In starting a new lawn, seeding is on a low cost when compared to laying sod. Moreover, it also has lots of different types of grass and try to research for the grass type that would be perfect for your area. Here are guides in starting your lawn by seeding:

- Take away old lawn and weeds. You can dig out by using a flat bladed shovel or you can use herbicide to remove roots with a sod cutter. And you can have your soil be tested depending on its pH level.

- Using a tiller, split up compressed soil and spread out fertilizer unto the loosen soil. Fertilizer should be rich in phosphorus.

- Then apply soil conditioner or a compost for the soil. And till both the fertilizer and soil conditioner. For good preparation for the soil to have a healthy new lawn.

- Then rake the soil to make it level and take away all rocks and debris present within it. So it won’t create any water run-off problem.

- Using a roller drum fill with water, try to flatten the soil to level as finishing touch for your lawn. And spread at least ¼ seed over the lawn repeat it 4 times while pushing the spreader in various directions to even out the seed.

- Again rake to cover seeds that is spread over the soil and empty water from the roller drum before you run it into your lawn for a lighter finish.

- Make sure the seeds are watered properly to develop and soil should be evenly soggy.

- And when grass blades develop, water it a lot of times each day for a healthy growth of your lawn.

Grass seed has two types of assortments: mixtures and straight species. It depends on what type you want:

Mixtures - contain seed from two grass species or more, designed to balance the relative strengths and weaknesses of each type in order to better solve problems or address different light conditions in your lawn. For example, Sun and Shade is an excellent all purpose mix that performs well in multiple light conditions, and High Traffic is a more wear tolerant blend. Mixtures are the best choice for an average lawn or for a lawn that needs help in a certain problem area, typically delivering better tolerance to varying light conditions, more insect and disease resistance, and more versatility.
Mixtures usually combine grasses with similar colors, growth rates and textures, as well as behavior. Seed formulations may vary by manufacturer and sometimes they add small amounts of other grasses, for properties like drought resistance, quick starting or beauty.

Straight Species - Some consumers know that their lawn is a single grass type such as Kentucky bluegrass or tall fescue and want to maintain that single seed type and match the existing lawn when reseeding an area. Many times the products that are single seed types contain a blend of different varities of that seed type to produce a lawn with better disease resistance, better color and a more uniform texture.