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Explore Cornell - Photos - Choose Proper Seed
Choose grass seed that matches your site. If the spot receives less than 6 hours of direct sun a day, choose a shade-tolerant mix that includes tall fescue or fine-leaf fescue.

Explore Cornell - Home Gardening - Lawn Care Library - How Grass Grows
The major exception is zoysia grass, a warm-season grass occasionally grown in warmer areas downstate. The roots of cool-season grasses grow best between 55 ° F and 65 ° F. Shoots grow best between 67 ° F and 75 ° F. In early spring, even before the grass starts to green up, the roots break dormancy and begin growing.

Explore Cornell - Home Gardening - Lawn Care Library - Choosing Lawn Grasses
If you are renovating or reseeding your lawn, it's important to pick the right kind of grass for your situation. Each of the four most popular cool-season lawn grasses (profiled in the slideshow) has its strengths and weaknesses.

Turfgrass Questions and Answers
Less common cool-season species such as wheatgrasses and Canada bluegrass can be found on nonirrigated sites in the cooler parts of this zone. Warm-season grasses established in temperate zones should be seeded in the spring as soon as soil temperatures are high enough to achieve germination.

Explore Cornell - Photos - Seeding a Large Area
The tools may be different, but the principles are the same as for repairing a small spot: provide an ideal environment to establish grass by loosening soil, providing good seed-to-soil contact, and mulching to help keep soil moist.


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Wolf Hill Landscaping & Supply, Inc.
Gloucester, Massachusetts  (MA) 01930