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The following are just a few tips and precautions to keep in mind when using a fertilizer. Fertilizers are chemicals and should be treated as such.

• Read the instructions that come with your fertilizer thoroughly.

• Keep the fertilizer out of the reach of children and animals.

• Always use gloves when working with fertilizer because it is a chemical.

• If you get fertilizer on you, wash it off immediately.

• Walk behind a spreader at a good pace and make a pattern that covers the entire lawn once.

• Fertilizing a dry lawn can burn stressed grass.

• Store the fertilizer in a dry place.

• Keep children and pets off of the lawn until it has been watered completely.

• Buying an annual bag of fertilizer is less expensive than buying it in individual bags.

• Never apply Weed and Feed just before rain. It will only wash away which harms the environment.

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