Throughout my lawn I have patches of lush dark dark green grass where my dog pees. Clearly, something in the urine (nitrogen) gives my st. Aug grass exactly what it needs. But, I can't seem to duplicate it on the rest of the lawn. I have tried spraying a combination of urea/FEature which hasn't worked. I've tried both synthetic and natural ferts. Nope. More water, less water. Nope. I've sprayed RGS and applied humic acid. Nope.
No matter what I do, I can't duplicate the effects my dog's urine has on the lawn. Any suggestions? Could it be the acidity of the urine? I live in South texas with very alkaline clay soil.
Right, no kidding! My dog pees in the same general area everyday and those spots are awesome! I wish my whole yard looked like that. These spots being so deep green makes the yard as a whole look uneven. I've been thinking it's the decrease in ph. I'm in Texas too with high ph. Maybe theres a business opportunity to sell dog urine to folks here in Texas. HA. Or maybe you just need to pee into your backpack sprayer. Dont knock it till you tried it.
LOL - my experience with dog urine is when the dog pees in the same spot, it kills the grass off. What are you feeding your dog? honest question, not being a jerk. I cringe every time my dog finds a new spot.
My guess is you have a high pH issue - lots of limestone in TX. lower pH makes the iron more available to the grass, resulting in green.
@Darth_V8r, Is your dog a girl? There's a big difference in the effect of most female dogs and most male dogs when it comes to the grass. Most male dogs seem to cause greenup while females cause burn.
I've heard younger dogs cause burn. I have four dogs (2 male, 2 female) that pee all over the yard and I don't notice anything significant in the grass.
@Darth_V8r, Is your dog a girl? There's a big difference in the effect of most female dogs and most male dogs when it comes to the grass. Most male dogs seem to cause greenup while females cause burn.
If you have irrigation you can do citric acid 1 lb per k watered in immediately monthly. You would want to avoid spraying in the heat of the day.
You could also apply it via hose end sprayer, there was a post recently about it. This would probably be safer as you are putting down a larger amount of water as you are applying it. You would still need to make sure its watered afterwards.
When I mentioned using citric acid, I meant that it was to reduce the pH of your spray mixture, not to adjust the soil pH. I use pH strips and add tiny amount of citric acid into my spray mixture until I get the pH I'm looking for.
When I mentioned using citric acid, I meant that it was to reduce the pH of your spray mixture, not to adjust the soil pH. I use pH strips and add tiny amount of citric acid into my spray mixture until I get the pH I'm looking for.
Thanks I actually do that now - add small amount of citric acid to my urea/Feature to lower the ph in the mixture. Hasn't helped with matching the dog urine green up. Perhaps I need to go the more extreme route of lowering soil ph. A year ago I tried elemental sulfur - spread a ton around the yard but had no impact.
No impact? Well there goes my plan...Dang.
Here's my grass. See the pee spots. My ph tested at 8.3. Sorry @hkfan45 , I'm not hijacking, just conversating
No impact? Well there goes my plan...Dang.
Here's my grass. See the pee spots. My ph tested at 8.3. Sorry @hkfan45 , I'm not hijacking, just conversating
Great pics! That's like my yard only I have st. Aug. You might have better luck with sulfur. Don't let my poor results sway you.
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