{"id":51994,"date":"2026-04-20T20:11:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=51994"},"modified":"2026-04-20T20:13:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:13:06","slug":"yard-work-how-i-fertilize-the-lawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/yard-work-how-i-fertilize-the-lawn\/","title":{"rendered":"Yard work: how I fertilize the lawn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Self-tutoring about yard chores: the tutor mentions some details about how he applies fertilizer.<\/h2>\n<p>\nThe following is according to my understanding.<\/p>\n<p>\nAfter one buys fertilizer, one must decide how much to apply to the lawn and then exactly how to do so. Here&#8217;s what I do:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nConnecting with my post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/lawn-care-fertilizing-the-lawn\/\">from June 16, 2023,<\/a> I only fertilize when the lawn is actively growing.<\/li>\n<li>\nI estimate the length and width of the lawn, then multiply them to estimate its area.<\/li>\n<li>\nNext, I read the bag of fertilizer for how much I should apply per square unit. Then, I multiply the estimated area by the amount recommended per square unit (same square unit as area is in) to determine the quantity to use; I will refer to that quantity as Q.<\/li>\n<li>\nQ is a measure of mass, but I don&#8217;t use a scale or balance. What I do, first, is estimate the mass of the fertilizer left in the bag, as follows: Based on the remaining volume in there compared to what the volume was when it was full, I determine the proportion of the fertilizer remaining. Then, I multiply that by the mass printed on the bag to get the mass remaining, which I will call M. Next, I compare Q to M: assuming Q < M, I imagine that ratio and try to pour that much out of the bag into the spreader.<\/li>\n<li>\nI use a drop spreader to apply the fertilizer. (More on that, perhaps, in a future post.) I don&#8217;t have a way to measure, numerically, the rate at which the fertilizer drops from the spreader onto the lawn. However, I can control how quickly it drops. Therefore, I set the spreader to drop the fertilizer thinly, then walk the entire lawn repeatedly until all the fertilizer has dropped from the spreader.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nWith so many estimates involved, the process is likely rather imprecise. I try to stay on the lower side with my estimates, with the idea that one can fertilize again later if appropriate.<\/p>\nJack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\">Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-tutoring about yard chores: the tutor mentions some details about how he applies fertilizer. The following &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/yard-work-how-i-fertilize-the-lawn\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Yard work: how I fertilize the lawn<\/span> Read more \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2913,1218],"tags":[4196,4195,4197],"class_list":["post-51994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardening","category-yard-work","tag-estimate-how-much-fertilizer-to-use","tag-fertilize-lawn","tag-how-to-apply-fertilizer-to-lawn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51994"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52006,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51994\/revisions\/52006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}