Why Use Slow-Release Milorganite Fertilizer? (2024)

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Why Use Slow-Release Milorganite Fertilizer? ›

Milorganite^® is a Slow-Release Fertilizer

Slow-release fertilizers provide a steady supply of nutrients over a more extended period. This leads to more balanced growth and a healthier lawn in the long run. While you won't see an instant green-up as with quick-release fertilizers, the results are more sustainable and beneficial for your lawn's overall health.

The nitrogen in Milorganite is different. It's slow-release nitrogen made from natural processes. It's available to plants when they need it, not an excessive amount all at once. Plants are fed evenly and gradually, without interfering with flowering and fruit development, which also promotes healthy root growth.

Your Milorganite application contains a minimum of 2.5% iron which helps green your lawn along with nitrogen. Your lawn can only take up so many nutrients. Excess nutrients can result in nutrient runoff into our waterways, wasted money, product, and time.

Yes, over-fertilizing can harm plants, ecology, soil, and waterways. Using too much fertilizer can cause a lot of problems for your plants and the environment.

Of course, if you missed fertilizing last fall or if your lawn just doesn't seem to be doing too well, you can also add a small amount of slow-release fertilizer in the spring. For warm-season grasses that like the heat, it's important to fertilize once active growth starts, in the spring.

Its nutrients are slowly released, which means nutrients are available to grass at a rate it can use, which also reduces the risk of runoff. Milorganite contains 2.5% non-staining iron, which will make your grass as green as it can be without rust stains on your walks and driveway.

Milorganite will be great for the new seed and its initial push, but it will also help your existing lawn to green and thicken up right alongside it. Cool-season lawns push roots in fall time naturally anyway and Milorganite will support and encourage it to push more!

Specifications - Nutrient analysis

Milorganite is a slow-release nitrogen fertilizer guaranteed to contain not less than 6% nitrogen, at least 85% of which is water-insoluble (WIN). The available phosphorus is not less than 4%. Milorganite also contains 2.5% iron.

Should I water after applying Milorganite? ›

Milorganite can be applied any time during the growing season and it is suitable for any climate. DOES MILORGANITE NEED TO BE WATERED IN AFTER APPLICATION? NO, it does not. Milorganite's salt free formula won't burn the lawn; therefore, there's no need to water it in directly after application.

With this application rate, you should see visual results in the lawn within 7-14 days as long as you are keeping the turf irrigated and it's actively growing. The good news with Milorganite is its slow release so it won't hammer the lawn too hard even as temperatures are going up.

First off, having a thick, healthy stand of turf is the best way to help crowd out weeds naturally. Pushing your turf to thicken up with Milorganite fertilizer is a great way to get there. Along your journey though, you may have to apply some herbicides.

May not be as effective for instant results: Slow-release fertilizers may not be as effective for instant results as fast-release fertilizers. This is because they release nutrients more slowly. May be more expensive: Slow-release fertilizers may be more expensive than fast-release fertilizers.

Too much nitrogen at once can harm your grass.

In contrast, slow-release fertilizer won't burn your grass as it contains less salt. In addition to burning your grass, too much nitrogen can also make your turf more susceptible to lawn disease.

Milorganite is an eco-friendly, slow-release nitrogen fertilizer which has been growing beautiful lawns, trees, shrubs and flowers since 1926. Milorganite never burns, it doesn't have to be watered-in and its 2.5% iron produces beautiful thick green lawns without excessive growth.

An advantage of slow-release fertilizers is that they have limited adverse effects on the environment. Unlike traditional fertilizers that release nutrients rapidly, slow-release fertilizers gradually release nutrients over an extended period, reducing the risk of nutrient leaching and runoff into water bodies.

These fertilizers achieve results that are at least as good as standard fertilization while using less fertilizer, sometimes up to 25% less, with the benefit of leaching fewer nutrients and requiring fewer application passes. CRFs are used in all agricultural and horticultural crops all over the world.

Slow-release fertilizers are significantly less likely to leach. They don't need to be watered in, although it will more quickly start the process of releasing nutrients. Green up lasts longer.

Slow-release fertilizers gradually make minerals and nutrients available to the plant over time, creating a more balanced soil ecosystem. Rapid-release fertilizers are highly water-soluble and provide an instant dose of nutrients.