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

Part No 350324
Form No F090407A
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PR & OS Owner’s Manual
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.
L B S
R A T E
1 ,0 0 0 F T
F A S T E R T R A V E L D E L IV E R S L E S S S E E D .
T H E S E S E T T IN G S A R E A P P R O X IM A T E G U ID E L IN E S . S E E D IN G R A T E S A R E S P E E D D E P E N D E N T .
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F E S C U E
B L U E G R A S S
R Y E G R A S S
T Y P E
S E E D
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S E E D E R
M O D E L S )
( H U L L E D & Z O Y S IA )
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( C O A T E D )
C E N T IP E D E G R A S S
S T . A U G U S T IN E
G R A S S
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S E E D A P P L IC A T IO N C H A R T :
1 ,0 0 0 F T
T Y P E
S E E D
B E N T G R A S S
B E R M U D A G R A S S
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2
S E T T IN G
S T O P
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R A T E
L B S
C H A R T
R E F E R E N C E
S E T T IN G
S E E D E R
G O A T
B IL L Y
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S E T T IN G
S T O P
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S C O T T S
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