Grow Grass Seed in ONE DAY - Pre Germinate it in a Bucket

Another trick to use, start one bucket with only 1lb of seed first, two days later do the rest of your buckets. Keep an eye on the first bucket looking for seeds to germinate. This will give you a 1-2 window knowing when to spread the seed just before germination.

My Dad says that a smart man learns from other peoples mistakes as well as his own. A genius teaches other people his mistakes. You sir, definitely wear the genius hat. Thank you from an Australian lawn nut

I have cheesecloth bags for this. They have strings to tie them. Lots of people laugh at doing this, however its worked really well for me. Great video, thanks for talking about the milo method, the drying it out method, and what happens when you go to long. The seed is a lot hardier then some people think.

Some more tips for you. Use very warm water to soak your seeds for 24 hours and then also when you dip your seeds everyday also use very warm water. I have a porch that is 70 degrees even temperature unlike outside where it will fluctuate. I did the pre germination process inside my porch. i did a 4 pound bag, used a steel weight to hold the bag down. I used cheese cloth instead of a paint strainer bag ( cheaper but also a bit more work as you have tie it up in a knot due to no draw string ) After the 24 hour initial soak i place 2 small wood blocks 6 inches high in a empty bucket. after soaking the seeds and for the after the water dip every 24 hours after that i placed the seeds in the bucket with the wood blocks ( or any other object that will keep the seeds off of the bucket bottom). This allows the water to drain and keep the bottom layer of seeds as dry as the rest of the bag. Oh and i changed my water every 6 to 8 hours on the initial 24 hour soak. That water turns such a nasty brown color that every time i changed water the water was very very brown. My seeds germinated in 4 days. I then mixed the seeds with peat moss as the peat moss is very dry and will soak up the water from the seeds. Peat moss is very cheap and the brown color of the peat moss easily contrasts with my soil to easily see how the seed is spreading. i spread the seed by hand.

I've watched a TON of lawn maintenance videos and have no clue how I never came across this tip before. Thanks for sharing!

He is thorough and he just talks fast. All his info is helpful.

This is the best explanation I have seen that is actually correct! Give an update each week how it's coming along if you can. I'm liking the more vlog/explanation style videos you've done on the 2nd half of this year

It would have been really cool to see the complete process from germination, to spreading.

Great video with lots of great SPECIFIC info, but... really wanted to see it get spread. This will be the way I go next year for sure.

Love his teaching style. Letting people know the mistakes to avoid is an awesome way to help others avoid the pit falls. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with others.😀

You’re right! Now matter what our plans are, you gotta be able to adjust and adapt when the wrench gets thrown in the plans!!!

Holy smokes - Just pre-germinate the seed in a heap of topsoil with some starter fert. Keep a really close eye on it and as soon as ya' see it popping just fan it all out with a shovel (a large square shovel).......Just fan, fan, fan, (you may need to fan rake it) until you have an evenly distributed seeded, Scotts Starter fertilized and pre-germinated topdressing. Keep it well moistened and viola within 10 ? days you'll be giving the job its' first cut.

I love this video because of all the mistakes you talk about. Those learning opportunities for others. Great video.

Congrats! So happy for y'all!

So I startd my process last Wednesday with your method with KBG. It was ready by This Thursday. Thank you !!

Thanks for sharing your experience, helps out a lot. Especially for someone who’s new to lawn care.

I just started my grass seed bucket project lol. Love this stuff. It's a very small front yard and needs some soil added in areas that I yanked crab grass out of and is now under control but needs back filling, so I figure I will just add the germinated grass seed to the large bag of lawn soil in my wheel barrow & mix it up to hopefully spread the wet seed out better then just dump/toss/spread the soil where needed and rake it in as level as possible. Update - it all germinated in 4 days lol, warm garage for sure helped. Mixed the 3 lb seeds with a 56L bag of lawn soil and it spread out all evenly in the soil mixture just excellent, shoveled it onto my lawn to fix lower areas & repair areas raked in great. Now to keep it moist.....

@The Lawn Tools Thanks for making such a detailed well explained video, I'm trying this right now. My paint strainer bag just started to germinate at the bottom where it was wetter, now I'm going to spread it out and dry it out and then hand spread as this is my first test using this technique.

It WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!! I pushed the limits pre germinating monaco. 8 days in the bucket. I had lots of germination going on the top layer so I spread the seeds yesterday. I just looked with the flashlight down low and there are grass blades showing EVERYWHERE lol I will always wait until I see a good but of germination before spreading the seeds. Wow, 1 day but It was 95 F today lol

This how we grow rice seeds in my country before transplanting in the field.😊we call it direct seeding..