Lawn Grass Seed

Creating a new lawn from seed is not as difficult as people might think, in fact it is quite easy with the right equipment and a bit of knowledge to help you.

There are two general types of lawn grass seed, the first is what they call a "warm season seed", these can include the bermuda seed and the zoysia seed, these sorts of seed can hold up extremely well in the hot humid heat of the south.

While if you live in the north you shold be looking for "cool season" seeds such as kentucky bluegrass or perrennial ryegrass and fine fescue, these types of seeds grow and thrive much better in cooler conditions.

Canada grass seed is also well known to thrive very well in all sorts of environments, it is a very tough seed and produces what sometimes is called ever green turf. This means the Canada grass will stay looking a vibrant lush green colour all year round, and with very little maintenance required makes a good choice for the home gardener.

If you really think you need expert advice before choosing which seed you need, you can visit www.ntep.org, they do the research on how different sorts of seed work in different areas.

You can also check out this video showing how to plant lawn grass seed if you need help.

Within www.ntep.org you will get free information on what the best kind of lawn grass seed to use in your area, or you could go to your local garden center and ask them for there advice on which would be right for you.

Planting lawn grass seed.

Planting is pretty straight forward really you just need to know a few things to get started, first you should pick either spring or fall to plant your seed, these are great times to help germination of your seeds.

You should also try to buy a couple of bags of topsoil to spread over the area, this will help to give it a better chance of germinating quickly.

Then you need to mark the area where your lawn will be, then turn over the soil and rake it to remove any rocks or big lumps, the raked soil should be left around 3" to 4" deep this is all you need.

Then you need to spread the seeds within a uniformed way to make sure your grass will grow evenly, using a spreader or splitter is the easiest way of achieving this. You then need to lightly rake in the seed around 1/4" deep, this will make sure the seed is left within good contact with the soil, once it is planted you need to start your watering regime.

You should lightly water the seed twice a day until the grass has come up through the soil, once the turf is within sight you should water every two to three days. Grass grows much faster when it is kept moist on a regular basis.

You should also consider buying a starter fertilizer for your turf this will help the turf seeds to germinate and grow quicker than normal, make sure not to cut your turf until it has reached at least 3" to 4" high, left till this height gives the turf root system chance to get established.

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