I have a question about seeding native grasses. Am I best off to continue watching and waiting for snow that looks like it will stay put for the winter or should I go ahead and get it down now so it will be there whenever that snow does come, if it comes?
Fall seeding will still work, you just need to make sure that the soil temperature a couple of inches below the soil surface is at or below 40F. Once it reaches this point it most likely will not rise until spring time. The 40F is essentially the point where seed will not germinate. Because, at this point, you want nothing until spring.
We also recommend drilling seed as opposed to broadcasting because of the soil/seed contact is much better with drilling. If broadcast is the only option, and in most cases it is, then we recommend scuffing up the soil before hand, broadcasting, and then coming back through and tamping down.
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I have a question about seeding native grasses. Am I best off to continue watching and waiting for snow that looks like it will stay put for the winter or should I go ahead and get it down now so it will be there whenever that snow does come, if it comes?
Thanks!
Eve
Reply to Eve:
I would plan to rake it in well or cover it- we rarely have consistent snow cover.
Lisa
Fall seeding will still work, you just need to make sure that the soil temperature a couple of inches below the soil surface is at or below 40F. Once it reaches this point it most likely will not rise until spring time. The 40F is essentially the point where seed will not germinate. Because, at this point, you want nothing until spring.
We also recommend drilling seed as opposed to broadcasting because of the soil/seed contact is much better with drilling. If broadcast is the only option, and in most cases it is, then we recommend scuffing up the soil before hand, broadcasting, and then coming back through and tamping down.
Darrin Parmenter
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