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Post by bigballer on Oct 25, 2010 7:16:06 GMT -5
Well I have a pretty bad looking yard right now. I was thinking that I want to make my yard look better. I have about 2 acres of yard. Right now it is dirt with nothing but weeds that are green. I mean no green in the yard other than the weeds... Looks sick. What has happened is I let kids play and practice football on it so it gets it's share of ware and tare. So what I was looking to do is try to kill the weeds and plant the yard in some good grass. I dont' want the real thick stuff that you can't push a mower through but was looking for some really nice soft grass that will be able to withstand the wear and tare of these kids and give me a nice looking yard at least up until football starts...  Any help would be appreciated... I have been told to spray it soon and then wait until we are supposed to get a snow and then seed right before the snow. Taht way the snow pounds the seed in. What do you guy's think? BB |
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Post by danf on Oct 27, 2010 18:01:41 GMT -5
Best time to seed is during the first 3 weeks of September. However, since we are well past that....
If you have absolutely no grass left worth saving, you probably need to kill it off, and till it up for best results. Assuming you have no good way to water that much area consistently, seeding late this season after ground temperatures have dropped below 50 degrees may be the best option.
Probably the best option for seed in your circumstance is a mix that is heavy on fescue and very light (preferably none) on perennial rye. Fescue is a bit wider bladed than Kentucky blue, but looks as good as KBG with a lot less effort and fuss. Standard seeding rates are usually 6-9 lbs per thousand square feet; for a dormant seeding like you are talking about I'd definitely stick with the higher end of that range (or slightly above).
There is a possibility that with the end of the season being here, you could potentially find some cheaper-than-normal seed. Check with your local co-ops and/or garden centers and see what they might have available.
The only time I can remember doing a dormant seeding was many years ago- we seeded a somewhat steep bank at the end of a cul-de-sac in December and covered it with erosion control blanket. The grass germinated long before we expected it to the next spring, as I recall we were seeing green come through the blanket about halfway through March. Dormant seeding is not something that's terribly common and the results can be hit-or-miss. Good luck with it!
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Post by bigballer on Oct 28, 2010 5:39:53 GMT -5
So would it be better to wait. Don't want to waist my time or money!
Thanks
BB
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Post by dadfsr on Oct 28, 2010 16:20:01 GMT -5
BB-here is a link to the seed that we use on campus: www.seedsolutions.com/products_pro_sports.aspxThat link should also get you into some of their other seed mixes and also who is a distributor for them. It usually can be bought off the shelf at their suppliers. The sportsmix is used here because it stands up to a lot of foot traffic and abuse. I like the dormant seeding process if it can be done in the late fall because you don't have to wait for friable soil conditions in the spring, plus after a 3-4 mowings the grass has grown enough to support about any kind of weed control that you may want to apply. |
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Any help would be appreciated... I have been told to spray it soon and then wait until we are supposed to get a snow and then seed right before the snow. Taht way the snow pounds the seed in. What do you guy's think?