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Western WA Pasture fertilizer

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LDennis24:
In the fall you shouldn't be using your basic miracle grow or even dose fertilizer. The only thing your grass needs is nitrogen unless your soil is seriously deficient in nutrients. The only exception is if you have a dormant warm climate type.grass like Bermuda or something. Then you shouldn't fertilize at all and wait for spring to again, only use a nitrogen based fertilizer.

KFhunter:
Brush hog and drag is all I do in the fall. Our fall tends to go from popcorn fart dry to frozen overnight. The grass isn't growing enough to pull in fertilizer, so it sits there evaporating into the atmosphere.  You might have a decent growth in the fall and the roots might pull it in and store it, but you'll need to get it in the window.

Spring it's soil sample and custom mix fert

HUNTIN4SIX:
Lots to think about on this subject.  Straight nitrogen is probably the consensus.  Are you going to use liquid or dry?  Sounds like this is not a lawn....10 acres needs to be done on a larger scale.  You will need to know how much N you want to put down.  My typical spring application is 200lbs/acre of 32-0 dry or 20gal/acre of 30-0 Liquid.  These are estimates.  You might want to go 1/2 the amount for a fall application in your case.  Some local Ag business might provide a fertilizer cart if you buy from them, not sure about your area.  There is more to it than buying a few bags of 16-16-16 and gettin after it. :dunno:

PolarBear:
Lawns are not the same as pastures

PolarBear:

--- Quote from: boneaddict on October 29, 2022, 06:10:58 AM ---Dragging it will help lots. If you don’t want to spend the money on fertilizer.

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:yeah:
Just spent the last week dragging pastures.

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