I use an old "Metamucil" plastic container with a hole in the lid for shaking fertilizer granules over an area. I can throw a narrow stream a fair distance, or spray it over a broad area to a lesser distance.
My hand-held "spinner" spreader tends to jam, and it only thows a very little at a time, and sprays it omni-directonally, wasting too much.
But you just inspired me to use ALL my empties to store fertilizer, and just switch the lid-with-a-hole to the one I'm using at the moment.
P.S. If a plastic jar is too slippery to hold with wet hands, try tieing some waxed twine around it. Or rub some beeswax on it. The wax improves the grip.
