How to Use Manure on Grass
- 1). Scoop a few shovels of manure into a bucket. Break the manure up with a hand cultivator so that it is fine enough to pass through a fertilizer spreader. Work the hand cultivator back and forth until the manure comes to a fine, granular consistency. If all the manure does not break up into fine granules, put on a pair of gloves and crush it with your hands.
- 2). Pour the broken manure out onto a dry, sunny surface. Let the manure dry out to exhaust all the methane gas, since the gas will burn your grass. Turn the manure every day for a few days to a week to make sure the manure is dry and methane free.
- 3). Set the spreader's distribution chute to spread the manure evenly when walking over your grass. The goal is to get an even coat over the entire lawn. Shovel the dried, granulated manure into the spreader and walk your entire lawn, spreading the manure evenly over the grass.
- 4). Water your lawn after spreading the manure to get the manure's nutrients into the soil and feed the grass. Repeat the manure fertilization process once a month. Homeowners in cooler regions such as the Northeast and Northwest should not spread manure over their grass during the winter. Homeowners who live in the Southwest and Southeast can spread manure year-round.
