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Bulk buy Mo Bacter

  • 19-03-2019 4:54pm
    #1
    rodge123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,480 ✭✭✭


    Looking to apply this to a 750m2 lawn so need 80Kg of it based on their coverage recommendations.

    They seem to do 10Kg bags for €20 and and 20Kg bags for €30.

    I don't see any way of getting larger than 20Kg bags?

    Am I going to have to purchase 4x20Kg bags at €120?

    Cheers


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  • #2
    aw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 786 ✭✭✭aw


    You are, yes.

    Bulk buy would only factor in when buying a tonne or more, I would expect.

    3 bags sufficed for my similarly sized lawn, FYI.


  • #3
    upupup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 605 ✭✭✭upupup


    Too early yet for mo bacter.
    Soil temps need to be at least 12 degree's for the bacteria to live and get to work,at the moment temps are around 7


  • #4
    rodge123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,480 ✭✭✭rodge123


    upupup wrote: »
    Too early yet for mo bacter.
    Soil temps need to be at least 12 degree's for the bacteria to live and get to work,at the moment temps are around 7

    Was thinking start of April, soil temp likely to be close to right then?
    Would it be wastefull to use it when temps not right? Or is it just a case than it will stay dormant in soil until temps rise and then it will get to work?


  • #5
    upupup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 605 ✭✭✭upupup


    rodge123 wrote: »
    Was thinking start of April, soil temp likely to be close to right then?
    Would it be wastefull to use it when temps not right? Or is it just a case than it will stay dormant in soil until temps rise and then it will get to work?

    I'm no expert on bacteria but I have used mobacter twice before.Once i got it right and last year I got it wrong because the drought began a few days after applying.
    The bacteria thrives in warm damp 12degree temps.If the temps at night drop low then they may go dormant but if temps drop to zero then I would think they would die.The instructions on the bag used to mention soil temps but the bag i got last year mentioned air temps.
    If you are spreading 4 bags then I would wait till the frosts are definitely gone,

    Soil temps are at 8.5 this week so rising fast..Here's a chart I use from met eireann for the soil temps https://www.met.ie/forecasts/farming#agri-graphs


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