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

Yearly Garden Additions

I'm already done with the gardens' feeding for the year, so I guess it's time to add the amounts for the year. In addition to the Milorganite, I fed with Miracle Gro 24-8-16 from May through early July at a bit under half rate weekly through my EZ-Flo irrigation system. From early July to mid-September, I used K-Gro from K-Mart 15-30-15 to encourage flowering. That was also at about half rate weekly through the EZ-Flo system.

Organic additions were about 100 pounds per thousand less than last year, until you consider that 19 cubic yards of mulch went onto the gardens this year for an additional amount of 3,000 pounds per thousand square feet. That was an extraordinarily heavy addition of mulch.

Date	N	P	K	Iron	Organics	Other Notes
3/18/2011	0.50	0.20	0.00	0.40	10.0	Milorganite
5/1/2011	1.35	0.54	0.00	1.08	27.0	Milorganite
6/1/2011	1.20	0.48	0.00	0.96	24.0	Milorganite
7/1/2011	1.55	0.62	0.00	1.24	32.0	Milorganite
8/1/2011	1.13	0.45	0.00	0.90	22.5	Milorganite
9/1/2011	1.13	0.45	0.00	0.90	22.5	Milorganite
10/1/2011	2.47	0.99	0.00	1.98	49.5	Milorganite
Total per K ft:	9.33	3.73	0.00	7.46	187.5	373 active organic total

Yearly Garden Additions

This is for the gardens, which received about 560 pounds of organics (not including mulch), or about 280 per thousand square feet.

Date	N	P	K	Iron	Organics	Other Notes
3/18/2010	2.25	0.90	0.00	1.80	45.0	Milorganite
3/28/2010	1.80	0.72	0.00	1.44	36.0	Milorganite
4/7/2010	3.40	2.88	0.40	1.44	36.0	Milorganite, Starter
4/11/2010	1.75	0.25	0.50	0.00	25.0	Soybean Meal
5/6/2010	2.50	1.42	0.70	1.44	36.0	10-10-10, Milorganite
6/3/2010	2.95	1.77	1.02	0.00	25.0	10-10-10, Starter, Soy
7/1/2010	2.25	0.93	0.63	0.00	25.0	Starter, Soybean Meal
8/1/2010	1.05	0.90	0.13	0.44	11.0	Starter, Milorganite
9/1/2010	1.75	0.25	0.50	0.00	25.0	Soybean Meal
10/2/2010	0.90	0.36	0.00	0.72	18.0	Milorganite
Total per K ft:	20.60	10.36	3.88	7.28	282.0	564 active organic total