At last, we’ve come to the end of one of the toughest growing seasons Boston has seen recently. Prolonged drought conditions throughout the state have left many lawns in sad shape. Now is the time to plant grass seed for next year. Here’s what you need to know about power seeding.
Power seeding is the result of combining generations of gardening best practices with today’s modern technology. Once upon a time, people planted grass seed by hand, broadcast-scattering seeds over their lawn in a motion vaguely reminiscent of the gesture one used to feed chickens. If you were an expert at this, you could generate an even coat of seed in a fairly short period of time, even if your lawn was large. If you don’t spend a lot of time feeding chickens, the results could be very different: most people who try hand seeding their lawn wind up with very uneven grass growth and the job can take forever.
Power seeding streamlines the process tremendously. Using a machine known, creatively enough, as a power seeder, your Boston lawn service will plant your entire lawn with new grass seed evenly, in a fraction of the time needed to do the job by hand. Power seeders are sometimes known as slit seeders, but unless you’re in the market for a piece of machinery that costs thousands of dollars, you don’t need to worry about that. It’s much more cost effective to have your Boston lawn service do the job for you and save the expense of investing in equipment.
If your lawn has mostly survived but has some bare patches, you can have what’s known as over seeding done, which focuses on replenishing those missing areas. If everything’s in rough shape and it all needs to be redone, you want power seeding.
