I Tested a Very, Very Old Fertilizer Recipe I saw on PBS
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- Опубліковано 1 лип 2024
- Could this be the SECRET to having a Green Lawn? In this video we put Jerry Baker’s All Season Green Up Lawn Tonic to the TEST!
Jerry Baker was an author, gardener and had several tv shows on PBS in the 80s and 90’s. He came up with several homemade fertilizers for your lawn and garden using readily available items from your home.
We will be testing out his all season green up tonic fertilizer which consists of beer, ammonia, dish soap, molasses and plant food (im using super thrive)
Recipe:
1/2 cup of dish soap (not antibacterial)
1/2 cup of molasses
1 cup of beer
1 cup of ammonia
1 cup of plant food
Once mixed it should be applied to your lawn using a hose end sprayer.
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In my experience, Stella is fine for warm season grasses like Bermudagrass or St. Augustine, but cool season grasses prefer an IPA like Two Hearted Ale or Anti-Hero. This is especially true if you're using one of the better cultivars of KGB, like Midnight or Bewitched.
Bahahah my hats off to you for quite possibly the greatest comment ever
Can confirm from Seattle, WA. 👍
Mine prefers all day ipa as a spoon feed.
Long Island, NY here - can confirm, cool season grass prefer IPAs
@@MrRice67 nothing but the best for us cool season folk!
My neighbor who ran a greenhouse and florist shop used a slight variation on your recipe. It was basic fertilizer, mild dish soap, clear ammonia, flea and tic shampoo and 1/2 a can of beer. When I foolishly asked him what you do with the other 1/2 can of beer he said "Why you knucklehead! You drink it!!" I miss his sense of humor and I still remember the recipe.
Well naturally, you drink the the remaining beer. I mean, you wouldn’t just through it out, would ya?😊😊😊😊
@@geraldduncan5646 throw a ball through a tunnel.
What I love about your content? It's short and right on the spot. Keep doing the job :) Thanks!
Thanks!
RIP Jerry Baker. He will be happy to know that people are still using his formulas and tonics
Jerry Baker used to be the spokesperson for Kmart Garden Centers. I met him at a Grand opening of a Super Kmart in Mansfield Ohio. He was very knowledgeable on using home remedies for your lawn and garden. He has since passed. His home was in Winterhaven Florida.
The yeast in the beer helps with the decomposing of thatch. Blackstrap Molasses is the molasses to use. Its high in Iron, magnesium, and calcium. I've been putting molasses on my garden for years. Those, uh, medical plants love it.
I heard about the bootstrap molasses, does it attract deers to your yard?
Medical plants huh? You growin some aloe vera or what?? 💨💨💨
You don't need to waste perfectly good beer on a lawn. Just use regular yeast ... in combination with the molasses (or regular Coke also works), which feeds the yeast cells.
@@markg6860 - At least he uses Stella Artois, a quality Belgian beer :).
Check DCM Vital Green too, a Belgian product.
Cheers, a guy from Belgium.
@@laurapalmerTDGE That's true, but I would be extremely jealous of my lawn, by having to waste good beer on it!
@@markg6860 - Use Heineken the famous Dutch sewer water instead. The lawn will turn 🍊.
One thing I really like about your videos is your curiosity. You try all kinds of different things to see what the results are. Your videos give me courage to try some new things.
Thanks Tom! Means a lot
This guy's videos are the perfect length to always get the point across. I love the way he uses foreshadowing with the time stamps to hold the viewer's attention to the very end. Best lawn channel for the regular guy who just wants to level up his yard.
Thanks boss! i try to keep it concise and engaging just as if i was watching youtube, i dont like fluff, i come here for answers.
Appreciate you commenting kenny!
I love the length of his excellent, to-the-point videos. So many UA-camrs are ridiculously wordy, and frankly guys, I don’t care to hear about your weather or other daily routine.
I sprayed all the dry grass areas of my yard tonight with concentrated dish soap out of an Ortho sprayer Prior to seeing this video. It will help water penetrate hard soils like clay. I also have never met a bug that likes their body or food covered in soap (ex..aphids on roses). I have Jerry Bakers book and watched him many times on PBS. Some say he is a quack...in reality he was a smart man.
I did this every 3 weeks during the spring and summer when I owned my home.
I had the BEST lawn in town, by FAR !
I believe it!
Yep, used it back in the 90's had the same result as you to where people would seek me to find out how my lawn stayed so green and lush
Imagine their surprise when you told them that beer - of all things - was one of the secret ingredients LOL
I loved Jerry Baker!! I own some of his books and it works!!👍 The recipe you just used is great to spray on trees, foliage as well as the lawn. It will make everything super green and healthy!
I’ve made my own liquid fertilizer from the grass clippings, throw them in a 5 gallon bucket with water and let it steep for about a week and strain the clippings and there you go
That sounds brilliant and too easy , how often can / do you apply ? any risks of harm to the grass to do this in the summer ?? Thanks for the tip .
Oh yeah, He was the first Master Gardener I ever learned from.
This recipe is good but the one I learned from him substituted cola for molasses. It's the sugar that's important ...There wasn't any plant food in the original recipe because of the ammonia. That stuff is pure nitrogen for the plants! Any more than that would burn them. The dish soap is used to cut through the natural waxy film of the foliage to allow the rest of the cocktail to absorb into the plant more quickly. Another thing you can use as an organic pesticide is tobacco tea made by steeping Beech-Nut chewing tobacco in boiling water... put it in a sprayer bottle and you're good to go. This was also one of his recipes. His book I think was called Tips, Tricks, and Tonics. All my plants absolutely loved his tonics!!!!
You can't go wrong with Jerry's Tonics!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤
Yes I’ve done the tobacco pesticide it kills anything
I've been using his tonics for years and have seen great results. For the lawn and my flowers and gardens. I've never used the lawn food in my tonics.
Baker didn't use plant food in his recipes in his book. I made this his fertilizer in 1996 and it only had beer,sprite, dish liquid, amonia. I grew tomatoes and roses ,gave to tomatoes to half the n-hood.
Thd reason I used his recipe was to stay more on organic level.
I have his books and videos. There are different tonics in his books. One does not have liquid fertilizer, one does. Different purposes.
All ingredients are helpful to the lawn. Thanks.
I have all of Jerry Baker’s books. He suggests using Lemon scented ammonia and dish-soap. The lemon will keep all flying insects away….Mosquitoes as well. Just spray everything…plants, yard, house, furniture…before let’s say a cookout. You’ll actually see all the flying bugs leave as you are spraying. And you’ll have a very green lawn as well. Jerry Baker..America’s Master Gardener! Cheers
You can add a lemon essential oil then
Great video!!! I use to use his tonics as well and they do work. While I use other products now, I still use the dish soap for things needing a surfactant
…… I’ve been using these solutions for YEARS! Great stuff!
Such great delivery, George. Awesome job!
This is awesome! I remember seeing these old school home recipes - pretty sweet seeing it in action and the quick green-up!
Lol thanks, I could see this being the n-ext product of their day haha
@@PrincessCutLawnCare hahaha yes!!!
I don't even have a lawn, I live on the 8th floor of an apartment. This guy some how made this topic interesting
haha thank you my friend!
His lawn tonic works. I have tried it. Jerry was my first lawn guides guru for my lawn.
You're supposed to drink the remaining beer while you hope for the best. 😂
Who said I didn’t 😂
@@PrincessCutLawnCare Right? Missed opportunity to have a second beer can off to the side and as you pour the first one in, turn back to the camera and be like. 'Your probably wondering why two beer cans. Well, I took some liberties and decided to build off of his existing recipe... let me show you.' -- Then cut to you watering the grass with one hand, beer in the other. lol
@@romanfoster3820 that would've been academy award winning content!
@@romanfoster3820 haha next time!
Right!! You drink until the grass looks good and call it a day 😂
I still use his recipes, they actually work
They do! I was pleasantly surprised 👍
Props to putting out a vid for cheap and easy DIY fertilizers. The results are snapping!
Not too shabby, it looks even better today. I should have waited another day or two
FINALLY some use for Bud Light!
😂 💯
@@PrincessCutLawnCare You want to empathize with these people? Your actions will bite you... just a matter of time.
I use to use his recipes years ago. My plants loved them.
That's awesome!
Omg, I even bought Jerry's books and video back in the day. I still have them!
Nice!
I LOVE his methods, I have several books. My favorite is his formula for transplanting plants. It's a miracle for plants so they don't go into shock. I have used his methods for over 30 years.
Can you share it please? Also does he have anything for propagating softwood cuttings?
id like to know as well
@@bobmanp8653
It’s time to divide your prized perennials so you have even more next year. Start by digging up those overgrown clumps, cutting them apart, and then soaking them in this transplant tonic before replanting:
1 can of beer
4 tbsp. of instant tea granules - I can’t find any longer so I make some strong tea.
2 tbsp. of dishwashing liquid
2 gal warm water
Mix these ingredients in a bucket, and soak newly divided perennials in this tonic for about 10 minutes before replanting them. When you’re finished, dribble any leftovers around your newly settled divisions. It’ll get them off on the right root and grow like gangbusters!
@@chompers11
It’s time to divide your prized perennials so you have even more next year. Start by digging up those overgrown clumps, cutting them apart, and then soaking them in this transplant tonic before replanting:
1 can of beer
4 tbsp. of instant tea granules - I can’t find any longer so I make some strong tea.
2 tbsp. of dishwashing liquid
2 gal warm water
Mix these ingredients in a bucket, and soak newly divided perennials in this tonic for about 10 minutes before replanting them. When you’re finished, dribble any leftovers around your newly settled divisions. It’ll get them off on the right root and grow like gangbusters!
@@AkSonya1010 really cannot tell for the life of me if you're trolling me HAHA
Yes. Jerry Baker. I knew I’d use this my future self.
I just LOVE your videos!!! Thanks again for sharing!
I use this recipe in between my granular fertilizations. Everything comes from the Dollar store except the beer, and IT WORKS! FYI. I reside in Southeast MI with cool season grass. Give it a try guys!
Sweet!
I have a patch of grass I'll practice this on. I been using Yard Mastery Double Dark.
Caught Jerry Baker's show on PBS, decades ago. Being a curious chemical engineer, I gave it a try. Ended up using his concoctions for years, when I lived in the high-end 'burbs. It works, had the best lawn on the street, if not village. Kept a very sharp lawn mower blade and never took off more the a quarter of the length of grass, maintaining its height between 3 and 4 inches. Has Jerry said, it will help to retard weed growth.
One day, I observed my neighbor outside giving his expensive lawn care service 'what for.' He was pointing at his lawn, then at my lawn, then back at the poor lawn care representative, over and over. I couldn't hear the animated conversation. But, it was obvious what was being said. The lawnservice never did make the neighbor's lawn look as good as mine.
Im going to try this stuff , i like your story
And the best part is you aren't poisoning the food chain.
Man, that is a blast from the past, i have not used it since the '90 s.
I established clover a couple of years ago and big difference now. Some home made compost in the fall and the lawn looks great. Every year there's less weeds now. Where our dog pees is the best grass now.
This was awesome!! You should totally find more recipes to test out!
Thank you! Will do! had fun with this one dolly!
@@PrincessCutLawnCare and you get to drink the left over beer
I've been doing it with Beer,Amonia and dish soap only. For years. Works amazing on my Zoysia.
Good to know!
Yup - I used Jerry's methods and it does work - don't forget the Chewing Tobacco Juice and Lemon Dish Soap.
Something different in the lawn community. Love it!
Thanks bud appreciate that! We try to keep it fresh
Thanks George - always wondered if that SuperThrive was for real!
I've been using Jerry's recipes for almost 20 years. He knows his stuff. You waited only two days for results. Give it a solid week and see how it looks. I don't use that formula you used because it makes my grass jump too much-- Don't want extra mowing.
You are absolutely right, it was much greener around day 5!
Yeah, but more frequent mowing also challenges the roots to grow and your lawn will thicken
You think it's his recipe
Why go through the trouble of making this video and only giving a 2 day follow up?
A 7 day follow up would have been great.
Thanks for explaining the theory behind each item.
No problem papa!
This is the recipe my mom used for her front yard in Jacksonville. It worked.
That guy is why I have a green thumb. Everything he said to do works.
Credit PBS too. This is the public good that comes from stuff like that.
kill your lawn though
we're going off the climate change cliff and there is no reason at all to pour water into turf
I've tried his barn yard tea. I spray it in everything. That stuff works.
Nice!
Man I remember seeing this guy on pbs or something years ago with these home made lawn fertilizer recipe's. Cool to see you do one. I think he had one that also had tobacco juice in it.
Dry nice presentation. You know your stuff and did a great job!
Thanks sydni! Appreciate that
I used to watch Jerry too. He had all kinds of crazy household stuff he would throw on his lawn and plants - today though, for sure, the label lawyers here on UA-cam would slay him if he made content. Also, Super Thrive is legit - it's what everyone uses here in Summer.
I was going to do his tobacco juice pest recipe as well but didn’t want to upset the sensitive viewers 😂
@@PrincessCutLawnCare You and the lawn nut are sensitive to sensitive YT viewers making critical comments, and I have become sensitive to you and lawn nut for being sensitive to sensitive viewers making critical comments... Where does it end? Jerry Baker, the self-styled master gardener, was a master salesman, btw. Do you know one of his first jobs was as an undercover officer impersonating a gardener?
That's it! I'm going to do a superthrive test since the weather is improving. I predict its bunk.
@@davidhintz1806 superthrive is awesome. It's a bunch of vitamins and hormones that boost plant growth.
I just piss on my lawn. And cut up sticks & leaves into the grass with the mower. Boooom
My dad used to watch Jerry Baker years ago, he put beer in everything it seemed. LOL We never tried that stuff but looks like it has some basis in actual lawn chemistry.
Beer and tobacco juice are his favorite things lol
I watched Jerry Baker on PBS all the time. I also bought his books. I followed his directions including wearing golf shoes whenever I mowed or fertilized. I had the best looking fescue lawn, rose garden and perennial beds in my neighborhood, hands down. My trees also thrived. His stuff works!
Question as a non-homeowner with no lawn... why golf shoes? Do they leave less of an impact on your lawn or something?
@@AJR-zg2py helps with Aeration of the grass
@@cstraws That makes total sense because they have spikes. Not a golfer so that's why I asked. Thank you! :)
If been using Jerry green up tonic for about 3 years it works .I use more on garden then do yard .smaller area don't have to use as much.then I'll spray in brown area of yard to .good to see a video saying it works other always yes it doesn't.
A great video. I will say the most important thing here to spray you lawn with is dish soap. After you fertilize your lawn, spray dish soap on it and then water it in. Farmers use soap after they plant crop seeds. It breaks the surface tension.....
Great point!
I remember watching pbs gardening shows with my dad when I was little
I’ve used this mixture, but with cola instead of molasses, and 4oz of micro green for the “ lawn food” element.
Stop playing, You are a scientist dude!!
Excellent presentation boss.
Mad kudos & thanks!!!
It would be interesting running this experiment three different ways: 1. Water only (control), 2. Normal Fertilizer, and 3. Jerry Baker's concoction. You'll have to run them on separate patches of the lawn, but all three should be the same grass and have the same exposure (sun versus shade over the day).
Funny you mentioned that, i was a novice at these video taped experiments when i made this video last year but i took the feedback i recieved from this video and really dialed in the controls on my newer experiments.
@@PrincessCutLawnCare I like how you explained the potential benefits or purpose of each ingredient. I would have never guessed dish soap could be helpful to plant growth other than maybe countering aphid infestation.
The tonic is in addition to dry fertilizer. Not instead of. It is a dry fertilizer activator / booster. Apply tonic every three weeks. Not once and done.
I used that recipe once, minus super thrive, a few years back. It did green up my lawn fast and my flowers kept blooming all the way into November. All the neighbors couldn't believe it.
Sweet! do you still use it?
@@PrincessCutLawnCare To be honest my wife evicted me from the flower beds. Word of advice, do not use your wife's flowers beds as experiment grounds. I have not use it in the lawn since then, I guess not sure if it cost/time effective in the long run, best between 500 to 1k. Also while it does work there's no "evidence" on how or if there's negative effects on lawn. Because of that I went back to tradicional fertilizers. Who knows I might start trying it in a small section of my lawn.
@@PrincessCutLawnCare Thanks again for showing that there are alternatives to the norms.
@@aquienpuedainteresar4188 what fertilizer do you use for your lawn?
Got a sub with this one. Old knowledge is priceless! I have an old readers digest from the 1980s - How to do Just About Anything. This reminded me of that book. 👍
Great presentation!
Wow just wow. Molasses has been boiled down and it is really concentrated mineral boost. The sugars just feed the bacteria. This isn't to fertilize your plants, it feeds your soil. Your soil in turn takes care of all the needs of your plants. Spreading alfalfa pellets across your lawn befor a rain will help boost your soil as well. Hardwood pellets for grilling will feed for a long time. They are good to spread on your lawn.
Thanks for the info!
Same concept, I use chicken feed crumble as it dissolves quick so the dogs leave it alone. Alfalfa is def better tho.
I agree 100 % I switched over about 5 years ago to organic and never looked back! Med plants love it 😍👍 so do the outside garden veggies! Also take a gallon milk jug add 1 cup yeast sugar and hot water 💦 poke hole in lid and put in your grow tent! The extra Co2 in veg is awesome 👏 get growing everyone 🤙
Also Dr Earth makes a 2-2-2 Alfalpha top dress that will work on your lawns! I brew it in 5gal for 24 hrs with air stone then strain and add to lawn hose sprayer and apply! Don’t waste the stuff you strained top dress garden beds with it 😎👍
@@Ranger830 James couldn't you just use alfalfa pellets to brew tea from? I put alfalfa pellets in the soil because it causes bacteria to grow it promotes the growth and I am not for certain but I believe it promotes bacteria that is beneficial to my green beans, my production was off the chain. The effects are very similar to coating legume seeds with bacteria which is why I came to the conclusion that I did.
I had a yellow lawn one year. I didn't want to water a bunch to save money on my water bill here in California. I bought some Milorganite organic fertilizer from home Depot and let me tell you. It stink but I've never seen a greener lawn using little water.
Milo give that nice DEEEEP GREEN
We haven't had rain in weeks and weeks. Temps up to 99. Lawn is toast. Thanks for the tip.
@@hermanhale9258 Lawn is probably just dormant.
I’ve used his tonics for decades, they work.
I brought my lawn back using his tips.
Have been waiting for someone in the community to make a video on this. I read his book and did his tonics back in 2005 . I had the greenest lawn on the block :)
Haha did you do his other ones as well?
Like spraying tobacco juice for incest control?
Lol
@@PrincessCutLawnCare always wanted to try the tobacco juices but couldn't find an old stocking to use. I threw mine out years ago lol :)
@@PrincessCutLawnCare I always thought tobacco juice was prevalent in incestual situations. Does it help with insects though?
@@PrincessCutLawnCare You typed in Incest repair instead of insect repair lol
@@cararagsdale6270 lmao jesus.
He had a tonic for keeping insects away, it had mouthwash in it and a few other things I can't remember off the top of my head. Every one oh his recipes were good when I used them!
Matt, I've read that one long ago also. It has to be the original golden color Listerine. Then he also said a Lemon Dish detg. The Lemon is a bug deterrent!
Years ago I used this as a bi-weekly spoon feed during the summer months. It worked for me.
Nice, what made you stop? Anything specifically?
@@PrincessCutLawnCare I enjoy experimenting and the science of lawncare. I guess I stopped because there are better products to specifically help my lawn. Also all those sugars and my wifes fear of bees was not a good combo🐝
Thank you for doing this video! (I made the suggestion to you, a while back). I use several of Jerry's recipes. Cheap dollar store bubble bath (which contains Sodium Lauryl Sulfate) makes a great surfactant. I've also just started using fresh human pee (in a hose end sprayer), as it contains a good amount of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. I stopped using commercial products ... they are expensive and I'm cheap! I just use the 1.5oz setting on my Ortho Dial-N-Spray.
was that you? i remember someone mentioning it!
In a hose end sprayer? Cursed water gun…
I was wondering about pee!
@@abbyfox2980 Pee also contains urea, which is great for lawns. (Google it). Just be careful to not use at too high a concentration, to avoid burning. I'm in Texas and I just started feeding my lawn for this year.
Great video! I would have liked to see the results maybe a week later instead of just 2 days though.
Thanks!
And yes you are right! I realized this after a week later that I rushed the results, will not happen again haha
Hi George, I remember Gerry Baker offering all his home made remedies to fix your lawn, one was to get a 2-liter bottle of 7-Up and rig it up to your garden hose, and the sugar/water mix would do your lawn some good.
Great vid and the sound volume was on point. 👍👍
Sweet! Thanks for the feedback, I raised it 5 decibels 😀
I remember Jerry on WTTW when I was a teenager. Bob Ross of lawn care is totally accurate. Good channel, great to see a local guy working his craft on UA-cam!
Thanks fork man, much appreciated!
@@PrincessCutLawnCare you’re welcome my friend, I’m really enjoying your videos, I’m getting ready to spray on some glyphosate on some major thistle areas in my yard when it dries out a bit. When you get a chance check out some of my recipes. I’d love to get a comment.
I have used this formula a lot to "wake up" plants in the spring. The soap kind of repels bugs too. When I saw the show instead of molasses he said to use cola, at least in the show I saw. Instead of ammonia for plants I just used with Miracle Grow. If having heavy bug problems throw in a little lawn or garden bug killer. Just tried on my lawn last week with ammonia. Now have patches of green trying to grow back in a browned out area. I also remember it does not last all that long so every two weeks or so you can apply again until you see the results you want. Funny I saw this video just after applying myself. Our devises are listening ladies and gentlemen...
Big brother is always listening haha 🤔🤔🤔
Oh and thanks for sharing, I will try that mix!
Been using his recipes since 1990… they do work.
They do! I should have waited 5 days, it was even more green!
What other recipes do you use?
@@PrincessCutLawnCare I do the cleaning wash, de thatching mix, tobacco bug spray, and cycle fertilizing the lawn with his epsom salt+ and the ammonia booster. I do think, even though it’s been 105-115° most of the month, I have the greenest lawn on the block. I have all his books and actually have his VHS tapes.
I have used Jerry’s tonics for decades. I always use Epsom Salt, quick and longer green up, the cheapest laundry, non bleach detergent I can find, also helps to keep moles away. (They don’t like soap flavored soil) And of course fertilizer. The grass stripes up so nice! His thatch buster works too! A lot of people think his stuff was just snake oil, but it all works.
Agree it can work well but depends on soils and varieties of grasses and zones. If it works don’t fix it
I definitely dig the fact you did something different then the normal lawn care video!!! On my way to watch some Jerry videos.
Thanks! Had fun w this one!
To be completely honest, JERRY BAKER's book gave me the introduction to "Organic Lawncare". The results where absolutely wonderful, but required ALOT of work...
Great to hear TK! What were your favorite recipes?
Great video! Very cool! Thanks!
Appreciate it jim!
Excellent review, George.
Many thanks!
The beer has yeast. All those ingredients are eco friendly.
I use liquid iron. it greens the grass up and doesn't need constant watering like those "weed and feed" products do.
Ha! Yeah, I bought his book and all back in the late 90s. That's a hoot! Great video! 👍
Lol all his recipes have beer or tobacco juice in them lol Glad you enjoyed it!
Well done man. Glad to know I’m not the only one to try lawn tonic alchemy out
Great video young man! My question is “what was the setting on the hose end sprayer you used for this?”
Yes! I’ve been pouring through all the videos that have these similar recipes, and no one shares the setting they use. Arrrrgh!
I use the 1.5 oz setting on my Ortho Dial-N-Spray.
@@markg6860 thank youuuuuuu! 💋❤️
I put four cans of beer in, my lawn came up half cut.
I have used this ever since I saw the same TV Special years ago. It works like a champ! One thing is about the beer, it's a de-Thacher. The yeast in the bear breaks down dead matter much quicker. The molasses is the sugar.
Many years ago, I told a guy I worked with about one of Baker’s Lawn Tonics that I had tried. He was amused, curious, and skeptical. But he took the recipe to his brother who is a biochemist. The brother told him that it was brilliant and to use it on his lawn! I have used it ever since. In the Spring, add half a cup of Epsom salt to the recipe in this video. To avoid too much evaporation, apply this tonic in the evening, especially in hot weather. Then you won’t need to water it in. By the way, this will really help you lawn through a heat wave: do it every 3 weeks.
Everyone is talking about "the beer has yeast". You guys realize that beer is pasteurized and does **not** have any live yeast?
You tell em Shawn!
Not good beer… you drinking Bud hunh?
Great video George. It does appear to work :-)
Thanks man , not as good as the SLS but it’ll work in a pinch
@@PrincessCutLawnCare ok this old man is trying to figure out what SLS stands for
@@edallard6287 lol simple lawn solutions liquid fertilizer
@@PrincessCutLawnCare thanks
I've been using Jerry's tonics for years.
I use clear corn syrup instead of molasses and lemon dish soap instead of regular for my garden. I remember him saying add a can of Coke instead of beer for the lawn as the sugars etc., in the Coke helps break down thatch. I use beer for my veg garden.
Plus sugar cane is a great so the whole nutrients content would naturally very close we to the nutrients needs of your lawn.
Thx, I'm going to try this.
Dish soap "used" to have phosphate in it (back when soap worked good) and that alone could fertilize a lawn, Your missing a major ingredient that was in Jerry Baker's juice.
Did not know that, thanks for sharing!
@@PrincessCutLawnCare Use cascade but not very much, it is way high compared to most soaps that still have them. {53% minimum amount}.
you're*
Dish soap and water kills insects, so maybe that's not the best thing to be spraying into the environment--but is very exciting to know that I just need another source for phosphates :)
Jerry Baker always said one bottle of the hose and spray solution is enough to cover 3000 ft.²
yea? im surprised he didnt put that in the book. Thanks for sharing
@@PrincessCutLawnCare I watched a lot of his videos and I use his tonics on my lawn with great success. I wish I could share pictures because my lawn is definitely “the greenest lawn on the block on my side of the fence” LOL
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@@gabrielsilvaz4199 just saw this, looks amazing!
I used to watch Jerry on PBS, have the recipe book and successfully used the tonic.
That's awesome!
Pretty good results for just two days!
That lawn looked like it needed water most of all.
I used that PBS recipe too and the molasses attracted tons of ants to my lawn. Tons of ant hills making my lawn bumpy and still trying to get rid of them 3 years later. If you're gonna do this, skip molasses.
Good point 👍
I'm in Texas. Ants seem to be more of a problem in new areas of home construction.
Neat idea very helpful my friend!
Thanks vin! Had fun making this one
Impressive!
In case it isn’t obvious to everyone, do the molasses first so that everything else helps clean out the measuring cup. Less cleanup.
Edit: or maybe second so it has something to dissolve in. Maybe add the beer to the measuring cup and dissolve in the molasses before adding them together into the dispersal container.
Good thinking!