Method of applying partly germinated seeds

The method of pregerminating and planting grass seeds, comprising:

• (a) providing grass seed,
• (b) soaking said grass seed in water at a temperature above 50.degree. F. for at least one day, and removing the water leaving the seeds damp,
• (c) spreading said dsmp grass seeds over an extended area with the seeds in at least one pile that is many seeds deep but not so deep as to cause injury to the seeds,
• (d) said grass seeds remaining in said damp spread condition at a temperature sufficient for germination for a period of time of sufficient length to provide further germination of the seeds and
• (e) providing a hydro-seeder having a nozzle and using the hydro-seeder to plant the seeds that have completed step (d) by applying them from said nozzle to the soil to thus plant the grass seeds and provide a lawn.

The method of applying grass seeds that are in an advanced stage of germination to the soil with a hydro-seeder that squirts the seeds from a nozzle under pressure, in order to quickly provide a lawn:

• providing at least 50 pounds of grass seed,
• soaking said grass seeds, in water, at a temperature above 50.degree. F.,
• removing the water from the seeds, leaving them damp, spreading the damp grass seeds over an extended area and piling them on said area with the seed depth being sufficiently limited to avoid injury to the seeds, said grass seeds remaining damp while in such spread condition, and at a temperature above 50.degree. F. for an extended period,
• the combined period of time that includes both said soaking step and said extended period comprising at least two days to thereby bring said seeds to an advanced stage of germination, and
• mixing said seeds that are in an advanced stage of germination with water and squirting the mixture from said nozzle over the ground to thus plant the grass seeds to quickly provide a lawn.