Grass seeds

obi604

with all the rain and wet ground etc is now a good time to sow grass seeds or should I wait a bit?

scarepanda

If your gardens wet then hold off. The ground will be too cold for germination while theres excess moisture in it. It'll only take a couple weeks of decent fairly dry weather for conditions to be right at this time of year.

obi604

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121991490#Comment_121991490

thank you. Yeah, the garden is fairly wet alright.

when would be a good time to sow the grass seeds, end of April maybe?

scarepanda

Tbh with the weather at the moment you'll have to play it by ear based on the ground conditions, temperature and what the weather is like. You'd need the ground relatively dry, as in not damp/squelchy to walk on, and some nice decent spring weather. Traditionally I think April is the ideal month in spring to sow grass but the weather isn't exactly sprung like at the moment unfortunately.

How big of an area do you need to sow?

obi604

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121994964#Comment_121994964

ah its small enough to be honest, its kind of a dead/damp/wet bit of grass in an existing lawn that does not get much sun. about 6 metres long and 2 metres wide

obi604

I guess now would be OK to sow grass seeds?

Homesick Alien

I sowed grass seeds a few weeks ago and they are germinating fairly well. Builders made complete shite of the garden so the soil is not in good condition, but hoping that the grass itself will provide the conditiionong once established. Never seem to have enough seed down though!

obi604

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122061099#Comment_122061099

I just have to sow a few where the grass always dies due to leaves falling and the area being wet and essentially turning to mush, all cleaned up now and raked and weeds out etc, so will sow maybe today

obi604

When best to sow grass seeds - on a dry or a wet day?

obi604

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122063265#Comment_122063265

any thoughts on this one?

standardg60

I prefer to sow grass seed on a dry day as it stops me getting wet, apart from that it doesn't matter.

obi604

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122068192#Comment_122068192

Noted. Final pedantic question - is it better to sow later in the evening, say 9pm……so less risk of birds picking at seeds for the initial part anyway.

scarepanda

How big of an area is it that you need to reseed? Could you cover it with something to keep the birds away till it starts to grow?

Is this area a constant problem? If it is would it be worth looking at sowing something else instead of grass that can handle damp shade?

standardg60

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122068454#Comment_122068454

Ha ha thanks for the laugh. Definitely better to sow in daylight so you can see what you're doing.