Grass Seed and Winterizer Fertilizers onsale at Lowes Now 25% off

[chuckyH]

I was in Lowes today and was buying stuff for the yard and apperantly they are having a sale on Sta-Green Grass Signature Blend Grass Seed its regular $56 and is now $43 for the 50lb bag, clerk said the price was probly just through this weekend and shows up at the register not on the shelf. Also they had the Sta-Green Winterizer Plus Weed And Feed Fertilizer with $4 dollar rebates on the 5M and $7 on the 15M bags with no limit on how many bags you can get a rebate on - rebate good through Oct 31 2004. I think that some of the other brands may have been on sale but those are what I got. I am not sure if this is nation wide but if not I will change it to YMMV
:shocked:

Edit: Found out that all ferts and grass seed is 25% off with the rebate on the 5M Sta-Green winterizer plus weed and feed that make those bags $2 and some odd cents a bag!! normaly $8.97 I think.

 

[MrCoffee]

Thanks! My lawn can use all the help it can get. It's probably time I start planning for the Fall/Winter.

 

[will792]

Most of the seed in Lowes/HD is low quality. The best grass seed is carried by good landscaping supply stores and specialized seed companies. It is better to use seed mixed for your area. One source for Northeast is http://www.crosmanseed.com (Upstate NY) and for MA http://www.snow-pond.com/ (Environmental blend). The premium quality seed is more expensive than cheap variety but ends up cheaper long term as it requires less care (less frequent mowing due to slower growth and less fertilizing).

Most of state universities have web pages on lawn management with advice on grass seed selection. One for CT is http://www.hort.uconn.edu/ipm/homegrnd/htms/58lcm.htm . Their advice is the best is they are not biased and specialize in this area.

Will

 

[Chunkee]

i tell you what, i bought rebel grass seed, supposed to be good...my friggin yard is full of weeds...what a crock. i think the retail grass seed is crap...i now have spend so much money seeding and reseeding with crap seed, for a lawn full of weeds. in the long haul it is better probably to have a professional come in and do it...

i am weary with this battle and am over it

uuugh

 

[will792]

Originally posted by: Chunkee
i tell you what, i bought rebel grass seed, supposed to be good...my friggin yard is full of weeds...what a crock. i think the retail grass seed is crap...i now have spend so much money seeding and reseeding with crap seed, for a lawn full of weeds. in the long haul it is better probably to have a professional come in and do it...

i am weary with this battle and am over it

uuugh

Most of the weeds come from the existing soil not from grass seed. The best way is to get rid of all grass and weeds on the existing lawn before seeding new grass (Using RoundUp or black plastic on hot days). There are selective herbicide products that destroy most of the weeds but grass has to be established to use them.

By the way Rebel is not a mainstream grass seed product. It is tall fescue grass, a new variety of lawn grass that was engineered to look like good lawn grass. The original version of tall fescue looks like a weed. I personally do not like Rebel. The advantage of tall fescue is that it has very deep roots so won't die without watering in summer.

It is better to go with a traditional mix of Kentucky Blue Grass (called KBG by many), hard fescue and perennial ryegrass. Each type of grass seed has multiple cultivars some of which are really good.

I did not find any big company selling good quality grass seed at low cost. Most of these companies are regional and small.

Will

 

[chuckyH]

Actualy the Sta Green blend is 99.99% weed free and contians 0% noxious weed seed. It is a premium blend not the KY31 crap most people buy here. Read the SEED TAGS all grass seed is required to have them; and yes the weeds usually come from the persons soil. Weed seed can live for more than 100 years before germination. The only defense against new weeds is a weed preventer applied in early spring (Crab-EX or Halts) or just use some Weed-Stop (2-4D/Dicamba) to kill those exsiting ones and it wont hurt your lawn. Also a very thick lawn that chokes out weeds and wont let them germinate. Weed seed mostly need direct sun light to germinate and if light is not getting to the weed seed it wont grow. Also In Tennessee where I am its way too hot for Ky blue grass, Fescues are all we can effectively grow here and get seed for (Zoysia to slow Bermuda brown too much of the year and invasive plus it wont grow in the shade).

 

[whoiswes]

Originally posted by: will792
Most of the seed in Lowes/HD is low quality. The best grass seed is carried by good landscaping supply stores and specialized seed companies. It is better to use seed mixed for your area. One source for Northeast is http://www.crosmanseed.com (Upstate NY) and for MA http://www.snow-pond.com/ (Environmental blend). The premium quality seed is more expensive than cheap variety but ends up cheaper long term as it requires less care (less frequent mowing due to slower growth and less fertilizing).

Most of state universities have web pages on lawn management with advice on grass seed selection. One for CT is http://www.hort.uconn.edu/ipm/homegrnd/htms/58lcm.htm . Their advice is the best is they are not biased and specialize in this area.

Will

Thanks for the link Will - I am fairly knowledgeable about lawn care, but that page taught me several things I did not know...

Good thing, too, since I'll be overseeding in a week.