SEEDING SPECIFICATIONS
| Cool Season Turfgrasses | Seeding Rates | ||||||
| Latin | Seeds/pound | lbs./1000 ft2 | lbs./acre | g/meter2 | seeds/inch2 | ||
| Bentgrass | creeping | A. palustris | 6,000,000 | 1.0 - 1.5 | 45 - 65 | 5.0 - 7.5 | 21 to 83 |
| (Agrostis sp.) | colonial | A. capillaris | 5,000,000 | 1.5 - 2.0 | 65 - 90 | 7.5 - 10.0 | 35 to 70 |
| velvet | A. canina var. canina. | 8,000,000 | 0.75 - 1.25 | 35 - 55 | 3.5 - 6.0 | 27 to 83 | |
| Bluegrass | Kentucky | P. pratensis | 900,000 - 2,000,000 | 1.0 - 2.0 | 45 - 90 | 5.0 - 10.0 | 13 to 27 |
| (Poa sp.) | rough | P. trivialis | 2,000,000 | 1.0 - 2.0 | 45 - 90 | 5.0 - 10.0 | 13 to 27 |
| Fescue | Chewings | F. rubra var. falax | 365,000 | 4.0 - 6.0 | 175 - 250 | 20.0 - 30.0 | 10 to 15 |
| (Festuca sp.) | hard | F. brevipila | 530,000 | 4.0 - 6.0 | 175 - 250 | 20.0 - 30.0 | 15 to 22 |
| slender creeping | F. rubra var. litoralis | 500,000 | 4.0 - 6.0 | 175 - 250 | 20.0 - 30.0 | 10 to 15 | |
| strong creeping | F. rubra var. rubra | 365,000 | 4.0 - 6.0 | 175 - 250 | 20.0 - 30.0 | 10 to 15 | |
| blue | F. ovina var. glauca | 400,000 | 4.0 - 6.0 | 175 - 250 | 20.0 - 30.0 | 11 to 17 | |
| tall, turf type | F. arundinacea | 250,000 | 8.0 - 10.0 | 350 - 435 | 40.0 - 50.0 | 14 to 17 | |
| Ryegrass | perennial | L. perenne | 225,000 | 7.0 - 9.0 | 300 - 400 | 35.0 - 45.0 | 11 to 14 |
| (Lolium sp.) | annual | L. multiflorum | 225,000 | 7.0 - 9.0 | 300 - 400 | 35.0 - 45.0 | 11 to 14 |
| Warm Season Turfgrasses | Seeding Rates | ||||||
| Latin | Seeds/pound | lbs./1000 ft2 | lbs./acre | g/meter2 | seeds/inch2 | ||
| Bermudagrass | (hulled) | Cynodon dactylon | 2,100,000 | 1.0 - 3.0 | 45 - 130 | 5.0 - 15 | 11 to 44 |
| (unhulled) | Cynodon dactylon | 1,600,000 | 3.0 - 5.0 | 130 - 225 | 15.0 - 25.0 | 33 to 55 | |
| (coated) | Cynodon dactylon | 1,000,000 | 2.0 - 3.0 | 90 - 130 | 10.0 - 15.0 | 14 to 21 | |
| Zoysiagrass | Zoysia japonica | 550,000 - 750,000 | 1.0 - 3.0 | 45 - 130 | 5.0 - 15.0 | 11 to 31 | |
| Buffalograss | Buchloe dactyloides | 50,000 | 3.0 - 6.0 | 130 - 250 | 15.0 - 30.0 | 1 to 2 | |
| Bahiagrass | Paspalum notatum | 150,000 - 200,000 | 6.0 - 8.0 | 250 - 350 | 30.0 - 40.0 | 6 to 11 | |
| Centipedegrass | Eremochloa ophiuroides | 400,000 | 1.0 - 2.0 | 45 - 90 | 5.0 - 10.0 | 3 to 6 | |
