Scotts Accugreen 2015 Drop Spreader Manual
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For my area in the Western part of North Carolina (1hour, 15min WEST of Charlotte, NC) my local JOHN DEERE LANDSCAPES recommends a July Fertilizer. The LESCO 5-0-20 w/ 10% IRON. My spreader is a Scotts AccuGreen 3000 Drop Spreader. The Lesco bag is 50lbs and covers 10,000sf. Their bag also says to set their Lesco Rotary Spreader on Calibration Gauge #16.but since I have a different Spreader, they gave me a sheet that breaks down the compatibility formula for a bunch of different other Spreaders. And for mine, it says their Lesco Rotary Spreader is #16 and it's compatible to my Scotts AccuGreen 3000 Drop Spreader if mine is set on #8.5 I was also told that you can't always go by the 'setting' on each Spreader because sometimes they may not be Calibrated correctly or may be slightly off. So I was given this FORMULA and told to weigh everything just to make sure that I'm putting down the recommended amount.
The Formula is (in this example, I'll do a yard that is 2,600sf since that is what my 'test' yard was that I just applied this LESCO Fertilizer on today): 2,600sf of Lawn Bag Covers 10,000sf Bag Weighs 50lbs 50lbs (weight of bag) DEVIDED BY 10sf (square footage bag covers) EQUALS 5lbs.so that's 5lbs of Fertilizer Per 1,000sf of Lawn. So 2,600sf of Lawn needs: 2.6sf (total lawn area) TIMES 5lbs (LBS of Fertilizer per 1,000sf of Lawn) EQUALS 13lbs.so that's 13lbs of Fertilizer to cover the ENTIRE Lawn. And if the LBS of NITROGEN per 1,000sf of Lawn is desired information. Then, since the Guaranteed Analysis on the Lesco bag is 5-0-20 w/ 10% Iron. The Formula is: 5 (% of Nitrogen from Guaranteed Analysis) TIMES 5 (LBS of Fertilizer per 1,000sf of Lawn) EQUALS 0.25 lbs of Nitrogen per 1,000sf of Lawn Ok, so judging from the above. It appears that I need to put down 13lbs of Total Fertilizer from the Lesco bag to Cover an Entire 2,600sf Lawn.
Well since, I was hesitant about going strictly off my Scotts Drop Spreader 'setting', I decided to weigh out exactly 13lbs of Total Fertilizer from the Lesco bag on a Scale, then pour it into the Drop Spreader and apply it onto the Lawn (and I did overlap my Wheel Marks by few inches too). After I finished, I still had a good amount of Fertilizer left in the Drop Spreader so I carefully poured it out into an empty bag and weighed it and their was exactly 6.5lbs still left so that tells me that I actually applied the other 6.5lbs to the Lawn. So now I'm confused. Either my Drop Spreader is WAY OFF or my the Formula that I was given is off or something because my application only dropped HALF of the required amount.
And yes, I did go back over the Lawn the 2nd with the other 6.5lbs so I did actually put the full 13lb required TOTAL amount on the Lawn but for some reason it took 2 applications to get there instead of just 1??? Am I missing something? Here's ANOTHER EXAMPLE of the above Formula for better understanding. In this example we'll use LESCO 24-0-11 w/ 2% IRON: 2,600sf of Lawn Bag Covers 12,000sf Bag Weighs 50lbs 50lbs (weight of bag) DEVIDED BY 12sf (square footage bag covers) EQUALS 4.17lbs.so that's 4.17lbs of Fertilizer Per 1,000sf of Lawn. So 2,600sf of Lawn needs: 2.6sf (total lawn area) TIMES 4.17lbs (LBS of Fertilizer per 1,000sf of Lawn) EQUALS 10.84lbs.so that's 10.84lbs of Fertilizer to cover the ENTIRE Lawn. And if the LBS of NITROGEN per 1,000sf of Lawn is desired information.
Then, since the Guaranteed Analysis on the Lesco bag is 24-0-11 w/ 2% Iron. The Formula is: 24 (% of Nitrogen from Guaranteed Analysis) TIMES 4.17 (LBS of Fertilizer per 1,000sf of Lawn) EQUALS 1.0 lbs of Nitrogen per 1,000sf of Lawn. You probably paid more attention in math class than I did. Sounds about right to me. Strange, though. Most of the Lesco people are educated, but they seldom deal with a Scotts drop spreader.
That 'compatibility sheet' chart was probably copied from someone else 20 years ago, probably the people who made the fertilizer for Lesco. Take their advice with a grain of salt. Or maybe you were in a hurry and pushed the spreader twice as fast as specified. Neglecting wind resistance, and the continuously decreasing fuel load, velocity of the airframe is a critical factor. Go over it twice. If it comes out right, with nothing left over you are doing better than 99 percent of us pros. Myrick, I never advocate the usage of a drop spreader for fertilizer.
Too many people either burn or stripe their lawns by using them for fertilizer applications. Do it like a professional and buy a good rotary spreader. If you want professional results, buy professional tools to get you there! A lot of my customers use the Scotts Edgeguard spreader and that will work but you've got to remember that it's not a professional grade spreader. That drop spreader will still be good for seeding or applying lime so don't throw it away. I highly recommend either the Lesco 50# spreader, Lesco 80# Stainless Steel spreader, or the Anderson's SR-2000 spreader. Also, go onto and watch videos of how the pro's apply fertilizer.
You'll pick up a lot. Hey, it worked that time. It's big now so you can see it. The way you read it (this is what LESCO told me) is. You look at the actual bag of any given Lesco Fertilizer and it'll tell you what Calibration Gauge to use for THAT particular bag of Fertilizer with the 'Lesco Rotary Spreader'.in this case of the 5-0-20 w/ 10% Iron it says to set their Spreader at #16 Well on the left side of the Compatibility Sheet, it says LESCO Spreader and under it is some numbers and you just go down to #16 and THEN go across to the right and find which Spreader you have.
In my case with the Scotts AccuGreen 3000 it says for me to set my Spreader on #8.5. And I did this.but it only put down exactly HALF the recommended amount. Did you see an SGN number on the bag? The above chart uses a granule size of SGN 240. I think that is a particle average diameter size of 2.4 millimeters. Or maybe the Lesco guys were a little tired that day and only walked half as fast as you. Remember 3.5 times 88 gives you the distance in one minute at 3.5 mph.
It would be 308 feet. Easier to measure, that would be 51.3 feet in 10 seconds. Uphill you would be a little slower. Tall grass, slower yet.
Or maybe the companies do this on purpose. They would like to force you to use their spreaders. I wonder if Scotts directions do the same thing-it only works right if you use Scotts products and Scotts spreaders. They have an economic incentive, right? Or.maybe they want you to go over it twice, criss-cross.for more even coverage. Its probably in the fine print somewhere.
From previous experience on Memorial Day weekend of this year I purchased eight 36 lb bags of Milorganite yesterday instead of four. Each bag is supposed to cover 2500 sq ft so I basically had enough for 20000 sq ft even though my lawn is only 10000 sq ft (5000 in the front, 5000 in the back). I used the bag's recommended dropper setting of 11.5 with my Scott's EdgeGuard Pro. I make one header strip around the perimeter of JUST MY BACK YARD. Boom, one bag gone just like that.
I said this can't be right.so I lowered the setting to 9 and continued working the spreader in my backyard for another two bags when I realized at that rate I wouldn't have enough for the front yard. So I eventually went down to a 6.5 setting to finish the back and the entire front. After all was said and done I ended up using 7 bags in a very inconsistent manner When spreading the fertilizer I made passes within two feet of each other and there was no chance in hell that I was going to buy another 7 bags to spread it in the criss-cross pattern they recommend for even coverage. Back in May I thought that my older SpeedyGreen was out of whack so I decided to upgrade to the Edgeguard Pro. It would appear that this wasn't the issue. Neither Scott's nor Milorganite are able to assist me on this when I contacted them.
Any help from someone that uses this in a Scott's spreader would be appreciated. I think the Milorganite folks might be drunken sailors. Their site suggest that the opening on the spreader be at 3/4 of full open and gives settings for most common that are equivalent.
Their site says no more than 15% fast release, but they show a picture of the Classic label that shows 40%. If you google Milorganite labels, you will see anything from 5% total N w/.05% WSN, to 5% total w/2% WSN, to 6% total with 2.5%N.
It's Forest and his box of candy. I use Milorganite Classic which I believe is a smaller prill and I set my edgeguard at 6 and make one pass, so I can't help you. I spoke with a knowledgeable person at Milorganite yesterday afternoon and she told me that they do extensive testing of spreaders every two years or so. She could not explain why 11.5 is not considered the correct value for Speedy Green models and Edgeguard models. I'm not trying to be very scientific here, I'm just looking to save on cost. If 4 bags should cover 10000 sq ft then four bags is all that I should need. I shouldn't have to figure out the correct setting, it should more or less be correctly labeled.
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For Labor Day weekend I'll use the 5.75 setting 4-5 feet apart crisscross and see how that goes. Settings do vary spreader by spreader even within the same model. Mom and I use the identical spreader, but if I use a setting of 6 she needs to go to 8. There's nothing wrong with either of our spreaders. Mine throws shorter to the right than hers does, though, so I tend to step oddly across the lawn. One short row is followed by a long one in the other direction to get even coverage.
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I like criss-crossing but rarely do it. I don't get stripes so I'm still doing something right.:-) I think the Milorganite folks might be drunken sailors.
It's a more natural product and does depend on the input. Those numbers on the bag are minimums, not maximums, unless they refer to quickly available nitrogen-then it's the maximum, not the minimum. That's the law. Or, why I prefer my soybean meal from the grain mill in plain brown packages.
Scotts Accugreen 2015 Drop Spreader Manual Grass Seed
I can't imagine what fertilizer labeling laws would make of that stuff-probably 0-0-0.