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I posted this on a different forum here and someone told me to post it here so here it is:

Not sure about anyone else but this heat is taking it's toll on my lawn. This was on our local news - it's a recipe that is supposed to take your lawn from brown to green in 3 weeks and help keep bugs down to boot. So thought I'd post it here for anyone who's interested.

Lawn Tonic Recipe:

•1 can of beer (regular, not light)
•1 can of soda (regular, not diet)
•1/2 cup dishwashing liquid (not antibacterial soap)
•1/2 cup liquid ammonia
•1/2 cup mouthwash
Mix it all together with a ten gallon sprayer attached to your garden hose. The soda and beer act as food for your grass. The dish soap is also an ingredient in a lot of gardening recipes. For really brown grass, spray this concoction every three weeks.

What kind of sprayer attaches to a garden hose.I have a hand sprayer but it don't attach to the garden hose.

I have a hose attachment sprayer but it only holds about a quart! It does have different settings to allow different amount of stuff from it to mix with the water...I'd have to figure that out...oz. per gal. of water????

But we don't worry about our "grass" in the heat. It will go into hibernation to protect itself from the heat & then get green again once the temps & rain are ok for it. And with a 5 acre front yard...that's way tooooo much to spray anyway!

This message has been edited. Last edited by: ga.karen,

jeanette, miracle gro sells a hose sprayer attachment that is supposed to be used with their product. but, you can put anything in the bottle part & it will mix with water from the hose. you can find it at any garden center.

are there any specific brands that you would recommend for better results?

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I've reported the previous poster to admin for advertising. Let's hope they pull his posts. Or, he gets the message that advertising isn't allowed.

So did I...on ALL of them!

Tweet, you have in this recipe the same advice given on the many PBS shows by Jerry Baker.
The cola is sugar that feeds soil. The ammonia is nitrogen, also for greening up the lawn. The beer is another source of sugar.
The soap, as you have mentioned, is often added to recipes such as this; it holds the ingredients and cuts the dirt on the blades of grass enabling the other ingredients quick entry.
The mouthwash is alcohol that also feeds the microbes in the soil.

These omgredoemts are the same as what the manufacturers of store products use to make their bottled chemicals.
Jerry Baker, a master gardener, has done a study on the ingredients and concludes we don't have to buy the expensive stuff; instead we can make our own.

Your recipe is the same as his.
As far as spraying, any bottle that the combined ingredients can be given to and attached to your hose, will suffice. You can experiment with plain water to see how often your jar has to be filled to equal the suggested 10-gallon requirement.
I have such a bottle; its an old pickle jar and I have picked up something that fits on the hose end, with a small rubber tube, that vacuums the contents up.
Many such hose end sprayers are found on garden center shelves. Some are pricey, some are not so. If you think you'll use the sprayer often, then it makes sense to buy a good one.

I just reported him again.

Thanks for the info and advise.


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