Fast Grow Grass Seed - Quick Growing Grass Seed | Jonathan Green (2024)

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The Best Quick Growing Grass Seeds

Perennial Ryegrass, Annual Ryegrass, and Bermudagrass stand out as champions in this category. Perennial Ryegrass, as mentioned earlier, is a fast-growing favorite. Its quick germination and growth rate make it an excellent choice for lawn renovation or overseeding projects.

Fescues are known for not only their drought tolerance, but also their shade tolerance, which makes Fescue a desirable species of grass because of its suitability to different conditions. Fescue grasses possess the ability to stay green all year long as well, which only adds to their desirabilty as a turfgrass species.

Seeding is the traditional method of growing grass, where grass seeds are sown directly onto prepared soil. For existing lawns, overseeding can help fill in bare spots and thicken the grass cover, promoting faster growth. Seeding isn't as fast as sod, but it has the advantage of being much cheaper.

If you simply toss the grass seed onto the soil, you will end up with poor germination. Thoroughly rake the area to remove any loose debris and to create grooves in the soil. These grooves will help increase the seed-to-soil contact that is imperative for germination.

Are there patches of bright neon grass in your lawn? If there are, you might have Nutsedge. Nutsedge is neon green colored grass in your lawn. This plant like grass grows taller and faster than the rest of your lawn.

And unlike warm season varieties, fescue maintains its rich green color year round.

Grass seed germination rates decline within two to three years, but when kept in ideal conditions, it can still be viable for up to five years.

Spring ranks second for planting cool season grass seed, ideally between April 1st and May 15th, to ensure germination before the cold of March in northern areas. Expect higher weed competition, notably from crabgrass, and avoid overseeding warm season grasses with cool season varieties in spring.

Turfgrass seeds can be soaked in water for 3 to 5 days to germinate. Kentucky Bluegrass (KBG) is slow to germinate and should be soaked for five days. See the chart below for recommendations on how many days to soak the most popular cool-season turfgrass seed.

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Use a "mist – lightly water – deeply water" process like this: After seeding and fertilizing, you'll want to keep the top inch of soil moist until the seeds start to germinate (aka sprout). This means misting the area once a day, maybe twice if it's unusually hot out there—but don't let the area get soggy.

Lawn fertilizer contains nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. These nutrients support the grass. That way, it grows strong from the roots and stays green, healthy and lush. Nitrogen is especially important for getting beautiful green grass.

One of the fastest-growing grass seed types is Perennial Ryegrass; this germinates in 5-10 days and will show baby grass plant shots appearing in your soil during this time. Other grass types, such as Bent and Fescues, can germinate quickly but require a higher ground temperature.

Fescue Grass

The turf-type fescue family is the best grass seed for variation. Members include fine fescue, creeping fescue, hard fescue and tall fescue grasses (such as Kentucky 31 tall fescue).

Quackgrass. Quackgrass is a perennial grass that is one of the first grasses to come out of dormancy each spring and it grows a lot faster than the rest of the lawn. Quackgrass is often confused with crabgrass.

Perennial ryegrass is widely used throughout the United States, but the way it's used differs from region to region. This hard-working, fine-bladed grass wins fans with its fast germination rate and quick establishment.

Warm-season grasses, like Bermudagrass, Bahiagrass, Centipede grass and Zoysia grass has the most successful germination rates in spring and early summer when daytime temperatures are averaging about 80 degrees. Overseeding warm-season southern lawns with cool-season grass should be done fall.