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Someone in this thread a few pages back recommended Garden Club from Canadian tire and it happened to be on sale at the time so I picked some up. I can’t speak to the longevity / winter kill-resistance yet, but I will say it germinated fairly quickly and looks great. I filled some pretty large spots with it too.
Good reviews. Here’s the big bag but they have smaller ones
https://canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/garde...-0596789p.html
Last edited by sabad66; 07-04-2023 at 08:18 PM.
I don't have a particular brand to recommend. I bought seed from a local golf course supplier in my area. I would stay away from big box stores and stick with smaller businesses offering blends more tailored to the local climate. For example, a local landscape supply company: https://eaglelakelandscape.com/colle...urf-grass-seedThis quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Go to a local garden centre like spruce it up, Bow Ridge etc. Phone first and see what they say.
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What do you guys think of blue grasses house mix?
Why not just nuke the lawn and then lay sod? It’s only about 5000x easier.
I just ripped out the lawn and laid this sod 4 years ago. It is south facing and lots of sun. life got in the way and I wasn't able to give it the attention it deserved sooo here we are.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I’ve done both options, sod is not easier imo. It’s the quicker path to green grass, but you have to haul it around, unroll it, cut it, etc. Growing from seed is definitely not harder work, it just takes longer. The prep work for both cases is the same. Not to mention the cost difference.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
If I ever have to do it again, I’ll be planting seed for sure.
I think there's a square-meter cutoff point that factors with the shape, obstacle and edging complexity.
Yeah that’s a good point. They were both sizeable, and the sod one was on a huge corner lot with a sweeping curved pull through driveway haha.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Where do you buy seed? I think I can hit it with Roundup the next couple of weeks to prep the lawn. It's all good vibes from here since the front lawn is shit to begin withThis quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
@sxtasy did you blitz the yard with RoundUp? Just want to make sure I don’t kill the 10% that’s growing grass? Or just easier to go gusto on RoundUp and just reseed in august?
There’s also a pine tree root on the front lawn and worried about harming that
You probably want to kill everything, given that some (all?) of the 10% growing grass is crab grass/quack grass/shit.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
You kill everything.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Yes, nuke it all. Then water the shit out of it so you can kill all the weeds again. I have done this several times with good results. This was based on many nerdy hours of dad research on the lawn forums. Don't worry too much about tree roots, you won't kill the tree.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
If I start early August to nuke the weeds will it be too late to seed?This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
https://www.thelawnforum.com/threads...-season.16808/This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Everything you need to know in detail. I checked frost date for Calgary and it averages Sep 10 to 11. Keep that in mind. You need germination before then. Germination can take 21 days.
In comparison, our frost date out here is in like November....i actually threw seed down on Sep 10 and then again on Sep 30th to fill bare spots.
I’d start asap. Worst case is we get a stretch of hot weather and you have to water it more often. If you wait too late you risk frost kill or not being strong enough to winter properly and you start from square 1 in the spring.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Ah fuck I might just need to start from scratch in the spring then.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote