Turf grass can decline for many reasons, including heat, drought, wear and tear, age, soil compaction, insects, and fungus—and now is the ideal time to address these issues.
Your best long-term quality lawn depends on what you do with your soil before you seed.
Late summer or early fall is an ideal time to aerate and reseed your lawn.
For best results, aerate by removing soil plugs rather than simply poking holes.
Next, apply ferti-lome Humate and water in. Humate is a chelating agent and applying it will improve your lawn’s ability to uptake nutrients.
Select a good soil amendment such as Earth Essentials Sheep, Peat, and Compost. This organic product is produced locally.
A one cubic foot bag will cover about 10 square feet. You'll want to combine the compost with the existing soil, using ½ amendment and ½ existing soil. Rake the area, then water thoroughly.
Apply ferti-lome New Lawn Starter, to promote root growth, once the new seed has germinated.
With the soil prepared, you’re ready to select the right grass seed for your lawn. Most lawns in our area are “cool season” grasses. They do their best when the temperatures are cooler. That’s why spring and fall are the right times to seed or over-seed your lawn. We recommend that you choose a seed that will work in our area. We get our grass seed from the Greely, Fort Collins area. Our seed selection includes “Colorado's Perfect”,
“Flowerbin Blue Blend”
and “Emerald III”
Colorado's Perfect features a blend of quick germinating Perennial Rye, Fescue and Blue Grass. This by far is our most popular grass seed. It will germinate quickly, does well in sun and light shade and over time, will blend in with most turf grasses grown in the area. Three to five pounds of Colorado Perfect grass seed will cover approximately one thousand square feet.
Once you've made your seed selection, apply the seed by hand or with a spreader. Cover the new seed lightly with one -quarter inch of Sheep, Peat and Compost and water thoroughly. You should plan to water enough every day to keep the seed bed moist, because letting the seed dry out will reduce the germination rate. Once the seed has germinated, you can begin to water deeper and less frequently.
Sowing grass seed now has the advantage of cooler temperatures, so it’s easier to keep the area you’re reseeding moist and there are generally fewer weeds. Plus, your new grass has all the fall into early winter to establish.
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