Spreader problems
Hi folks, can anyone suggest a good method of preventing the contents of a lawn spreader from going onto the border area, e.g. when applying grass seed, fertilizer or lawn weed/moss killer.
Is it a case of positioning your self a required distance (based on the spray diameter I would assume) from the lawn edge, is this consistent? Or are there better, more surer methods than this? I have found I am getting a fair amount of new grass growth in my border areas , due to recent re-seeding. Also this could be quite a problem when using lawn weed killer. |
Spreader problems
"neilson" wrote in message ... Hi folks, can anyone suggest a good method of preventing the contents of a lawn spreader from going onto the border area, e.g. when applying grass seed, fertilizer or lawn weed/moss killer. Is it a case of positioning your self a required distance (based on the spray diameter I would assume) from the lawn edge, is this consistent? Or are there better, more surer methods than this? I have found I am getting a fair amount of new grass growth in my border areas , due to recent re-seeding. Also this could be quite a problem when using lawn weed killer. Get someone to walk along the side of the lawn with a board following you as you walk. The board will reduce the overspray. Works on Golf Courses so why not your lawn |
Spreader problems
neilson wrote: Hi folks, can anyone suggest a good method of preventing the contents of a lawn spreader from going onto the border area, e.g. when applying grass seed, fertilizer or lawn weed/moss killer. Is it a case of positioning your self a required distance (based on the spray diameter I would assume) from the lawn edge, is this consistent? Or are there better, more surer methods than this? I have found I am getting a fair amount of new grass growth in my border areas , due to recent re-seeding. Also this could be quite a problem when using lawn weed killer. A nuisance. You might stick a sheet of something on the bedward side with gaffer tape to act as a baffle -- cardboard would do. If that results in too thick a spread along the edges, you might even the excess out with a broom. If you don't want to do that, all I can suggest is the obvious experimental method, which is to do a run down the middle and note how far out the stuff flies. I don't know how you'd then avoid the likely problem of thinner spreading along the edges -- probably by following up with a sprinkle by hand, or by the traditional method of shrugging one's shoulders and not caring much. -- Mike. |
Spreader problems
"neilson" wrote in message ... Hi folks, can anyone suggest a good method of preventing the contents of a lawn spreader from going onto the border area, e.g. when applying grass seed, fertilizer or lawn weed/moss killer. Is it a case of positioning your self a required distance (based on the spray diameter I would assume) from the lawn edge, is this consistent? Or are there better, more surer methods than this? I have found I am getting a fair amount of new grass growth in my border areas , due to recent re-seeding. Also this could be quite a problem when using lawn weed killer. I had this problem when we had a large garden and used the Flymo :-(( and the chuck out of cut grass into the borders. Solved it by sticking canes/sticks/anything of the like around the edge and draping same with old dust sheets, blankets, sheets of polythene etc.. Sounds like more work than it's worth, but really isn't. Doesn't take tooooooooo long to erect/dismatle and move to the next area :-)) and that is if you have to do it yourself and don't have someone to hold a board as someone else has suggested :-)) Mike -- -------------------------------------- Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk www.nsrafa.com |
Spreader problems
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