"dean" wrote in message
oups.com...
On May 7, 10:39 am, dpb wrote:
On May 7, 9:08 am, dean wrote:

I've got 10 bags of lime to spread over my lawn. Is a rotary spreader
a good choice here? Do I need to be careful of clogging up the gears?

Not unless it is granulized for the purpose of spreading w/ one it
won't work well. Lime tends to simply pack into a solid chunk w/ an
ordinary rotary because the agitator isn't big/tough enough to break
it up. I've seen the cheaper plastic ones simply strip the spinner
while better ones basically just rotate and the product bridges over
above them. Need a linear drop-type spreader or simply throw it out
w/ a shovel and till to spread it around and even it out.

Its a fine powder. Do you think if I sieve it, it would be ok? The
powder seems to be pretty much non-lumpy as far as I can tell. I have
too much area for a dropper.


If the spreader has the gears encased so the lime can't get to
them, it will work fine. If the gears are visable, the lime will
quickly wear them out. Avoid overloading the hopper - that
stuff is heavy.

Bob