Seeding Your Lawn
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Fall is a great time to seed your lawn. Use the hot summer months to inspect your lawn to see how it is performing. Heat is very tough on most varieties of grass, although newer varieties are more tolerant to heat.
What To Look For:
- Check for thin areas that may need to be reseeded this fall.
- Look for disease problems in your lawn by examining yellow or brown spots.
The best lawns start with the best grass. Start with improved tall fescue varieties. There are a lot of tall fescues on the market, so be specific.
Your seed should be:
- Free of any weed seeds
- Free of any inferior grass varieties
- Free of any type of rye grass
Your RYANPro is happy to assist you with any seeding needs. We can over-seed, or kill-out and reseed your lawn for you. However, if you would prefer to reseed your lawn yourself, follow these instructions:
- Measure the area to be seeded.
- Buy the seed you will need or call RYAN to buy Gold Tag seed.
•10 lbs Fescue / 1000 square feet
•3 lbs Bluegrass / 1000 square feet - Mow lawn at lowest setting.
- Call RYAN if you think you have thatch. We’ll suggest a plan to remove it.
- Flag all sprinkler heads and valve boxes.
- Put down starter fertilizer.
•Examples: 13-13-13 or 10-20-10
•Use 5-10 lbs/1000 sq. ft. - Apply seed carefully with a cyclone-type spreader.
- Rent a verticutter and verticut twice.
- Set verticutter to cut grooves 1/4” deep.
- Start watering right away.
- Soak lawn thoroughly the first day.
- Water daily for 3 weeks; keep continually moist.