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Turf Builder EdgeGuard Mini Fertilizer Spreader. This push-behind model from Scotts is affordable and delivers a decent amount of material, thanks to its 5,000-square-foot capacity hopper.
Hand-pushed broadcast spreader. A broadcast seeder, alternately called a broadcaster, broadcast spreader or centrifugal fertilizer spreader (Europe) or "spinner" (UK), is a farm implement commonly used for spreading seed where no row planting is required (mostly for lawns and meadows: grass seeds or wildflower mixes), lime, fertilizer, sand, ice melt, etc., and is an alternative to drop ...
Regularly spreading seed and fertilizer keeps your lawn lush and healthy. These fertilizer spreaders—from Scotts, Chapin, and Agri-Fab—make that job easier.
A manure spreader, muck spreader, or honey wagon is an agricultural machine used to distribute manure over a field as a fertilizer. A typical (modern) manure spreader consists of a trailer towed behind a tractor with a rotating mechanism driven by the tractor's power take off (PTO). Truck mounted manure spreaders are also common in North America.
Unlike most fertilizer spreaders, this model can spread ice melt. Plus, it has rubber tires as opposed to the plastic wheels found on other Scott’s spreaders, so it can handle icy conditions.
Liquid manure is a mixture of animal waste and organic matter used as an agricultural fertilizer, sometimes thinned with water. It can be aged in a slurry pit to concentrate it. Liquid manure was developed in the 20th-century [ 1 ] as an alternative to fermented manure.
Crops do not always require a uniform application, as some areas will have different nutrient requirements due to their location (soil properties, sunlight). [2] Variable rate fertilizer spreaders can be used to increase or decrease fertilizer application rate, using a global positioning system (GPS). [5]
Before fertilizing your garden here's what to know about organic fertilizers, whether you need them, and how to find the right ones for you.