How to re-seed a lawn, how to top-dress a lawn

When to seed and why to top-dress your lawn can be confusing

What are the 3 reasons for carrying out these lawn maintenance tasks?

Over-seeding or re-seeding an existing lawn helps to combat bald patches

Top-dressing helps with lawn condition and creates a good seedbed

New grass seed becomes new grass plants which bring a poor lawn back to life

Seems pretty obvious doesn’t it?

But perhaps you’re thinking;

When should I top-dress my lawn?

How do I re-seed a lawn?

When should I sow lawn grass seed?

Why isn’t my lawn seed germinating?

How often should I water grass seed?

Patch seeding will fill in bare lawn areas

Top-dressing is usually done at the same time of year as seeding

Here’s the good news

Most poor condition lawns can be renovated with top-dressing followed by re-seeding or over-seeding!

So why is your lawn seed not germinating?

3 reasons your lawn seed is not germinating:

• Soil temperature it too low for germination
• The soil has been allowed to dry out
• Lawn seed has died

Follow this guide to re-seeding or over-seeding a lawn

• Prepare the soil so the seed can germinate
• Choose the right lawn seed for your lawn
  

  If it dries it dies – keep new seed moist

  conditions

• Buy seed from a good lawn seed supplier
• Sow lawn seed at the right time of year
• Use the right amount, too much is bad too!
• Water and feed newly germinated lawn seed

The truth of the matter is

Most lawns don’t need re-turfing, just the right care and attention to improve what’s already there

It’s easier and cheaper to ask a lawn care professional to improve your existing lawn than it is to re-turf!