Lowe’s sale: 50 lb Lesco 30-0-10 for $18

I have some, it doesn’t clump as bad as your bag did, but it leaves a ton of black dust/tar all over the spreader. Do you know what that is?

Damn. Sounds like it was on sale for a reason. My areas are small enough to use with the hand held. I’ll have to see if that makes a difference.

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I think it’s pretty obvious the black clumpy issue is due to humidity and moisture getting into the bag. If it’s stored inside at the box store, I’d purchase again..the stuff works, it’s just annoying to deal with.

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It's a residue/dust that's present in the bag and as you spread it, it settles to the bottom of the spreader, thus clogging it.

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Complete pain in the arse and I’ll never use that brand again.

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Lesco is a professional brand of fertilizer used by a ton of companies that operate yard maintenance companies. 99% of it is purchased at SiteOne landscaping supply. I think you probably got some that was from last season. I’ve seen Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart, and TruValue park pallets of fertilizer outside where it got rained on before they moved it back under a roof. I cringed last week because I saw a whole pallet of 20 lb smoking pellets getting rained on. Sure would hate to have bought a USDA Prime grade brisket and not knowingly smoked that with pellets that had gotten rained on.

I’ve utilized Lesco from SiteOne, I’m talking hundreds of bags, and the product was always outstanding. It was always in a clean fresh bags because they sell pallets of it daily thus it doesn’t sit around for a year. When Lesco is being sold at Home Depot cheaper than buying direct from the dealer that raises a red flag. I don’t even like Home Depot Lesco Prodiamine because typically you can tell it’s been sitting there 6-12 months.