On Oct 15, 10:46*am, wrote:
On Oct 15, 8:30*am, LouB wrote:

badgolferman wrote:
Can I spread grass seed now in the Mid-Atlantic area? *It's going to
rain for the next few days but the temperature will be in the 50s. *Is
it too late and too cold?

Yes.

Good time.

You should still be OK. * The window of opportunity in that area is
from early Sept until about now. * It would have been better to have
done it in Sept, but I've done it in coastal NJ this time of year with
good results. * Doing it earlier would give it more chance to get
established before the hard cold of winter. *It also depends on what
you're doing and where exactly you are. * Even here, NW NJ is a lot
different than coastal NJ, etc. * *And depends on the grass, tall
fescue will germinate in 6 days, while blue grass can take more than
twice as long and is slower to establish.

*If you;re just hitting some problem spots, I'd definitely do it. *If
it's trying to establish a whole new lawn, I might still do it, but it
is more risk. *Make sure to put down starter fertilizer to help it
along.

Try it. Here the soil temperature is often not that warm. But grass
grows.
Just for reference the temperature of the cold water coming into the
house several feet down is about 45 to 50 degrees all year round. With
a short summer and not much sunlight doubt if our soil temperature
gets above 60 at best of times.