3 Tips for Organic Gardening Lawn Care

[insomniacgrace]

thanks for posting this, this is so interesting and indeed, informative.

[Shelovessherry]

Doug, if corn gluten prevents seeds from germinating, how does the grass seed sprout? Or does corn gluten stay effective for only a certain length of time? (In which case, will I have dandelions sprouting by mid-summer??) I used corn gluten for the first time this past spring, and I must say it does seem to be working. I'll raise my mower blades and do the grass seed thing this fall and see how it goes. Thanks for all your good advice!

[headgardener2u]

@Shelovessherry check out the lawn care pages at my beginner-gardening website All your questions are answered there. :-)

[GardenToolCaddy]

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

[Riddick4437]

Surely there must be more. Will one application of corn gluten in the spring feed the grass until it goes dormant again?

[redalertvq]

Pretty good, But for anyone reading that lives in the south, I think It should be made clear that certain grass types like the Hybrid Bermuda varieties are the opposite when it comes to mowing. You want Hybrid Bermuda at 3/4 inch or half inch or even shorter depending on what variety. Hybrid Bermuda takes on a prostrate growing habit when mowed correctly and that will choke out weeds on a Bermuda lawn. Someone I know had there Hybrid @ 3 inches and the weeds took over 80% of the lawn.

[steve89z]

thanks!

[JuanitaHasey]

sounds like something even we can do - and no worry about children ingesting chemicals.

[afarmgirl2]

Good advice! Thanks!