The Advantages of a Drop Spreader

More Precision

• A drop spreader can be a better choice for areas where precision placement is important. If you are working in a small area or have a small yard to fertilize, you may find that the drop spreader gives you more precise results.

Easier to Control

• It can be easier to control exactly where the fertilizer goes when you have a drop spreader. By contrast, a broadcast spreader spreads the fertilizer in a circular pattern as you move across the lawn. That can make it more difficult to fertilize small areas, such as the spaces between your hedges or the area around your flowerbeds. Since a drop spreader puts the fertilizer directly underneath the spreader with each pass, it is easier to control exactly where the fertilizer lands and which parts of the landscape receive that fertilizer.

Better Efficiency

• When you use a broadcast spreader, you may end up fertilizing places that do not require any fertilizer at all, including your driveway, the area around your mailbox and even the road. That can mean a higher total cost for your project, since you will have wasted all that fertilizer. A drop spreader can be much more efficient, since it places the fertilizer exactly where it needs to go with each pass across your lawn or pasture.

Easy Calibration

• It can be somewhat difficult to calibrate a broadcast spreader and get its spread pattern just the way you want it. Calibrating a drop spreader is much easier, since the spreader simply drops the fertilizer out of the hopper as it moves across the lawn. That easy calibration lets you get your work done more quickly.