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establishing a new lawn in spring

treehugger80treehugger80 Posts: 1,923
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Hi,

i'm starting a new garden for my dementia gardening group, its a flower garden with a oval central lawn area, however I won't be able to start on the prep until November, i'm assuming that's way too late to sow seed ( I don't have the money for turf),

so the question is, when is the earliest I can sow seed next year?

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  • Dave HumbyDave Humby Posts: 1,145
    It really depends on the climatic conditions TH. Most grass seed needs a soil (not air) temperature of 9C to germinate. It’s often very tempting when we get a nice spring sunny day in March to sow grass seed but invariably the ground temps won’t be up enough and will dip significantly at night. 

    April is generally a good time. Keep an eye on the forecast. 
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