A Seed, Is Not Just Seed...

The grass seed is the building block for your entire landscape, why start with an inferior product that is disease prone, lacks fall color (cool season grasses), and is not certified, yes certified by your state agricultural collage or the agricultural extension agency in you region. In North Carolina it’s NC State and for South Carolina it’s Clemson University. I just cannot stress enough how important the selection of grass seed is to the overall success of an over seeding or restoration project. Grass seed bought in your local big box stores may not provide the ultimate results.

Grass seed… the most important aspect of over seeding and lawn restoration. Using only a high quality, premium quality seed is of the utmost importance.

It’s a Crop…

Grass is a crop, much like wheat and has an optimum planting time. For cool season grasses it’s normally September and for warm season grasses it’s usually May. It all depends mostly with the soil temperature.

 Spring vs. Fall seeding...

Spring is not the best time to over seed cool season grasses in the Carolina’s. Even though the soil temperature may be optimum, the seedlings generally do not have time enough to mature before the summer heat arrives, these are cool season grasses.

We would highly recommend that unless your lawn is totally divested as a result of our lack of rain fall, wait until fall to over seed. Spring is the time for pre-emergent’s to fight summer weeds. Our pre-emergent program is a split application that will help fight weeds well into the summer.

Our Program…

For those with divested lawns, lots of bear spots or otherwise poorly established lawns, seeding in the spring is your only option to try and establish a lawn. Please understand that by seeding in the spring, you are forgoing pre-emergent weed control, as a pre-emergent will act upon newly seeded grasses just as it would weeds. Timing is critical for success.

Organic Lawns’ has developed a special program for spring seeding. Our program will help your lawn get a jump start on Mother Nature and provide reasonable success with limited weed protection, but you must get started while there is still ample time for the seed to establish itself. Note we said reasonable success, no matter how hard we fight the battle, Mother Nature seldom looses the fight. Our program is designed to give your lawn the best chance possible.

There is a lot more to growing grass than just spreading seed. Our seeding application, both spring and fall is a multi-step program. We don’t just sow, we encourage it to grow.

To properly over seed or renovate a lawn is a time consuming and labor intensive process, its an investment on your part and we want you to receive the best possible results. Many lawn service companies do not take the time or put in the effort that it takes to provide optimal seeding success. In reality their job is mowing, and making your lawn look as nice a possible. Over seeding or fertilization is a service they provide, not their specialty. We don’t mow, we make it grow. It’s our specialty!