Location: Lexington, KentuckyProducts used: Terraseeding
Contractor: Henkel Denmark
In
the beginning of October, we were contacted by a local landscape contractor
to seed a horse farm where they were working. They had created a detention
pond and re-graded an area to accommodate turf grass. Because of the late
seeding time, they needed something to germinate fast, as well as hold
up to the unpredictable nature of the weather in the fall. We recommended
a seeded compost blanket for the 70,000 sq ft site, with turf-type fescue
and a perennial rye blend due to the time requirements for germination
and the transition of the area from sun to shade. Even though October is
historically the driest month, we received an unusual rain event of 5.5” of
rain in a 4-hour period at the site. Due to its location much of it was
under 1’ of water for a short period of time. Even still, the seed
germinated beautifully, with only about 5% of the area that received heavy
concentrated flows needing touched up.