I am doing a full renovation on our backyard (about 10,000 sq ft). Due to some pretty extensive grading work that we are finishing, I am not able to get seed down until early next week (so still first week of November). We are in middle Tennessee, so I'm a few weeks late, but still should be fine temperature-wise.
There are about 7 large trees on or around our lot that have not dropped all of their leaves yet. In the past 2 days, lawn went from almost no leaves to being covered in leaves. Once I get those mulched up, I'm hesitant to put seed and straw down since I ideally won't walk on the lawn for a few weeks after that, and therefore won't be able to blow the leaves off. If we get rain between the time I seed and the first time I can get out to mow it in 3-4 weeks, I'm thinking I'll have a bunch of wet leaves on the lawn that will kill any new seedlings.
Would be curious on people's opinions on whether I should just go ahead and get the seed down, try to keep the leaves off of it for the first 5 or so days before it starts sprouting, and hope for the best after that... OR... wait a couple weeks until most of the leaves are down, and then get my seed down, which wouldn't be until the end of November.
Either way, I'm essentially not going to have a lawn until the spring, but I do want to get the seed down as soon as possible so I can get it started before it gets too cold for it to do much of anything until the spring.
There are about 7 large trees on or around our lot that have not dropped all of their leaves yet. In the past 2 days, lawn went from almost no leaves to being covered in leaves. Once I get those mulched up, I'm hesitant to put seed and straw down since I ideally won't walk on the lawn for a few weeks after that, and therefore won't be able to blow the leaves off. If we get rain between the time I seed and the first time I can get out to mow it in 3-4 weeks, I'm thinking I'll have a bunch of wet leaves on the lawn that will kill any new seedlings.
Would be curious on people's opinions on whether I should just go ahead and get the seed down, try to keep the leaves off of it for the first 5 or so days before it starts sprouting, and hope for the best after that... OR... wait a couple weeks until most of the leaves are down, and then get my seed down, which wouldn't be until the end of November.
Either way, I'm essentially not going to have a lawn until the spring, but I do want to get the seed down as soon as possible so I can get it started before it gets too cold for it to do much of anything until the spring.
