The FASTEST way to Grow Grass Seed!!

Today I'm going to show you how to pre-germinate your grass seed with test plots to prove how well it works!

🌱 What's Covered in this Video:

0:00 What is Pre-Germination and Why It Matters
0:50 The Science Behind Pre-Germination
1:26 Step-by-Step Guide to Pre-Germinating Your Seed
2:36 Water Changing Schedule for Optimal Results
3:10 Lawns of the Day
3:43 How to Spot Seed Germination
3:58 Mixing Your Seed with a Carrier for Easy Spreading
4:52 Pre-Germination Results

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[tylerk.]

I’m a landscaper. I like to pregerminate seed before sowing because clients are always amazed at how fast and full my reseeding works. I’ve had a few people comment on how they can’t get grass to grow like me. Makes you look good. I’m not even a grass guy, more horticulture, but it’s a crowd pleaser for sure

[t.j.schmidt]

I did a pre-germination a different way this past summer and it worked pretty well. I used some homemade compost and mixed grass seed throughout in a bucket. I kept the compost in the bucket wet until I started to see some germination. At that point I spread the compost/seed mix on some areas that I needed to be patched. It came in really nice that way.

[operator]

Did this last year with a BG/TF mix, best results I've ever had in 5yrs of actually taking care of the lawn

[brainz-brainz]

Putting the regular seed on the ground the same day you start your pre-germination process would be a better experiment to see if pre-germination has any benefit

[GIOVANNI-vfox]

This is likely to be the Greatest Grass seed advice EVER ! Already Eligible for the Hall of Fame !! Done !!! Send It !

[sarahm.]

Lawn of the day is epic I love that!!!

[Full_Blown_Eric]

I started my overseed project this year at the beginning of fall. I base all my knowledge on videos from you, princess cut, and that nerd Ryan Knorr. Your videos are what i go back to more than the others.

[DarthFurball]

Good video. One benefit of pre-germination is that seed loss to birds will be significantly less.

[DaddingAllDay]

I love the community lawns segment! Great way to give back to your viewers. The biggest benefit of pregermination is the establishment, not so much the speed. In reality, it isn't much faster considering the germination phase takes a few days before you put it in the ground. However, getting in the ground and rooted really makes the difference.

[shion_lwn]

i always do pre-germinating KBG & PRG ever since i learned about it:)!! my pregerminated Bluegrass usually start popping on day 7 too.
good video !

[markabendroth]

Works well and worth it imo, did all the time on the golf course. Works really well with rye. Blue as you say will take longer for blue and changing the water is crucial, also works better with non treated water.

[wesir]

Your hose reel solution is so simple I'm hating the fact I never thought of it, been wanting something for a while but didn't want to mess with the siding

[Hrothgar]

I was the athletic field foreman for 8 years at a University. We use a bit different method and 50lbs of seed at a time, but it's a great method to keep turf growing week to week with back to back events and games.

[BenNawrath]

Great video! I'm definitely going to check out more of your stuff. Two things..

The big news here is that it's less time you have to baby a patch of dirt. You touched on it with the storm washing seed out which is absolutely true, but also if you have kids or pets, the less time you have to keep them off the grass the better!!

Also the real time test would be putting the normal seed on the ground the same day you START soaking seed. That's really the time savings you're worried about when it comes to establishing turf before winter, or some other time frame!

[mikep]

This makes great sense. I have put down seed in the past. If you can put it down in early spring, when rains are still common, and water each time it hasn't rained for 10 hours, you can get a great return w/o germinating. The thing is, this is nasty weather to work in. Plus I usually need to put down 2X as much seed. I assume this is wash away and something eating seed??? Part of pregerminating is the fertilizer added with the seed. Normal seeding says to put down a harsh fertilizer, the day of. That's somewhat OK if you wait a week or two of watering before applying seed. Putting down Milorganite (or similar) at the time of seeding can keep from burning sprouts from harsh nitrogen. When pre-sprouting, it's not necessary to tie off the bag. Stretch a paint strainer, put 3 or 4 lbs into each bucket, and apply water to cover. Every 8 to 12 hours pull the bag out and rinse the bag and bucket, refill and put it back into a dark and warm enclosure. (I used my garage and/or a carboard box outside at approx 70 degrees.) Some will float to the top but most will submerge. The floaters are still in water and maybe dead seed. I've had better luck with soaking for 2 or 3 days (depending on seed type) then just thoroughly wetting the seed every 8 to 12 hours afterwards. Some say to continue to put it into a bucket of water, others say that'll drown your seed. So long as the seed doesn't completly dry, I don't think it really matters. In theory, the bucket is mostly there to take away the poisons grass seeds produce. That's a self defense... to make sure the new starts kill off surrounding plants. Once the last debris (usually black, sometimes white) stuff doesn't show in the water, the self defense is gone and the seed will sprount and no longer needs to be immersed. I think this is one reason it is thicker... no competition from one seed to the next.

[rcg]

I’ve used this technique on many plants, besides grass. The point about higher germination rates is the key as makes it look like faster germination rates because the rate is so high. Also I just rinse until really wet the seeds everyday rinsing them rather than soak. That may be me rinsing the toxic waste product off. But this is a great video and works with nearly any seed.

[kevingebert]

NICE! keep the tips coming. I've been doing your Nitrogen blitz for past 6weeks and its definitely helping. I'm doing a mixture of SLS 6-0-0 or 16-4-8 along with DEF at 1.25gal each into a 40gal sprayer for my 2 acres of turf every 7 to 10days. We're still pretty dry but the grass is nice and dark and trying its best to fill in even with limited rainfall here in Central Wisc.

[MNTBB]

It takes 6 days of soaking and you have to change the water twice a day. My method is to sling out seed and forget about it, I get great results.

[markrob]

I did this with Pennington sun and Shade, works amazingly. Now I want to get rid of my burmuda lawn. Is it possible to kill off the burmuda and reseed with the Pennington?