To sow or not to sow....

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  1. RoseBush

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    I am about to tidy up my lawn after a couple of badgers spent the night worm hunting! In the past I have filled the holes/trenches and reseeded in the Spring. It has just occurred to me that I could seed now while filling the holes in the hope that the seed would germinate when it was ready. What say the lawn experts?
     
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    Grass seed requires daily temperature to be between 10-18 deg C to germinate,(soil temperature)
    The problem of sowing it now ( if you are in UK) is that the seed likely be eaten by birds, slugs etc before such soil conditions occur. It may rot or get washed away in this current weather situation. Therefore I suggest you wait. The badgers may well return if there are still worms to be had.
    Note to all new posters: Location is key to many gardening questions.Please consider placing a approximate location (such as postcode prefix such as "GU1") in your profile if you require an answer. We will not be round to cut your lawn !!
     
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      Done! :blue thumb:
       
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      • pete

        pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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        That's it then, I'm not going to bother.:roflol:
         
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        • Philippa

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          [QUOTE="Note to all new posters: Location is key to many gardening questions.Please consider placing a approximate location (such as postcode prefix such as "GU1") in your profile if you require an answer. We will not be round to cut your lawn !![/QUOTE]

          Good advice tho I'd suggest a region or county for an idea of area and likely conditions - not sure we would all recognise postcodes as such.
          As to coming round to cut the lawn, I wouldn't mind at all :biggrin:
           
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          @RoseBush I'd agree with @infradig.
          In my experience, badgers keep coming to the same area for quite a while, so even if it was warm, it would be worth waiting in case they messed things up again.
           
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