Yup, looks good!
Kinda nervous for you though being that you planted in Mid June. Hopefully it survives the heat in July and August. Most people typically wait to seed until early August so that it can avoid dealing with the summer heat.
I grew my entire lawn in June and July of last year. Reddit is obsessed with only planting grass in August or the early spring.
It's unbelievably easy to grow grass in the summer in the Midwest. And your grass has stronger roots and is better developed for winter.
The parroting of misinformation on here is getting insane
If you don’t do it exactly my way you’re wrong!
Totally agree with you. I did a sand leveling on my St. Augustine in January despite the general consensus it should be done in summer. Yes it took a bit longer to fill in completely but it was convenient for me at the time and I didn’t have to do 8 hours of labor in 90+ degree heat. And now my lawn looks great.
That what 1/4" of compost is for every mont for 3-4 months. You think Texas only get 90 + days with no rain. Southwest Michigan, it cooled off today to 86. July and August we us get 90+ days for a week at a time. Last week , we had 5 in June Topdress with Screened Compost.
After it get 95 with 90% humidity, it isn't much difference. That is the reason why only half of my compost is down. Climate change, Texas need to keep the heat down there.
And that’s why as soon as my oldest turns 18ish my wife and I are moving somewhere not so miserable. West Texas was good to us but it’s just. Ugly here.
You are welcome to Michigan but you probably won't like the winters or your politics being from a dictorship government. But then we are also, a climate change refugee state.
Haha yeah I try my best to stay out of all of that and just to myself, we’ve been looking into homes around the coast of Washington - Oregon area. Getting away from a bunch of people and just enjoying the outdoors instead of this dead sad city. I have been to Michigan once before though. In Kalamazoo.
I seed in late spring and late fall after fall cleanup. I had some compaction last year that I was not able to fix until spring so no choice this year. But usually it spread compost in the fall after cleanup and seeding then in the spring treatment and waiting for the time recommendation then seeding any thin spots. I changed my fescue mix this spring to a higher percentage of creeping red so I'm hoping that will take caremof seeding next spring.
sound good. Last year I was away and had a lot of dead spots. On Labour day I spread the compost and went heavy with the kbg and PR and it filled in nicely. The warm winter helped as well.
Yep, I both love and hate this warming climate. It's nice to have a lower heating bill and to drive without 2-3' of snow and have a green lawn early. But man the bad insects have double along with the invasive botanicals. I get some control of the bittersweet and honeysuckles, etc and then they come back triple. Good.
ya, the warm winter didn't help kill the weeds off. my neighbor has a crappy yard, at least a lot of the weeds die off in the winter but not this year. So I am always watching out for the crap that makes its way over to my side
It’s possible to grow grass from seed in the summer in the Midwest, but it is far from ideal and certainly is not even close to “unbelievable easy” in most places.
Disease/fungus from all the extra water needed is a huge issue on top of the heat stress. It’s just plain easier to seed in late summer/early fall in the vast majority of places with cool season grass.
Same in Washington state this year! I planted when I was "supposed to," it didn't grow well until much later. Today is a "hot" day... at 78 degrees. No humidity, it's getting cold in the evenings still. Earlier it was just too cold without enough sun. Heck, my vegetable garden is only now starting to actually take off. Really depressing how short of a grow season we've got outside over here.
I grew Grass in my back yard in late may so I didn't have to pay for a such water.
The hard part was keeping the dogs off it.
Years 5 the best part of yard.
I am removing some landscaping this fall and planting grass next spring. Again dogs could be an issue.
My front yard I have tried to get grass to grow for 2 different falls with a 50% success rate.
Same here. June 16th of '23, through the whole father's day weekend - rented a skid steer, power rake and ordered nearly 20cu. yds of top soil. Went to town tilling/raking/leveling. Spread seed and straw across 10k sq. ft Sunday night. 6 days later, grass was poking through. 2 months later, had a new, lush beautiful lawn. Watered twice every day. Got lucky on rainy days. It's been just over a year and my grass is still beautiful.
> It's unbelievably easy to grow grass in the summer in the Midwest. And your grass has stronger roots and is better developed for winter.
Insane that post like this get can get upvoted in here. Shows you how far this sub has fallen in the last few years.
I’d love for you to show any sort an actual data/study/evidence that what you’re saying is the case besides “It was so easy when I did it!”.
Northern Wisconsin here, I can attest that planting in mid summer works just fine, 2 years ago I planted a 10x20 patch of my lawn in mid June, and it is the best looking patch of my entire lawn
I'm in 7a (northern Delaware). I can echo the Reddit statement. My June seed always dies to the heat vs first week in August seed (still going).
Maybe there's more variation even within the grow zone by region?
>It's unbelievably easy to grow grass in the summer in the Midwest.
I don't know if I'd say "unbelievably easy" to grow new grass from seed in the Midwest considering 100F or higher temps aren't exactly uncommon. If you have a nice flat plot of land that retains moisture well and you've got your sprinkler on every day it's 90F+, then sure, it's "unbelievably easy."
What is *actually* unbelievably easy is growing new grass from seed in the Fall.
>And your grass has stronger roots and is better developed for winter.
Between Summer and Winter, Winter is usually the least of the concerns. Unless you have some niche/unique landscaping where your grass is shaded from the brunt of Summer sun, the bigger threat to new grass in the Midwest is indeed Summer heat. Plus, there's less weed competition in the Fall and typically less pressure from pests and disease.
>The parroting of misinformation on here is getting insane
Again, Fall is a general rule and as such it generally applies to *most* lawns and their individual microclimates. For example, I have a few spots in my backyard where it warms up later in the season and cools off earlier than the rest of the yard. In those spots, Fall isn't the optimal choice to plant as the soil temps start cooling down below the optimal germination/growth point several weeks before the rest of the lawn. Does that mean it's "parroted misinformation" just because of the microclimate in that region of my yard? No, because for the rest of my Midwest yard that receives mostly full sun all day, Fall *is* the optimal time to plant new grass. Could I still grow new grass in the full sun areas with 90F+ temps if I were extra diligent and proactive and babied the seedlings like a mother hen? Yes, sure could, but why?
lol welp i did this one year and i got a nasty fungus that spread through my new grass in a day and killed everything. So yea prob not a great idea to plant in June.
I thought the same thing. I planted my grass in late June when it was 90s years ago. It germinates quickly and as long as you're obsessive over the watering, I think it turns out better anyway.
>and as long as you're obsessive over the watering
That's the biggest key to planting new grass seed in the Summer. You fuck up one day and it's toast, but if you *do* manage to keep it alive via obsessive watering routines, then it can certainly be rewarding.
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Facts. Planted this the first week of June. Think and fresh 3 weeks later.
Even for spring time people are like, “no don’t seed, deal with the weeds then plant in the fall or it won’t survive the summer.” Can’t count how many times I’ve seen that, but in my experience as long as your prepared to water more during the intense heat it will do okay
I just planted a couple weeks ago in the Midwest and was starting to feel the same way.. long as it stays wet while its getting established it will be fine.. but the sentiment that you can't grow in summer isn't just on Reddit.. its on YT as well. There's definitely less room for error in summer but its not as impossible as lot of people make it out to be
Laughed immediately after reading the original response. Heat? HEAT?? I live in Glasgow and can barely conceptualise the very thought of anything other than pissing rain.
I dug a trench to bury some pipe early July couple years ago 34 Celsius humidity making it feel in the 40s threw some seed down drove over it after watering with my mower to flatten shit out and it grew fine. And you’re in the UK I wouldn’t be worried at all about the heat.
Early August? Hmmmm. Don't think that's right for the Southern US. More likely to end up with popcorn than grass if you scatter seed in early August down here.
I'm spending the summer trying to kill the grass in my backyard.
Like the joke says though, that seems to piss off the grass and it grows back with a vengeance.
Is their any logic to the idea that grass that managed to survive being planted in the summer would last better through future heat? Like, survival of the fittest for grass?
Well it sort of would be survival of the fittest in that the fittest grass i.e. the deepest roots would survive. But it doesn't condition them to the heat or anything. The problem is that if it is super hot, they just don't have the time to get deep enough roots to survive unless you're watering a lot. And not just a lot, it needs to be deep as well because if you water shallow, their roots will be shallow as well. So it'll be a vicious cycle.
Edit: but you do need to water shallow until they germinate and at first, since the roots will be shallow by default. Just wanted to clarify that!
Thanks! I’ve got water meters at various soil depths and try and make sure it’s constantly moist. I’ve got a lot of germination now and good coverage. Now I’m slowing down the water slightly and watering for longer to try and encourage roots while also making sure to not let it dry out. I can see why people say to avoid this. It’s a giant pain standing out in the sun and watering all day. On the plus side, I had germination in 4 days
But isn’t the grass at its weakest when it’s brand new? If it can survive germinating and growing through the heat, why would the heat kill it when the roots are only more established?
Yes. That’s why you generally don’t plant in mid summer heat unless you want to baby it.
If you plant in the fall, it grows once in mild temps, then goes dormant in winter and then gets to grow again in the spring before facing the brutal summer.
The idea is that the grass has 2 growing seasons before facing the biggest challenge.
However, as other people have mentioned, it’s a rule of thumb. If you’ve got the time, climate, or money, you can plant mid summer and make it work. It just costs more effort or money.
I mean, it it survives then it survives. I’ve just seen a number of my own spring plantings all get burnt by June (like this year). It’s gonna depend heavily on how much work you do and your climate. If you get a lot of rain that summer or water very regularly it’ll probably be okay, it’s not impossible, just not best practice.
Completely agree it’s not a good idea. I’ll certainly not repeat it for the rest of the yard. I’m glad that I might get one successful test in before the fall and then I can do the whole yard
Well, it's an American website, with primarily American users.
We know it's used worldwide, but typically international users will say when they are from outside the US.
I bet you use whatever website is popular in your country and assume that everyone on that site is your nationality too. It's only natural to do so.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ask/s/V42T6scA2d Roughly half of all reddit users are American. I'd venture that the amount of American users in the lawncare subreddit is even higher.
My dumbass planted a cool season tall fescue in Florida last week and somehow it germinated and continues to survive. I keep waiting for it to die eventually but so far, it survives through my ignorance. I’ve had consistent ground temps at 90+. Everything I read said it would never germinate and yet it did.
I’m also in Florida and seeded Kentucky blue grass cause I only read “shade tolerant” on the bag not realizing it’s a cool season grass and it is looking a hell of a lot better then the Bermuda I planted that stays in the sun over half the day. The Kentucky is almost fully under a tree.
Midwesterners lawns look fantastic right now. Well I guess not all midwesterners, some of their lawns if haven’t been swept away by bloated rivers are under water dying.
At 2 weeks this is what you should expect. Different grasses germinate at different rates. If you planted a blend, you can expect it to continue to fill out. I’m always a big fan of an overseed in the fall on a newly planted lawn to ensure a nice thick turf in the spring
That looks fucking phenomenal, brother. In a few weeks it will tiller out and be thicker than your hot wife’s booty.
Hit it with 0.2lb N/ksqft of urea (0.4lb product/ksqft) bi-weekly if you got it.
Don’t forget to mow it at 2” for a couple mows, then you can let it grow to your desired height.
Also super don’t forget to lay down pre-emergent (I prefer Prodiamine) 60 days after seed down or you’ll end up with a ton of weeds.
13 days since I sowed it and about 7 days since I saw some of the first shoots. Isn’t it too delicate to mow? When I stand on a bit it just flattens it.
Most areas look healthy with long straight grass but there are are few areas like this. Where the grass is quite floppy and curling and almost tangling up with other grass as a result. Any ideas?
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Don’t let it get super tall when it’s that young. When it hits 2-2.5”, cut it back to 1.5-2”. And also, baby grass is much more resilient than people think. Even if the grass lays down after you mow it, it will bounce back after some water.
Lucky no rabbits around... A portion I overseeded this spring was basically a salad bar for the little monsters. Meant I didn't have to mow though, but they didn't follow the 1/3 rule :)
Premier Lawn Seed from Boston Seeds. It’s 80% PRG and 20% Slender Creeping Fescue.
More specifically Escapade and EG Resists PRG and Samata Slender Creeping Fescue.
I'm repeating the phrase "two weeks"!? like the fat lady disguise that imploded in Total Recal. Uh, yeah...you have phenominal results for two weeks - congrats!
You don’t need more seed. You have plenty there that will fill in with fertilization. Get one of those “lawn feeders” that attach to your garden hose. The kind that spray liquid fertilizer. A lot of them are single use. Apply one every two to three weeks through the early fall. Water frequently during this period. It should be filled in well by then.
Fertilize with a granular in early September again in early to mid October.
Next season you won’t need to do the bi weekly apps of the liquid feeder. Just granular in spring with pre-emergent and the two fall apps again all with granular fertilizer.
Iff you irrigated you could add an early June app possibly with grub control
Looks great! An inch of water per week….and fert every 4-5 weeks. My new lawn was seeded and looked like crap. Got 4 granular apps and weed control….now 2 years later its weed free and super thick. Water is the key !!!!!!
Looks ok. I would toss more seed down on those bare spot. And ensure the grass seed is a decent perennial mixture for your area. It’s easy to “sprout” new grass seed, but keeping it growing healthy can be a little more difficult.
Looks great! Keep doing exactly what you’re doing! Dont water it the day before you go to cut it. Id cut it about 2-3 weeks from now, depending on how fast it continues to grow
Looking very solid. Basically just what you want 2 weeks in. As other seed germinates then it'll fill out more and finally after a few mows it'll thicken beautifully.
Its going to be nice! It's really healthy even before the weeds popped up! Keep the soil damp, don't let it dry out now. You're gonna have a nice lawn.
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This is 2.5 weeks, and at just under 2 weeks it wasn’t all patchy like yours. What steps did you do before seeding? Was the soil bed soft enough? Did you cover the seed?
Did you seed a new lawn? I rotavated the top layer and broke it up. Added enriched topsoil. Seeded at about 60g per square meter and lightly raked in. Used a roller to finish.
It virtually was a new lawn yes. Heavily scarified and raked existing patchy lawn, probably about 30%-40% of exiting lawn at most when I overseeded. You rotavated the top layer which is good, that’s what i was wondering really as it’s not coming through particularly even, so wondered if soil was too hard that seed didn’t take in places.
Did you cover the seed with a layer of top dressing?
Does it get plenty of sun?
Yup, looks good! Kinda nervous for you though being that you planted in Mid June. Hopefully it survives the heat in July and August. Most people typically wait to seed until early August so that it can avoid dealing with the summer heat.
Luckily it doesn’t get too hot here during the UK summer so not too hard to keep the ground moist!
I grew my entire lawn in June and July of last year. Reddit is obsessed with only planting grass in August or the early spring. It's unbelievably easy to grow grass in the summer in the Midwest. And your grass has stronger roots and is better developed for winter. The parroting of misinformation on here is getting insane
If you don’t do it exactly my way you’re wrong! Totally agree with you. I did a sand leveling on my St. Augustine in January despite the general consensus it should be done in summer. Yes it took a bit longer to fill in completely but it was convenient for me at the time and I didn’t have to do 8 hours of labor in 90+ degree heat. And now my lawn looks great.
I mean.. August is in the name. St. Augustine. It tells you when to seed it. Otherwise they should have called it St. Januarystine. /s
Lol that’s another thing I love. A post about struggling St. Augustine and people say to overseed it.
OVALTINE!! WHY DO THEY CALL IT OVALTINE??
The jar is round, the mug is round, they should call it roundtine!
In Europe it’s called Ovomaltine because it’s a malted milk mix
It’s a Seinfeld joke
I was almost certain that was the reference. Thanks for confirming it 😃. I just wanted to toss in the useless information.
I love useless info :D
Unless you live here in west Texas where you can see the smoke coming off the burnt new grass lol.
That what 1/4" of compost is for every mont for 3-4 months. You think Texas only get 90 + days with no rain. Southwest Michigan, it cooled off today to 86. July and August we us get 90+ days for a week at a time. Last week , we had 5 in June Topdress with Screened Compost.
Try 110 degrees +, but you’re not wrong.
After it get 95 with 90% humidity, it isn't much difference. That is the reason why only half of my compost is down. Climate change, Texas need to keep the heat down there.
And that’s why as soon as my oldest turns 18ish my wife and I are moving somewhere not so miserable. West Texas was good to us but it’s just. Ugly here.
You are welcome to Michigan but you probably won't like the winters or your politics being from a dictorship government. But then we are also, a climate change refugee state.
Haha yeah I try my best to stay out of all of that and just to myself, we’ve been looking into homes around the coast of Washington - Oregon area. Getting away from a bunch of people and just enjoying the outdoors instead of this dead sad city. I have been to Michigan once before though. In Kalamazoo.
I'm across the river. I always seed in September, works much better. I don't have irrigation, so the cooler nights is easier to grow.
I seed in late spring and late fall after fall cleanup. I had some compaction last year that I was not able to fix until spring so no choice this year. But usually it spread compost in the fall after cleanup and seeding then in the spring treatment and waiting for the time recommendation then seeding any thin spots. I changed my fescue mix this spring to a higher percentage of creeping red so I'm hoping that will take caremof seeding next spring.
sound good. Last year I was away and had a lot of dead spots. On Labour day I spread the compost and went heavy with the kbg and PR and it filled in nicely. The warm winter helped as well.
Yep, I both love and hate this warming climate. It's nice to have a lower heating bill and to drive without 2-3' of snow and have a green lawn early. But man the bad insects have double along with the invasive botanicals. I get some control of the bittersweet and honeysuckles, etc and then they come back triple. Good.
ya, the warm winter didn't help kill the weeds off. my neighbor has a crappy yard, at least a lot of the weeds die off in the winter but not this year. So I am always watching out for the crap that makes its way over to my side
My local cooperative extension recommended seeds be planted in early spring here (zone 9a).
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It’s possible to grow grass from seed in the summer in the Midwest, but it is far from ideal and certainly is not even close to “unbelievable easy” in most places. Disease/fungus from all the extra water needed is a huge issue on top of the heat stress. It’s just plain easier to seed in late summer/early fall in the vast majority of places with cool season grass.
North Carolina here. Disease/fungus is no joke. I was battling it well into December last year because we had such a warm, wet, and humid fall.
Same in Washington state this year! I planted when I was "supposed to," it didn't grow well until much later. Today is a "hot" day... at 78 degrees. No humidity, it's getting cold in the evenings still. Earlier it was just too cold without enough sun. Heck, my vegetable garden is only now starting to actually take off. Really depressing how short of a grow season we've got outside over here.
Location, location, location. This would be a disaster where I am in California, for example.
I grew Grass in my back yard in late may so I didn't have to pay for a such water. The hard part was keeping the dogs off it. Years 5 the best part of yard. I am removing some landscaping this fall and planting grass next spring. Again dogs could be an issue. My front yard I have tried to get grass to grow for 2 different falls with a 50% success rate.
I just sewed a 4x8 patch yesterday, come at me haterz
Same here. June 16th of '23, through the whole father's day weekend - rented a skid steer, power rake and ordered nearly 20cu. yds of top soil. Went to town tilling/raking/leveling. Spread seed and straw across 10k sq. ft Sunday night. 6 days later, grass was poking through. 2 months later, had a new, lush beautiful lawn. Watered twice every day. Got lucky on rainy days. It's been just over a year and my grass is still beautiful.
> It's unbelievably easy to grow grass in the summer in the Midwest. And your grass has stronger roots and is better developed for winter. Insane that post like this get can get upvoted in here. Shows you how far this sub has fallen in the last few years. I’d love for you to show any sort an actual data/study/evidence that what you’re saying is the case besides “It was so easy when I did it!”.
Northern Wisconsin here, I can attest that planting in mid summer works just fine, 2 years ago I planted a 10x20 patch of my lawn in mid June, and it is the best looking patch of my entire lawn
Plants need 100 percent correct conditions or they won’t grow. Haven’t you been outside and looked around recently?
I'm in 7a (northern Delaware). I can echo the Reddit statement. My June seed always dies to the heat vs first week in August seed (still going). Maybe there's more variation even within the grow zone by region?
thanks needed to hear this.
>It's unbelievably easy to grow grass in the summer in the Midwest. I don't know if I'd say "unbelievably easy" to grow new grass from seed in the Midwest considering 100F or higher temps aren't exactly uncommon. If you have a nice flat plot of land that retains moisture well and you've got your sprinkler on every day it's 90F+, then sure, it's "unbelievably easy." What is *actually* unbelievably easy is growing new grass from seed in the Fall. >And your grass has stronger roots and is better developed for winter. Between Summer and Winter, Winter is usually the least of the concerns. Unless you have some niche/unique landscaping where your grass is shaded from the brunt of Summer sun, the bigger threat to new grass in the Midwest is indeed Summer heat. Plus, there's less weed competition in the Fall and typically less pressure from pests and disease. >The parroting of misinformation on here is getting insane Again, Fall is a general rule and as such it generally applies to *most* lawns and their individual microclimates. For example, I have a few spots in my backyard where it warms up later in the season and cools off earlier than the rest of the yard. In those spots, Fall isn't the optimal choice to plant as the soil temps start cooling down below the optimal germination/growth point several weeks before the rest of the lawn. Does that mean it's "parroted misinformation" just because of the microclimate in that region of my yard? No, because for the rest of my Midwest yard that receives mostly full sun all day, Fall *is* the optimal time to plant new grass. Could I still grow new grass in the full sun areas with 90F+ temps if I were extra diligent and proactive and babied the seedlings like a mother hen? Yes, sure could, but why?
lol welp i did this one year and i got a nasty fungus that spread through my new grass in a day and killed everything. So yea prob not a great idea to plant in June.
Or you could apply fungicides at seeding (which you should be doing in August/September anyway) lol
I thought the same thing. I planted my grass in late June when it was 90s years ago. It germinates quickly and as long as you're obsessive over the watering, I think it turns out better anyway.
>and as long as you're obsessive over the watering That's the biggest key to planting new grass seed in the Summer. You fuck up one day and it's toast, but if you *do* manage to keep it alive via obsessive watering routines, then it can certainly be rewarding.
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Even for spring time people are like, “no don’t seed, deal with the weeds then plant in the fall or it won’t survive the summer.” Can’t count how many times I’ve seen that, but in my experience as long as your prepared to water more during the intense heat it will do okay
I just planted a couple weeks ago in the Midwest and was starting to feel the same way.. long as it stays wet while its getting established it will be fine.. but the sentiment that you can't grow in summer isn't just on Reddit.. its on YT as well. There's definitely less room for error in summer but its not as impossible as lot of people make it out to be
Laughed immediately after reading the original response. Heat? HEAT?? I live in Glasgow and can barely conceptualise the very thought of anything other than pissing rain.
I dug a trench to bury some pipe early July couple years ago 34 Celsius humidity making it feel in the 40s threw some seed down drove over it after watering with my mower to flatten shit out and it grew fine. And you’re in the UK I wouldn’t be worried at all about the heat.
I planted mine beginning of July last year and it survived a hot summer. Just keep watering regularly and you’ll prob be good.
Early August? Hmmmm. Don't think that's right for the Southern US. More likely to end up with popcorn than grass if you scatter seed in early August down here.
My advice is based on cool season grass types.
I'm spending the summer trying to kill the grass in my backyard. Like the joke says though, that seems to piss off the grass and it grows back with a vengeance.
Is their any logic to the idea that grass that managed to survive being planted in the summer would last better through future heat? Like, survival of the fittest for grass?
Nah, not that I'm aware of.
Ok, so I’m still just an idiot then.
Well it sort of would be survival of the fittest in that the fittest grass i.e. the deepest roots would survive. But it doesn't condition them to the heat or anything. The problem is that if it is super hot, they just don't have the time to get deep enough roots to survive unless you're watering a lot. And not just a lot, it needs to be deep as well because if you water shallow, their roots will be shallow as well. So it'll be a vicious cycle. Edit: but you do need to water shallow until they germinate and at first, since the roots will be shallow by default. Just wanted to clarify that!
Thanks! I’ve got water meters at various soil depths and try and make sure it’s constantly moist. I’ve got a lot of germination now and good coverage. Now I’m slowing down the water slightly and watering for longer to try and encourage roots while also making sure to not let it dry out. I can see why people say to avoid this. It’s a giant pain standing out in the sun and watering all day. On the plus side, I had germination in 4 days
It may be worth it to purchase a watering system with timers.
I have them. It’s just a very small test plot for now so easier just to hand water
No you’re just ignorant to your question. You’re intelligent for seeking the answer. 😉 Edit to say that i am also ignorant to your question
No, the idea is that you want the roots to be established before it has to deal with heat.
But isn’t the grass at its weakest when it’s brand new? If it can survive germinating and growing through the heat, why would the heat kill it when the roots are only more established?
Yes. That’s why you generally don’t plant in mid summer heat unless you want to baby it. If you plant in the fall, it grows once in mild temps, then goes dormant in winter and then gets to grow again in the spring before facing the brutal summer. The idea is that the grass has 2 growing seasons before facing the biggest challenge. However, as other people have mentioned, it’s a rule of thumb. If you’ve got the time, climate, or money, you can plant mid summer and make it work. It just costs more effort or money.
Understood. I’m just trying to remain optimistic I didn’t completely waste my time. So far, still alive though
I mean, it it survives then it survives. I’ve just seen a number of my own spring plantings all get burnt by June (like this year). It’s gonna depend heavily on how much work you do and your climate. If you get a lot of rain that summer or water very regularly it’ll probably be okay, it’s not impossible, just not best practice.
Completely agree it’s not a good idea. I’ll certainly not repeat it for the rest of the yard. I’m glad that I might get one successful test in before the fall and then I can do the whole yard
Not nervouse here. Water
If you water enough you can grow it in the deserts of central California no problemo
Guess it depends on climate, because august is like the worst time to plant anything down south lol.
Yeah. It's about the perfect time to plant for cool season grasses though, especially in the Midwest.
Just keep watering into the summer? (Someone who had his whole yard reseeded last week)
Yeah. Deep, infrequent waterings. But don't be afraid to give it a nice soak if it gets really hot.
Much appreciated!
I planted a few weeks ago, we just had over a week with 85-90 degree weather and all is good!
Do all Americans just think everyone else lives in America?
Well, it's an American website, with primarily American users. We know it's used worldwide, but typically international users will say when they are from outside the US. I bet you use whatever website is popular in your country and assume that everyone on that site is your nationality too. It's only natural to do so. https://www.reddit.com/r/ask/s/V42T6scA2d Roughly half of all reddit users are American. I'd venture that the amount of American users in the lawncare subreddit is even higher.
I can’t keep established grass green right now and this guy is planting with great results in mid June
My dumbass planted a cool season tall fescue in Florida last week and somehow it germinated and continues to survive. I keep waiting for it to die eventually but so far, it survives through my ignorance. I’ve had consistent ground temps at 90+. Everything I read said it would never germinate and yet it did.
Keep it wet and it’ll be fine
Cool, currently watering about 5 times a day
I’m also in Florida and seeded Kentucky blue grass cause I only read “shade tolerant” on the bag not realizing it’s a cool season grass and it is looking a hell of a lot better then the Bermuda I planted that stays in the sun over half the day. The Kentucky is almost fully under a tree.
Midwesterners lawns look fantastic right now. Well I guess not all midwesterners, some of their lawns if haven’t been swept away by bloated rivers are under water dying.
At 2 weeks this is what you should expect. Different grasses germinate at different rates. If you planted a blend, you can expect it to continue to fill out. I’m always a big fan of an overseed in the fall on a newly planted lawn to ensure a nice thick turf in the spring
Yeah this is a blend of PRG 80% (two different types) and 20% slender creeping red fescue. So hopefully continues to fill out!
That looks fucking phenomenal, brother. In a few weeks it will tiller out and be thicker than your hot wife’s booty. Hit it with 0.2lb N/ksqft of urea (0.4lb product/ksqft) bi-weekly if you got it. Don’t forget to mow it at 2” for a couple mows, then you can let it grow to your desired height. Also super don’t forget to lay down pre-emergent (I prefer Prodiamine) 60 days after seed down or you’ll end up with a ton of weeds.
Thanks. I put down a 6 week slow release pre seed fertiliser with NPK at a ratio of 6.9.6. Good idea regarding the pre emergent!
I just zoomed in and saw some droopy grass. How many days after germination is it? You definitely probably want to mow it.
13 days since I sowed it and about 7 days since I saw some of the first shoots. Isn’t it too delicate to mow? When I stand on a bit it just flattens it.
Just checked and it’s 2-3 inches in most places. But there’s plenty of new shoots still coming through. Think I should still mow?
Yep!
Most areas look healthy with long straight grass but there are are few areas like this. Where the grass is quite floppy and curling and almost tangling up with other grass as a result. Any ideas? https://preview.redd.it/ksqzbwn5ac9d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=188bfa92105079d9d3e59bceeaf1b443d9dd3867
Wait, mow it before it gets too high back to 2”?
Are you talking about the grass or his wife’s booty?
Yes
Don’t let it get super tall when it’s that young. When it hits 2-2.5”, cut it back to 1.5-2”. And also, baby grass is much more resilient than people think. Even if the grass lays down after you mow it, it will bounce back after some water.
I planted in early May. My lawn looked like this and two weeks later it was thicc.
Beautiful Clark!
Lucky no rabbits around... A portion I overseeded this spring was basically a salad bar for the little monsters. Meant I didn't have to mow though, but they didn't follow the 1/3 rule :)
Yeah no rabbits luckily!
Rabbits eat clover….not grass here in Wisconsin.
They love grass seedlings in New England :) the ones in my yaad anyways :)
What seed did you use mate? Looks mint!
Premier Lawn Seed from Boston Seeds. It’s 80% PRG and 20% Slender Creeping Fescue. More specifically Escapade and EG Resists PRG and Samata Slender Creeping Fescue.
Creeping red fescue seems like great grass
I'm repeating the phrase "two weeks"!? like the fat lady disguise that imploded in Total Recal. Uh, yeah...you have phenominal results for two weeks - congrats!
You don’t need more seed. You have plenty there that will fill in with fertilization. Get one of those “lawn feeders” that attach to your garden hose. The kind that spray liquid fertilizer. A lot of them are single use. Apply one every two to three weeks through the early fall. Water frequently during this period. It should be filled in well by then. Fertilize with a granular in early September again in early to mid October. Next season you won’t need to do the bi weekly apps of the liquid feeder. Just granular in spring with pre-emergent and the two fall apps again all with granular fertilizer. Iff you irrigated you could add an early June app possibly with grub control
Looks great for being so young. It should fill in more in time, but you can always reseed thin spots in fall.
I would be happy, especially the weather it's growing in
Oh yes!!
Kinda looks like actual rye grass to me…
Yup, it's grass.
2werks looki better than my 20yrold lawn meh
Lol if youre wondering if this looks good for 2 weeks, you should see my new yard after 6 weeks. This is beautifulllll
Looks great! An inch of water per week….and fert every 4-5 weeks. My new lawn was seeded and looked like crap. Got 4 granular apps and weed control….now 2 years later its weed free and super thick. Water is the key !!!!!!
That looks great
Looks great for thet long
Looks great. Big worry is something digging it up or gouging it when wet and tender.
It will fill in. What grass seed was this?
Looks good to me! What did you plant?
Not sure, can you upload one more photo?
https://preview.redd.it/dn7v3ig6ml8d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab596c36a3dd2bf88edfa083ef3e49938d4dd6ef
Now all you need to do is watch for weeds.
Looks ok. I would toss more seed down on those bare spot. And ensure the grass seed is a decent perennial mixture for your area. It’s easy to “sprout” new grass seed, but keeping it growing healthy can be a little more difficult.
Heck yes! Just make sure to keep it watered.
Looks good and yes you will have to fix spots next year.
You’re doing great.
Looks good to me.
It needs some clover in there :)
Looks great! Keep doing exactly what you’re doing! Dont water it the day before you go to cut it. Id cut it about 2-3 weeks from now, depending on how fast it continues to grow
Looks awesome dude
Looking very solid. Basically just what you want 2 weeks in. As other seed germinates then it'll fill out more and finally after a few mows it'll thicken beautifully.
Its going to be nice! It's really healthy even before the weeds popped up! Keep the soil damp, don't let it dry out now. You're gonna have a nice lawn.
Looks amazing! Especially for a June planting!
Nice
What type of grass is it
Better than my yard right now.
What kind of grass did you seed?
Looks boring as fuck you should kill that grass and plant some shrubs and flowers
https://preview.redd.it/whohk12yyk8d1.jpeg?width=5712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9acc0ceeb8baa86f087f89ab69dbb57718a723f7 This is 2.5 weeks, and at just under 2 weeks it wasn’t all patchy like yours. What steps did you do before seeding? Was the soil bed soft enough? Did you cover the seed?
Did you seed a new lawn? I rotavated the top layer and broke it up. Added enriched topsoil. Seeded at about 60g per square meter and lightly raked in. Used a roller to finish.
It virtually was a new lawn yes. Heavily scarified and raked existing patchy lawn, probably about 30%-40% of exiting lawn at most when I overseeded. You rotavated the top layer which is good, that’s what i was wondering really as it’s not coming through particularly even, so wondered if soil was too hard that seed didn’t take in places. Did you cover the seed with a layer of top dressing? Does it get plenty of sun?
Are you USA, and using warm season grasses? As if so, then I’m probably wrong. Mine is cool season grass in U.K., germinates very differently.