You could still do sod. But, look for a variety that is not primarily KBG. I was able to recently find Tall Fescue sod in zone 6.

Hi,

The walls and patio are complete and the yard was re-graded.

I held off from seeding this past week-end because of the weather forecast for Monday called for approximately .50 inch of rain. I didn't want the seed to wash away.

Now the weather people are calling for approximately another 1.50 inches of rain between Wednesday night and Saturday morning because of a stalled ocean storm.

With Thursday be the rainiest day were 1.00 inches of rain is expected.

My question is; if I seeded Wednesday morning will the seed be okay with that amount of rainfall?

i.e. will it rot?

Thanks in advance

1. Usually, straw is sprinkled down along with new seed in order to give the yard some tooth
   ... protection from sheet washing. Straw will not stop gullies of uncontrolled volumes of water, but it is usually enough to hold the surface soil for most average rains. The rain itself semi, or fully, buries the seed so there is usually enough remaining to create the new stand of grass.

The seed will not rot.

Thank You All very much.

I just finished regrading and seeding our project, also zone 5. It's been 3 weeks and the bluegrass seed hasn't germinated. I ran out of seed and bought something with more fescue that has germinated well. It's going to be warm this week and the rain has finally stopped so maybe the bluegrass will kick in. I'd throw down some rye grass seed right now and wait til spring.

thanks it might be my only option.

I plan on seeding tomorrow morning; the weather people are forecasting a break in the rain until late Wednesday afternoon.

I think i'll try EZ straw to hold the grass seed on the slope in place.