A hand holds open a sack of grass seed a green lawn. - Dean Clarke/Shutterstock Lawn seeding techniques aren't one size fits all-- the best technique depends on factors like the size of your lawn and ...

Learn to match seed starting with the natural peak growth phases of different grass species for a lush, healthy lawn.

Dormant seeding is a technique that takes advantage of winter temperatures to plant grass so that by spring you're growing a healthy, lush lawn.

Slit seeding is an efficient and effective way to overseed a lawn. It offers homeowners a tried and tested alternative to ...

Prepare the area for dormant seeding in the fall to ensure good seed-to-soil contact. Dormant-seed cold-season grasses until mid-winter and apply the seed at the usual rate. Do not use pre-emergent ...

For seeding or overseeding a lawn, September has long been considered the best month. This is true when cool-season grass species such as Kentucky bluegrass and fescue are being used. At this time of ...

As I sat down to write this column, I really had no idea for a topic until a friend suggested this: winter seeding of your lawn. Thanks, Steve Sharp! I needed this. Seeding your lawn in the winter may ...

Cool-season grasses — bluegrass, fescue and ryegrass — are best seeded in early September. Seeds germinate and grow rapidly in the warm soil, and fall-seeded lawns have an opportunity to establish, ...