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Old 07-13-2014, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Maxwelhse View Post
Why does everyone in the midwest make such a big deal about getting it out in the spring and covering it with hay and watering it and everything then? Seems like a huge PITA so I never bothered...

If I knew I could just toss it on the ground on a clear day in January I'd have been planting some more grass long ago!
You cover with straw. Hay will grow.....

It's really NBD. Works too! The straw isn't for the seed. It's for the soil. So it doesn't wash away until the grass is established. It also starts the thatch bed.
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