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seed spreader.......
hi,
i am lookin for a good seed spreader, looked at the scotts ones but i feel they r too big. i was lookin for the red round ones that i have seen many gardeners with. i looked in quite a few nurseries , home depot and lowes no one carries them. does anyone know where i could find them and for how much. i live in long island ,new york. thanks, sabaa. |
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They have little boxes with hand cranks , like a music box. This holds
over a quart. They are easy to use, I think, because you can see the bitty grains and seeds flying out in front of you. But be careful not to use a lot. If you are planting grass use fertilizer with lower N number for nitrogen. Seedlings don't like lots of food. N of 23 is in the middle and sometimes labelled starter fertilizers. People use more if they water a lot and have a thick lawn. Roughing up bare spots with a hand claw is about all you need to do, though if you can break the soil more deeply it helps. You could dig some of the sod all from one area and lift them out, then fill the bare areas, if this seems to make sense. This is easier for me to grow grass in one group then all over the lawn. Keep new seeding, seedlings, and transplants watered. The rhododendron may be suffering from a fungus, or something like fusarium, they may be in toxic soil. Perhaps someone put much lime on the lawn before you? Zoysia grass is unusual to me, did you choose that? Can't help with the shrubs much, good luck. Try a ph test under them maybe. Sabaa Mundia wrote: hi, i am lookin for a good seed spreader, looked at the scotts ones but i feel they r too big. i was lookin for the red round ones that i have seen many gardeners with. i looked in quite a few nurseries , home depot and lowes no one carries them. does anyone know where i could find them and for how much. i live in long island ,new york. thanks, sabaa. |
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seed spreader.......
They have little boxes with hand cranks , like a music box. This holds
over a quart. They are easy to use, I think, because you can see the bitty grains and seeds flying out in front of you. But be careful not to use a lot. If you are planting grass use fertilizer with lower N number for nitrogen. Seedlings don't like lots of food. N of 23 is in the middle and sometimes labelled starter fertilizers. People use more if they water a lot and have a thick lawn. Roughing up bare spots with a hand claw is about all you need to do, though if you can break the soil more deeply it helps. You could dig some of the sod all from one area and lift them out, then fill the bare areas, if this seems to make sense. This is easier for me to grow grass in one group then all over the lawn. Keep new seeding, seedlings, and transplants watered. The rhododendron may be suffering from a fungus, or something like fusarium, they may be in toxic soil. Perhaps someone put much lime on the lawn before you? Zoysia grass is unusual to me, did you choose that? Can't help with the shrubs much, good luck. Try a ph test under them maybe. Sabaa Mundia wrote: hi, i am lookin for a good seed spreader, looked at the scotts ones but i feel they r too big. i was lookin for the red round ones that i have seen many gardeners with. i looked in quite a few nurseries , home depot and lowes no one carries them. does anyone know where i could find them and for how much. i live in long island ,new york. thanks, sabaa. |
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my double post was accidental, i tried to to warn you not to use lots of
N nitrogen, like 43 3 3 because it causes algae plumes and other imbalances. If you can feed less, it's better. |
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Ortho makes the hand cranker. It's Red and called a whirly bird broadcast
spreader. "Trish K." wrote in message ... They have little boxes with hand cranks , like a music box. This holds over a quart. They are easy to use, I think, because you can see the bitty grains and seeds flying out in front of you. But be careful not to use a lot. If you are planting grass use fertilizer with lower N number for nitrogen. Seedlings don't like lots of food. N of 23 is in the middle and sometimes labelled starter fertilizers. People use more if they water a lot and have a thick lawn. Roughing up bare spots with a hand claw is about all you need to do, though if you can break the soil more deeply it helps. You could dig some of the sod all from one area and lift them out, then fill the bare areas, if this seems to make sense. This is easier for me to grow grass in one group then all over the lawn. Keep new seeding, seedlings, and transplants watered. The rhododendron may be suffering from a fungus, or something like fusarium, they may be in toxic soil. Perhaps someone put much lime on the lawn before you? Zoysia grass is unusual to me, did you choose that? Can't help with the shrubs much, good luck. Try a ph test under them maybe. Sabaa Mundia wrote: hi, i am lookin for a good seed spreader, looked at the scotts ones but i feel they r too big. i was lookin for the red round ones that i have seen many gardeners with. i looked in quite a few nurseries , home depot and lowes no one carries them. does anyone know where i could find them and for how much. i live in long island ,new york. thanks, sabaa. |
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