If nothing else you got your first lesson in reading the bag carefully. One of the reasons I moved to an organic lawn care program was to prevent mistakes like that. You can't really overdose with organics. Flushing the ground with water is the only thing you can do and you did it. You obviously have a good instinct. Some people freeze and don't do anything. They have troubles starting the next morning after the dew partially dissolves the fresh fertilizer. That salty mix burns the grass and it dies. You have a pretty good chance of not doing too much damage. Since you are new to lawn care, here is the basic 1-2-3 of lawn care. These are not my idea. They are the considered wisdom from this forum over the years all consolidated into a few paragraphs. Water deeply and infrequently. Deeply means at least an hour in every zone, all at once. Infrequently means monthly during the cool months and no more than weekly during the hottest part of summer. If your grass looks dry before the month/week is up, water longer next time. Deep watering grows deep, drought resistant roots. Infrequent watering allows the top layer of soil to dry completely which kills off many shallow rooted weeds. Mulch mow at the highest setting on your mower. Most grasses are the most dense when mowed tall. Bermuda, centipede, and bent grasses are the most dense when mowed at the lowest setting on your mower. Dense grass shades out weeds and uses less water when tall. Dense grass feeds the deep roots you're developing in 1 above. Fertilize regularly. I fertilize 4 times per year using organic fertilizer. Which fertilizer you use is much less important than numbers 1 and 2 above.

Hi Kathy, Like rhizo said, nevermind terryb -- I've seen post after post from him not offering anything constructive, useful or helpful. Let's get started.... Just beginning how bad have a I messed up? Not at all! You're fine.... One of the best things about natural/organic turf programs is that organic fertilizer may be applied any day, any time of day, and at any amount without fear of hurting the turf. You've put down quite a bit of fertilizer already this season, so you don't need any more at the moment, but we'll come back to that in a bit. Do I need to apply compost when the Bermuda is starting to break dormancy or while it is still dormant? You can apply compost now or later or you can choose not to, it's not really mandatory. The primary purpose of applying compost is the introduction of beneficial microorganisms. Unless your lawn's been really hammered with lots of chemicals in the last few years, there are soil microbes there already & feeding them in the form of organic protein based fertilizers will cause them to multiply. The application of compost is sort of a shortcut in this process. IMHO the only problem with applying compost is that it's quite a labor intensive backbreaking process. It requires about a cubic yard of compost for every 1000sqft of turf & to apply, you take it out in a wheelbarrow, shovel it out & then use a broom and/or landscape rake to spread. I did it in early March last year & frankly, If I had it to do over, I'd apply compost tea instead. Far easier, far less expensive & still you get the benefit you're after of the introduction of beneficial microorganisms. To learn more about compost tea, you can look in the Soil & Compost forum FAQ's and don't miss checking out Deuley's Little Texas Tea Brewer for instructions on a very inexpensive home brewer. Should I apply anymore fertilizer this growing season or wait till fall? Bermuda is a "heavy feeder", it likes fertilizer. I applied alfalfa pellets 3 wks ago & now my bermuda's coming out of dormancy, so I applied soybean meal a few days ago. I'll apply soybean meal @ 14-15lbs per 1000sqft approx every 4 to 6 weeks until first frost. Then I get to take a break til next spring. You can see the results of organically feeding my bermudagrass by looking at my member page (but beware, if you have dial-up, it;ll take a while for the page to load, I have many pics on there.) Any thoughts on lime? Only apply lime if you do a soil test & the test indicates you need lime to adjust the PH level. Keep in mind that now that you're feeding your microherd, you'll be naturally shifting PH towards neutral. Well, that's my 2 cents & I hope it helps some. Good day, Dan

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Thought I'd update. Got Windows installed without a hitch, Dell talked me through it. I debated whether to put Win 7 in since I was starting from scratch but worried some of my software might not work Everything went well except I couldn't find drivers for some things such as my wireless adapter so couldn't get on line. Called Linksys and they spent over an hour trying to get the driver in and finally did. That was the best part, finally getting on line and getting hit with a zillion MS updates. I have misplaced or lost some software. We moved here in March and I could not locate my Office disk, wireless mouse/keyboard software and a few other things, might have gotten lost in the move. I'm most concerned about Office 07. I paid for it. Dell says they can't help and I could try contacting MS and see if they would do anything. I haven't moved any of my files back yet. Otherwise, I feel like the computer runs better than when it was new. Things seem different, have to fool with fonts and views, but I'm amazed how effortlessly the machine runs. This computer always seemed to have a few 'glitches' but I was used to it. Now it seems so fast and smooth (of course there isn't much running on it yet.) I don't know how to thank everyone for all the support and help I received. You are the best friends anyone could ever ask for. I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks! Thanks from the bottom of my heart... Jane