Best mulch for grass seed?
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HELP! Weed or grass seed heads? Bag or Mulch?
Comments (3)I'm guessing it's the fescue. Our TTTF (sodded a year ago November) has been putting out those heads the past week and I was worried about the same thing. But I'm sure more educated minds than I will have a better idea....See MoreBest grasses for garden mulch?
Comments (11)Hi Miraje, Here in Oklahoma the Panicum usually prefers lowland where water collects occasionally. The local Home Depot and Lowes stores are now carrying Muhlenbergia Lindheimerii which is a very attractive blue/grey, tall, vertically growing, drought hardy Texas native grass that would do better in your situation because it will thrive better on the sandy slope in a dry situation. Deergrass Muhly also thrives on drought and heat and would love the spot but you would have to find it online as its not sold locally to my knowledge. I started mine from seed last fall and they are now blooming. If you are open to shopping online, High Country Gardens has some great choices that are very drought hardy and would love the site you are describing. These would be either of the Muhly grasses (Pink Flamingo Muhly Grass, Regal Gulf Coast Muhly grass), Indian Ricegrass (Oryzopsis hymenoides) Sporobolus (Prairie Dropseed, Sacaton alkali, Sacaton wrightii) Santa Rosa Gardens is selling the Prairie Dropseed, and other grasses currently at half off of half price, less than $2.00/plant with a 25 order minimum. This is a beautiful grass. Along with the Little Bluestem you might have Blue Grama and Sideoats Grama growing around there in your prairie and these would work very well too and look good without being invasive. The Indian Grass prefers a more moist soil but it would grow, only shorter than is typical. A grass that is a sandy soil stabilizer is Sand Dropseed (Sporoblus cryptandrus) which will quickly colonize vacant land and is used in erosion control (but use some caution, it is sometimes considered invasive due to the speed at which it colonizes). Seed is available through Plants of the Southwest. Its not really an ornamental but planted in a large stand it would be attractive. This company is out of New Mexico and has other drought loving grass seed available....See MoreBest type of mulch to use for seeding a new lawn
Comments (3)Dear Eddie, Thank you very much for your inquiry. Mulching helps if you do not have readily available irrigation, sloped ground, or germination conditions that are suboptimal. Appropriate mulches are straw and paper mulches. Avoid peat and composts with lots of peat as they will hold too much moisture. Straw is as effective as any, but any windy conditions are challenging if the straw is not wet. String spaced 4-6 feet apart and criss-crossed will hold down the mulch. A good paper mulch to use is called PennMulch (there are others that are good as well). Do not spread it on too heavily. It can put down dry, and then it will expand during watering. Again, thanks for the question and let me know if you have more. Respectfully Trey Rogers, The Briggs & Stratton Yard Doctor, YardDoctor.com...See MoreWhat is the best bermuda grass seed for a south florida home?
Comments (5)Mix those three seeds together and spread at a rate of 3 pounds per 1,000 square feet. The time to seed for your area would begin next May. Bermuda seed needs hot soil to germinate. If you try before May you will get some germination, but you won't be happy with it. We see those questions here every spring. Never mind that you can find bermuda seed on the shelves beginning right after Christmas. The time to seed for you is May. The best thing you can do now is water, mow, and fertilize with an organic fertilizer like corn meal, alfalfa pellets (rabbit chow), soybean meal, or Milorganite. The application rate is 15 pounds per 1,000 square feet. If you think you want to do something to your soil/sand now or later in the spring, please ask here first. It's a lot easier to not make a mistake than it is to fix it later. When you get ready to seed, let us know and we can guide you through the process to minimize weeds and prevent long term problems. Bermuda is something you want to get right at the beginning. Rototilling is the biggest mistake people make. Bermuda is the highest intensity type of grass you can have, but it is great looking when you're doing it right. Here are the general care guidelines: Deep water based on air temp. With temps in the 90s, water once a week. With temps in the 80s, water once every 2 weeks. With temps in the 70s, water once every 3 weeks. You can start that regimen now. Time how long it takes to fill several cat food or tuna cans placed around the yard. That is the time you will water from now on. Mulch mow at your mower's lowest setting, 2x to 3x per week. In the early spring you will be mowing 3x per week. Fertilize monthly with a high N low everything else fertilizer beginning after the spring flush of new growth. Once a year, or more often, hit it with an organic fertilizer to keep the soil microbes happy....See Moregrass1950
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