How to Grow Grass From Seed - How to Plant Grass From Seed
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Subscribe and listen to our weekly podcast on iTunes or Stitcher. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fix-it-home-improvement/id880903087?mt=2 If you want to grow grass from seed in a bare patch of lawn, follow these 4 steps for success. Purchase a good quality grass seed designed for the area it will be grown. Pick sunny, shade or a sun/shade blend. Your new seeds will need water, soil, light and fertilizer. Step one is to get the seed spread out and touching soil. The seeds need to be in contact with soil to help germination and to start the rooting of new seedlings. As the seed sprouts roots, the soil helps maintain consistent moisture, nutrients and temperature. Spread out your seeds onto the bare soil at a rate of 12 to 16 seeds per square inch. Next, rake the area lightly to mix the seeds and soil. You don't want the seeds deeper than ¼". Some seeds should be seen on the surface and some should be lightly covered. Step two is putting down a small amount of starter fertilizer or a garden soil with starter fertilizer. After germinating, the seedling pushes out its roots and leaves. This process uses up all the seeds nutrient stores. The seedlings now need to pull nutrients from the soil to survive. If you use garden soil, rake the area again. You are just adding a small amount to provide nutrients for the seedlings, don't bury the seeds. Starter fertilizers helps build root growth and provide nutrients for photosynthesis. Step three is water. You need to mist the area twice a day for at least 2 weeks and preferably up to 4 weeks. Most seed mixtures are a blend of seeds with different germination rates. It is important to keep the seeds moist, but not saturated. If the seeds or sprouts dry out, they die. You want a light mist to cover the seeds till the ground is wet, down to an inch. You don't want to use sprinklers that will pour water in the area and cause the seed to be moved around. You want a hose attachment that will mist the area for about 5 minutes. Most seeds will germinate within 2 weeks, but some can take up to 4 weeks. So even when you start to see growth, keep misting the area. The seedlings need water too. You are going for moist, not soggy. When your grass has grown to 1 inch in height, you can start watering once a day. When your grass is 2 inches in height, you can mow, with the lawn mower set to the highest setting. After you have mowed a couple times, you can water once a week, soaking you lawn down to a 1 inch depth. Step four is temperature. The best time to grow grass is in the spring or fall. Ideal air temperature is between 45 and 75 degrees. The perfect soil temperature is 55 to 65 degrees. In most parts of the country, spring and fall are the best times to grow grass. High temperatures dry out the soil too fast and can kill seeds and seedlings. The most important step is misting the area twice a day. This is where most people fail to be consistent. If the seeds or seedlings dry out, they will die.
Comments
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Over those Seeds needs to be a litter bit of "Topper"...if not every Bird in Town will be in your Lawn, eating your seed.
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if I have to park a car on grass for a permanent and lond period how long can I leave it there before I get dead grass under it?
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I bought 2 bags of shrimp compost and some very good quality grass seeds. There is a brown area on my lawn about 2 feet by 2 feet which has burned out for reasons which I cannot figure out. Here is what I think I have to do:
1) rake the 2' x 2' area so that all the dead grass is removed.
2) apply about 1/2" of the shrimp compost on the area
3) apply seeds on top of the compost as you explained in your video.
4) Apply another thin layer (of the compost, 1/4")on top of the seeds to cover them.
5) water every day for at least 5 days
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You should use compost over the grass seeds but not to much
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gra-ass
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What about the birds eating the seeds? This is always a problem.
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Have you considered making a new video? This is good information and it'll be great to see it with better video and audio quality. Also posting an aftershot of the grass when it does grow would definitely be something that viewers would want to see.
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You need to settle down man
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Thank you for such an informative, concise video!! I thought it was much more complicated than this!! :)
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If you are going to make a video then you are going to need better and louder sound. The sound level is too low.
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I wish my Grass was Emo, that way It would cut itself.....
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i am trying to sort out the patches in my lawn can i over water it?
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Thanks
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Hi, I seeded some spots on my grass that formed during winter. I have new grass growing but it is not even an inch tall. The problem is that my existing grass is almost five inches tall. I want to mow it but I might destroy the new grass. Any advice? Should I wait one more week? I am afraid the existing grass might grow to tall and might die. Not happening yet, but I do not want it to happen. PLEASE HELP.
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interesting thoughts about growing grass
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Hi, I've planted some grass earlier this week. The dry warm winter period ended last week and the brutally hot summer just started this week. Unfortunately it is looking like it is going to be a fairly dry summer as well, with no rain being forecast for the next few weeks. I've bought some translucent plastic sheets that I've laid over the newly planted grass to protect the seed from birds and from drying out. I've noticed that it creates a bit of a green house with droplets forming on the inside of the plastic almost immediately. Is this a bad idea, do I risk fungus killing the seeds?
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how long do you mist the area each time?
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Do i have to wait for a specific time of the year to grow grass?
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