How to Plant Grass Seed? Detailed Planting Methods and Steps
Grass seed is the seed of lawn grass. In China, lawn grass includes many series of varieties, such as Kentucky bluegrass, evergreen grass, cool-season types, mixed-seed lawns, etc. Each lawn series has hundreds of grass varieties. In daily life, the most common is Kentucky bluegrass, which is planted in most areas of China. So how should grass seed be planted?
1. How to Plant Grass Seed
Grass seed is generally sown in autumn. It is best to mix the grass seed evenly with fine sand before sowing. When the ground is warm and moist, it will germinate within a few weeks, and earlier than grass seed sown in the cold of early spring. Before sowing, the soil must also be tilled and organic fertilizer applied. After scattering the seed, the lawn soil should be leveled. Leveling the soil not only helps the seed make close contact with the soil particles, but also makes the sown lawn neat and uniform with good ornamental value.
Grass seed is always sown by broadcasting. Because the seed is small and difficult to spread evenly, it can be broadcast in multiple passes to achieve a more uniform effect. After sowing, water promptly and keep the soil moist before the seed emerges. After germination, appropriately reduce the frequency of watering to help the seedlings take root.
2. Care of Lawn Grass
Regular mowing and fertilizing is an effective and environmentally friendly way to control weeds. Lawns usually need fertilizing in spring and midsummer. A compound fertilizer can be applied after heavy rain or together with watering. Moderate topdressing is more beneficial to lawn growth. Regular loosening of the soil can make the turf grow more robust; holes can be made manually to a depth of about 5 cm.
Mowing can be done throughout the year, but generally speaking, during the two peak growing seasons of spring and autumn it is done once a month, while in summer and winter, when growth is slow, it can be done once every two or three months or not at all. Generally, after mowing, some Cuimu compound fertilizer can be applied appropriately to promote the recovery and better growth of evergreen grass.,
That is all for lawn grass. If you want to carry out large-scale lawn planting, it is best to first learn the relevant techniques to avoid losses caused by improper care.