Did I plant my grass seed too early?
Sudden shifts in local weather forecasts after planting can make it feel like you jumped the gun on your lawn. While unexpected temperature drops leave you guessing whether the new growth is in danger, seeds often handle early changes better than expected.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
Share your steps and trade-offs so fellow engineers don't have to reinvent the wheel. No account required.
- 1keeping the seed moist in the AM and PMDid this help you?
- 2watering more than anticipatedDid this help you?
- 3consulting mom friends for reassuranceDid this help you?
- 4scaling back or adjusting the amount of fruit and bananas givenDid this help you?
- 5trying to offer distilled waterDid this help you?
- 6using a food pacifier to control how much pulp and juice the baby ingestsDid 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.
“this is way more advanced and fast than I wanted or prepared for it to be.”source ↗
“is what I'm doing actually undying dangerous?”source ↗
“Seeing our less than but basically 5 month old shit actual shits in a size 1 diaper feels wrong.”source ↗
“Please tell me if I'm just overthinking, underthinking, missing something, setting our daughter up for early IBS, something, anything.”source ↗
“We're all in the dark because its hapoening so early and it seems fine”source ↗
Where this came up
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