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Application: Outlining the Property Edges

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The first step in applying fertilizer is to outline the entire property. Use the spreader with its shield down and in place. This technique contains the fertilizer, preventing it from casting material onto hard surfaces (like driveways or sidewalks) or into garden beds where it's not desired. If fertilizer does get on a hard surface, activate it immediately by watering it in to prevent staining.

Goal: Create a clean border of fertilizer application.

Tools and materials

  • Power Spreader — Applying fertilizer along edges

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where the fertilizer is. It's simple but efficient. The first step is to outline the property that you're working on. You're going to run this around the edges of all the hard surfaces and garden beds with the shield down and in place. This will contain the fertilizer and keep it from casting material where you just don't want it. Make a note that if you do get fertilizer on a hard surface and it activates, it can stain, leaving marks behind. That's bad. Just like I tell my kids, don't do what I do. 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

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