Sure Seal Organic Fertilzer

16 years ago

Finding soybean meal in my area if VERY tough. I found the Blue Seal dealer and they sell "Safe N' Simple" fertilizer. It's comprised of alfalfa pellets, soybean meal, and fish meal.

50 lb for 5000 sq ft and sells for $19.99. http://www.blueseal.com/lawncare/safensimple.php

Can anyone report on how good this fertilizer is?

I am planning on full organic this year but will be hitting the yard with a dose or two of Weed-b-gon to knock back the weeds from my spring planting.

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dchall_san_antonio
16 years ago
If those are the ingredients it should be a very good organic fertilizer.

Soybean meal is not the only organic fertilizer. Any ground grain will work. I like ordinary corn meal. I get 50 pounds at the feed store for $6.75 this year. Rabbit food (alfalfa pellets) should cost about the same or maybe a few dollars more. Starbucks will give you as much free used coffee grounds as they have and you can carry. Otherwise anything that comes as an animal feed and has protein in it will work great. The application rate for any of them is 10-20 pounds per 1,000 square feet.

If you can get generic grains at feed store prices, the cost of an organic program is about the same as the cost of a synthetic program. If you buy commercially bagged organic fertilizer it can cost 6x more than a synthetic program. If you use compost, the cost can skyrocket. I haven't used compost in years.
jayt63
16 years ago
Thanks for posting the information about Blue Seal stores. I went online and looked them up. I found six stores within twenty five miles of where I am located. I called the first one and they had two bags of the Safe n Simple fertilizer in stock and were expecting an order on Thursday of this week. When I went in to pick up the two 50 lb bags the lady informed me that one of them had torn open and was maybe a lb shy of 50 lbs, but that I could have both bags for $17.00 a bag -saving me $6.00.
I am really happy to have found this new source for organic fertilizer.(They also carry the straight soy bean meal, but it is the same price as at Agway -$13.25 for a 50 lb bag). I will let you know how it works. I am planning to put down some on May 15th or thereabouts.
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skoot_cat
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That stuff looks excellent, I would use it year round if thats all could get. Liquid molasses would help even further. Apply the molasses @ 2oz per Gallon to cover 1000sqft right after you apply the feed.

I do however feel the application rate is a little low. For spring and summer feedings the recommend rate sounds fine. But, for your fall applications, if within budget you could easily double the recommended rate. (100lbs per 5000sqft.)

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