I left before your message arrived but as it turned out, I only got to Home
Depot. I though I'd run into a few grain elivators on the trip but I didn't.
Anyway, I did jot down the contents of several different bags I thought
might be appropriate. One is from Lesco; Premium Sun and Shade. The other
was Vigaro Sun-Shade Lawn Grass Seed Mix. Fifty pounds would put me around
$50. My experience with grass seed hasn't been something I crow about. I
love movin' earth with machines but I had plantin' and growin' stuff. I'm
sure I end up using a lot more seed than I have to. I've got about 2000 sg
ft. to reseed and I'm now thinking my best bet for success would be to
thatch it first (with a regular thatch machine, not that "thaching"
reseeder) to make sure I clear a good area under the top carpet of grass so
the seeds will take hold then either use that reseeder to plant (would seem
like that night be overkill though) or just a spreader (probably would
suffice) then cross my fingers. Comment? When would I furtilize and with
what combinbation?

"Steveo" wrote in message
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This is probably late for your shopping trip but at any rate, Jay. I use
Lesco 50/50 for most general sunlight applications. I pay less than $2 a
pound for it and it produces a steady product. (how much less than $2
depends on how many pounds I buy)

I'm surprised you're in the market for that much seed. Your op sounded
like
a diy homeowner question. Should I tell you how much to charge for it too?

"jaygreg" wrote:
Steveo... I live in NEO also. What mix lawn seed do you use for an
average residential preestablished lawn and how much do you pay? I've
been buying a mix from a local grain elivator in Seville that I thought
was fair. I'd have to look up my records for the exact price but I
remember at the time doing a comparison and they won the race.

I'm taking a drive into Holms county today and will probably come across
a few places to buy seed and fertilizer. I'd like to have a benchmark.
What ferilizer composition do you use on lawns now and what's a fair
price to pay?

"Steveo" wrote in message
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"jaygreg" wrote:
I'm considering thatching and resseding my lawn. A local equipment
rental showed me a machine by Classen
(http://littlewonder.com/turf-seeder-self-propelled.asp) called a turf
seeder (he called it an overseeder) that he thinks I should use. When
I saw the arrangement of the blades - considering the machine drops
seed first then lets the 24 or so blades roll over them, my eyebrows
rose; it seems to me a lot of seed will simply fall on top of the
grass and those blades will miss them. It doesn't look like there's
enough vibration to shake the seeds down through the existing lawn and
onto the furrows the blades create.

Is this a recommended way to get seed into a mature lawn that needs to
thicken to prevent unwanted weeds? Or should I rent a thatcher then
this machine to plant the seed when all the thatch is gone. The guy at
the rental agency says the machine will thach as well but not as much
as a stand-alone type.

Lesco sells a machine that operates on the same principal as the one
you're
looking at, and I've heard they work OK as long as you stay within the
limitations of a slice seeder. We have a couple of the Ryan mataway's
that drop the seed behind the slice and they work very well on level
soil away from tree roots. Be sure to criss cross your job and go heavy
with the seed. I run 10 lbs/1000sg ft here in Ohio. (perfect time of
the year to do that here right now)