Call Columbia and ask them about distributors in your area. They have a website with phone numbers and a way to send them email under the Our Team link.

SSS charges a lot for seed. Preferred Seed seems cheaper, and they probably are, but not by as much as it would seem at first glance - you have to factor in shipping.

Check The Hogan Company, they have great prices.

I have used Preferred Seed several times. They ship promptly and the website works. I have no idea why people buy from SSS. My last purchase at Preferred was Cochise IV LOL. Using it to overseed. If Preferred does not have what you ordered, they will not sneak in something else! No reputable seed vendor will do that. Last time that happened they said they were out and suggested a replacement but ultimately they will email you back for what you want to do.

Good to know Preferred is a reputable vendor. Just bought 25# of Traverse 2 from them last week. It says Traverse 2 on the bag, but if it were something else no one could tell the difference. Maybe with a genetic test.

I'm probably more paranoid than most so like buying in 50# bags, at least for tttf. Usually you get the seed logo on the bag, not just the tag.

I contacted Preferred and they sent me a Illinois crop improvement lab test as evidence the seed is what it claims to be. I also wanted to add in some Award KBG from Preferred into my order (for my front yard in full sun) and Preferred charges a little more. It's a give and take that would be about even in the end after Preferred's shipping is factored in. Currently no response from Columbia about distributors. I'll call in the afternoon. I know some businesses are closed on Monday's, which also may be why I haven't received a response.

I ended up calling Columbia Seeds and they gave me a distributor in Madison, WI, which was my closest one. They gave me a great price on 50 lb! Very excited to do some spring overseeding in my thin areas.

I put my pre emergent down yesterday in between bouts of light rain, so I'm hoping crabgrass seeds will not hitch a ride from my front yard to my back where my thin spots are when I mow. My yard is great but the neighbors are iffy. I take care of a 2 ft strip of their yards (without permission. shhh) with preemergents and fertilizers to make a buffer from the onslaught of dandelions, clover, little thissle-looking plants, and crabgrass I see in their yards. Preemergents take care of most of it, but mid summer and I start seeing the weeds.

You put down a preM right before you overseed? In the spring?

PreM in my front yard. I do not over seed in my front yard until fall. No PreM in my backyard. The backyard is where spring overseeding is happening

I have trees in my backyard, so last year I put TTTF down in a spot to see if I could get growth before the leaves came in and took a lot of sunlight away. It worked great. This year I'm doing it with the rest of my bare spots. I trimmed every branch that wouldn't allow me to walk under the trees while mowing, which allows morning and evening light easily hits those areas. I did fall overseeding, but raking the leaves in the fall tore up the new seedlings and I was left with very thin, and muddy areas again. I tried to only suck up the leaves with my blower/mulcher, but it was time consuming, plus the fall over seeding worked fine.

Giving the TTTF the spring, summer, and fall to grow should create a blade and root strong enough to withstand some raking. It did on the spot I started in the middle of spring last year.

Rake the leaves? Mulch them into the lawn instead. Just run your lawn mower over the leaves, leaving them chopped up. They provide valuable organic matter for your soil. Nice yummy earthworm food. You can mulch mow over seedlings if you overseed this fall. Just be careful making turns.

Im fighting a tree fungus, which is why I am trying to get the leaves up.