Winter wheat also is a 'dormant seeding' BUT it is drilled directly into the
earth BEFORE the snows.

The above mentioned grass technique is better thrown on the ground before
the snow. I think the OP was misled when told to 'throw it on top the
snow'.

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"Norminn" wrote in message
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DerbyDad03 wrote:

A friend who used to own a landscaping business told me about a trick
I might try next year - too late now.

He calls it snow seeding.

I told him about an area under a tree in my back yard that never gets
any sun, so I can never grow grass there.

He said next year, in late February, early March, I should sow some
annual grass seed on top of the snow. He says the seed will stay
dormant in the cold, but as the snow melts it will settle onto the
dirt and have a chance to to germinate before the tree fills with
leaves and blocks the sun. The melting snow will moisten the ground to
help the seed get started.

Since I can expect it to die off by the end of summer due to lack of
sun, I should stick with inexpensive annual seed (landscapers mix, he
called it) and expect to re-snow-seed every year.

Anybody heard of - or better yet, tried - this process?

I've never heard of snow seeding and it seems very unlikely to give
anything near a satisfactory
crop of grass. Birds would eat it, some would rot, and if/when some seed
does sprout, part of
the new crop would probably freeze. There is a lot I don't know about
growing grass, but I
wouldn't bother. It would be an interesting experiment ) Is this what
"winter wheat" is?