grass

Posted by badgolferman on October 15, 2009, 8:00 am

Can I spread grass seed now in the Mid-Atlantic area? It's going to
rain for the next few days but the temperature will be in the 50s. Is
it too late and too cold?

Posted by ransley on October 15, 2009, 8:26 am

wrote:

> Can I spread grass seed now in the Mid-Atlantic area? =A0It's going to
> rain for the next few days but the temperature will be in the 50s. =A0Is
> it too late and too cold?

Dirt temperature needs to be a minimum or 50 or 55f to germinate seed
and depending on grass type that takes 5-14 days. Im not sure but I
think it needs to then also grow for a period of time to establish or
it would die rather than go dorment. Measure dirt temp and figure your
timeline. Im midwest and already had a frost here so I am to late,
but maybe your area will be warmer longer.

Posted by LouB on October 15, 2009, 8:30 am

badgolferman wrote:

> Can I spread grass seed now in the Mid-Atlantic area? It's going to
> rain for the next few days but the temperature will be in the 50s. Is
> it too late and too cold?

Yes.

Good time.

Posted by on October 15, 2009, 8:46 am

> badgolferman wrote:

> > Can I spread grass seed now in the Mid-Atlantic area? =A0It's going to
> > rain for the next few days but the temperature will be in the 50s. =A0I=

> > it too late and too cold?

> Yes.
> Good time.

You should still be OK. The window of opportunity in that area is
from early Sept until about now. It would have been better to have
done it in Sept, but I've done it in coastal NJ this time of year with
good results. Doing it earlier would give it more chance to get
established before the hard cold of winter. It also depends on what
you're doing and where exactly you are. Even here, NW NJ is a lot
different than coastal NJ, etc. And depends on the grass, tall
fescue will germinate in 6 days, while blue grass can take more than
twice as long and is slower to establish.

If you;re just hitting some problem spots, I'd definitely do it. If
it's trying to establish a whole new lawn, I might still do it, but it
is more risk. Make sure to put down starter fertilizer to help it
along.

Posted by terry on October 15, 2009, 9:14 am

On Oct 15, 10:46=A0am, trad...@optonline.net wrote:

> > badgolferman wrote:

> > > Can I spread grass seed now in the Mid-Atlantic area? =A0It's going t=

> > > rain for the next few days but the temperature will be in the 50s. =

=A0Is

> > > it too late and too cold?

> > Yes.
> > Good time.

> You should still be OK. =A0 The window of opportunity in that area is
> from early Sept until about now. =A0 It would have been better to have
> done it in Sept, but I've done it in coastal NJ this time of year with
> good results. =A0 Doing it earlier would give it more chance to get
> established before the hard cold of winter. =A0It also depends on what
> you're doing and where exactly you are. =A0 Even here, NW NJ is a lot
> different than coastal NJ, etc. =A0 =A0And depends on the grass, tall
> fescue will germinate in 6 days, while blue grass can take more than
> twice as long and is slower to establish.
> =A0If you;re just hitting some problem spots, I'd definitely do it. =A0If
> it's trying to establish a whole new lawn, I might still do it, but it
> is more risk. =A0Make sure to put down starter fertilizer to help it
> along.

Try it. Here the soil temperature is often not that warm. But grass
grows.
Just for reference the temperature of the cold water coming into the
house several feet down is about 45 to 50 degrees all year round. With
a short summer and not much sunlight doubt if our soil temperature
gets above 60 at best of times.

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