Lawn seeding

[SaladFingersMKII]

I'm just about to throw seed down on my lawn which I dug up. The soil is pretty good. Must I use a fertiliser before seeding?

 

[r896neo]

its up to you. It would certainly help.

To be honest its a little late to be seeding. go nuts but it may not germinate if the weather turns cold.

 

[JohnD]

no.

 

[jonwish]

I sowed a lawn last weekend with just soil dug and raked. Its taken fine and growing fast.

 

[WalksWithTurkeys]

Ideally you should have glyphosated or put down fabric to kill weeds and grass. You risk weed grasses growing back.

Now is fine for seeding in the south anyway. I sowed two weeks ago, it is growing nicely. I sowed an area last year in Oct. it was fine. No need for fertiliser, feed in spring.

 

[Deleted2797112]

Ideally you should have glyphosated or put down fabric to kill weeds and grass. You risk weed grasses growing back.

Now is fine for seeding in the south anyway. I sowed two weeks ago, it is growing nicely. I sowed an area last year in Oct. it was fine. No need for fertiliser, feed in spring.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding you entirely but the OP has dug up their old lawn and is seeding a new one. Are you suggesting spraying glyphosate on bare soil and/or laying a new lawn on weed membrane?

 

[munchingB]

fertiliser will burn your seeds unless you fertilise then wait 2-3 weeks before seeding. little point really as grass will grow in nearly any soil.

as my loverly friend ceres was saying-glyphosate is something you spray on the foliage of plants and will have no effect on anything if you spray on the ground as its supposed to neutralise upon contact with soil. might kill a few worms but thats not good is it.

 

[Deleted2797112]

and will have no effect on anything if you spray on the ground

It will have a negative effect on your wallet.

 

[wrathkeg]

you can buy organic fertilizers which you can spread at the same time as seeding.

 

[WalksWithTurkeys]

Ideally you should have glyphosated or put down fabric to kill weeds and grass. You risk weed grasses growing back.

Now is fine for seeding in the south anyway. I sowed two weeks ago, it is growing nicely. I sowed an area last year in Oct. it was fine. No need for fertiliser, feed in spring.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding you entirely but the OP has dug up their old lawn and is seeding a new one. Are you suggesting spraying glyphosate on bare soil and/or laying a new lawn on weed membrane?

No, spraying glyphosate on soil does nothing. It is best to make sure the weeds are dead before digging and seeding, and you do that by spraying or excluding light. Otherwise couch grass, bindweed etc will regrow. Even though I sprayed, I had Bird's Foot Trefoil bounce back, so I sprayed again.

I made the mistake of simply digging the weed patch at the bottom of my garden, and weed grasses came up after I sowed grass seed. So I have sprayed, and will reseed that area in the spring once all weed grasses are dead. They are a devil as broad leaf weedkillers do not touch them.

 

[WalksWithTurkeys]

you can buy organic fertilizers which you can spread at the same time as seeding.

Presumably blood, fish and bone would do since it breaks down slowly?

 

[Deleted2797112]

No, spraying glyphosate on soil does nothing.

Yes, I know this but given that the OP has already dug up the old lawn, there is nothing to spray so what's the point of telling them to spray?

 

[WalksWithTurkeys]

No, spraying glyphosate on soil does nothing.

Yes, I know this but given that the OP has already dug up the old lawn, there is nothing to spray so what's the point of telling them to spray?

Don't have a go at me when you ask me a question and I give the answer.

I did not tell them to spray. I said ideally they should have sprayed before digging, because they will not have killed weeds and weed grasses. When I did this at the bottom of my garden, I had to kill the grass, and start again because it was infested with weed grasses.