[Dailydrool] Fertilizer question

[Susan Woodward]

Water the area well and that should dissolve it into the soil. Most
fertilizers are not supposed to be harmful after they have been watered and
dried. If it's a weed preventer/fertilizer, watch he doesn't get into it for
that has a chemical in it. The plants use fertilizer to grow so when Basil
grazes it shouldn't be harmful to him.

 

Good luck, Susan & critters

 

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From: Esther Strom [mailto:esthermstrom at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 11:29 PM
To: Daily Drool
Subject: [Dailydrool] Fertilizer question

 

I've always refused to use any chemicals on my lawn because Basil likes to
graze (as did Waldo before him.) Just this evening, my neighbor kindly
informed me that he had fertilized his lawn, and that when he did the fence
line, a good chunk of my land got covered as well by the spreader. I'm
really pissed, to say the least. He claims that it'll be perfectly safe as
soon as it rains and the pellets dissolve; is this true? I was always under
the impression that the fertilizer was absorbed by the soil and then sucked
up by the growing grass, which would mean that any grass that's in that area
would be poisonous to eat.

 

Can anyone clarify which of us is correct? I'm not sure what I can do about
it if I'm right, short of having to go out with Basil every single time he
goes out to make sure that he doesn't attempt to graze. And how long would
it be before the fertilized grass "grows out"? 

 

Thanks,

 

Esther and Basil (who will be missing his daily trips to the salad bar...)

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