Never heard of this technique. Why not just seed in the spring if you think
it is too late this season for germination? My guess is that a large
portion of whatever seed you sew this fall will wash away, get eaten, or rot
before growing season next year. Instead of a 90% germination rate, I think
you'll be looking at far less.

KB


"LenS" wrote in message
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We have a lot of lawn damage from a combination of lots of hot weather
and lack of watering this summer. The lack of watering was from a
drought (we live in a suburb of Chicago) and the fact that watering
restrictions in our community plus high water costs discouraged us
from a lot of watering.

I know, I know, now instead of paying for water we're paying for
seeding the lawn. From my calculations, though, the reseeding is
cheaper.

The damage is mostly in areas that aren't shaded. Our lawn care fellow
tells us that a lot of it should come back in the spring, but we want
to reseed anyway, although we prefer to do it ourselves.

Anyway, the plan is to "dormant seed" the lawn; put down seed now, or
at least before the ground gets too hard, so it will germinate in the
spring.

Any suggestions or tips for this? We're recent homeowners and really
have no experience with this.

Thanks,

-Len