My Side of The Fence Really IS Greener Grass

Green grass? The yard at my rental home was nothing more than weeds and patchy grasses popping up intermittently around the basically bare dirt property. As an employee of the American BioChar Company, I decided to start a “docu-blog” to share the results after applying my company’s VITAL Blend 5M to the grass (?) on my property. I have included a gallery of pictures that documents the results.

Preparing for the Application

To prepare for the Vital Blend application, my boyfriend and I spent the prior weekend pulling some of the weeds and filling in the deep holes with soil. Then we seeded the property and took the initial picture (picture 1).

Mark Mann, the CEO and co-owner of the American BioChar Company and creator of VITAL Blend soil amendment, came to my home and made an assessment of the grass (or lack of) in my lawn on Saturday, May 6^th, 2017. After which, he applied liquid VITAL Blend 5M to both the front and the back of my property (picture 2). The results are drastic and much more than I initially expected.

Initial photo of my lawn before any soil amendment help — Picture #1

Mark Mann applying VITAL Blend 5M on my yard after I had sowed it with grass seed and pulled up some of the weeds. — Picture #2

My yard 3-4 weeks after one application of VITAL Blend 5M biochar blend. It is already showing growth, but there are still a lot of weeds. I almost wanted to use a weed killer, but I didn't. — Picture #3

The grass is beginning to get ahead of the weeds. My neighbor is now interested in watching the process. — Picture #4

Within the first 4 weeks (pictures 3-6), we were experiencing growth, but it was slow and the grass was still greener on the other side of the fence. At this point, I was considering using a fertilizer to expedite some growth, but I held off on adding anything additional to the VITAL Blend application because I know it takes time for the carbon and humate to actually make their way down into the soil to start working.

Still weeds in week 6, but less and the grass that is growing is looking very green - like grass should look! — Picture #5

Yes, the weeds are still here, but less all the time. It is exciting because almost every day we see improvement in grass, not weeds! — Picture #6

VITAL Blend 5M really is doing the job. My lawn is almost all grass now. The weedsare being outcompeted and we've only used one application of VITAL Blend 5M. — Picture #7

My yard is the envy of all the neighbors. There are no weeds and the grass is really lush. I now have to mow more often. The science in the soil below has created a beautiful lawn above. VIAL Blend 5M is an awesome soil amendment that keeps on working because of the fixed carbon. — Picture #8

I am so glad that I held off on any fertilizing so that I could see the actual results. At week 6, we were still dealing with some weeds (picture 7). The bare areas were beginning to fill in and it was obvious that the humate was still working the soil! Between weeks 6 and 8; my lawn made an impressive transformation. We went from envying the neighbor’s lawn to now competing on which lawn looked best. All of the bare spots had completely filled in within a 6 to 10 week period. The grass thickened so much that they have kicked out any stubborn weeds that we were having trouble getting rid of (picture 8). We are looking forward to the fall and what the yard will look like next year.

To learn more about how incredible this experience has been and how American BioChar Company is greening yards everywhere check out their home page!