Spring Lawn Repair

Early Spring is ideal for planting grass seed for starting new lawns or repairing lawn damage from the winter. Meadows Farms recommends the following steps for creating a beautiful green lawn.

Prepare the soil

Bare Spots and New Lawns

• Remove all debris from planting area
• Add 1" of Orgro ( one cubic yard of Orgro will cover approximately 300 square feet inch deep)
• Rototill
• Rake smooth

Overseeding

• Mow lawn as short as possible
• Rake throughly to remove thatch
• Aerate lawn to allow better air and water penentration into soil

Fertilize planting area

• Use Pennington Lawn Starter or Scotts Lawn Starter per label recommendation
• Apply Fast Acting Lime 30 pounds per 5000 square feet.

Select and planting seed

• Select grass seed based on light and traffic
• Spread seed evenly with a broadcast spreader
• Gently rake, working seed into soil about 1/4"

Water

• Water daily to keep soil moist
• Do no allow top 1/2" of soil to dry out until seedlings have fully emerged
• once grass becomes established , reduce watering to 1/2" twice a week.