Lawn And Grass Seed For Seattle - Bothell And Mill Creek

Seed Quality. Higher quality seed for Western Washington is grown in Oregon in the Willamette Valley. This seed is usually endophyte enhanced which is a fungus that discourages some chewing insect pests and increases your lawns' stress resistance. Seed is professionally mixed or blended for a reason. If only one super seed was used and it became susceptible to a pest or disease, you would lose your whole lawn. Most seed is purchased at the big box stores and is purchased on one criterion, price. Most homeowners do not take into consideration purity and quality.

Many things are considered when seed is mixed or blended:

* the color of the grass at maturity * the fineness of the blade and uniformity * how the grass will be maintained, such as cutting and fertilization * disease and susceptibility to pests

Lawn And Grass Seed For Seattle - Bothell And Mill Creek

This is why I purchase my seed by the ton, from a seed broker I have known for over 10 years. My seed cannot be purchased at nurseries or box stores. I use only seed that local golf courses use on their fairways. A fairway grass is a Class C turf which most closely resembles your home lawn. A putting green is an example of a Class A turf. For home lawns I prefer to use a 70/30 overseeding mix. Eighty percent of residential homeowners stop watering after the perennial rye grass germinates or end up mowing up the fescues which haven't had enough time to root properly before cutting.

Fescue grass also requires more water longer than perennial rye grass in order to become established. You need to water a little longer than you think so the secondary grasses can become established. Also note that you don't want to let the perennial rye grass grow above 5 inches tall before first cut or it will shade out your fescues.

Kentucky Blue Grass looks beautiful, but in Western Washington. The winter does not get cold enough here so this grass cannot go into dormancy and it dies. Kentucky blue grass is used at local sod farms to help hold the sod together.

Cheap seed is no bargain, it quite often contains other non desirable grasses by accident or on purpose. At the box stores I now see a change in marketing techniques by reputable seed producers. They market seed with their nationally known name but aimed at the cheapest purchaser. These seeds are marketed using descriptions like "contractors' mix" or "extremely fast establishing" or "quick green". The frugal shopper buys this seed, gets it home, applies it, and it looks great. But when the seed finally matures, it's usually wide bladed and ugly and "goes to seed" all the time. The frugal shopper then sees the ugly lawn and by then has forgotten what he put on last year so goes back and buys a cheap, low-quality product again!

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