Even buying grains, organic looses on a pure dollars for Nitrogen analysis. Soybean meal seems to run ~$14-18/50lbs. Prices are likely to be stable to slightly higher next year (FWIW, Farmers in IA are just now harvesting the Soybeans. Corn is next for those who follow commodities). In any case, lets assume $18/50lbs. There are ~3.5 lbs of Nitrogen per 50 lbs. That comes to ~$5.18/lb of Nitrogen. Vigoro 29-0-4 runs ~30 dollars and comes to ~$2.00/lb of N. Scotts 26-0-3 runs ~$36 and comes to ~$3.25/lb N. Urea around here runs ~$30 for 40lbs which is ~1.70/lb of N.

On a straight up comparison of cost organic is somewhere from 2-4x as expensive as chemical. I do think it will make a better lawn in the long run and personally feel it is well worth the extra cost, but from a superficial economic standpoint it doesn't work.

It would nice if Milorganite can do some side-by-side comparisons with some major brand synthetics on a piece of lawn just like the researches done on Tenacity vs. other herbicides. It might take a few years to see the long term effects most of us believe organic fertilizers are capable of but the results will be of great marketing value.

MorpheusPA wrote:I'm sitting here humming, "Your Milo for nothing and your poo for free...I want my...I want my...I want my poo for free..."

I also have some serious eighties dance moves.

Omg you crack me up.

To this day I still hum west side story when I spread urea.

I do this. When performing a task, I tend to re-script a song to include the activity. It's just one of those things.

On rare occasions I've been known to spew dirty limericks spontaneously, too.

MorpheusPA wrote:On rare occasions I've been known to spew dirty limericks spontaneously, too.

I'm shocked!

I am a complex and interesting individual with numerous hobbies and interests.

You--in the peanut gallery--stop laughing. Now.