Hydroseeding Around Ooltewah, TN
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About Our Hydroseeding Services
Any lawn care professional responsible for lush lawns and beautiful outdoor areas can benefit from understanding the benefits of hydroseeding. Because the hydroseeding process helps create deeper roots with strong root systems and uniform coverage, the result is robust grass growth with reliable, great-looking results, with less effort.
In addition to being an affordable lawn solution, hydroseeding can also be an effective choice for erosion control, helping prevent soil erosion and runoff on slopes and other hard-to-stabilize areas.
What Is Hydroseeding?
It is the process of mixing grass seed, mulch, fertilizer, and water together to make a hydroseeding mixture called a ‘slurry.’ A specialized hydroseeding machine then sprays the slurry onto a growing surface where, in five to seven days, the seeds begin to germinate and sprout. Hydroseeding is a cost-effective way to establish grass growth and generally has a higher success rate, with better-looking results, than traditional hand seeding.
Hydroseeding is a method of seeding that has many advantages and can be used in a variety of industries and applications. From reduced costs for the client to lush lawns, read on to learn more about the benefits of hydroseeding.
Benefits of Hydroseeding
Saves Money and Time
Money and time tie directly to your bottom line, and with hydroseeding, you’ll save both. Hydroseeding is an affordable lawn solution, generally costing up to 75% less than laying sod because hydroseeding is not nearly as labor-intensive as unrolling and installing the rolls of sod.
Besides the price of sod itself being notoriously expensive, installation typically requires substantial labor costs, since a team of people and heavy equipment are required. By comparison, the hydroseeding process requires just a handful of workers or even just one, depending on the equipment used.
Often hydroseeding is compared to hand seeding since both use seeds that have comparable costs. However, hydroseeded lawns have an advantage because a typical application takes about one sixth of the time required for hand-seeding. You will be happy with a beautiful lawn that takes less money and time to complete.
Enhances Quality of Lawn
Years of scientific research and data, as well as in-the-field experience and results, supports the effectiveness of hydroseeding in elevating the quality of lawns and grasses grown with it. Hydroseeding produces superior results because the slurry application encourages deeper roots, helping seeds establish faster and more securely than traditional hand seeding methods. Hydroseed fibers interlock and create a mat that results in strong roots, robust grass growth, and green, healthy, long-lasting grass.
Hydroseeding provides consistency for a uniform lawn that’s as beautiful as it is healthy. With sod, you can see seams, and with traditional hand seeding, you’ll inevitably have bare patches or uneven growth. A successfully hydroseeded area usually appears to be flawless because the hydroseeding process evenly distributes the seed, growing medium, water, and fertilizer. It also applies it with the perfect amount of pressure for excellent staying power.
Sod is cut and transferred from the farm where it was grown and then transplanted into foreign soil. Grass seed is applied by hand or via other broadcast means and is dropped loose on the ground, where it’s susceptible to disturbance from rain, wind, or animals. Whereas hydroseed slurry contains a coagulant, called a ‘tackifier,’ that adheres seeds to the soil, encouraging quick growth. Also, the fertilizers in the slurry add phosphorus to give both the seed and soil a healthy boost.
Hydroseeded lawns also resist disease and sprout fewer weeds. The inherent strength of hydroseeded grass can naturally resist or dominate unwanted biological or horticultural pests.
Retains More Moisture
Due to the all-important mulch in its mix, hydroseeded grass retains more moisture than other planting techniques such as broadcast seeding, straw-blown seed, and sod. More moisture supports the germination process, aiding in effective, long-lasting establishment of lush lawns, and increased success rates of seeding.
Hydroseed retains up to 10 times its weight in water, which encourages the strong root systems needed for healthy lawns. This effective water retention also means that the watering needs for hydroseeding are about half as frequent as with other methods, once again saving you time and money on irrigation.
How does it do all that? The slurry retains the moisture throughout the process of hydroseeding mixing and application. Once applied, the mulch protects the seeds against wind, erosion, and sun damage before it disintegrates into nutrients to aid germination.
Reaches Difficult Areas
Hydroseeding solves many accessibility challenges through the extent of its sprayers’ ability, making it the preferred choice for seeding slopes and other hard-to-reach areas. Some hydroseeders have one or more turrets which allows the slurry to be sprayed onto challenging terrain such as steep slopes that would be unsafe to access any other way.
Steep grades are part of many road projects, golf courses, home developments, and commercial or other public or private complexes. Hydroseeding makes it easy to reduce risk by keeping workers at a safe distance from slopes and hazardous terrain.
Aids in Erosion Control
Hydroseeding is an effective choice for erosion control and has been used by soil stabilization specialists for years for its quick application and effective soil erosion control and runoff prevention.
The mat style and tacky texture of the hydroseed works when other methods fail because of its stabilizing quality. Hydroseeding will stay in place through most heavy rains—even on steep slopes and in windy weather—whereas other techniques leave the seeds susceptible to washout, runoff, and uneven distribution.
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