Power Seeding A Yard

Rather than having to till up the entire lawn or topdress it after seeding a power seeder allows you to inject the seeds right into the soil.

Power seeding a yard.

Power seeding may also be the best option in cases where weeds are rampant or animals and insects have damaged your lawn. You can over seed a lawn to repair it or power seed a new lawn. A power seeder also equally spaces out your seeds so you can be assured that a healthy thick. Power seeding involves using either a tractor with the machine attached to slice seed the area.

Your lawn is a candidate for renovation by power seeding if it still has 50 percent or more of healthy turf grass coverage intermixed with the thin areas. Next use a thatch rake or power rake to remove any thatch you find. Slit seeders operate much in the same. However renting or buying the necessary equipment is expensive.

A power seeder is useful when overseeding or renovating a home lawn. Working with a professional lawn care service provider is typically the most efficient cost effective way to power seed and ensure that you achieve the very best results possible for your lawn. If your yard does require power seeding you could manage the process yourself. Mow your lawn so that the grass sits above the soil line.

This is called dethatching. A power seeder or slit seeder makes short work of spreading grass seed over an entire lawn. Ideally it should be an inch to an inch and a half. This will let the grass seed get enough sunlight and make good contact with the soil.