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Ace has them, but best to shop for pricing. Most people will slit seed/overseed in the late summer/early fall here. At least those who have been following along on C-D!
It's a worthwhile investment.
Whatever you do, if you go ahead and do this, please write this down:
Slit seed the whole area in one direction. Then, slit seed at an oblique direction (45 degrees to what you already did).
Use a QUALITY seed. Then use a starter fertilizer.
Highly recommend that you NOT use wheat straw to scatter all over your newly seeded lawn. Moisture retention notwithstanding, the WEED SEEDS in wheat straw will make you lament your using it for a long time.
I would suggest a newer store as the equipment will not be so trashed. When I first moved here Lowe's was not yet built and I rented from a place in Fuquay. By the time I got the machine secured, paid for, and transported back to Cary, there was a mechanical problem with it and although I got a refund, I got no work done and ate up most of a beautiful Saturday.
The newer Aces at Hwy 55 in Apex or Morrisville-Carpenter and Davis Drive in Cary may have what you are looking for.
You may want to see if the place will secure you a machine with your credit card. It stinks to get there and they have nothing for you. Other guys have the same focus as you do on the exact same day you plan to work it.
Most people will slit seed/overseed in the late summer/early fall here. At least those who have been following along on C-D!
I plan on planting warm season seed, not cool season seed. My partner and I made garden areas and used a very dark color mulch. This will offset nicely with the golden dormant season color of the warm season grass. It will give us both something to look forward to twice per year. First with the green color and then with the golden color.
Thanks so much for the advice on how to use the machine. I was wondering what pattern I should use. I hear it is a workout using one of these things.
Glad you are feeling the garden love! It's great therapy for a long, dull winter.
Didn't mean to offer you more advice than you were looking for......I learned what I know the hard way. The seeder will give you a night with the heating pad if you have a lot to do! Best of luck and enjoy the results!
It's a bit too early for warm season grass love ..
You really need consistent 70 degree days with no danger of frost and freeze to plant warm season grass sprigs or seed.. Our normal last freeze is around April 15th, we have a very good chance of getting close to freezing this Saturday.
It's a bit too early for warm season grass love ..
You really need consistent 70 degree days with no danger of frost and freeze to plant warm season grass sprigs or seed.. Our normal last freeze is around April 15th, we have a very good chance of getting close to freezing this Saturday.
May is a better time.
Frank
I planned on doing the seeding around May 1st. I am spending the weeks ahead finding the ideal seed and gathering information on the process. The weather will be the determining factor. The way my luck goes, we will have a freak May freeze right after I seed.
What kind of grass are you putting down? Seeded bermuda isn't optimal, and is essentially a weed which will grow anywhere. No need to slit seed it. Zoysia is pretty but takes a LONG time to grow from seed (several seasons) and you have to be on top of watering it and fending off the weeds. If your neighbors have bermuda it will take out all kinds of other grass.
What kind of grass are you putting down? Seeded bermuda isn't optimal, and is essentially a weed which will grow anywhere. No need to slit seed it. Zoysia is pretty but takes a LONG time to grow from seed (several seasons) and you have to be on top of watering it and fending off the weeds. If your neighbors have bermuda it will take out all kinds of other grass.
Higher quality bermuda seed is on my list, including these - Yukon, Princess 77, La Prima and Triangle.
Higher quality bermuda seed is on my list, including these - Yukon, Princess 77, La Prima and Triangle.
Just be aware that while they are "higher quality" seeded bermuda, they are still seed with all the limitations that go along with that. The biggest being spring green up and fall dormancy. Seeded bermuda will take a long time to turn green in the spring and is the first to go dormant in the fall.
Also to properly care for bermuda especially the cultivars you've listen you need a reel mower, they are labor intensive for the manual ones and $$ ($3k) for the power ones.
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