12 pr & os owner’s manual, Adjusting seed rate, Lawn preparation – Billy Goat PR550 User Manual

Page 12: Dropping seeds

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BRACKET

SETTING

STOP

KNOB

ADJUSTING SEED RATE

- PULL BACK ON THE KNOB THEN
SLIDE THE BRACKET TO DESIRED
STOP SETTING.

EXAMPLE: STOP SETTING IS ON 4
- IF SLICING WITHOUT DROPPING
SEEDS FOR LONG PERIOD THEN
SET THE STOP SETTING TO ZERO.

LAWN PREPARATION

- MOW LAWN TO LOWEST SETTING ON
YOUR MOWER.
- DO NOT WATER PRIOR TO SEEDING.
- POWER RAKE TO DETHATCH LAWN
AND REMOVE THATCH.

- FERTILIZE LAWN WITH BROADCAST
SPREADER.

LAWN PREPARATION

- FOR BEST RESULTS OVERSEED IN
TWO PASSES OF ONE-HALF
APPLICATION RATE EACH, AT RIGHT
ANGLES OR IN A CRISS-CROSS
PATTERN.

- WATER HEAVILY IMMEDIATELY THEN
LIGHTLY FOR 10 - 14 DAYS, KEEPING
SOIL MOIST.
- AFTER GERMINATION, WATER LESS
OFTEN TO PROMOTE ROOT GROWTH.

DROPPING SEEDS

- AFTER ADJUSTING THE STOP SETTING, LIFT
UP ON THE BAR TO
OPEN THE DROP SEEDER
DOOR.

- TO STOP DROPPING SEEDS, PUSH FORWARD
ON THE HANDLE TO CLOSE THE DROP SEEDER
DOOR.
NOTE:
IF SLICING WITHOUT DROPPING SEEDS
FOR LONG PERIOD OF TIME THEN SET THE
STOP SETTING TO ZERO.

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