QuestionI live in Albuquerque NM and last year I planted a small lawn of heat resistant Scott grass seed, I cant remember the exact name of the grass. It started coming up nicely and my neighbors and co-workers all said you must put iron on your grass, our soil has no iron.So the neighbor who owns a auto repair business brought home some very fine iron filings from his brake lathe, he said just sprinkle some and your grass will be great. well my grass is getting kind of patchy and oddly colored. I thing i put to much iron on! Can i reverse this or should i due something else? Is my grass going to die
Answer I cannot tell if your grass is going to die. I doubt that anyone can tell what was in the material you sprinkled on your lawn. "Plants do not eat solids" is a statement we learned in elementary school. Therefore pure iron filings must somehow get dissolved in the soil water before it can be taken up through the plant roots. There are iron formulations available to homeowners for application on the lawn. They are not expensive and when applied according to the label, will not hurt the grass or pollute the environment.
