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Thanks for the tips. I'm in Southern Ontario and my grass seed was delayed a month (I wanted to over-seed in September). I think ill wait until mid November since I'm sure temps are a bit cooler in my area compared to yours. Going to cut an area down almost to soil level so I can make good seed contact. Cover everything with peat moss. Its a relatively new lawn so I'm still trying to establish growth.
I just finished dormant seeding last weekend. I hand seeded the bare spots and put down peat moss to cover it. I also used a LOT of grass seed all over the rest of the yard.
Interesting take on Dormant seeding! I accidentally did that last year. Missing my fall seeding window. Put down TTTF a week before Thanksgiving. Figured I'd just wasted the seeds and money. Next thing I know, come April I have a few nice lush green patches. You've taught me it's all about patience and staying the course! Stay blessed B
gradual improvement over time, it's like the tortoise and the hare. I'm going through this act of patience right now at the new place. Trusting the process is hard sometimes but it always seems to work. :)
Very interesting topic to cover! I have a dormant seed 'experiment' now underway. The NJ ground is freezing and unfreezing right now...I roughed up a small section of the lawn where the seed didn't take so well, spread some matching seed, lightly raked it in, and lightly stepped it in. No water or top dress. Our NJ soil does this thing where, after the morning thaw occurs (when it's warmer), the soil sort of makes these little pockets, which then fall back onto itself to level itself out. I figure that will further embed the seed in with the soil and allow the soil to act as the top dress. If tree crews and utility crews can get away with scattering crappy seed after damaging sections of a yard in the late fall and winter, and that crappy seed gets a head start in late March and April, then my seed should do just fine.
that's true; it's easy to overthink things. If we drop any seed in the cold season some will come up in the Spring. So long as we set expectations for how it will look come May and can stomach the waste of some of it then the jumpstart on Spring may well be worth it.
Great video. This is a little off topic - what are the weeds at 3:19 in video? I did a lawn Reno and I have the same weeds. I hope they can be easily killed. Thank you.
Not a big fan of either option but those "trouble spots" must be fixed. My plan a kiddie pool & grow lights. Spring comes and im all ready to go plus why not grow a lawn in my basement.
My problem with seeding is birds, where can I get those blankets you use? My other big problem is rabbits, they chew new seedlings as soon as it starts to establish.
Link for the blankets I've purched in the past are in the video description. Those blankets can also sit over the top of new seedlings without matting them down while they mature a bit, hopefully enough to defend against the rabbits.
Why not both?:) I put some seed down around first snowfall, and some more in April (just before last freeze date). Only to problematic areas, most of the lawn is fixed in September.
Certainly nothing wrong with that if you have the budget to seed twice and aren't too worried about weed pressure in late Spring and summer. That's what weed killers are for right? LOL
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Thanks for the tips. I'm in Southern Ontario and my grass seed was delayed a month (I wanted to over-seed in September). I think ill wait until mid November since I'm sure temps are a bit cooler in my area compared to yours. Going to cut an area down almost to soil level so I can make good seed contact. Cover everything with peat moss. Its a relatively new lawn so I'm still trying to establish growth.
I just finished dormant seeding last weekend. I hand seeded the bare spots and put down peat moss to cover it. I also used a LOT of grass seed all over the rest of the yard.
Interesting take on Dormant seeding!
I accidentally did that last year. Missing my fall seeding window. Put down TTTF a week before Thanksgiving. Figured I'd just wasted the seeds and money. Next thing I know, come April I have a few nice lush green patches. You've taught me it's all about patience and staying the course!
Stay blessed B
gradual improvement over time, it's like the tortoise and the hare. I'm going through this act of patience right now at the new place. Trusting the process is hard sometimes but it always seems to work. :)
Yo I love growing tall fescue in the June and July vs waiting in the fall
Great video Brian! I’ve done both as well and can verify everything you’ve mentioned. Fall seeding is definitely the easiest of all of them.
yep, warm soil, shorter days, heat stress largely in the rear view mirror. Easy-peasy in Sept. :)
Water Hog😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 that's what my wife calls my lawn 😂😂😂
Very interesting topic to cover! I have a dormant seed 'experiment' now underway. The NJ ground is freezing and unfreezing right now...I roughed up a small section of the lawn where the seed didn't take so well, spread some matching seed, lightly raked it in, and lightly stepped it in. No water or top dress.
Our NJ soil does this thing where, after the morning thaw occurs (when it's warmer), the soil sort of makes these little pockets, which then fall back onto itself to level itself out. I figure that will further embed the seed in with the soil and allow the soil to act as the top dress. If tree crews and utility crews can get away with scattering crappy seed after damaging sections of a yard in the late fall and winter, and that crappy seed gets a head start in late March and April, then my seed should do just fine.
that's true; it's easy to overthink things. If we drop any seed in the cold season some will come up in the Spring. So long as we set expectations for how it will look come May and can stomach the waste of some of it then the jumpstart on Spring may well be worth it.
Any need to put down top soil first ?
Great video. This is a little off topic - what are the weeds at 3:19 in video? I did a lawn Reno and I have the same weeds. I hope they can be easily killed. Thank you.
Not a big fan of either option but those "trouble spots" must be fixed. My plan a kiddie pool & grow lights. Spring comes and im all ready to go plus why not grow a lawn in my basement.
My problem with seeding is birds, where can I get those blankets you use? My other big problem is rabbits, they chew new seedlings as soon as it starts to establish.
Link for the blankets I've purched in the past are in the video description. Those blankets can also sit over the top of new seedlings without matting them down while they mature a bit, hopefully enough to defend against the rabbits.
Why not both?:)
I put some seed down around first snowfall, and some more in April (just before last freeze date).
Only to problematic areas, most of the lawn is fixed in September.
Certainly nothing wrong with that if you have the budget to seed twice and aren't too worried about weed pressure in late Spring and summer. That's what weed killers are for right? LOL