Fall Wisdom from The Garden Rebel
A huge thank you to The Garden Rebel, Robert Vincent Simms, for stopping by the K92FM Studios and answering all of our questions! For more great tips and ideas, order his book, "My Lawn is Driving Me Crazy" call 888-MR-REBEL M-F 8-5pm. For Simms Landscaping 352-383-3303

Summer Tonic
1 cup Ammonia
1 cup of Murphy's oil soap
1 cup beer
1/2 cup of Epson salts
1/2 cup liquid iron
Mix in a 20 gallon hose sprayer and apply to lawn & shrubs.

Squirrel Chaser Tonic
3 Tbs chili powder
3 Tbs garlic powder
6 Tbs tobasco sauce
3 Tbs cayenne pepper
3 Tbs Murphy's Oil Soap
2 Tbs rubbing alcohol
2 Tbs castor oil
Spray on trunks and woody branches of trees only

Fall Lawn Tonic
20 Gallon Hose End Sprayer
1 Beer
1 C. Amonia
1/2 c. Liquid Iron
1/2 c. Turf Pro

Fill rest of 20 G. hose end sprayer with water and water lawn.

Fall Landscape Clean-Up Tonic
20 Gallon Hose End Sprayer
1 c. Murphy's Oil Soap
1/2 c. Epsom Salt
1/2 c. Liquid Iron
1/2 c. 20-20-20

Fill rest of hose end sprayer with water.

The Garden Rebel's 5+ Step Spring Program:
1. Finish Trimming
                  "Short & fat is where it's at!" -- Garden Rebel
2. Trim all Palms
3. Edge Lawn (and anything with an edge)
4. Weed & Feed -- Now is the perfect time!!
5. Fertilize all shrubs
                  Fish Emulsion, Milorginite, Turf Pro, Black Cow

• Problems with Dollar Weeds? Try a product called Image -- Will take 3 hits to kill it!

  Simms Landscaping -- A Professional Landscaping Company Phone# 352-383-3303 The Garden Rebel's Tonics
  
  Garden Rebel Chinch Bug Tonic
  20 Gallon Hose End Sprayer
  1 Cup Murphy's Oil Soap
  1 Cup Neen
  1 Cup Vegetable Oil
  1 Cup Alcohol
  Apply before 8AM
  
  Thatch Reducer Tonic
  20 Gallon Hose End Sprayer
  1 Cup Murphy's Oil Soap
  1 Cup Ammonia
  1 Cup Regular Cola
  1 Cup Beer
  
  Fall Shrub Tonic
  1 large bag/50# Milorganite
  1 large bag ironite
  5# Epson Salt
  5# Chelated Iron
  Mix in large wheelbarrel and then apply AROUND shrubs and water in by hand.

  Fall Lawn Tonic
  1/4 c. Murphy's Oil Soap
  1/4 c. Epson Salt
  1/4 c. 20/20/20
  1/4 c. Liquid Iron
  Fill up mix in sprayer with the above then fill to the top with water and one golf ball. Hook to your hose and spray the lawn. The golf ball mixes everything up. **If you are doing a weed and feed first, wait two weeks until you put on this tonic.

  Summer Revival Tonic
  *For established shrubs one year and older and 2'X2'
  1 C. Bone Meal
  1 C. Epson Salt
  1 C. Miloganite
  1/2 C. Azaela Fertilizer
  Apply 360 degrees around plant and then hand water in.

  Green Green Grass
  20 Gallon Hose Sprayer
  1/4 Cup Turf Pro
  1/4 Liquid Ironite
  1/4 20-20-20
  Fill sprayer with water and shake really well & apply to grass!
  
  Lawn Granular Tonic
  1 Bag Milorganite (Large)
  1 Bag Ironite (Large)
  5 lbs. Epsom Salts
  Mix in wheel barrow add to fertilizer spreader
  
  Rose Kick Start Tonic
  1 Gallon of Tea
  1 Tbs. liquid soap
  1 Tbs. Super Bloom
  1 Tbs. Epsom salts
  1 Tbs. Liquid Iron
  
  Landscape Shrub Tonic
  20 Gallon Hose and Sprayer
  1/4 cup of Murphy's Oil Soap
  1/4 cup of Vegetable Oil
  1/4 cup of Alcohol
  Fill with water
  
  Here is The Garden Rebel's Recipe for greening up the lawn...it's called the Garden Rebel Natural Lawn Food:
  This first...
  1 40lb. bag of Milorganite
  1 25lb bag of Ironite
  5 lb bag of sugar
  5 lb of epson salt
  Put through the most generous setting on your spreader.
  
  Then through a 20 gal hose in sprayer
  1/2 lemon ammonia
  1/2 beer
  1 cap detergent
  
  For Slugs: Pour about a tablespoon or two of beer in pie tin and put on the ground.

  Questions? Call Sims Landscape (352) 383-3303