of it just after I took this shot:



A shot across the back, including the last of the trees that's currently de-leafing all over the lawn. Myrtle (the robotic lawnmower) had just chopped through these:



The southern face:



Bonus Image! My Christmas cactus decided to bloom a little early this year:

Yearly Lawn Additions

I winterized the lawn today with Vigoro Super Green, which contains enough slow-release nitrogen to keep my lawn green over the winter (as it doesn't tend to go dormant). This marks the last addition for the year. This year's total organic amount is well down from last year's 450 pounds per thousand, and far down from the 1,200 the year before.

Updated December 4, 2011: I winterized for a second time and I've added some foliar nitrogen as well. I added the extra line and updated the information.

Date	N	P	K	Iron	Organics	Other Notes
3/18/2011	0.60	0.24	0.00	0.48	12.0	Milorganite
4/2/2011	0.73	0.29	0.13	0.21	33.7	Corn, Milorganite
5/1/2011	1.39	0.45	0.15	0.31	22.7	Soy, Milorganite
6/1/2011	1.15	0.38	0.10	0.36	19.0	Soy, Milorganite
7/1/2011	1.04	0.41	0.00	0.83	20.7	Milorganite
8/1/2011	2.03	0.51	0.33	0.68	33.8	Milorganite, Soy
8/16/2011	1.05	0.42	0.00	0.84	21.0	Milorganite
8/24/2011	0.49	0.00	0.07	0.07	0.00	Vigoro Super Green
9/1/2011	2.06	0.42	0.45	0.52	29.3	Soy, Milorganite, 24-0-11
9/9/2011	1.34	0.38	0.18	0.82	19.2	Milorganite, 24-0-11
9/16/2011	1.07	0.43	0.00	0.85	21.3	Milorganite
10/1/2011	1.30	0.40	0.14	0.84	20.0	Milorganite, 24-0-11
10/12/2011	0.34	0.00	0.15	0.04	0.00	24-0-11
10/18/2011	1.10	0.44	0.00	0.88	22.0	Milorganite
11/1/2011	0.94	0.37	0.00	0.75	14.7	Milorganite
11/18/2011	1.45	0.04	0.23	0.16	0.00	Vigoro Super Green, Spray
12/4/2011	1.16	0.00	0.16	0.04	0.00	Vigoro 29-0-4
Total per K ft:	19.24	5.18	2.09	8.68	289.4	2585 active organic total