Fertilized lawn last night during a Thunderstorm downpour, safe now??

[emartin]

First off the fertilizer I used contains NO pesticides.

I used scotts turf builder, scotts organic fertilizer, and pulverized lime.

Last night it was roughly 50% dissolved when I went outside after it rained and then I soaked the entire fenced in area where they are to the point where there was puddles on the lawn and put a sprinkler on it for about two hours.

I just checked this morning and it is like 90-99% dissolved except for what looks like some Lime that still isn't fully dissolved.

Is it safe to let the chickens out now or should I wait until the grass is dry? Scotts says that both fertilizers are people and pet friendly and so I figured as long as it's dissolved and no longer in the pellet form it won't bother the chickens/the chickens won't eat it.

What do you guys think?

Here's the websites for both products:
http://www.scotts.com/smg/catalog/productTemplate.jsp?proId=prod100040&itemId=cat50034&tabs=general
http://www.scotts.com/smg/catalog/p...&proId=prod100050&itemId=cat50034&id=cat50016

Let me know asap because it's a bit crowded in the shed/coop...

~Ed

 

[dlhunicorn]

I am super paranoid (better safe than sorry!) so no I would not until I had watered the lawn again for a few hours (sprinkler system) and waited for it all to sink in. JMHO

 

[emartin]

Quote:
Define sinked in (how it would look).

To clarify what I saw this morning that was left on the dirt mostly (didn't see anything on the actual grass) was little grey specs...like beach sand sized which I am pretty sure is Lime that didn't dissolve fully yet since I did give the lawn a good soaking last night with the hose and then I had the sprinkler on for about an hour and a half.

Think I should wait until the grass is dry, that I should give it one more light hose, or that it should be fine after the huge downpour, hosing and water sprinkling?

~Ed

 

[dlhunicorn]

well... my birds are real curious and so will peck (and thereby endup swallowing most of what they have pecked) at anything new...
>if you can see it is isnt dissolved in.
I will use an organic lawn fertizer but only a liquid sort and I put in on my lawn only when it rains because I know my birds are not going to be out scratching around in the rain (and I put it on in the evening when they are in bed). cant you just keep them off the lawn for a couple days while you sprinkler your lawn?

 

[emartin]

Well while I was asleep one of my relatives let them out on the grass anyway. None are dropping dead so I am sure they are fine. I put a bunch of scratch out there where there was bare soil to distract them from the grass for now. I'll put the sprinkler on it again tonight to make sure.

Hopefully the fertilizers and lime will give the grass a chance to grow fast to compete against the hungry mouths of chickens...

~Ed