Replenish Your Lawn: Grass Seed Sprouts Quickly
In the past, planting a lawn always seemed to sprout too slowly, and the birds ate it all up if you weren't careful. Or if you didn't water in time, the sprinkler heads didn't cover all the grass seeds and they didn't germinate. It wasn't until I tried pre-germinate grass seed that it really changed the experience of growing grass.
š“ Note:
You can only pre-germinate pure grass seed! If you buy coated grass seed coated seed, or grass seed mixed with fertilizer, you can't do it my way.
š How does it work? Super easy!
1, Prepare a mesh bag and bucket (I bought the paint strainer bag paint strainer bag from amazon above)
2, take the amount of grass seeds you need for yourself and bundle them in a mesh bag. Then soak the grass seeds in water, if they float use something heavy to hold them down. Soak for the first 24 hours, then take them out and put them in the shade. After that, soak in fresh water every 24 hours and then continue to put in the shade and repeat the operation. (The reason for changing the water is that grass seeds produce small amounts of toxic substances during germination and the water turns black)
3, the key steps! How many days should I soak the water? This is based on the variety of grass seed you choose. Know how long your grass seed typically germinates, for example, if I buy tall fescue that says 7-14 days to germinate, I would soak it for at least 4 days (half of the germination time). Some people may say that's not that long, what if my grass seed is on the wrong side of 14 days to germinate? Well, you can choose to watch the grass seed every day and get it ready for sowing just as it starts to pop up. This will be more extreme in time, requiring you to observe daily. But you'll be able to see the grass seed germinate in the soil sooner!
4, Freshly soaked grass seed is very wet and there is no way to sow it with a seeder. At this point you have the option of mixing the seed with other carriers to act as a drying agent, such as picture two and three. One is a fertilizer and the other is a soil improver. Neither of these will burn the seedling while making it easy to spread with the planter when mixed together. If the area you want to seed is just a small patch, then it's fine to just sow by hand.
For those of you who have been thinking of planting recently, why not take this opportunity to give it a try. If you have tried it, please share your experience!
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