I Tested the World’s CHEAPEST Liquid Fertilizer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2024
- In this video, we will show you the BEST kept Secret in Lawn Care and it ONLY costs $6 per gallon!
We will be applying a rather unusual product to our lawn today called Diesel Exhaust Fluid. Not many people know that Diesel Exhaust Fluid can be used as a lawn fertilizer as it only contains 2 simple ingredients: Urea and Water.
Urea is the main source of nitrogen in diesel exhaust fluid and it is found in nearly every liquid and granular fertilizer on the market. Nitrogen is the single most important nutrient to add to a lawn. Nitrogen allows grass to grow new green foliage which is then used by the plant to photosynthesize, generating energy for sustained root growth and disease prevention. Urea contains 46% Nitrogen and is a very concentrated form of Nitrogen making diesel exhaust fluid a very effective source of nitrogen.
➡️ Products used:
DEF: amzn.to/44XmEy4
Sprayer: amzn.to/3AFLOp1
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Application Rates (Mixed with 1 gallon of water per 1k sqft):
Low Rate (0.10 lbs of N) : 9.5 oz
Medium Rate (0.15 lbs of N): 14.25 oz
High Rate (0.20 lbs of N): 19 oz
*BE SURE TO MIX WITH 1 GALLON OF WATER PER 1K SQFT AND WATER IN AFTER APPLICATION
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Timestamps:
Intro: 0:00
Best Kept Secret in Lawn Care: 0:35
What is Diesel Exhaust Fluid?: 01:02
Fertilizer Test: 01:45
Application Rates: 02:49
RESULTS: 03:47
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🔵 Application Rates Per 1k sqft:
(Mixed w 1 gallon of water per 1ksqft)
Low Rate (0.10 lbs of N) : 9.5 oz per 1k sqft
Medium Rate (0.15 lbs of N): 14.25 oz per 1k sqft
High Rate (0.20 lbs of N): 19 oz per 1k sqft
*BE SURE TO MIX WITH 1 GALLON OF WATER PER 1K SQFT AND WATER IN AFTER APPLICATION.
Hey Princess Cut! We sent you an email last week, just wondering if you received it or not. Please let us know. Thanks in advance!!!
What about oz to gallons for the sprayer?
I sprayer several customers yards and wonder what would be just general how many oz per gallon?
So if I have a 3 gallon sprayer how many oz would I use?
FYI: for the results I mentioned earlier, I used your numbers from the video 3.5oz for 250 square feet but I have three sections of yard that are right at 2500 sq ft so I did 350z in a 5 gal Strom battery backpack sprayer for each section and on the high flow setting and regular walking pace, had just enough to cover the area back and forth and side to side.
So 2.4 oz per gallon of water for the medium? I have about 3 acres to do and plan to do prior to rain on Tuesday. Will it hurt landscaping flowers ect if wind oversprays?
Wow had no idea about DEF
No explanation needed, I saw your New Balance shoes and trust you with my lawn.
😂
I have owned a pair of new balance shoes that I had bought at the good feet store.
@@ronp1018Very interesting!
Finally a good use for DEF
😂💯
FYI, you can buy the DEF fluid cheaper at the pump at truckstops then you can pre-bottled in the store
Well... I knew it was only a matter of time that someone else would find this out and make it public for all to see!
As a diesel mechanic and lawn care freak it didn't take me long to put two and two together! Been doing this for the past 7 years.
How much did you spill when you discovered it ?
@@ralanham76 too much.
@@jayh9635
@@jayh9635lmao happens to us all
Been doing it over 8 years...
Now the price of DEF is going to start increasing! Thanks George…. (LOL) 😂😉
haha would not be surprised at all!
same thing happened with my amazon rake video and glyphosate video, they both increased 300 percent in price!
This might be my favorite video you’ve done. But before everyone goes out buying up all the DEF fluid, understand that 34-0-0 granular is still going to be ~3X cheaper source of N than buying 2.5 gallon jugs of DEF.
It already will. Russia and China produce most of the worlds Urea. They stopped exporting. Which is why fert prices are rising. Semi trucks will be hurting because of it too.
Haha
Dude I never even looked at Def fluid since I don’t own a diesel what make you look at the product? Great idea. I would be nervous some products may contain other additives so I guess you should be sure to read the label well as always lol
I'm going to delete my lawn 😂😂.
Godamn that’s hilarious
*EPA has entered the chat*
Come here you little shit!!
😂😂😂😂
This made my day 😂
Been gardening professionally my whole life and never knew about this. Until you mentioned the chemical breakdown of DEF I honestly thought this was a prank video. Glad I found your channel, you just got yourself another subscriber.
I figured this out on my own last week and now ran across this video after testing on my lawn. Luckily I get this stuff for free from wrecked semi trucks I have to replace the tanks on
Love your channel dude! I’ve been in lawn service for almost 10 years now and your channel is one of the best there is on lawn service my man.
I appreciate that!
Thank you for this information. I'd like to tell anybody who's in Canada right now, Princess Auto has an ongoing deal for Shell Rotella DEF. 2.5 gallon (9.7Liters) is 17.77+tax until August 27th. I got one and wanted to inform anybody interested :D
Thanks for sharing!
First of all, your daughter Sofia, is so cute. This is another video of yours that I’ve learned so much. You’re so informative, you explain things so well, you’re easy to understand and of course, I save money, time and no failures through trial and errors. 👍
Great info, George! I never would have thought of trying the DEF!
love it, ive always looked at it on the shelf and wondered, but never tested it. thanks for curing my curiosity George!
No problem dude! hows your season going??
The sight of him watering the yard with a gas pump nozzle has me rolling!!!!
💀
Found this stuff at Costco here in Canada and picked up a jug thanks to you George. You deserve an affiliate link for the amount of business you've sent their way 😂
Love the content and that you did not sell out by pushing other expensive liquid fertilizer
Like I’ve been saying George. I’m following your instructions and recommendations and your testimony. I love experiments. Thank you and I wish you blessings and success.
Thank you so much Jon! Ive been seeing all your comments, thank you so much for the support!
Plot Twist: Urea is In Urine - Just pee on your entire lawn till it's green.
Works Good, I use it when I apply Weed & Crabgrass Killer in my 25 Gallon tow behind sprayer, I only use 2 ounces per gallon because I can’t water in 2 acres and don’t want to burn it. I think It also helps the weed killer work better
Good stuff, George. I really enjoy your channel.
Seeing a lot of the math questions here, I understand why you didn't go into the details about how you worked it out, but just presented clear, concise instructions at 3 typical application rates. Since I'm thinking about using DEF for a fall nitrogen blitz, I decided to go through the math - so I thought I'd share it here. I'll explain the calculations, but probably won't answer a lot of questions. I'm not here to do remedial math tutoring.
Firstly, the analysis of 15-0-0 is because the DEF is 32.5% urea and urea is 46% nitrogen (46% of 32.5 is 14.95, rounded to 15).
Now for the rest:
A gallon of DEF weighs about 9, 9.1, or 9.2 pounds, depending on source, at least that's what my internet searches have shown. I'll use the medium value of 9.1. Our 15-0-0 analysis tells us that DEF is 15% nitrogen by weight, so:
-- a gallon of DEF contains 9.1 x .15 = 1.365 pounds of nitrogen.
-- and a fluid ounce of DEF contains 1.365 / 128 = 0.0106640625 pound of nitrogen. (There are 128 fluid ounces in a gallon.)
And that comports with the rates George shows above.
Low rate: 9.5 x 0.0106640625 = .10 (and some change)
Medium rate: 14.25 x 0.0106640625 = .15 (and some change)
High rate: 19 x 0.0106640625 = .20 (and some change)
So if anyone else is thinking about using DEF for their fall nitrogen blitz, we may as well do the calculations for that magic 0.5 pound we're looking for. 0.5 / 0.0106640625 = about 47. (For the math alert, you might have also noticed you could approximate that by taking the above low rate x 5 or the high rate x 2.5). So that's 47 fluid ounces of DEF per 1,000 square feet in however much water you need to spray it to evenly cover 1,000 square feet (George stipulates a gallon) to get your 0.5 pound.
And if you're wondering what a fall nitrogen blitz is, I would direct you here: th-cam.com/video/sZmkulMEcg0/w-d-xo.html
As always - thanks, George. 😄
I've been doing this to my lawn for a few months now thanks to this video and thought I'd share that its greener and better than ever.
Great to hear Ben! Thanks for the update 😃
How often are you applying it?
How often are you applying it?
Hey George! This is a very interesting video. I plant a lot of food plots for deer on our hunting lease, and the wheat, oats, rye, and brassicas I plant typically require 100 pounds per acre of granular 34-0-0 about 3-4 weeks after germination when planting in the fall. I may have to give this a try on one of the smaller food plots to test it out this year as I am currently in the process of planting for this hunting season. If it works on yard grass, then it should work equally well on grain-producing grass.
Nice man, this is way better than spending a ton on other liquid stuff
Finally somebody found a use for DEF
As a DIYer with a bad back, I always look at how other DIYers do things. When I saw you bending down using that spray can, I had to say, "Not with my back." I bought a very cheap tool that allows me to stand up and roll the device on its wheel. I just push the trigger when I'm ready to spray. When I fill up my sprayer, I always add a blue dye to the mixture. When spraying, the dye shows me where I have sprayed and any areas I missed.
Blue marker dye is amazing
@@robertlevy4613 Thanks for replying. Oh, did if forget to mention that the dye is hard to wash off. I believe this was covered in the movie Marked for Death.
@@outlet6989 bleach takes it off concrete fairly easily. Sunshine and water naturally break it down in the grass
this works great on my lawn since last Fall, thx for sharing !
My man! Happy to hear 😃
This is exactly the type of hack i look for! Awesome discovery.
ive been using this stuff for the lawn since DEF came out. I buy it in 55 gal drums for $250.00. And yes I do use it in my fleet trucks also....lol
nice! you got the extra low hook up!
@@PrincessCutLawnCare fleet farm does i dont
I started using this last year and it my goto now. This year in Houston I added it for all this super hot weather and I have the only green lawn in my section. Works great!
Great to hear boss!
Thankls for sharing your experience!
Do you add water
Yes, I added 4oz to 1 gal of water.@@blackknight6066
Thanks the the info, I never knew I can use DEF on my lawn. Menards sells an off brand for $11. I happened to buy one to use on my Sprinter.
save big money at menards 😉
Plus 11% back!
Hey George,
I was a golf course superintendent for 35 years! I use to "spoon feed" liquid nitrogen on my greens!
I found this extremely interesting!
I think I'll try this on my Bermuda front yard!
Thanks for the info!
Blessings to you and your family,
Kevin Barron
I am going to try this. But I have a Ortho dial in Sprayer and a 6gl hose end sprayer. So whats the ratio an how to mix? Thx.
Well. How did it work?
@bobbarone7327 Hey George,
I haven't tried it yet! Once the Bermuda comes out of dormancy (around mid May) I'll give it a try!
I'll let you know how it works.
Blessings,
Kevin Barron
I’ll give you credit, my truck ran out of DEF last year luckily just as I reached my destination, but I certainly would have thought it was a petro-chemical based ingredient not just straight nitrogen, good to know for the apocalypse, lol. Human urine diluted in water is also a cheap nitrogen hit.
I have a 5 gallon bucket that I put a slitted pool noodle around the edge (cheapo toilet seat) when I go camping as a "pee" bucket. I was just thinking a few days about using it to collect homemade urea for the compost pile. Hmmm.
Synthetic Urea is absolutely a petrochemical industry product.
Everywhere I piss nothing grows
BIG DAWG!!! I have been hunting Urea for the past two weeks and hadn't pulled the trigger. In fact, I just sprayed some a baby shampoo/dishwashing liquid/Ammonia/Epson Salt cocktail a part of my yard today about two weeks after putting down a bag of Anderson's PGF complete. This is just what I was looking for to ride out the rest of the summer and can now invest the money that I didn't spend on the urea into some more humic and RGS. My man!!
great to hear!
@@PrincessCutLawnCare Found it at Tractor Supply for $12.99. Put it out yesterday about three hours before a good soaking thunderstorm. Back out today and when I pulled up from work around 4pm... man, when I say green up, I mean GREEN UP!! And this coming from someone who use chelated liquid iron from SiteOne and had just put down a round of Anderson's PGF complete at the beginning of the month. But this stuff surprised even me!
@@TroyShields Happy to hear bro!!
Ur beautiful little daughter looks almost exactly like mine did at that age. So precious. Thanks for the lawn tips
George you are the best. You give a hope to others to take care of their lawn easily.
appreciate that sir!
DEF is two parts water and one part urea. Urea is also used as a fertilizer. I personally haven't seen any bagged urea at any stores but as a truck driver I have hauled urea to fertilizer suppliers for farms. Buying DEF seems like an in-genius way that anyone can go to a box store to get urea.
you can get the price down to around $4.00 a gallon if you buy the store brand and it's the identical ingredients/percentages
sweeeeeet! thanks for sharing!
Or you buy from pump at trk stop
Cool video George. I’ve been using household ammonia as liquid fert for the last two seasons with great success. 1/2 a cup per 1,000 sq ft works well.
Thanks dude! thanks for sharing your app rate, i always wondered how much ammonium was need as jerry baker never says the exact app rates, appreciate you sharing!
@@PrincessCutLawnCare your channel has great content. Lawn care enthusiasts have to help each other out. I add it to my hose end sprayer when I apply my bio stimulants. Not sure about the environmental impact, but you can’t beat the price.
How long does this last after spraying the yard and how often can this be applied? I use a pull behind sprayer, takes 25 gallons to cover my yard...
1/2 cup per 1000 ft is what amount per gallon of water?
@@greggilbert9403 I put it in a two gallon sprayer and apply it over 1,000 square feet. It needs watered in after applying. I usually put down 1/4 of an inch of water after application. Your mileage may vary.
My wife's previous car was a diesel and needed DEF... She has since switched to a new car and I have a couple of containers of DEF left... I'm going to have to give this a try...
Nice! That’s a win
Finally a good way to use DEF thank you EPA for the discount on my lawn care 😘
The fact that we are burning fertilizer in diesel trucks and tractors is why fertilizer prices are so expensive.
Wait until they start pulling hydrogen for fuel out of NH3. Then the prices should really shoot up!!
They don't "burn" it. Its reacts with the SCR to create ammonia to react with NOx to form Harmless emissions.
@@user-qo3yy9nv1uIt's absolutely stupid. A 1990 dodge 12 valve Cummins got 27 mpg if you babied it. A one ton with 902,000 miles and counting. My father bought the truck new it's never had a thing done to it. My new truck with the same 8 foot Reading utility bed. It gets about 12mpg. If you think that is better for the environment you are crazy. The ignorance of our American people is simply astounding.
DEF is Urea, Urea is ammonia.
I paint lines in lawn a lot. Quick Tip: To paint a straight line on the ground focus on one point that you are going to, don't look down, stay focused on that point.
Great tip!
George, Supetec DEF (walmart) is 32.5 Urea and costs $9.98 for 2.5 Gallons, LOWES sells BlueDEF for $16.98 for the same amount.
Great content, Short and sweet with compare and contrast examples. Great channel George!
Appreciate that Mike! Means a lot!
After watching your video, I did some quick internet research and found a paper that talked about the benefits of adding urea to herbicides to increase effectiveness (weed and feed in my words) and so I plan to add DEF with my herbicide application to give the lawn and herbicide a boost. Thanks for the pro tip!
oh yes, weeds always die faster when they are activy growing so when fert is applying at the same time it accelerates the rate of absorption into the plant, i usually use ammonium sulfate nitrogen when spraying herbicides because its absorbs faster than urea, will be making a video soon about it
@@PrincessCutLawnCare Waiting on this video!
@@tminust7369 just released it here:
th-cam.com/video/akIV-zAt7VQ/w-d-xo.html
@@PrincessCutLawnCare thanks man! Excellent content as always! Also can you mix ammonia with tenacity/speed zone
Thanks for the information going to try it today I'm always in the Lawn should have started with this question can you use it on Kentucky blue grass.
I will say that you can buy a 50 lb bag of urea for about 22$ where I’m at in Wisconsin and it costs about 12$ for the cheapest DEF at 2.5 gal from Wally World. That works out to about 2$ per lb of N for DEF and less than 1$ per lb of N for a regular bag of Urea (which can be dissolved in water and sprayed). So it’s really not cheaper to use DEF it’s about double the price of regular urea. I also don’t like that it contains deionized water which could potentially cause issues with the plant/soil (not a whole lot of research on this from what I’ve found but has some potentially problematic properties). I wouldn’t worry too much but I wouldn’t choose it as my only source of N especially when it’s cheaper here to buy a bag of urea and dissolve it myself. Just my 0.02.
Totally agree! Straight urea is def cheaper which is why I made sure to include “liquid fertilizer” in the title as in, cheapest premixed liquid solution.
Thanks for sharing dude!
I did a little research and find your pricing is off. The cheapest I can find urea 50 pound bag is $90 and change. That includes Walmart and Amazon. That price of $12 is more in line with 5 pounds. 46-0-0
My pricing isn’t off, those are the local prices at our local farmers cooperative for a 50lb bag of straight urea. You won’t find good deals on fertilizer at Walmart just FYI.
@@donwilliams3350 You don't buy a 50lb bag of urea from Amazon or Walmart. You buy it at a local coop or farm store.
@@krusej23 Funny I checked both in there they were.
Jorge, I just had an idea! So I thru down some def couple of days ago! I had sowed seed last month, And my grass spouted quite quickly! My question is? Could you do an experiment and soak seed in a bucket and add def to it to see if it sprouts much sooner then the 21 days for fescue! I know you showed the bucket method before but adding def just might significantly reduce, even that wait time and save tons of water.
Nice family. Thanks for the lawn advice. I'm going to tell my son about your TH-cam site.
Seriously great editing and filming. Thanks for the great info!
Thanks you so much!
Lol I'm just waiting for the next bizarre yet awesome tidbit George will teach us. Milorgnaite is priced similarly for me in my area but I am curious to try this. Thank you as well Sensei George!
no problem boss!
How much nitrogen do you think milo has?
Milorganite is dried human waste and chemicals from water treatment plants, right?
@@dicksavage88 Yes it is! and made in Mil waukee ! which is why it is named Mil organite!
I tried it , it worked great , I noticed a difference in 2 days , and it evened out areas where my dog peeed ! Now my grass is all the same color greeen ! Great tip, thx for sharing!!
What rate did you go with and did you water it in after?
Here's what I did. Small yard just 4500 square feet. I figured 6 oz blue def per 1000 square feet. I used a 32 ounce hose end sprayer. I put 13 oz of blue def in the sprayer and filled it with water. I added a little black food coloring so I could see the solution. I set the sprayer on 3 oz which means 3 oz per gallon of water spray. I used a sweeping motion and it worked out just right. It started raining shortly after this application.
12 oz not 13
hi Patrick, not sure where you got the 6 oz per 1k sqft but if you want to see a good color response i recommend a min of 12-15oz per 1k sqft.
I don't think you will that much, if any, of a difference using 6 oz per 1k
This was my first attempt and I didn't want to burn the lawn. If this doesn't work I will increase. Better safe than sorry. I thought I found a number of ideas about how much to use. At least I have a system and can tweak it.
@@patrickt863 gotcha i understand, the good thing about using your hose end is there is no way you will burn the lawn even using up to 20 oz (assuming you have it calibrated properly which sounds like you do)
Wow I never would have thought about using this. With the cost of everything going up these days this has an awesome value prop!
Tried this today and cant wait to see the results 🙌🏴
This is awesome! Love thinking outside the box!
Really enjoyed your post. Any ideas on mix ratio, etc. using a hose-end sprayer rather than a pump/wand sprayer? Thanks!
The exact same ratio as he listed above in his pinned comment. It doesn't matter HOW you put the product down, but it does matter HOW MUCH. Just follow the application rate instructions above.
I was thinking of same method myself , thanks for asking 😊
Been waiting for some one to test this out. Had this idea a few years ago as I work in the automotive field. Awesome results.
What kind of grass is an automotive field?
@@m4inline Bentley Grass, obviously
@@dilbertgilbert must be a tyring job
Super impressive!! I am very pleased and look forward to watching your home improvement/lawn care. Absolutely Love every aspect of your videos, keep up the amazing work.
Great knowledge to have thanks!
I just bought some at TSC today.
no problem boss!
First time on your channel. I was completely impressed throughout this video. Thanks for this DIY Lawn hack. And thanks for another opportunity to say "Dang, I've been on YT for an hour again!?!"
Subscribing now after perusing your library of videos and thanks again.
Appreciate it Michael!
Great stuff George. Jerry is probably turning over in his flowerbeds right now. 🤣
thanks Keith!
New here in July 2022. Love this guy! Blue Def, what an intriguing concept!
I learned something here. Had no idea that was even a fertilizer. Holy cow man. Appreciate the info.
You bet!
I never knew two of my passions would come together like this. Lawns and Trucks! Great video.
thanks !
This video just came up in my suggestions list. Great video! Good content! Just subbed 👍 What if a person were to put a mixer type of unit on a sprinkler system, water the yard, then introduce the DEF into the sprinkler system at a certain rate for a certain period of time. Shut the mixer off and finish watering the lawn long enough to get the fertilizer to the ground. Just an idea.
Thanks for the sub Ed! means a lot 😀
and yes the DEF would be perfect to add to a fertigation schedule.
ive been meaning to get one of those units but havent pulled the trigger just yet
A hose-end sprayer would also work.
What would the rate be with a hose-end sprayer?
Looks like I'll be grabbing some DEF this weekend!! Thanks George! 😊
np dan! good to see you sir!
@@PrincessCutLawnCare So I don't melt my brain Georgie.... 5fl oz of DEF per 1 gallon of water= .5 lbs of Nitrogen per 1000sf?!
@@xpress144 5 ozs will be .05 pounds of n. Which is pretty low.
I would do 10 ozs per thousand which will be .1 pounds of N which is a good rate for summer time
@@PrincessCutLawnCare Thanks George! I'll share my results with ya on the IG. 🙏
@@xpress144 sweet! look forward to it!
This is insane! I will definitely be trying and making a video!
Good content once again! I’ve been using Worm Castings this year and I think it’s worked good for the garden. I’m going to try a test plot on some grass and see how it turns out
Tomato Plants , pepper Plants ?
Very interesting George. I would have never knew about this - where did you learn about this? Great video!
Thanks dude! learned about it on the lawn forum here-> thelawnforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=5097
1st off I love ❤️ my man George! Always answering a question I didn’t know I had.
2nd it hasn’t been a full 24 hrs and I’m seeing the results.
Excited to try some more George approved hacks!
That’s great to hear boss! Give it another couple days and your lawn will be POPPIN
Fantastic video. We'll spoken, clear, concise and filled with great information.
Keep up the great work and you have a beautiful daughter. I love spending time with my daughter.
any prep work on the lawn before spraying? any specific time to spray? so spray then water the lawn? as always great videos
no prep, spray in evening and water in for at least 5 min afterward
@@PrincessCutLawnCare easy peasy. Too easy. Thanks
Lol this is awesome! I recently started spraying urea at .2 lb N / 1k and the results are fantastic! I usually do it late in the evening and water it in the morning.
nice that is the proper way to do it, im just afraid if i say that than people will apply a high rate and forget to water in later and then come back screaming at me that they burned their lawn 😂
@@PrincessCutLawnCare Where can I get this?
I do grounds maintenance for a school system, including maintaining athletic fields. We also get DeF by the 275 gal tote for buses, I'm going to get some from the mechanic and try it out on a test plot, and if it works good, will try on athletic fields.
Excellent! Keep us up to date
Thank for the great video. Can you comment on if it could be applied with a garden hose sprayer (like Spectracide weed and crabgrass killer)? Wouldn't that be simple and easy? I am not sure if it would give the right dilution rate, but am tempted to experiment on a test area. Thanks
any results on this?
This is great information, thanks! I had no idea that DEF was just nitrogen and water. I'll definitely try on my own lawn!
Thanks and no problem!
An old diesel mechanic friend always said it was just “horse piss”….
Which is pretty correct.
@@choccolocco pig piss
@@choccolocco pig urine to be exact. Delicious
@@choccolocco I use fresh human pee. It contains urea and is cheap and plentiful ... and my lawn is doing great!
I’ve been using this for years. It’s better than 46--0-0 as it has 0 impurities. All DEF in 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 is heavily regulated to meet high standards.
0.25 lbs N/M = 23.5 fl oz. / M . For best results spray early morning (when it’s cool) & let sit on leaf blades for 3ish hours then water in. Or spray at night water in the morning. If you combine it with chealated iron POW! 💥
sweet! how much do you apply at a time for your foilar app?
@@PrincessCutLawnCare 0.25lbs of urea per 1000sqft. = 23.5 fl. ounces of DEF.
I should mention that I have Bermuda & as you know it’s a nitrogen hog. I don’t know if .25lbs is too for cool season 🤷🏻
you do know DEF is 1part 46-0-0 2parts H2O right
its also $4920 per ton for urea that retails around $900 per ton currently
never thought of this, i haul a lot of commercial fertilizer and i can tell you that the same plants that make granular urea and anhydrous ammonia are also manufacturing def.
perfect solution for the expired DEF I wont put in the truck. Thanks mate. Cheerio.
There you go!
That’s great stuff, George!! Many thanks for posting. As a prof, I appreciate and love the scientific approach. (My wife wonders why I don’t mow or fertilize our entire yard every time). Still looking forward to buying you a beer the next time I’m in Chicago!
P.S. I bought a reel mower. Only two mows so far. Love it!
Im gonna hold you to that! 🍻
Cool video!
I have a 500 gallon holding tank that my sprinklers pump from. Could I just dump a gallon of it in the tank and let it shoot out through the sprinklers when I water?
That sounds like a big brain play right there. Did you follow through with this? If so, what are your results?
@@Viper3870750 no, not yet but I'm gonna try it this spring... ideally, I'd love to do an inline Venturi valve with a couple of ball valves to open or close the "circuit" and then have a blue def tank that it siphons from when the sprinklers turn on.
Make sure you run pure water in the sprinkler after the def is put down initially. You can't have the full container mixed and that is the only thing you're watering with it'll burn your grass
George, your videos are such a blessing, and I am very grateful. Please pardon the confusion on my part, but I just want to make certain that I am understanding you correctly. I am to mix 14.25 ounces per gallon of water, which means that I will mix 57 ounces in my 4 gallon backpack sprayer, which sounds like a lot; or, do you mean that I will mix 3.5 ounces per gallon of water, for a total of 14 ounces in my 4 gallon backpack sprayer, which sounds more reasonable. I would greatly appreciate a response, if at all possible, and again, I am grateful for the time/effort/energy/expense that goes into making videos for DIYers such as myself, on a fixed income/budget. FYI, I have Bermuda type grass in Texas. Thank you, and God bless you.
Thank you so much! yes your are correct, 14.25 oz per gallon for the medium rate.
If you want to have a more conservative application then do 10z per gallon (.1 lbs of N per 1k)
If I decide to go with the 10 ounce per gallon rate of usage, how much product do you anticipate, more or less, that I would go through to cover 5,000 square feet of lawn? How often can this be repeated during the course of the summer into early fall? Thank you for the quick reply George, extremely appreciated.
Amazing! i read a few articles a COUPLE years ago about China shutting down imports of UREA to the U.S. and the price of DEF doubling or tripling, so I went to Walmart and bought 150 cases of Def at around $3-4 each. well i sold my diesel truck and was wondering what I was gonna do with this DEF, NOW I know....THANKS FOR THE HACK!
Whoa! You just took the works of Jerry Baker to the next level. Cool stuff George.
Neat experiment, something I've thought of before, because I work at the fertilizer plant that makes all that stuff. The DEF is actually very expensive fertilizer compared to buying straight urea prills or UAN liquid.
Thanks! how much is UAN fert?
@@PrincessCutLawnCare Of course these are wholesale prices, but we sell UAN currently around $300/ton. That's about $1.65/gallon. The real savings is being able to use anhydrous ammonia, currently about $500/ton or $1.30/gallon. Only the anhydrous is about double the nitrogen as the UAN. It ends up being half the price, but riskier to apply and harder to handle. Most farmers in corn country use anhydrous for the price. But a lot are switching to UAN for the convenience. DEF is starting to be sold at the gas stations, I've seen local pumps selling for $3.59/gallon, bring your own container.
Is this fine for crops
@@charliedaniel718 depends what crop, most veggies require a balanced fertilizer with equal parts NP and K
@@PrincessCutLawnCare thanks for the quick response!
Fun and informative video thanks. Any suggestions for mixing rate using hose end sprayer? I have approximately 22K+ sqft and no irrigation. Since watering in is essential would you recommend application before rain if irrigation unavailable?
10 oz per thousand in the hose end (low setting)
Apply before or during rain
Damn bro! Thanks so much I've been watching your videos but I'm sold just subscribed. Thank you for using your lawn and actually showing us in depth and whys, does, don't, in's and outs.
no problem bro! thanks for the sub! see ya around!
@@PrincessCutLawnCare have you ever tried Nitro-Phos fertilizer bro? Works pretty good but this texas weather's killer on my lawn.
@@isaflo713 have not tried that one, you like it?
@@PrincessCutLawnCare I do like it. The only thing is that the grass grows really fast so I have to mow every other day. Nice beautiful green color
Straight Urea is cheaper bulk, but in lower quantity this stuff is pretty solid. I definitely consider Ammonium Sulfate superior to urea for color and plant availability. Urea can be a nice tool to reduce dog spots due to it’s superior salt index, but iron & Mg uptake (color) are multiple times higher with AMS vs. urea. The exhaust fluid is a pretty good value for most people. To go even further on that spectrum, I just put down .15#N spoon feeding Milo as an experiment to test microbe benefit in summer months. PRG @ .53” in WA state for me currently. As a winterizer application ammonium sulfate can be applied much later and keep the plant from falling asleep so quickly… I seriously got at least an extra 2 months of deep green in the middle of winter after discovering sprayed Ammonium Sulfate. You gotta do a video on AMS George. Keep up the vids. I already know basically all the same stuff you do, but I like your personality & content.
Dude thank you!!!
It’s funny you mentioned that! I’m doing a video on ams vs urea right this moment!
I literally got chills reading your comment because you totally called out my new video, will be out Monday morning.
PS you are ABSOLUTELY right about AMS, in my testing it trumped urea.
@@PrincessCutLawnCare Nice, that’s random, but I guess AMS is the natural progression there I guess.
W/ the mention of the last app of the year, I’m in super mild WA (no snow mold… maybe a week of snow on the ground total if that and temps rarely much below freezing)… I had deep green all winter but that might not be a good thing for most areas. I got off ProPEAT despite it being a AMS based fert because it’s hard to spoon feed the stuff so the result is a leopard pattern yard even with multiple passes where liquids are kinda the only way to go for a nice even look, so that might be worth mentioning in the Monday vid for people that are OK spoon feeding. If people are putting down 1/2 a pound of N at a time they probably shouldn’t be putting out straight AMS anyway. If people have gone that far down the rabbit hole it’s probably time for them to bite the bullet and get a FlowZone.
I'm betting the reason you're having better results with AMS is because of the sulfur (21-0-0-24). Sulfur deficiencies are common today because of cleaner burning coal power plants. We used to get adequate amounts of S from rain before power plant scrubbers. I'm not saying scrubbers are a bad thing. The Nitrogen from ams isn't any more available than the Nitrogen from Urea. Nitrogen is nitrogen (when talking about synthetic forms like urea, 28%, ams, anhydrous ammonia ect..)
@@caseymac2287 my understanding is AMS is available quicker… on the spectrum: nitrate sources are available now, Ammoniacal nitrogen is easy for microbes to break down and urea takes a hair longer.
Not long ago I blended my own water soluble 100%, but for cost savings I replaced solo WS ingredients (AMS, MAP, & SOP) as much as possible with 24-8-16 Peter’s Professional water soluble and I custom supplement N, P, or K to get the exact ratios I want approximately every 10 days. Raised mowing height from 1/2” to 1” this year also and my lawn has never looked better. I used to do Jack’s 5-12-26 for my micros a few times a year but plenty of premium chelated micros (roughly 10x less) in the 24-8-16. My PH is perfect in my front lawn, so I’m sure the micros aren’t actually doing much.
I agree about the sulfur… I was saying the AMS has been shown to generate much higher greening nutrients in leaf tissue analysis vs. urea and I consider sulfur closer to a macro-nutrient. PH in my area actually favors low numbers so I doubt sulfur is rare West if the Rockies as a rule of thumb but that’s just me rambling.
Peter’s Pro 24-8-16 is about 1/3 nitrate N, 1/3 ammoniacal N, and about 1/3 urea N…. This creates a slower quick release for even more consistent green when spoon feeding.
(For ryegrass only) in Spring I like about .15#N every 10 days in my younger lawn… closer to .08#N in Summer (irrigated) and more like .20#N in much of the Fall based on growth potential for now.
If I could own only one fertilizer it would be Peter’s Pro water soluble, but on the edge approaching dormancy at very low rates AMS is able to break down at lower soil temps since it’s closer to available but nitrate nitrogen is even better… might even change my AMS applications to straight nitrate forms at those boarderline low temps (very low rates of course since grass is barely growing). I prefer my lawn super dark green through the winter (very mild winters in my area (pacific NW).
I’m aiming at almost 4#N this year for my perennial ryegrass but if I had any other type of grass I would aim closer to 2.5-2.75# annual N to help manage thatch or possibly bump that a little while doing notable amounts of aeration.
@@IntegrityDistribution The nitrogen from ams and the nitrogen from urea are one in the same. Nitrite is Nitrite. Both need to be converted to nitrate by soil microbes and converted into nitrate which is a plant usable form. The plant then converts that into amino acids or proteins. The extra greening you're seeing is from the sulfur. I get the same affect when I side dress or top dress corn with ams compared to 28% solution. What's you sulfur levels from your soil test. Im guessing they're at the lower end of the spectrum.
Now how do I convince my parents to let me apply DEF to our lawn.. Great video George, the proof is in the pudding and DEF works for an incredibly inexpensive cost
haha its only urea and water
Dont tell them lol just go buy some 🤣
Repackage or take off the label?
Pump it into a container from a truckstop and then tell them whatever you want lol. Plus thats going to cost even less per gallon than the boxed stuff
Great news… A question for you what’s the most efficient form of iron I can put into my irrigation system to get onto the lawn … is there another application of an Iron product that provides an efficient opportunity such as the “deff fluid” nitrogen that we can apply iron to the the lawn?
I enjoy your TH-cam channel and especially the great information with the testing of the products to make the lawn look as good as it can be…
Pls advise regards Phil
You can make bulk iron sulphate by reacting iron filings or iron scouring pads with dilute sulphuric acid.
Thats is awesome learned something new today. Definitly will try this.
Great video! Hopefully us lawn care nuts don't take away the supply for those that need Blue Def for their trucks.
LOL watch DEF spike to 100 dollars now 😂
Fun Fact: Pilot truck stop is the biggest user of DEF. They sell it and dispense just like fuel from a pump.
😂 George I mean... thank you for doing the research bro 😂😂😂 I might just buy a bunch of this and spray it all over the neighborhood 😂😂😂🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🤙🏾
Haha I can see you stealth fertilizing all brown lawns on the block
Stealth neighborhood domination? 😆😆😆 At least I know who to blame for giving YardBrah this idea!!! 🤣🤙
In Arizona in the winter time, some people oversee their lawns with ryegrass. Home Depot and Lowe’s and all the other retail outlets sell summer fertilizer, which is slow release, but for winter time you need to release fertilizer and I think this might be the solution. They used to sell ammonium nitrate which worked beautifully, but they don’t sell it anymore. I could get a product with iron in it, but since I use a broadcast better, I don’t want to get iron in peoples pools or on their sidewalks. This could be the solution; but I haven’t tried it. I thought about it after I got out of the business.
Thanks I knew one of you guys would do I asked all the lawn people I'm subscribed to and you were the only one
was that you? i remember someone mentioning it
@@PrincessCutLawnCare it was and thank you for figuring out the rate the test plot looked really good 👍
Great video. Has anyone calculated the price per lb. of Nitrogen? Unless my math is wrong, I don't think this is any cheaper than granular fertilizer. A 44lb bag of Vigoro or a 50lb bag of LESCO comes out to ~$2.85 per lb. of N, whereas a 2.5Gal jug of DEF comes out to $3.86 per lb. of N.
Yes you are correct, generic granular will be cheaper however, when it comes to liquid fertilizer, this will by far be the cheapest.
Here's the trick to DEF, buy the Walmart or auto parts store generic brand at $6-9 for 2.5 gal or go to a pilot gas station where the rigs buy fuel and get it for $3-3.50 a gal at the pump not in the store. The branded def is always double or triple+ the no name stuff and it's all the same as it has a very specific function in diesel exhaust systems none are blended too differently.
You not taking into account!! Instant results hands down!! Everything else is a minimum 3days!!!
Maybe now you should get some 46-0-0 Urea and make your own DEF !! 😇
i have enough def to last me years haha
Thanks George! Good advice!
no problem! appreciate you stopping by!
My sleepy eyesight read this as
"I tasted the world's cheapest fertilizer" and I'm just glad that I was wrong haha
😂