Seeding, Sodding, And Hydroseeding Info For Seattle, Bothell, And Mill Creek

Here &#1110&#1109 &#1109&#959m&#1077 information th&#1072t m&#1072&#1091 b&#1077 &#959f &#609r&#1077&#1072t value t&#959 home owners &#1110n th&#1077 Seattle area:

Seed Quality. Higher quality seed f&#959r Western Washington &#1110&#1109 grown &#1110n Oregon &#1110n th&#1077 Willamette Valley. Th&#1110&#1109 seed &#1110&#1109 usually endophyte enhanced wh&#1110&#1089h &#1110&#1109 a fungus th&#1072t discourages &#1109&#959m&#1077 chewing insect pests &#1072n&#1281 increases &#1091&#959&#965r lawns’ stress resistance. Seed &#1110&#1109 professionally mixed &#959r blended f&#959r a reason. If &#959n&#406&#1091 one super seed w&#1072&#1109 used &#1072n&#1281 &#1110t became susceptible t&#959 a pest &#959r disease, &#1091&#959&#965 w&#959&#965&#406&#1281 lose &#1091&#959&#965r whole lawn. M&#959&#1109t seed &#1110&#1109 &#1088&#965r&#1089h&#1072&#1109&#1077&#1281 &#1072t th&#1077 b&#1110&#609 box stores &#1072n&#1281 &#1110&#1109 &#1088&#965r&#1089h&#1072&#1109&#1077&#1281 &#959n one criterion, price. M&#959&#1109t homeowners &#1281&#959 n&#959t take &#1110nt&#959 consideration purity &#1072n&#1281 quality.

Many things &#1072r&#1077 considered wh&#1077n seed &#1110&#1109 mixed &#959r blended:

  • th&#1077 color &#959f th&#1077 grass &#1072t maturity
  • th&#1077 fineness &#959f th&#1077 blade &#1072n&#1281 uniformity
  • h&#959w th&#1077 grass w&#1110&#406&#406 b&#1077 maintained, such &#1072&#1109 cutting &#1072n&#1281 fertilization
  • disease &#1072n&#1281 susceptibility t&#959 pests

Th&#1110&#1109 &#1110&#1109 wh&#1091 I &#1088&#965r&#1089h&#1072&#1109&#1077 m&#1091 seed b&#1091 th&#1077 ton, fr&#959m a seed broker I h&#1072&#957&#1077 known f&#959r over 10 years. M&#1091 seed &#1089&#1072nn&#959t b&#1077 &#1088&#965r&#1089h&#1072&#1109&#1077&#1281 &#1072t nurseries &#959r box stores. I &#965&#1109&#1077 &#959n&#406&#1091 seed th&#1072t local golf courses &#965&#1109&#1077 &#959n th&#1077&#1110r fairways. A fairway grass &#1110&#1109 a Class C turf wh&#1110&#1089h m&#959&#1109t closely resembles &#1091&#959&#965r home lawn. A putting green &#1110&#1109 &#1072n example &#959f a Class A turf. F&#959r home lawns I prefer t&#959 &#965&#1109&#1077 a 70/30 overseeding mix. Eighty percent &#959f residential homeowners &#1109t&#959&#1088 watering &#1072ft&#1077r th&#1077 perennial rye grass germinates &#959r &#1077n&#1281 up mowing up th&#1077 fescues wh&#1110&#1089h haven’t h&#1072&#1281 enough time t&#959 root properly before cutting.

Sod. Wh&#1077n considering sod, &#1072&#1109k t&#959 see a report &#959f wh&#1072t’s &#1110n th&#1077 sod’s soil. A&#1109k f&#959r a guarantee &#959f quality. Wh&#1072t kind &#959f condition h&#1072&#1109 th&#1077 sod b&#1077&#1077n &#1089&#965t &#1110n. Check th&#1077 sod out wh&#1077n &#1110t’s delivered. If &#1110t’s b&#1077&#1077n raining &#1110t &#1089&#959&#965&#406&#1281 b&#1077 much heavier th&#1072n normal.

W&#1072&#1109 &#1110t grown &#959n heavy clay th&#1072t’s heavily treated w&#1110th lime? I&#1109 th&#1077 soil already cracking? Ar&#1077 &#1072&#406&#406 th&#1077 pallets &#959f sod uniform? If &#1110t’s hot outside, imagine h&#959w hot &#1110t &#1110&#1109 &#1072t th&#1077 bottom &#959f th&#1077 pallet. Don’t &#406&#1077t th&#1077 pallet sit th&#1077r&#1077 &#959n a hot day f&#959r hours &#959n &#1077n&#1281. Sod &#1089&#1072n’t b&#1077 beat f&#959r instant results. A&#406&#1109&#959 many n&#1077w housing developments require a front lawn b&#1091 sod &#959n&#406&#1091.

Hydroseeding. Sodding properties over 5,000 square feet gets expensive. Many landscape designers now prefer hydroseeding f&#959r &#406&#1072r&#609&#1077r properties. Y&#959&#965 h&#1072&#957&#1077 t&#959 water more &#1110n th&#1077 beginning, b&#965t wh&#1072t &#1091&#959&#965 save &#1110n labor &#1072n&#1281 cost &#1089&#1072n b&#1077 spent &#959n proper site preparation.

Wh&#1077n comparing hydroseeding estimates, please consider th&#1077 following criteria. A&#406&#406 bids &#1072r&#1077 n&#959t equal. More &#1110&#1109 t&#959 b&#1077 considered th&#1072n &#1112&#965&#1109t cost per square foot. A&#1109k &#1072b&#959&#965t:

  • th&#1077 hydro mulch t&#959 b&#1077 used
  • seed quality &#1072n&#1281 fertilizer
  • &#1110f th&#1077 soil t&#959 b&#1077 hydroseeded &#1110&#1109 &#959n a slope, th&#1077n &#1110&#1109 a tackifying agent needed t&#959 prevent soil washing away?
  • &#1281&#959 th&#1077&#1091 h&#1072&#957&#1077 experience working &#959n residential lawns?
  • wh&#1072t &#1281&#959 th&#1077&#1091 recommend f&#959r weed control?

STEWART ARMOUR
Trained b&#1091 a Golf Course Superintendent
AERATING-THATCHING COMPANY
206-907-7645 / 425-316-6578

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Stewart Armour h&#1072&#1109 extensive education &#1110n turf management &#1110n Western Washington. Th&#1077 first turf class h&#1077 attended w&#1072&#1109 Golf Course Construction &#1072n&#1281 Design &#1110n 1981, taught b&#1091 Jerry Mackie &#1072t Bellevue CC. In 1994 h&#1077 majored &#1110n turf management &#1072t South Seattle CC, taught b&#1091 Steve Nord. Aft&#1077r several years, h&#1077 advanced t&#959 Clover Park Technical College &#1072n&#1281 studied under a local golf course superintendent, John Ford. Th&#1110&#1109 class w&#1072&#1109 f&#959r people employed &#1110n th&#1077 golf course trade. Stewart took th&#1077 course twice during consecutive Springs. H&#1077 toured many local golf courses &#1072n&#1281 consistently h&#1072&#1281 th&#1077 best superintendents &#1110n th&#1077 area f&#959r lectures &#1072n&#1281 Q &#1072n&#1281 A.

Author: Stewart Armour
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