Yes, it is "better" to spread fertilizer before a rain, but it is not a make or break situation. Getting rain 2 days after applying fertilizer actually is a close to ideal situation. As to the fertilizer "going bad", that won't happen. It can lay there for a month and the fertilizer should still be fine. The only reason to spread close to a rain is so that the fertilizer will hydrolyze (combine with water and break down) sooner, thus moving it into the root zone. In fact, even a drizzle should be enough to begin this process. If it doesn't rain within a few days, the plants may be (notice I said "may be", not "will be") burnt. In regard to spreading in the rain, this is not a good idea. They fertilizer will clump up (this is the hydrolyzation process beginning), and you will have a VERY bad experience. I know this because I have spread in times of very high humidity, and what I described occurred. I can only imagine that this would be much worse in the rain. SF
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