A Maryland homeowner used Scotts Summer Weed & Feed, then found crabgrass exploding. The answer: Weed & Feed kills soil microbes, leaving no natural nitrogen cycling or disease suppression. Compost added afterward will be wasted—microbes are dead.
Every Scotts/Ortho product damages the soil food web. Golf courses are moving away from these chemicals because staff hate the exposure and they're finding better results organically.
Pledge to stop buying chemical bags. Then: core aerate, top-dress with compost, overseed with quality tall fescue, apply corn gluten meal at forsythia bloom for pre-emergent crabgrass control, and use sugar (1 lb/250 sq ft) spring/fall to feed microbes. Mow high, water deep.
The author offers full step-by-step guidance if the homeowner commits to organics.
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