Homemade lawn fertilizer? Coke, dishwashing soap, tobacco!?

Question

Has anyone used a combination of coke, dishsoap, and tobacco for lawn fertilizer. I had a gentleman tell me that this combination made a great lawn fertilizer and weed killer. The tobacco was for insects. I would like to try this, but I do not know how much of each to put into the mixture. He said he put the mixture into on of those hose spray bottles and just water his lawn with the stuff.

Answer 1

This is a Jerry Baker recipe.
http://www.jerrybaker.com/

The only problem with his recipes is that he never tell you the limits or problems with using his suggestions.
For example he really recommends epsom salts. Its use as a soil amendment adds magnesium, used by the plant in the production of chlorophyll. Magnesium also strengthens cell walls and improves uptake of nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur. However this salt is very soluble and moves rapidly into the water contaminating it with more salts. In areas with heavy rain or irrigation Epsom salts move into the water very quickly adding significantly to the water’s mineral content making it harder.
Here is his suggestion

"Apply my Spring Wake-Up Tonic just as your grass is waking up. It’ll really help get it off on the right root. To make this tonic, mix 50 lbs. of pelletized lime, 50 lbs. of pelletized gypsum, 2 lbs. of Epsom salts, and 5 lbs. of bone meal in a wheelbarrow. Apply this mixture to your lawn with your handheld spreader.

Follow up with a dose of my Get-Up-And-Grow Mix: Mix 1 cup of Plant Shampoo, 1 cup of ammonia, 1 cup of regular cola (not diet), and 4 tbsp. of instant tea granules in your 20 gallon hose-end sprayer, and apply to the point of run-off. That’ll really get your lawn up off its grass!"

Answer 2

Homemade Lawn Fertilizer

Answer 3

I think that he was kidding you. Did you ever see his lawn covered with dishwashing liquid bubbles and smelling like a stale ashtray? If not it was his joke on you

Coke has no nutrients plants would care about, dishwashing liquid is just a liquid detergent, and tobacco nicotine at high strength could kill some bugs on contact but has no fertilizing value. Think about it and laugh it off.

Answer 4

He is not joking......coke has a very high sugar content which is food. dish soap breaks down the surface tension of the soil, tobacco juice is a bug repellent/pesticide....There is chemistry behind all of his recipes. He simply uses products already on hand to achieve results......you can still buy products if you wish!

Answer 5

Drink a bottle of dishwashing liquid, since there's lye in the soap.

Answer 6

for the ammount of money you will spend on the tabacco, coke and diswasher soap you can buy a bag of scotts fertilizer which does work on grass.

Answer 7

He was most likely joking. None of those have nutitional value for lawns.