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Old 06-25-2009 | 06:58 AM
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Super phospate, or 0-42-0, 0-46-0, will work fine. 0-0-60 potassium/potash will be fine too. If you can only get 4 lb bags, go somewhere else. What herbicide do you want to use, and what type of seed are you planting, and when? For best results you want the plot weed/grass free weeks/months before you till or plant.
Thanks for the reply. Super Phosphate is all the feed store near me can get. I'm not sure if they can get it in larger bags but he is researching to see what he can get. I'm planning to spread the P shortly after I do the lime because I read on Clemson University's website that Phosphorus should be introduced early as it absorbs slowly. Sometime it's recommended to be layed down with the lime. They also said that the K should be introduced shortly after the plants begin to grow. I guess I'll follow those instructions.

I'm going to use Hi-Yield Herbicide. I already sprayed the entire plot with Ultra-Kill and it did an okay job. I tilled half of it the other day before it got too hot to work anymore. I'm going to till the rest of it today and also lay the lime down. I'm using 520lbs of pelletized Lawn Lime. I plan to spray the Hi-Yield on it about 2-3 weeks before I plant. Then I'm planning to till it all again right before I plant.

I'm planting one 40 pound bag of Tecomate LabLab Plus. My plot is only about a 1/4 acre and I should be fine with that. But I'm always open to suggestions. I'm putting the lime down today so I'm planning to plant around the middle of September.
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