motor oil to fertilize a lawn

[rgould@nosc.mil]

Can you really use old motor oil to fertilize a lawn? If yes, is there some special way to do it/mix it?

[Arken]

No, but your lawn fertilizer could, after millions of years, be refined into motor oil.

[Beadalin]

Good God, no. And for the second part of your question, yes, but not for your lawn. Read on here.

[cornflakes]

Back before the EPA existed, my father used to edge the yard with old motor oil. It kills grass, and I don't think it has much nitrogen in it. I don't see how you could use it as a fertilizer.

[demanton]

This guy at a group I go to seems to think you can. But I can't talk about it. That's the first rule. And the second rule is that I'm not supposed to talk about it.

[handy]

If you do that your grass is gonna be brown for several years. At least mine was.

[Kalashnikov]

There's a joke about Australians watering their gardens with motor oil, but it's not meant to help the plants grow. Its meant to preserve the, er, buried treasure, shall we say?

[eunoia]

Originally posted by demanton
This guy at a group I go to seems to think you can. But I can't talk about it. That's the first rule. And the second rule is that I'm not supposed to talk about it.

C'mon Lou, let us use your basement!