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Application: Filling the Inner Field

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After outlining the property, proceed to fill in the inner field of the lawn. To ensure even coverage, make sure that the spread of the fertilizer from your current pass lands in the tire tracks of your previous pass. This overlapping method guarantees that no areas are missed, providing a uniform application across the entire lawn.

Goal: Achieve even fertilizer coverage across the main lawn area.

Tools and materials

  • Power Spreader — Spreading fertilizer

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Do what I say. Now, once you've outlined the property, it's time to do the inner field. To make sure that you get even coverage, you simply make sure that the spread of the fertilizer lands in the tire tracks of your previous pass. It's as easy as that. Here's a pro tip. If you're unsure of where the property lines are, simply look for irrigation heads. Follow those. Typically, they won't cross property boundaries. One of the advantages of the power spreader is the machine does the work for you. Imagine pushing around a manual spreader with 150 lbs of material on it all day long. You'd be one tough cookie. Now, you're going to square off your corners. This means that you're going to look and see where the fertilizer is being cast ahead of you and shut the machine off before it comes to a 90° corner. You're going to continue to drive that machine and make the turn and then turn the machine back on. The

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