Sowed grass seed, when will grass appear?
It has been 12 days since I sowed the lawn. I can't see *any* signs
yet of grass poking up. I have got down on my hands and knees and peered at the ground in several places. There are one or two shoots that /could/ be grass, but equally might be weeds. How long does it take? I am worried that it's all been a waste of time. MM |
Have you watered the new grass lightly every day? The seeds cant be allowed
to dry out while germinating. Otherwise I would give them another few days, and if nothing shows, replant. Dwayne "MM" wrote in message ... It has been 12 days since I sowed the lawn. I can't see *any* signs yet of grass poking up. I have got down on my hands and knees and peered at the ground in several places. There are one or two shoots that /could/ be grass, but equally might be weeds. How long does it take? I am worried that it's all been a waste of time. MM |
MM wrote:
It has been 12 days since I sowed the lawn. I can't see *any* signs yet of grass poking up. I have got down on my hands and knees and peered at the ground in several places. There are one or two shoots that /could/ be grass, but equally might be weeds. How long does it take? I am worried that it's all been a waste of time. They'll probably be along in a few days. The shoots are often very dark in colour at first, and so nearly invisible. Try running your hand over a patch about half an inch off the ground to see if you feel little sharpish things: if you do, they're most unlikely to be anything but grass. Dwayne's right about periods of dryness, but most should have survived. Drops in temperature slow things down, too. -- Mike. |
On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:26:46 +0100, "Mike Lyle"
wrote: MM wrote: It has been 12 days since I sowed the lawn. I can't see *any* signs yet of grass poking up. I have got down on my hands and knees and peered at the ground in several places. There are one or two shoots that /could/ be grass, but equally might be weeds. How long does it take? I am worried that it's all been a waste of time. They'll probably be along in a few days. The shoots are often very dark in colour at first, and so nearly invisible. Try running your hand over a patch about half an inch off the ground to see if you feel little sharpish things: if you do, they're most unlikely to be anything but grass. Dwayne's right about periods of dryness, but most should have survived. Drops in temperature slow things down, too. I think I may have been a little lax in the watering, but just now, when I was giving the 'lawn' another water, I did notice for the first time several shoots undoubtedly of grass, yippee! Very patchy, and just a very few shoots, but summat's happening at last. I think I'm going to need to water every several hours, as the full sun dries out the surface in no time. MM |
In message , MM
writes I think I may have been a little lax in the watering, but just now, when I was giving the 'lawn' another water, I did notice for the first time several shoots undoubtedly of grass, yippee! Very patchy, and just a very few shoots, but summat's happening at last. I think I'm going to need to water every several hours, as the full sun dries out the surface in no time. Don't do that - you want the roots to grow strongly downward, and they won't if the water is only near the surface. A good soak every 2-3 days should do it... -- Klara, Gatwick basin |
"Klara" wrote in message ... In message , MM writes I think I may have been a little lax in the watering, but just now, when I was giving the 'lawn' another water, I did notice for the first time several shoots undoubtedly of grass, yippee! Very patchy, and just a very few shoots, but summat's happening at last. I think I'm going to need to water every several hours, as the full sun dries out the surface in no time. Don't do that - you want the roots to grow strongly downward, and they won't if the water is only near the surface. A good soak every 2-3 days should do it... -- rubbish you need to water every evening keep the soil damp dont just flood it |
pied piper wrote:
"Klara" wrote in message ... In message , MM writes I think I may have been a little lax in the watering, but just now, when I was giving the 'lawn' another water, I did notice for the first time several shoots undoubtedly of grass, yippee! Very patchy, and just a very few shoots, but summat's happening at last. I think I'm going to need to water every several hours, as the full sun dries out the surface in no time. Don't do that - you want the roots to grow strongly downward, and they won't if the water is only near the surface. A good soak every 2-3 days should do it... -- rubbish you need to water every evening keep the soil damp dont just flood it Doesn't it depend very much on local weather and soil conditions? I don't think I ever bothered watering grass seed at all in West Wales, and the way the weather is here in Chelt I don't think I would either. Except in a real drought, I don't think Klara's advice is rubbish at all; even without any rainfall, wouldn't it have to be pretty hot to make it necessary to water every day? -- Mike. |
MM wrote:
It has been 12 days since I sowed the lawn. I can't see *any* signs yet of grass poking up. Don't sweat it. I sowed some leftover (supposedly pre-germinated) grass seeds on to a bare patch of dusty soil, over the back of my fence. That was four *weeks* ago; haven't touched it since, and we haven't had much rain lately either. I just noticed today, that little fescue shoots are starting to appear. -- [H]omer Problem with cats in your garden? Try this: http://img169.exs.cx/img169/6382/kitten8va.jpg |
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