Seeding Your Lawn

There are two ways to start a lawn: with seed or with live plants. Seeding your lawn can be much more cost effective than planting sod, but it depends on which turfgrass you select.

UF/IFAS Sites

• Gardening Tips: Centipedegrass
• Your Florida Lawn

UF/IFAS Publications

• Bahiagrass for Florida Lawns
• Bermudagrass for Florida Lawns
• Establishing Your Florida Lawn
• Preparing to Plant a Florida Lawn

Also on Gardening in a Minute

• Selecting a Turfgrass
• Overseeding for Winter

Other Sites

• Choosing and Establishing Lawns--Clemson University
• Establishing Lawns--University of Georgia
• North Carolina Lawns May Benefit from Spring Seeding--North Carolina State
• Seed or Sod: Which is Best?--University of Illinois Extension
• Seeding a Lawn in Arkansas--University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service
• Seeding Cool-season Grasses --University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service (PDF)