GWB wrote:

Jim wrote:

you were so well blessed to receive a light slow drizzling
rain on the very day just after making the fertilizer application.
the water begins the process of breaking the fertilizer down and
making it available to the grass as plant food.

" light slow drizzling rain" wouldda been nice.
I got an inch and half after fertilizing.
Too much of a good thing??

2.5 inches of rain in less than 5 minutes on the day after I broadcast
at the precise rate of 2.5 pounds per 100 square feet. end result was
I'd just as well taken the entire bag to the low spot where the water
ran and dumped it on the ground. grrrrrrrrrr!