Every lawn expert knows: If you can’t get your grass seed on the ground in the fall, the next best time to plant is … fall. This is it – time to get your grass growing so you can be the envy of the neighborhood next spring, or at least fill in the bald patches that have been eyesores all year.
Tim Holcomb of Holcomb Garden Centers said that grass can be planted year-round, but autumn is best. Area homeowners have a choice of many types of lawn grasses, but all fall into two classes: warm season and cool season.
“The most popular for our area is the turf-type, fescue, cool-season grasses,” he said.
Here are five tips to get it in the ground and growing. You can find more at www.HolcombGC.com.
1 Prepare the soil. While grass can grow in clay or chert, it will perform much better in good soil. You need to spike, aerate or till the soil where possible to allow direct contact of seed and soil. A product such as Natural Guard Soil Activator will help loosen hard or compacted soils. Test your soil’s pH, adding lime or sulfur as needed to obtain a pH of 6.5 to 7.0.