Seeding Ground That Rain Wants to Move

Hydroseeding Omaha sprays seed, mulch, fertilizer and tackifier onto bare ground across Omaha, the Sarpy County suburbs and the Iowa side of the river. Seeding rarely stands alone, so we take on the jobs that surround it too: fine grading and topsoil, erosion control blankets on slopes, silt fence and inlet protection on building sites, and repair or overseeding of lawns that have thinned out.

Most of what we seed sits on wind-blown silt. Loess covers much of the Great Plains in Nebraska, and the bluffs along the Missouri River are built from it. It grows good grass, but it washes easily once it is bare, and Omaha gets most of its roughly 32 inches of yearly precipitation from spring through late summer, often in thunderstorms. That combination is why we think about where water will run before we think about seed.

We plan around the calendar Nebraska Extension recommends for cool-season grass. Tall fescue and Kentucky bluegrass do best when seeded between mid-August and mid-September, and spring is the second choice. We will tell you if your date is a poor one and what it would take to make it work.

On a typical job

• Before any number goes on paper, one of us tours the property with you and notes drainage, slope, soil and where the truck can reach
• The written estimate lists square footage, seed blend, mulch type and rate, and any grading, topsoil, blanket or silt fence work as separate lines
• Seed blends are chosen for sun, shade and traffic on your lot, not pulled from one bag for every job
• On slopes and swales we match the cover to the grade: heavier hydromulch, a straw or coir blanket, or both
• On building sites we set perimeter controls first so the seed is not fighting runoff from the start
• Before the truck pulls away, we hand you a sheet covering the watering schedule and when to mow the first time

Call (402) 704-4105 or send the form to set up a visit.