When To Plant Grass Seed For A Healthy Spring Lawn 

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While planning do’s & don’t for your garden include sowing some grass seed.

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You can sow native grass or a wildflower meadow to attract pollinators.

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Fall is the perfect season & time to seed a lawn.

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For sowing cool weather grass seed the best time is when temp begins to drop in late summer to early fall.

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If you want to sow warm weather grasses then early spring is the perfect time.

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Try to avoid annual grass seed that will leave bare patches in another season and always use high quality seeds.

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Before sowing seed, level up your lawn and remove small rocks and pull out weeds.

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Adding compost to the soil will boost the growth of grass seeds.

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Water the grass seeds evenly and don’t create puddles in the lawn.

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Fresh grass seeds are targeted by the birds to try to protect the fresh seed by covering it with bird netting cover.

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