What are the common lawn seeds? How should they be grown from seed?

Lawn seeds are the high-quality seeds needed for establishing lawns and producing turf. Lawn grasses are almost all fine-textured, low-growing grass family plants, but there are also some non-grass plants such as dichondra and white clover. So what are the common lawn seeds? How should they be grown from seed? Let's take a look together below.

1. What are the common lawn seeds?

1. Tall fescue

In the north, cool-season lawn grasses are generally used to establish sports fields, such as tall fescue. Among them, tall fescue is very common in sports fields in China, especially those with lower operating costs, and is the preferred grass species for sports fields with lower management levels and poorer soil. Tall fescue has strong adaptability, outstanding stress resistance, strong trampling tolerance and disease resistance, and does not go dormant in summer, making it a grass species suitable for wide promotion and use.

2. Bermudagrass

Bermudagrass has long been known as the "leading grass species" among warm-season lawn grasses, and is widely used in various sports fields, golf greens, and parks in the south. It is fine-textured, deep green in color, and also tolerant of trampling. Bermudagrass has very strong rhizome spreading ability and covers the ground widely, making it a good plant for stabilizing embankments and conserving soil. It is often used to establish bermudagrass lawns or sports fields; however, when growing in orchards or cultivated land, it becomes a harmful weed that is difficult to eradicate. It is found in warm regions worldwide. The rhizomes can be fed to pigs, and cattle, horses, rabbits, chickens and others like to eat its leaves; the whole plant can be used as medicine and has the effects of clearing blood, reducing fever, and promoting tissue regeneration.

3. Zoysia grass

Zoysia grass has powerful underground stems with short and dense internodes. Each node produces a large number of fibrous roots, mostly distributed within a soil layer of 20-30 cm. The leaves are relatively wide and thick, smooth, dense, tough and elastic, resistant to trampling and tolerant of pruning, and it is also an excellent grass for sports fields and lawns. Because Chinese zoysia grass has interlaced and very well-developed underground stems, it forms a grass soil that is not easy to break apart. Its leaves are dense and provide good cover, and it has strong benefits for slope and embankment protection, so it is also a good plant for soil and water conservation.

4. Kentucky bluegrass

Kentucky bluegrass is a high-quality cool-season lawn grass widely used in temperate zones, and lawn greening has huge development space in the north. Its well-developed rhizomes, extremely strong tillering ability, and long green period and other excellent traits allow it to quickly form a dense and neat lawn. As a lawn grass, Kentucky bluegrass grows quickly and is highly competitive. Once a lawn is established, it is very difficult for weeds to invade. It also has strong regeneration ability, is resistant to pruning, tolerant of trampling, and has beautiful grass form, with good uniformity, density and smoothness, making it suitable for building all kinds of lawns.

5. Bentgrass

Bentgrass belongs to the grass family and is perennial, with very slender and weak rhizomes. Bentgrass seeds are suitable for sowing in spring or autumn, and sowing should be carried out in clear weather. It is mainly used as a raw material for laying lawns and is mostly used for lawns and ground cover construction. Places such as golf course greens and fairways, football fields, and bowling greens also mostly use this grass.

2. Seedling methods for lawn grass

1. Soil treatment

Before planting, the land should be properly prepared, finely leveled, and the ground should be leveled. The soil should be somewhat dry, and its water content should not be too high. Base fertilizer must be applied in sufficient amount, which is very important.

2. Sowing and seedling raising

Before sowing, the seeds should be pregerminated, which will increase the germination rate and also allow the plants to grow more luxuriantly. When sowing, broadcasting is generally used. For large-area planting, a seeder can be used for sowing.

Seed rate: 16.5-22 kg/mu

After the seeds are sown, cover them with a thin layer of soil, add a layer of plastic film, and press it down with a tool so that the seeds make full contact with the soil. Also prevent the soil from drying out and water in time, so that the seeds germinate better.

3. Seedling stage management

Lawn grass can recover quickly even if it is frequently trampled, but the premise is to supplement water and nutrients, and watering and fertilizing should be done frequently, mainly with nitrogen fertilizer or phosphate fertilizer. Regular pruning is needed. After pruning, the lawn can be neater and more beautiful, and weeds can also be removed. However, pruning should also be appropriate, and the plants should not be damaged.

The above is an introduction to lawns. Every lawn grass has seeds, but some lawn grass seeds are relatively difficult to collect, have a low seed-setting rate, and the techniques for seed propagation are relatively complicated. There are few lawn grass seeds on the market, and people do not use seed propagation, but instead use rhizome propagation to achieve greening effects.

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