How do I translate “xx pounds per 1000 sq ft” into a number on a Scotts rotary spreader?
All of the lawn and garden forums talk about dropping soil additives/seed at a rate described as something like "6-8 lbs per 1000 square feet". This doesn’t mean anything to me. I have a Scotts rotary spreader that has numbers on it for a broadcast rate. How does this translate?
You may just have to do it by trial and error. Sometimes I have bought fertilizer that has different broadcast spreader settings on the bag, but yours must not. Also, your spreader probably came with some instructions…do you still have them? Or, you may be able to check the Scotts website for info. If all that fails, I would do this….Get a rough estimate of the area you want to fertilize/treat/seed. Put the necessary pounds of fertilizer etc. into your spreader then put it on a very low setting and do the area. If after you have gone over it once, you still have some left in the spreader, set the spreader at a new setting that you think will get rid of the rest of it. Keep track of the settings you used and adjust next time to the one setting you think will use all the fertilizer in one pass. This isn’t rocket science, and there is room for error, but start out on a low setting until you see how it goes. Good Luck!