Why The Fall Season Is Usually The Best Time To Hydroseed
The hot temperatures of summer are past. This makes it easier to keep the
seed moist during germination. The young plants have better growing
conditions without extreme heat. Most of the weeds that compete with grass are dead and diseases are under control for the rest of the year. Weed and disease chemicals cannot be
sprayed on new grass without injuring or killing it. The new grass will have the fall and spring seasons to mature before facing all the stress of summer: heat, traffic, competition, mowing,
inappropriate watering, diseases, etc.
Planting in fall avoids several springtime problems: cool soil
temperatures delay germination; soil may be too moist to prepare; weeds dominate
the early growing months. Higher percentages of seed germination are likely since
soil temperature and moisture levels are more favorable or can be controlled
more readily.
Why Your Best Time To Hydroseed May Differ.
You may be planning to hydroseed for a completely new lawn; need to do
over-seeding to thicken your lawn; or want to patch bare areas in the lawn. Your
success in all of these endeavors depends on much more than knowing when is the
best time to plant grass seed.
The answers to these important questions are critical:
Best answer:
The best time to plant grass seed is in the fall,
only if you can answer yes to all those questions.
Realistic answer:
When to plant grass seed in any location?
When you are ready. Any time, any season, that you can answer yes to all
of these questions will probably work. If the weather permits you to be
comfortable outdoors, it’s good for grass to grow.
If you are not ready or able to do the proper preparation, then no
time is the best time.
The Rule For Hydroseeding Gets Ignored
The rule of thumb says you will get the best results by choosing fall as the
best time to plant grass seed. Do people plant at other times and get good
results? Yes, they do.
People plant grass every year in spring, summer, fall, and winter. They sow,
it grows, they mow. Life is busy. Schedules are full. Weddings, parties and
travel may dictate when the lawn gets attention. People get to the point where
they are tired of looking at a crummy lawn and they want to fix it. Soon or
sooner.
If you are ready to install or repair a lawn using seed, and have good
reasons for not waiting until fall, go for it. It can be a big investment of time, energy and money for some projects. So improve your chances of success by taking care of every step of the project.
If you are afraid to hydroseed when it isn’t the best time, don’t worry so
much. Since you are so conscientious, you’ll do fine, because you pay attention
to details. The guy who just throws down seed in the fall, because it is the
best time, but without much thought or effort will be the disappointed one.
Preparation and good maintenance practices are at least as important as
selecting the absolute best time to plant grass seed. Don’t be in such a hurry
to get it done that you do it poorly. Do it the best way, and that will
diminish the necessity of selecting the “best time”.
The hot temperatures of summer are past. This makes it easier to keep the
seed moist during germination. The young plants have better growing
conditions without extreme heat. Most of the weeds that compete with grass are dead and diseases are under control for the rest of the year. Weed and disease chemicals cannot be
sprayed on new grass without injuring or killing it. The new grass will have the fall and spring seasons to mature before facing all the stress of summer: heat, traffic, competition, mowing,
inappropriate watering, diseases, etc.
Planting in fall avoids several springtime problems: cool soil
temperatures delay germination; soil may be too moist to prepare; weeds dominate
the early growing months. Higher percentages of seed germination are likely since
soil temperature and moisture levels are more favorable or can be controlled
more readily.
Why Your Best Time To Hydroseed May Differ.
You may be planning to hydroseed for a completely new lawn; need to do
over-seeding to thicken your lawn; or want to patch bare areas in the lawn. Your
success in all of these endeavors depends on much more than knowing when is the
best time to plant grass seed.
The answers to these important questions are critical:
- Have weeds and foreign grasses been eliminated?
- Have any pest or disease problems been corrected?
- Has the soil been prepared, including cultivation (loosening) and adding
soil amendments, if needed? - Is there an irrigation system present in good working order?
- Are you sure that deficiencies of the sprinkler system did not cause dead
spots that have led to the need to reseed? - If there is no irrigation system, are you prepared to moisten the
germinating seeds for the next 2 to 3 weeks, as often as 3 times a day? - Will you be able to restrict traffic on the reseeded areas for the next 4 to
6 weeks, or longer? Are other plants growing with current weather
conditions?
Best answer:
The best time to plant grass seed is in the fall,
only if you can answer yes to all those questions.
Realistic answer:
When to plant grass seed in any location?
When you are ready. Any time, any season, that you can answer yes to all
of these questions will probably work. If the weather permits you to be
comfortable outdoors, it’s good for grass to grow.
If you are not ready or able to do the proper preparation, then no
time is the best time.
The Rule For Hydroseeding Gets Ignored
The rule of thumb says you will get the best results by choosing fall as the
best time to plant grass seed. Do people plant at other times and get good
results? Yes, they do.
People plant grass every year in spring, summer, fall, and winter. They sow,
it grows, they mow. Life is busy. Schedules are full. Weddings, parties and
travel may dictate when the lawn gets attention. People get to the point where
they are tired of looking at a crummy lawn and they want to fix it. Soon or
sooner.
If you are ready to install or repair a lawn using seed, and have good
reasons for not waiting until fall, go for it. It can be a big investment of time, energy and money for some projects. So improve your chances of success by taking care of every step of the project.
If you are afraid to hydroseed when it isn’t the best time, don’t worry so
much. Since you are so conscientious, you’ll do fine, because you pay attention
to details. The guy who just throws down seed in the fall, because it is the
best time, but without much thought or effort will be the disappointed one.
Preparation and good maintenance practices are at least as important as
selecting the absolute best time to plant grass seed. Don’t be in such a hurry
to get it done that you do it poorly. Do it the best way, and that will
diminish the necessity of selecting the “best time”.
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