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Native Grasses in existing "lawn"

rmverb
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago

Hi all,

I recently built a new home on a rural 2 acre lot. This lot is in a development that was formerly all farm fields. The development plan calls for leaving areas of tall grass undisturbed and left to grow wild. There is a small area on my lot where this is occurring. I have left this area untouched, but I have mowed it along with the rest of the lot. I have no idea what type of grasses or vegetation is present, but it was pretty high when we moved in and looked like there were some weeds. I used a string trimmer to cut it all down and just began mowing it. I recently found out that I need to let it grow high again.

I would really like to "overseed" the area with native grass seeds such as Little Bluestem, Sideoats Grama, and a couple others. Sharp Seed Company has a mix that I was planing on using. You can see it here: https://www.sharpseed.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/plants.plantDetail/plant_id/100687

Can I just broadcast this seed into the area? Will any of it germinate? I'm not really allowed to kill this vegetation., but I'd like to get rid of any weeds and grow some more attractive native grasses.

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