HYDROSEEDING - HYDROSEED

Hydroseeding could be described as 1-step lawn planting.

Hydroseeding machines vary from large trucks to small trailers, but they all have a water tank with an agitator, and are capable of mixing grass seed, fertilizer, and paper mulch with water.
    
The mixture is sprayed onto a new lawn area or slope that's been finish graded. The paper fiber mulch usually has a green coloration to help the applicator visually tell where he's already sprayed. Highway slopes in Pennsylvania are commonly hydroseeded with crown vetch due to its aggressiveness and low maintenance characteristics.
    
Larger truck mounted hydroseeding units have a catwalk on top where an applicator can shoot a water cannon while an assistant drives and repositions the truck as needed. Smaller trailer drawn hydroseed machines have a long hose used by an applicator to 'spray paint' new lawns.
    

• Reaching difficult areas
  Steep slopes along roadways and in new developments would be very difficult to seed using any other method, due to their size and poor accessibility.
    
• Saving time
  One hydroseeding application replaces three separate applications of seed, fertilizer and mulch.
    
• Jump start
  Soaking seed in water begins the germination process immediately. The term 'imbibition' refers to seed absorbing moisture and swelling, beginning the germination process.
    
• Less weeds
  Hydroseeded areas have less weed seed introduced than ones mulched with straw.
    
• Saves money
  Hydroseeding is usually less expensive than other seeding methods due to the streamlined process combining several separate steps into one process.
    

HydroSeeding Equipment

• Bowie
• Easy Lawn
• Kincaid
• Reinco
• Turbo Turf