The Lawn Shop Fertiliser Spreader - A more professional quality rotary spreader ideal for the application of granular fertilisers on medium to large lawns. with the added benefit of turf tyres. Our Lawn Technicians currently use this robust model daily as it is compact and the handles adjust easily, thus taking up less room in their vehicles!
The C22HD spreader applicator has been designed for professional users. The spreader enables the user to evenly distribute fertiliser, seeds and animal feed over a given area. It is a little more robust than the 2150 Spreader and able to cope with those tougher jobs and the pneumatic tyres make it a dream to use on larger lawns. Like all fertiliser spreaders, as fertiliser is corrosive, look after it and wash it out after use, re greasing it and it will last many, many years.
This spreader has a sturdy plactic hopper and fully enclosed gears and adjustable handles with a rate setting control positioned on the handle bars for convenience. The spreader has solid direct connect linkage for positive flow control, accurate calibration and low maintenance, and easy roll turf tyres on rustproof poly rims. The hopper will hold 23 Kg of fertiliser.
The spreader will cover an area of around 200cm. A lawn of 1000 sqm will be easily be covered in less than 15 minutes!
For the granular fertiliser we sell on this web site, the setting should be on a setting to apply approx 30grams per square metre. The easy way to calibrate any spreader is to set the spreader on the desired setting, place some product in the hopper, place a sheet of polythene 1 metre square onto the driveway (not the lawn!) walk over the polythene, with the hopper gate open so the fertiliser is flowing and being spun on the spinning disc, make two passes if the polythene has not been evenly covered with fertiliser by only one pass of the spreader and then collect up the material on the polythene and weigh it making sure that you place a small plastic bag into the scales first. If you end up with either 20 or 30 grams per single square metre then you are doing it right!
If you are only getting 15 grams then fertilise the lawn in two passes, the second at right angles to the first so as to provide sufficient fertiliser and even coverage. The majority of lawn fertiliser scorch problems occur mainly through the effect of the Iron content of lawn fertilisers as it is often the iron that causes the scorch burn.
Make sure that you are not standing still on the lawn with the hopper gate open and also that you are actually moving BEFORE you open the hopper trigger so as to avoid a dump on the lawn. Make the first pass around the edges of the lawn first - called a headland, then work up and down being careful to match in the fertiliser swaths. The product is part coloured so after a little practice, you should become good at it!
Another tip is to mow the lawn first and then follow your mowing lines. Walk at your normal walking pace and if you knwo the size of your lawn and can easily calculate that you have ot applied enough then go over the lawn again at right angles as described above. How can you expect the results if you only put on half the rate of fertiliser?
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