Why does peat moss dry out so fast over grass seed?
Dried-out peat moss fails to hold moisture evenly across the lawn, leaving grass seeds exposed and vulnerable. This makes the standard seeding method unreliable and prevents seeds from germinating properly.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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- 1manually watering dry spotsDid this help you?
- 2keeping the area extra wet as it driesDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“It just rained and the peat moss isn't holding water the same consistently do I need more or less peat moss where its lighter brown?”source ↗
“Peat moss sucks at holding water...it's this mythical law you should use it for seeding. You shouldn't.”source ↗
Where this came up
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