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Beauty Green is the most popular mixture for lawns and it performs very well in shaded areas. Expect a rich, dark green turf from early spring to late fall. Composition: 60% Laurel creeping red fescue, 40% Dormie Kentucky bluegrass.
Recommended seeding rate: 1 Ib. to 1.5 Ibs. per 200 sq. ft.
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Enduro the low maintenance turf choice. Enduro is suitable for schoolyards, grassed walkways, ski slopes and other low maintenance situations. Excellent winter hardiness, drought tolerance, low nitrogen requirements and low mowing frequency are Enduro’s positive traits. Enduro is well adapted to the prairie region where irrigation is not an option. Composition: 50% Slalom hard fescue (durar type), 30% Laurel creeping red fescue, 10% Dormie Kentucky bluegrass and 10% Botrus annual ryegrass.
Recommended seeding rate: 30 Ibs. to 50 Ibs./ac.
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Starting a lawn from seed
- Remove old lawn and/or weeds by digging out the area, or applying a herbicide and then using a sod-cutter to remove the debris.
- Break up the compacted soil with with a roto-tiller, Add top soil as required.
- Spread a starter fertilizer (high in phosphorus) over the now-loosened soil.
- Spread a soil conditioner over the soil. The retail term is “soil conditioner”, but if you have a good supply of compost at home, it will serve just as well as a soil amendment.
- Using the roto-tiller, till the starter fertilizer and soil conditioner (or equivatent) into the soil. Good soil preparation is key in seeding lawns successfully.
- Rake the soil to begin to level it out, removing any rocks and debris. To avoid problems with excess water-runoff, be sure that any site grading allows water to flow away from your house.
- Roll the area to finish levelling the soil. Fill the roller’s drum with water for added weight. Water the soil lightly.
- Seed the area using a spreader. Follow recommended seeding rates and spread 1/4 of the recommended amount of seed over the entire lawn area. Repeat three more times, each time using 1/4 of the seed. Each of the four times you distribute a load of seed, push the spreader in a different direction, to encourage even dispersal.
- Rake lightly, so as to cover the seed with a thin layer of soil,
- Empty the water from the roller (the extra weight Is not needed now) and roll the lawn again.
- The seeds must be watered properly, to ensure germination - use a fine spray, the soil should be kept evenly moist, which may mean several waterings per day (depending on the weather). Germination may take 7-21 days.
- After the grass blades sprout, water will still be required a couple of times per day.
- Do not cut your new grass until it has reached a height of at least three inches. When mowing your new grass do not remove more than 1/3 of the grass height.
- Enjoy your new lawn.
What You Need: spreader, roto-tiller, roller, grass seed, starter fertilizer, soil conditioner, rake, flat-bladed shovel or herbicide and a sod-cutter.
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