How Does Grass Seed Germinate?
Video Transcript How Does Grass Seed Germinate? Hi, this is Yolanda Vanveen. And in this segment we’re going to talk about how does grass germinate. Now, grass grows from a seed, so it just needs a seed to grow, but there are certain factors that have to be present for that grass to germinate. So grass just needs a few things to germinate. First, it needs a sunny spot. It needs warm weather, and it needs lots of water. So, if you don’t have any of those factors, it will not germinate. So that’s why in nature grass grows on its own, so the best time to sew any grass, or to start your grass is in the Spring or the Fall because that’s when all those factors are present. If you try to start your lawn in the middle of winter and it’s really cold out, the seeds will never germinate. If you try to start your seeds in the middle of summer, a lot of times they won’t germinate. So, grass seed is just a seed, and inside that seed there is the wall. So it’s the seed wall, and inside that is an emb