Read About Choosing Spreaders, Planters & Transplanters
Spreaders, planters and transplanters are all tools that help you manage the growth in your landscape in proper and measured ways.
Things to consider:
Size Matters – Pale, yellow-green grass is a clear sign that your lawn needs nitrogen. Fertilizer provides the nitrogen your grass needs to withstand pests and extreme heat and cold. A drop spreader is a great way to apply fertilizer if you have a relatively small lawn, and precision of where fertilizer goes is important. A rotary spreader is good for large lawns because it spreads fertilizer granules in a swath several feet wide.
Spreader Tips – The spreader´s setting should be at the rate indicated on the fertilizer´s bag. If your lawn is rectangular, start by creating 2 "header" swaths going the short direction. Do this on both sides. It creates a place for you to turn the spreader around. Then spread the fertilizer in swaths going the long direction. Be sure to shut off the spreader when you turn it around.
Bulb Secrets – It is important to plant bulbs at the correct depth below the surface as measured from the top of the bulb. Bulb planters usually have depth measurements etched into the surface to help ensure proper planting. Push the planter into the soil to the desired depth, then scoop out the soil. Drop the bulb into the hole, basal plate down. Then cover it with the soil.
