{"id":7857,"date":"2016-08-21T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-08-21T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=7857"},"modified":"2016-07-20T21:22:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T01:22:53","slug":"seeding-shady-areas-of-your-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2016\/08\/21\/seeding-shady-areas-of-your-property\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeding Shady Areas Of Your Property"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7859\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_0098.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7859\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7859\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_0098-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Shady Patch of Lawn\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_0098-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_0098-1024x678.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shady Patch of Lawn<\/p><\/div>\n<p>How many times have you been told: \u201cyou can\u2019t grow lawn grass in shady areas\u201d. Most lawn grasses perform best in full sunlight. Red or chewings fescues (<i>Festuca rubra<\/i>) perform under\u00a0as little as 2-3 hours of direct or dappled sunlight.<\/p>\n<p>Shade fescues are relatively easy to maintain. Mowing height should be 2 inches high in spring and fall and 2 \u00bd inches in summer. They do not require much fertilizer. Red fescues tolerate winter cold temperatures, but are less drought and heat tolerant than tall fescues. They also resent heavy foot traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Fertilize shade fescue lawns at least twice annually &#8211; March or April and again in September or October. When starting a new seeding, use 3-4 lbs. seed\/1000 sq. ft. rate.<\/p>\n<p><b>Preparing new ground:<\/b>\u00a0rototill to a depth of 4-6 inches. Have a soil test performed at least 4-6 weeks prior to\u00a0seeding to accurately determine how much\u00a0lime (or gypsum) and fertilizer to\u00a0apply. If the soil has not been tested in 3 or more years, apply a complete lawn fertilizer (contains N, P, and K) according to recommended rate on the package. Evenly\u00a0rake fertilizer\u00a0and organic amendments into soil\u00a0and eliminate soil ruts.<\/p>\n<p>Evenly disburse (sow) grass seed according to recommended package seeding rates. Lightly rake the seed into the soil \u215b inch deep. Keep the area watered daily (if no rainfall) until seeds have germinated (usually in 10-14 days) and the seedlings have grown sufficiently to establish a lawn.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Extra step prior to seeding<\/span>: if the site is excessively weedy, mow the area and apply a non-selective herbicide such as glyphosate (Roundup\u2122).<\/p>\n<p><b>Covering Bare Spots: <\/b>Mow lawn closely, rake up cut grass, leaves, stones, sticks and other debris. Sow seed in bare areas by hand, fertilize and add soil amendments as needed. Seeding rate is 1-2 lbs per 1000 square feet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many times have you been told: \u201cyou can\u2019t grow lawn grass in shady areas\u201d. Most lawn grasses perform best in full sunlight. Red or chewings fescues (Festuca rubra) perform under\u00a0as little as 2-3 hours of direct or dappled sunlight. Shade fescues are relatively easy to maintain. Mowing height should be 2 inches high in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,674,806,1016,699,731,1088,853,676,698,202,843,1059,1322,558,777,630,113],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7857"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7857"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8884,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7857\/revisions\/8884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}