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| HI i recently just bought a beautiful new home in a subdivision where everyones lawn is picture perfect. this is my first home so i have no idea about lawn care i have a few questions..
first off i live in westchester NY .. 40 mins out of the City and im stuck between certain blends of grass between the magnificent 3, galaxy and the galaxy plus i really dont know the difference between any of them. is their even a major difference ?? I usually just go to home depot and pick up a bag of scotts. but apparently i found on this forum that the 3 i just mentioned are much better.. I know i want a sod looking darkest green grass so what would you recommend and are these ok for the place i am living in.. i get plenty of sunlight next my front lawn is .7 acres how many lbs of seeds would i need? ive been comparing prices based on the websites i found on previous posts on this forum and superseedstore seems very expensive.. should i buy with them? and i found that rose agri seed is way cheeper.. are they also sell sod quality seeds i called today.. no answer is their another distributor you could recommend that lives up to seedsuperstore quality but cheeper? last questions.. i know this sounds pathetic but how do you plant grass seeds i thought you just put it in a seeder.. and push it around until your whole lawn is covered and it just grows but someone told me you only do that if their isn't already a lawn existent.. and i would have to pull up all the grass on my lawn and start over with dirt.. i was thinking maybe i can aerate my lawn and seed it like that.... suggestions?? as you can see i have no idea what to do thank you soo much in advance for your help |
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| OK, so you have 30,000 square feet. KBG is generally seeded at 3 lbs./1000 sq. ft for new lawns, half that for an overseed. So you are looking at 90 lbs for a new lawn, 45 for an overseed. I think it needs to be said, 30,000 sq. ft. is a big job, even for someone who knows what they are doing. Unless you have a sprinkler system, keeping your seeds moist for about a month is also going to be a big job. It requires 3-4 short daily waterings, unless it is of course raining. Were you planning on renovating (killing everything with round up and seeding) or merely overseeding? Seed Super Store is pricey, but the more you buy, the cheaper it gets. There are plenty of other good seed sellers on the internet that offer better prices. Pawnee Butte, AVSeeds, Williams Seed, Rose Agri Seed, Outside Pride, The Hogan Company, etc. Planting grass seed isn't rocket science, but it is a little more involved than just spreading the seeds. I won't get into in now, as I don't know if you are planning on overseeding or renovating. Also you should know the best time to plant grass seed isn't now, it's around Sept. 1 in your location. |
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- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Sat, May 7, 11 at 1:40
| I agree with tiemco. If you already have something green, I would nurse it through this season and when the summer heat breaks, do the reseeding. With seed you get what you pay for. Good seed costs more because it does not have any weed or 'other crop' seed mixed in with it. Some weed seed is the size of dust so just having 0.01% of it in a bag can lead to immediate weed problems. Where did you read about those grass seed names? Have we discussed grass seed by name in the past few years? The people who really knew grass seed left this forum. Anyway those do not sound familiar. I would suggest you hang out here for the next few months learning how to care for your lawn. Practice what you read and in the fall do the seed or renovation. Renovation involves killing your current lawn and starting over. That is a big job and usually only undertaken by those wanting a perfect lawn. |
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