If you’re a little late with that seeding project you planned for September or October, this particular post is aimed at you.
There’s still time.
Whether you have a new home with bare ground, or just giant bare patches in an existing lawn, there’s still time to make the most out of the moderate weather days between now and the official first days of winter come December 20th.
The holes from displaced plugs (above) allow for dormant seeding to be incorporated in the ground for spring emergence.
It’s called dormant seeding, and here’s the advantage. It’s not going to grow this winter, but if you aerate properly and incorporate a generous cover of grass seed that seed is absorbed into the ground (through the holes created by aeration). With moisture and natural erosion of the aeration plugs the seed is covered and insulated so that when spring comes it has a head start on germination and emergence.
Does it work?
Nearly all natural high school athletic fields use some kind of dormant seeding to guarantee the maintenance of the playing surface for the following year. So yes, it works.
And, an added advantage is that of the certainty of getting seed in the ground now, instead of the risking wet weather in March and April where you might not have adequate seeding conditions until May, or adequate rooting conditions before the start of summer heat.
Remember, aeration is a key to the best results with fall, dormant seeding. And if you’d like to know more…just call us.
