In article , brad heidinger wrote:
Oh yeah,
I don't personally use wheat straw. I believe it only brings weed seeds into
the
yard as well as my neighbors.

My experience has been much better when using wheat straw than without. I'm
not sure if it does a better job of keeping the seed moist, confusing birds,
etc.

Of course, after 20+ years of reseeding fescue, I'm looking to start moving
the yard over to Zoysia or similar this year.

If you haven't seen it, the NC State web site has nice info on establishing
and maintaining a lawn. The publication used to be called "Carolina Lawns" or
somthing like that.

-don