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Scotts Super Turf Builder WinterGuard Lawn Fertilizer - 50 lb. 21815
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| Part No: | B000UGTM4O |
| Manufacturer: | Scotts |
| MFG Part: | 21815 |
| Customer Rating: | 1.5 / 5.0 |
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- Delivers more greening power than regular Turf Builder WinterGuard Fall Lawn Fertilizer
- Builds stronger, deeper roots during winter
- Have a thicker, greener lawn next spring
- Apply as last feeding in fall
- Use for a lush, beautiful lawn
Scotts, 15,000 SQFT Coverage, 24-3-12 Super Winterizer Fall Lawn Fertilizer, Apply In Fall, September Through November, Delivers More Greening Power Than Regular Winterizer, Builds A Thicker, Sturdier Lawn This Fall With Better Green Up Next Spring, Helps Develop Stronger, Deeper Roots.
| It Can Burn Your Lawn | 2009-09-15 | 1 / 5 |
| This review is for Scotts Turf Builder Plus 2 Weed Control/Fertilizer, but I believe it applies to any Scotts Turf Builder product. I'm giving this product only one star because of the following prominent statement on the front of the package for this product and others that they sell: "Won't Burn Lawn Guaranteed!" When my gardener applied this product to my lawn 6 months ago using a Scotts spreader, it caused a large number of brown patches of grass in the lawn, and these patches did not return to green for more than a month. Thinking that this must have been the gardener's fault somehow, and naively believing the claim that it would not burn my lawn, I decided to apply the product again last week, this time doing it myself and taking scrupulous care to follow all the directions on the package. I even placed plastic stakes in the lawn to mark where the Scotts AccuGreen 3000 spreader's wheels had been to try to avoid overlap. One week later, I again have a large number of brown patches in a lawn that was nearly perfect before I applied the product. These patches are primarily in areas where a small amount of overlap must have occurred in spite of my best efforts to avoid it (my lawn is quite curvy and gets narrow at some spots).
I called the Scotts customer line and spoke to two people who were very polite and sympathetic. They were not able to explain why the company places this prominent "guarantee" on its packages, but obviously they do it to increase their sales. I politely refused their offer of a refund, since it required work on my part for very little money. In my opinion, if they claim that the product is "guaranteed" not to burn, they should come to my house and replace my lawn for me, and obviously they have no intention of doing that. They did explain to me that the burn resulted from too much fertilizer, not from the weed control component. One suggestion they had was that next time I might consider reducing the setting on my spreader from 5 1/4 to 4 1/2 or so, or that I could try a hand-held spreader that would not tend to drop a bunch of product in one spot when I hit a bump or turned a corner (but I would have to be very careful near shrubs, unless I chose a product without weed killer). Another idea would be to use only a product without weed killer, since the weed killer component requires one to keep the lawn dry for at least 24 hours (the weeds can be killed by spraying at another time). If I did that, I could water the lawn immediately after application to reduce the risk of burning.
In my opinion, Scotts should remove the statement that their product is guaranteed not to burn a lawn, since this "guarantee" only means that, when the product does burn your lawn, they will refund the money you spent buying the product, if you can find your receipt etc. |
| It Can Burn Your Lawn | 2009-09-14 | 1 / 5 |
| This review is for Scotts Turf Builder Plus 2 Weed Control/Fertilizer. I'm giving this product only one star because of the following prominent statement on the front of the package for this product and some others that they sell: "Won't Burn Lawn. Guaranteed." When my gardener applied this product to my lawn 6 months ago using a Scotts spreader, it caused a large number of brown patches of grass in the lawn, and these patches did not return to green for more than a month. Thinking that this must have been the gardener's fault somehow, and naively believing the claim that it would not burn my lawn, I decided to apply the product again last week, this time doing it myself and taking scrupulous care to follow all the directions on the package. I even placed plastic stakes in the lawn to mark where the Scotts AccuGreen 3000 spreader's wheels had been to try to avoid overlap. One week later, I again have a large number of brown patches in a lawn that was nearly perfect before I applied the product. These patches are primarily in areas where a small amount of overlap must have occurred in spite of my best efforts to avoid it (my lawn is quite curvy and gets narrow at some spots).
I called the Scotts customer line and spoke to two people who were very polite and sympathetic. They were not able to explain why the company places this prominent "guarantee" on its packages, but obviously they do it to increase their sales. I politely refused their offer of a refund, since it required work on my part for very little money. In my opinion, if they claim that the product is "guaranteed" not to burn, they should come to my house and replace my lawn for me, and obviously they have no intention of doing that. They did explain to me that the burn resulted from too much fertilizer, not from the weed control component. One suggestion they had was that next time I might consider reducing the setting on my spreader from 5 1/4 to 4 1/2 or so, or that I could try a hand-held spreader that would not tend to drop a bunch of product in one spot when I hit a bump or turned a corner (but I would have to be very careful near shrubs, unless I chose a product without weed killer). Another idea would be to use only a product without weed killer, since the weed killer component requires one to keep the lawn dry for at least 24 hours (the weeds can be killed by spraying at another time). If I did that, I could water the lawn immediately after application to reduce the risk of burning.
In my opinion, Scotts should remove the statement that their product is guaranteed not to burn a lawn, since this "guarantee" essentially only means that, when the product does burn your lawn, they will refund the money you spent buying the product, if you can find your receipt etc. |
| Not for Southern Warm season grass(St. Augustine) | 2008-11-15 | 2 / 5 |
| If you are wanting to use this fertilizer for it's stated purpose, and you live somewhere like southern Louisiana, and you have St. Augustine grass; STOP!!!!!!!
As it turns out, this so-called winterizer has a very high Nitrogen number and a low potassium number. This is the exact opposite formula that you should use according to the LSU agriculture center.
"To winterize Southern, warm-season lawns, apply a fertilizer with more potash than nitrogren. Potash is represented by the third number on a fertilizer bag, while nitrogen is shown as the first.
In the fall, the emphasis in feeding changes from growth to strength. In September, apply a fertilizer with less nitrogen to slow growth and more potash to build stress tolerance.
"Our lawn grasses are the warm-season type, so they grow when it's warm and not much when it's cool. That means we must encourage growth with nitrogen in warm weather and not push the grasses when we shouldn't," said LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dr. Tom Koske."
""If we keep feeding a relatively high N in the fall, we will spur soft, lush growth," Koske said, explaining that soft growth is more subject to diseases like brown patch. This damage won't have time to grow out of it because the cooler weather and shorter days won't let it.
"Our fall lawn care plan should encourage only moderate, slow growth on centipede and St. Augustine lawns," Koske said.
Beware of northern-blend winterize's that have high N and moderate potash. Apply any fall fertilization in September. It is not needed any longer in October.
If you already have been applying about half as much potash as N, winterizing is not necessary. If you have been putting out mostly N this summer, apply a southern winterizer now or just muriate of potash (0-0-60) at 1 to 2 pounds of muriate per 1,000 square feet.
"If in doubt, it is better to do nothing at all than do the wrong fertilizer program at this time," Koske said. "
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I gave a low rating because the product's label is misleading. It should specify that it should not be used in southern climates. |
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