Slit seeding is an efficient and effective way to overseed a lawn. It offers homeowners a tried and tested alternative to sowing grass seed by hand that is proven to transform thin, patchy grass ...

This will help get the seed down to the soil surface. Utilizing a slit-seeder to seed will provide much better results than broadcasting seed from a rotary seeder. A slit-seeder will slice into ...

September is the ideal time for seeding. To increase the grass stand, use a slit seeding machine to seed the lawn. Slit seeders make a groove at the appropriate depth in the soil and deposits the ...

Any adjustment to pH and nutrient levels, as well as any amendments, can be incorporated into the soil as it is prepared for seeding. If the thatch depth is a half-inch or less, slit-seeding might ...

Water and mulch the seeded area. Don’t apply any weed and feed after seeding this fall. For turf that lacks in density, try using slit seeders to incorporate the grass seed in the established lawn.

This year, a lot of people are faced with fixing dead patches, so raking or dethatching and then slit-seeding is a better game plan. Top-dressing with a light layer of compost is almost always a ...

For larger patchy areas, it’s better to perforate or aerate the soil and then spread seed or slit-seed. A “slit seeder” or “slice seeder” is a gasoline-powered machine that slices even ...

In early March, scratch the lawn vigorously, or better yet, slit or slice seed (tool rental machine) and fer-tilize. The dead weeds will be your mulch. The first week of May, apply fertilizer and ...