Loved, I used m.g. In the blue box their bloom booster and it worked wonders. So after alot of research and thought ( ok and being nosey) I went to one of the hydro stores and bought some monkey business fertilizer to test on one brug ( npk 15-50-15) it drank it up and grew like crazy, blooms galore! It is not organic, nor cheap it cost me $49.00. The others with m.g bloom booster was good but no comparison.The downside is it chalked up the top layer of the dirt and needed flushing, and its like crack once started you have to used it or they wilt awful.Go to one of the hydro stores or order online.I will be using it on all of my brugs this year as my growing season is very short, and brugs have become my crack and I gotta have em!

I really hope my stupidness didn't break this machine. If it did, they must be more fragile that I thought. I don't know about your duet but I don't think I could harm mine... it puts up with A LOT! With 4 kids, 3 huge dogs and having a home like Grand Central Station, our Duet has washed many things, including things it probably shouldn't have, without any trouble. I always throw a couple of towels in when I do sheets-- to me is seems like it helps them NOT to get so tangled. My kids have washed heavy ATV riding clothes with tons of mud on them and have the caused the washer to take forever to balance itself but after it does, there doesn't seem to ever be any problem. So quit kicking yourself in the behind!! :) When we had a bunch of BBs go through our washer (dang teenagers!) my husband was able to use the service manual to repair it himself. He says it is the easiest appliance he has ever worked on... there isn't much to them. Good luck! Here is a link that might be useful: Service Manuals

About 90% of what is said above is my DH!! We call him the "house guest" for a reason. I can't even imagine asking him to put up blinds or paint in the first place. I installed a flush mount light fixture in his closet and used one of the last forever bulbs because I knew he wouldn't know how to change it. I installed the light fixture in this picture. It took me 2 hours because it had many pieces and was so long that I (on a ladder) had to hold one end up with my head while carefully reaching over to install the other end. Okay, that's no big deal except the entire time I could see DH in front of the TV watching the football game and never got any hints from my grunting, mild cursing, and moans for frustration. It's pretty sad when the neighbors come over to borrow my tools. Last week one of my neighbors asked DH "does Cathy have any molly bolts?". I knew DH had no clue what a molly bolt was. What amazes me is that he is well respected in his area of interest. Ex: He was inducted into the Hall of Fame for what he does. We attended a ceremony in his honor and they gave him a plaque and a big ole ring! So he is capable and loved by many just don't expect him to know which is the business end of a hammer. I have had serious talks with him lately explaining that I want a partnership in this house and would like him to try harder to participate in the maintenance.

The weed n feed combined products are difficult to use and the results are usually unsatisfactory. I think all the forums will tell you that if you need to fertilize, use a fertilizer. If you need to kill weeds, use a herbicide (spot spray with Weed b Gon of WBG Chickweed, Clover, and Oxalis Killer). It could be the plantain needs the WBG CCO. It's a different bottle of stuff. Read the bottle label to see if 3 weeks is enough time between spraying. You should not get into a ritual of spraying it every few weeks, though. That's asking for trouble. You seeded at a bad time of year. Why? Because now is the time crabgrass seed is germinating. Also because tender new grass shoots will not have sturdy enough roots to live through the summer heat. Fall is THE time to seed northern grasses. As to fertilizer, the grass needs nitrogen. Whether it needs phosphorous or potassium, you can't tell without a soil test (Logan Labs, $25 - best soil test in the country by far). Having said that, you can apply an organic fertilizer like soybean meal, corn meal, alfalfa pellets, Milorganite, or corn gluten meal at any time without fear. These materials feed the soil microbes which, after 3 weeks, will feed the plants. Watering: Deep and infrequent is the mantra for watering. This is for all turf grass all over the place. Deep means 1 inch all at one time. Put some cat food or tuna cans around the yard, and time how long it takes your sprinkler(s) to fill all the cans. Memorize that time. That will be the time you water from now on. My hose, sprinkler and water pressure takes 8 full hours to fill the cans. Your time will likely be less. I like gentle watering. As for watering frequency, that depends on the temperature. With temps in the 90s, deep water once per week. With temps in the 80s, deep water once every 2 weeks. With temps in the 70s, deep water once every 3 weeks. With temps below 70, deep water once a month. Note that you have to keep up with quickly changing temps in the spring and fall. This deep and infrequent schedule works in Phoenix and in Vermont, so it should work for you. The reason for deep and infrequent is to grow deeper, more drought resistant roots and to allow the soil to dry completely at the surface for several days before watering again. If it rains, reset your calendar to account for the rainfall. Mowing: Mulch mow at the mower's highest setting for all lawns except bermuda, centipede, and creeping bentgrass. Those should be mowed at the lowest setting. Fertilizer: As indicated above. Dates are Memorial Day, Labor Day, and about Thanksgiving. Note that these dates do NOT match the dates you will get from TV commercials, local radio stations, and newspaper and magazine articles. These dates are the historical dates used by professional grass farmers and ranchers and have been adopted by the lawn community gurus as being the most appropriate for chemical fertilization. If you use organic fertilizer, you can do that any day of the year, or every day of the year. You cannot go wrong with organics unless you bury the grass in it. Spray on fertilizer is good for a few days up to a week. Grass needs pounds of nitrogen to last from season to season. All you get with a spray is fractional diluted ounces of nitrogen.