A hand full of grass seeds held over a bright green lawn. - Alex PakhoMovie/Shutterstock One tip for growing grass seed fast is to pre-germinate your seeds. Pre-germinating is when you soak your seeds ...
Cool temperatures over the past three weeks have slowed the germination and establishment of perennial ryegrass used for divot repair. Pre-germinating the seed can jump start this process. Although ...
Last spring, I re-learned a lesson about testing old packets of seeds by pre-germinating a test batch. Yes, those zinnia seeds were not viable anymore. If you have had seeds stored for a long time, ...
It’s the time of year to get gardening. Today let’s work on our biggest garden - our lawns. If you have sparse grass in parts of your lawn, spring is a great time to plant additional grass seed.
Find out the ideal time to plant grass seed with this simple guide. Plant warm-season grasses in spring and cool-season grasses in fall if possible. Spring is an option for cool-season grasses but ...
If you’ve laid your grass seed ready for the summer, you may be constantly checking your lawn waiting expectantly for it to grow - but you can stop twitching your curtains for now as gardening experts ...
Germinating grass seed in winter months will take a bit longer, and it varies a lot based on where you live. In some areas, you can expect to see germination in 7 to 10 days, but in others, visible ...
Prepare the area for dormant seeding in the fall to ensure good seed-to-soil contact. Dormant-seed cold-season grasses until mid-winter and apply the seed at the usual rate. Do not use pre-emergent ...
Cool temperatures over the past three weeks have slowed the germination and establishment of perennial ryegrass used for divot repair. Pre-germinating the seed can jump start this process. Although ...