• What is Hydroseeding

  • The popularity of hydroseeding is skyrocketing. Customers notice that you spray it on, and before you know it a beautiful lush lawn is growing.   Landscapers find that their customers love it, and it helps solve many of the problems they face.

    The hydroseeding process itself is very straight forward, it consists of a slurry of your choice of grass seed, fertilizer, mulch and takifier.  The slurry is mixed and sprayed on, these leads to efficient labour cost and significant ease of application, with a 100 sqm lawn typically taking 15 minutes for a detailed application (excluding ground preparation time)

    There are several reasons hydro seeding works so well;

    • The seed is suspended in a nutrient rich slurry.
    • The contact of the seed with the water in machine triggers the germination cycle.
    • The mulch layer seals in the moisture, and holds the soil in place.
    • The seed is at an ideal depth for good results.
    • The conditions are right to produce a lush green lawn in very short time.

  • Grass Seed

    Any seed used in lawn or roadside applications can be used in a Turbo Turf Hydroseeding System. Any grass that can be grown from seed can be planted as well as wildflowers and crown vetch. Seeds used for hydro seeding do not need to be anything special. Many people experience an increase in germination rates with hydroseeding, however, this increase is not enough to suggest using less seed. Seed can be pre-germinated for even faster growth. One easy system is to soak the seed overnight in clear water in a container such as a garbage can

  • Fertilizer

    Any type of fertilizer can be used. Liquid, water soluble or granular fertilizers may all be used with a Turbo Turf system. Granular fertilizer is the most commonly used. The unit does not dissolve the granules. It will suspend them and blend the granules evenly in the mix. The use of lime is not recommended. If the soil ph needs to be changed a liquid lime productis the best choice. Granular or pelletized lime can be used if necessary.

  • Takifier

    Tackifiers are used to help hold the material in place on hillsides especially during rainy weather. Any tackifier may be used in a Turbo Turf system. The system can also be used to apply tackifer or a tackifier mulch mix over straw to hold it in place.

  • Mulch

    There are two basic types of mulch. Wood fiber mulch is made from wood by-products. Cellulose fiber mulch is made from recycled news print. We recommend the cellulose mulch. It is less expensive, easier to use and has the same result. Recently pelletized mulches such as Jet Spray have been introduced.  They are a combination of paper and wood fiber and may be simply poured into the machines greatly reducing loading time.