PineRidge
Super Member
I saw a very interesting piece on WKYC TV Saturday morning. It went on to give a formula for fertilizer that would really green up your grass in no time flat. They also interviewed a couple of folks that had been using this technique of several years with good success, who also swear by the mix. The formula calls for:
A pop, a beer, a little liquid dish-washing soap, some mouthwash, and some household ammonia, all mixed into a 10-gallon hose end sprayer and applied to the grass.
The pop and the beer are essentially food for your lawn, and, the combination of the two will allow the grass, the dead grass in your lawn, help to begin to break down and to compost much quicker.
The liquid soap is a wetting agent, helping the formula to penetrate to the roots. The ammonia promotes growth and turns your lawn green and the mouthwash does something you would never suspect mouthwash would do; it kills the bugs and grubs.
It essentially messes up their reproductive cycle and keeps them out of your lawn and makes it look a lot better and leaves it minty fresh. And because it’s applied with the hose sprayer, it’s a direct shot to your sod.
When you don’t have a lot of water and you may be on watering restrictions, this is another way to get the nutrients to your lawn and keep it growing.
It’s a half-a-cup of all the ingredients, with the exception of the pop and the beer. You pour all of those in, and then, you too are on your way to the best looking lawn in your neighborhood.
Lawn Tonic Formula
One can - pop (no diet)
One can - beer (no light)
½ cup - liquid dish-washing soap
½ cup - mouthwash
½ cup - household ammonia
Mix - 10 gallon hose sprayer
Other Info:
Mow lawn late in evening
Apply every 3 weeks
Guys I have no personal experience with this concoction but I do plan on giving it a try myself. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Let me know how you like it if you decide to try it for yourself.
A pop, a beer, a little liquid dish-washing soap, some mouthwash, and some household ammonia, all mixed into a 10-gallon hose end sprayer and applied to the grass.
The pop and the beer are essentially food for your lawn, and, the combination of the two will allow the grass, the dead grass in your lawn, help to begin to break down and to compost much quicker.
The liquid soap is a wetting agent, helping the formula to penetrate to the roots. The ammonia promotes growth and turns your lawn green and the mouthwash does something you would never suspect mouthwash would do; it kills the bugs and grubs.
It essentially messes up their reproductive cycle and keeps them out of your lawn and makes it look a lot better and leaves it minty fresh. And because it’s applied with the hose sprayer, it’s a direct shot to your sod.
When you don’t have a lot of water and you may be on watering restrictions, this is another way to get the nutrients to your lawn and keep it growing.
It’s a half-a-cup of all the ingredients, with the exception of the pop and the beer. You pour all of those in, and then, you too are on your way to the best looking lawn in your neighborhood.
Lawn Tonic Formula
One can - pop (no diet)
One can - beer (no light)
½ cup - liquid dish-washing soap
½ cup - mouthwash
½ cup - household ammonia
Mix - 10 gallon hose sprayer
Other Info:
Mow lawn late in evening
Apply every 3 weeks
Guys I have no personal experience with this concoction but I do plan on giving it a try myself. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Let me know how you like it if you decide to try it for yourself.