"John T. Jarrett" wrote in message
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Included in my Idiots Guide to Grass Ca

Let your fertilizer spreader rust over winter. Then, when you
fertilize in Spring you accidentaly give a double-dose to the grass!
St. Augustine wasn't too happy with it, but the Bermuda really took
off and tried to weed that St. Augustine right out! Dark green, deep,
thick...but not necessarilly legal :)

Bermuda loves nitrogen! It will go to town on the stuff. I learned the
same hard lesson about rust on my first fertilizer spreader (back when they
were all metal). I have three plastic ones now and I still rinse them out
well after each use.