Overseeding before snowing

I thougtht the same thing, but further south here in Pennsylvania. In hind sight I've seen this, I seed early, snow on the ground, we get a few days warm weather, seeds sprout, then a blizzard hits, sprouts die.

I now generally seed in the fall, and several weeks before I use crabgrass preventor.

just my observations,

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I was disappointed with the seeds I bought that they claimed is the best on the market. The seeds contain weeds, and they didn't grow as fast as I expected. I did this after winter, and yet I didn't see any thing progressing.

So if you want to seed now before winter? I supposed it won't make any difference because seeds grow so slowly. It could be my ground too, it's too hard maybe.

Hi John.

You can do that if you delay your pre-emergent crabgrass control until May and you use Dimension. That will give your seedlings more establishment time next spring.

Usually in very minute amounts if you're careful where you purchase your seed.

From Home-depot. The most expensive stuff, doesn't seemed to grow well.

If you put down the common pre-emergent crabgrass control products several weeks before seeding, it will not only prevent crabgrass from germinating, but the grass seed too. You can use Tupersan, but it's expensive and why would you when seeding in Fall? At that point, crabgrass, which needs warm temps to germinate is not a problem.

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