They used to sell grass seed with a layer around it to soak up water so you didn't have to water newly seeded areas so often.
But I can't find it. Do they still make it? Didn't it work?
Grass seed with attached water
Mar 31, 2023
Last reply: 3 years ago
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I avoid that stuff like the plague. You buy 10 pounds of grass seed, you get 2 pounds of seed and 8 pounds of coating. It likely has benefit, but it's questionable how much. Any water is going to evaporate in sun and wind and need to be replaced to get good germination. I usually use a light coating of peat moss to help for spot reseeding.
You should know micky by now.
You often ask this but this time I had said that I can't find it. Was I looking in my dresser?
This is no help.
Hmmmm.
Trying to cut own the physical steps as much as possible. Large back pain since end of December. (Don't know why it started then.) Physical therapy doing no good.
If you want water retention, get a bag of hydraulic mulch and spread a thin layer of that after seeding. Something like this:
EZ-Straw-2-5-cu-ft-Straw-Mulch at Lowes
Landscape place may have better, cheaper.
I agree, look at the package for the ratio of seed to coating that probably does little good, especially if you pepare the soil.
But do they sell this stuff anymore? That was the original question that no one answered.
This doesn't either but it has some tips on grass germination. Make it germinate before planting, for example.
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