Lawn seed producers supply many different kinds of product to enable gardeners, commercial or domestic, to create a lawn that’s the most suitable for their needs. Growing a lawn from lawn seed can hold several advantages instead of using turf and will be part of any choice made.
Importantly, the cost of growing a lawn over a large area from lawn seed is much cheaper than doing the same from turf.
The type of use that the lawn will be getting will help decide which lawn seed is purchased. Lawns are used for many reasons, including a wide range of ‘grass sports’ such as tennis and cricket. Whilst it’s unlikely that in a domestic situation someone is going to want a full-size lawn tennis court in their back garden, it does help to consider if the lawn seed will be used heavily.
Two kinds of lawn seed are generally available. Changes in weather and roughly treated grass is coped with adequately by one group of lawn seed which is a hardy and tough kind. The visual results of the other group of lawn seed is the primary purpose for choosing it – gardeners using this will want to achieve purely ornamental effects. Without doubt, the most common sort of lawn seed chosen by families will be a variety from the first group.
Professional gardeners may want to create a stunning lawn that companies can use to encourage more customers, so they would choose from the ornamental types of lawn seed.
Lawn seed for moist or increasingly shady areas can also be bought so that they have a more realistic chance of surviving.
As well as being less expensive than turf, it also provides an excellent range of choices for the domestic or professional gardener. Giving the lawn seed the best possible chance of growing strongly is recommended and this can be achieved by good ground preparation before sowing takes place.
The only thing that’s left is for a little patience before the lawn springs into growth.