Professional Lawn Application Rates
Milorganite is the ideal choice for “Organic Option” programs frequently offered by professional lawn care and landscape operators, providing the best value of any organic-based fertilizer on the market. It won’t burn turf and is so versatile that it can be used wherever customers need fertilizer. Produced and sold since 1926, Milorganite delivers the results customers demand.
Cool-Season (Northern) Grasses
Fertilize four times per year Kentucky Bluegrass, Fescue, Perennial Ryegrass
Apply your last application as late in the season as possible before the first deep freeze or snowfall. This fertilizer application is known as dormant feeding. Fertilizing this late in the season will allow for an early spring green up.
| N per 1,000 sq ft | Milorganite 6-2-0 per 1,000 sq ft | |
|---|---|---|
| Spring | 1 lb | 17 lbs |
| Summer | ½-1 lb | 8½ lbs |
| Fall | 1 lb | 17 lbs |
| Dormant* | 1 1/2 lbs | 25 lbs |
Warm-Season (Southern) Grasses
Fertilize four times per year Bermuda, St. Augustine, Centipedegrass, Bahia, & Zoysia
Avoid nitrogen applications to warm-season grasses in the fall less than one month prior to dormancy or the average first killing frost date in your area. Several additional fertilizations can be made for winter overseeding, but only as needed to keep the overseeding green. Centipedegrass and Bahia grass prefer spring and summer feedings. Avoid late fall fertilization of these species to prevent possible winter kill.
| N per 1,000 sq ft | Milorganite 6-2-0 per 1,000 sq ft | |
|---|---|---|
| Spring | 1 lb | 17 lbs |
| Summer | 1 lb | 17 lbs |
| Fall | 1 lb | 17 lbs |
| Fall overseeding | 1 lb | 17 lbs |
| Turf type | North FL | Central FL | South FL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Centipede | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| St. Augustine | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Zoysia | 5 | 6 | 6 |