Brinly is a lawn maintenance manufacturing company well known in the United States. They’ve been around since 1839, providing high-quality lawn topdressing materials ranging from spreaders to fertilizers and soil treatments.
This article will give standard settings for their current flagship spreader – the Push Spreader Model P20-500BH. While this page will contain pretty much everything you can spread with Brinly’s push spreader, we’ve also added generic spreader settings in case the material you wish to spread is not included in the chart.
Brinly Spreader Settings Chart
Before applying any of these settings, remember that they are merely starting points. The actual settings you end up using for the entire lawn will depend on a variety of factors like the age of the spreader and the topography of the lawn.
At any rate, these settings are not often far from what you should be using, even if you decide to go with a manual/intuitive method for spreader settings calibration.
| Material | lbs./1000 square feet | Flow Control Setting at 3MPH |
| All American All Purpose Fertilizer 10-10-10 | 10 | 16 |
| Bayer Season Long Grub Control | 3.8 | 15 |
| Bayer Complete Insect Killer | 2 | 12 |
| Bayer Power Force Multi-Insect Killer | 3 | 11 |
| Bayer Grub Control | 3 | 12 |
| Bayer Lawn Starter Fertilizer 20-27-5 | 3.6 | 13.5 |
| Bayer Lawn Fertilizer Plus weed Control II 30-3-4 | 3.2 | 13.5 |
| Bayer Season Lawn Fertilizer Plus Crabgrass Preventer 30-3-4 | 3.2 | 13.5 |
| Eliminator Ant, Flea, and Tick Killer Granules | 2 | 12 |
| Eliminator 5% Diazinon Insect Killer Granules | 2 | 13.5 |
| Howard Johnsons All-Purpose Fertilizer 10-10-10 | 7 | 15 |
| Howard Johnsons Ironite 1-0-0 | 5 | 13.5 |
| Howard Johnsons All Purpose Fertilizer | 7 | 15 |
| Kay Soft Pelletized Gypsum Soil Conditioner | 2 | 12 |
| Lesco 46-0-0 | 2.2 | 15.5 |
| Lesc0 39-0-0 | 2.6 | 15.5 |
| Lesco 34-3-11 | 2.9 | 16 |
| Lesco 32-3-8 | 3.1 | 16 |
| Lesco 30-3-7 | 3.3 | 16 |
| Lesco 28-5-12 | 3.6 | 16 |
| Lesco 24-5-11 | 4.2 | 16 |
| Lesco 19-19-19 | 5.3 | 16 |
| Lesco 18-24-12 | 4.2 | 15 |
| Lesco 24-0-11 | 4.2 | 15 |
| Lesco 26-2-11 | 3.8 | 15.5 |
| Lesco 18-0-18 Fall/Winter | 5.9 | 16 |
| Lesco 17-17-17 All Purpose | 5.9 | 16 |
| Lesco 16-4-8 | 6.3 | 16 |
| Lesco 15-5-10 | 6.7 | 16 |
| Lesco 15-0-15 | 6.7 | 16 |
| Lesco Atrazine +17-12-11 | 6 | 16 |
| Lesco Dimension .015% +19-3-6 | 3.5 | 16 |
| Lesco Mach 2™ 1.33% +24-5-11 | 3.4 | 15 |
| Lesco Merit® 0.2% +24-5-11 | 3.4 | 15.5 |
| Lesco Momentum® + Fertilizer | 3.6 | 15 |
| Lesco PCNB 12.5% 10-0-20M 75%PPSCU | 4 | 15.5 |
| Lesco PRE-M® 1.5% + Fertilizer | 2.3 | 15 |
| Lesco PRE-M® 0.86% + Fertilizer | 4 | 16 |
| Lesco Talstar® 0.069% + Fertilizer | 3.3 | 16 |
| Lesco Weed & Feed +18-0-9 | 4 | 15.5 |
| Lesco Weed & Feed 18-2-9 | 4 | 15.5 |
| Lesco Dylox® 6.2* | 3 | 16 |
| Master Turf Ultimate Tall Fescue Blend | 8 | 17 |
| Master Turf Milorgranite 6-2-0 | 16 | 20 |
| Miracle-Gro Lawn Fertilizer Plus Weed Control 28-3-3 | 3.2 | 13.5 |
| Miracle Gro Starter Lawn Fertilizer 20-27-5 | 3.6 | 13.5 |
| Miracle Grow Starter Fertilizer 29-3-4 | 3.1 | 12 |
| Ortho Lawn Insect Killer Granules | 9.6 | 16 |
| Ortho Max Insect Killer for Lawns | 2 | 12 |
| Parker Super Soilife Lawn & Garden Fertilizer 16-4-8 | 10 | 16 |
| Pennington Lawn Starter Fertilizer 18- 24-6 | 3.6 | 15 |
| Pennington Master Turf High Traffic Lawn Seed Mixture | 10 | 18 |
| Pennington Master Turf Shady Lawn Seed Mixture | 8 | 18 |
| Pennington Master Turf Sun & Shade Lawn Seed Mixture | 10 | 18 |
| Pennington Lawn Food 27-4-6 | 3.6 | 16.5 |
| Pennington Centipede Food 18-0-18 | 4 | 17 |
| Pennington St Augustine, Bahia & Bermuda Food 26-6-9 | 4 | 18 |
| Pennington Fall Lawn Food 10-5-15 | 4 | 15.5 |
| Pennington Fescue Food 28-5-10 | 4 | 17 |
| Pennington Weed & Feed w/Triamine 25-4-6 | 3.6 | 16.5 |
| Real-Kill Multi-Purpose Lawn and Garden Insect Killer | 2 | 12 |
| Rebel’s Supreme Blend Grass Seed for Sun & Shade | 10 | 18 |
| Ringer Lawn Restore 10-2-6 | 10 | 18 |
| Sam’s Choice Crabgrass Preventer 30-3-4 | 6 | 16 |
| Sam’s Choice Insect Control Plus Fertilizer 28-4-6 | 3 | 12 |
| Sam’s Choice Lawn Food 29-3-4 | 3.2 | 13.5 |
| Sam’s Choice Starter Fertilizer 20-27-5 | 6 | 16 |
| Scotts Classic Grass Seed Fall Grass Seed Mix | 4 | 16 |
| Scotts Grubex | 2.3 | 12 |
| Scotts Grubex Season Long Grub Control | 3.1 | 13.5 |
| Scotts Lawn Fungus Control | 1.4 | 12 |
| Scotts Pure Premium Kentucky Bluegrass Mix | 1.1 | 12 |
| Scotts Pure Premium Sun & Shade Grass Seed Mixture | 2.5 | 13.5 |
| Scotts Starter Fertilizer 20-27-5 | 3.6 | 13.5 |
| Scotts Turf Builder 28-3-8 | 2.7 | 13.5 |
| Scotts Turf Builder Lawn Fertilizer 29-3-4 | 3.1 | 12 |
| Scotts Winterizer 22-4-1 | 3.3 | 11.5 |
| Scotts Turf Builder + Halt 25-3-3 | 3.6 | 15 |
| Scotts Turf Builder Plus 2 Weed Control & Lawn Fertilizer 26-3-3 | 3.5 | 14.5 |
| Scotts Turf Fertilizer Preemergent Weed Control 22-0-6 | 4.9 | 20 |
| Scotts Four Season Program – Crabgrass Preventer plus Fertilizer | 3 | 13 |
| Scotts Four Season Program – Weed Control Plus Fertilizer | 2.5 | 15 |
| Scotts Four Season Program – Insect Control Plus Fertilizer | 3.1 | 16.5 |
| Scotts Four Seasons – Lawn Fertilizer | 2.8 | 15.5 |
| Sevin Lawn Insect Granules | 4.6 | 13.5 |
| Spectracide Grub Stop | 3 | 13.5 |
| Spectracide Triazicide Insect Killer Granules | 3 | 11.5 |
| Sta-Green Lawn Fertilizer 29-2-5 | 3.6 | 13.5 |
| Sta-Green Lawn Weed Control | 2 | 12 |
| Sta-Green 200 Plus Weed & Feed 28-3-3 | 3.2 | 13.5 |
| Sta-Green Starter Fertilizer 18-2-4 | 3.2 | 13.5 |
| Sta-Green Weed & Feed 28-2-4 | 3.2 | 13.5 |
| Sta-Green Sun & Shade Grass Seed Mixture | 10 | 18 |
| Vigoro Insect Control Plus Fertilizer | 3 | 11.5 |
| Vigoro Starter Fertilizer | 3.6 | 13.5 |
| Vigoro Turf Fertilizer 29-3-4 | 3.2 | 13.5 |
| Vigoro Ultra Turf Winterizer 22-3-14 | 3 | 12 |
| Vigoro Weed and Feed | 3.2 | 13.5 |
| Walmart Gardens Kentucky Bluegrass Grass Seed | 4 | 16 |
| Walmart Gardens Kentucky 31 Tall | 8 | 18 |
| Walmart Weed & Feed 28-3-3 | 3.2 | 13.5 |
Brinly Generic Spreader Settings
You should only use these settings if you don’t find the seed, fertilizer or soil treatment you want to spread on the lawn.
Generic Grass Seed Spreader Settings
| lbs./1000 square feet | Settings |
| 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 20 |
| 4 | 22 |
| 5 | 24 |
Generic Fertilizer and Soil Treatment Spreader Settings
| lbs./1000 square feet | Settings |
| 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4 | 15 |
| 5 | 17 |
| 6 | 18 |
| 7 | 19 |
| 8 | 20 |
| 9 | 22 |
| 10 | 24 |
Above are the recommended spreader settings for Brinly’s P20-500BH spreader. However, you shouldn’t treat these settings as the line in the sand, you want to apply them on a testing ground first, and evaluate your results, before using them on the entire lawn.
