How do I know what spreader to use?
If your spreader is not listed in our guide, use this rule of thumb to determine your spreader setting: Place enough material in the hopper to cover 1,000 square feet. Place your spreader setting on a low setting (usually one-fourth of the spreader setting range or less).
What is a variable rate spreader?
Variable rate granular fertilizer spreaders use sensors, computers and GPS technology to continuously monitor citrus trees along the row in order to make adjustments to the rate of fertilizer delivered to each tree.
What should I set the spreader to for grass seed?
With a handheld broadcast spreader, Scotts recommends a setting of 4 when overseeding or seeding a new lawn but suggests that the sower make two perpendicular passes for new areas. For drop spreaders, use a setting of 8 1/2 for overseeding and a bare-lawn setting of 12 1/2.
What is variable Fertiliser spreading?
Variable-rate technology (VRT) allows fertiliser, chemicals, lime, gypsum, irrigation water and other farm inputs to be applied at different rates across a field, without manually changing rate settings on equipment or having to make multiple passes over an area.
How does variable fertilizer work?
Variable Rate Fertilization is where one or several nutrients are applied across a field at a rate that is designed to affect a certain outcome. Increasing the yield is the most attractive outcome as farm income increases directly with output.
What do the numbers on a seed spreader mean?
For fertilizer spreaders the numbers usually represent the amount of fertilizer that is to be applied over a specific square feet of land. On spreaders you can find numbers such as 5, 5 and a half or 18 and a half.
Can you overseed with a spreader?
Overseeding chokes weeds and fills out the grass until it’s thick and lush. A few basic tools like a lawn mower, seed spreader, fertilizer spreader, and rake make up the basics needed for overseeding.
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What can I use nortrac 3 pt spreader for?
The NorTrac® 3-Pt. PTO Spreader is an easy way to spread grass seed, wheat, fertilizer and more. This unit has an Easy-Shift lever control for versatility when choosing your spreading action. For use with tractors up to 50 HP.
Can a 3 pt spreader be used in a residential yard?
In my opinion, a 3 pt. spreader may not be all that accurate in a residential yard especially if there a lot of obstacles to go around. If you have a wide open yard. Will probably work out fine. The core aerator I could not tell you how it would work with sprinkler lines.
How does a 3 point hitch fertilizer spreader work?
Most fertilizer spreaders have adjustments to control the direction of the material that is thrown from the spreader. All broadcast spreaders require some form of power to spin the disk. On tow behind units, the turning wheels are the ground drive for the gear box to spin the disk. A tractor, 3 point hitch mounted unit is PTO driven.