– If grass seed requires such specific care and constant moisture/watering for 7-10 days to germinate, how does it proliferate in nature with such onerous needs?

Question

How does grass seed proliferate in nature, especially in dry climates, if it requires so much water to germinate?

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Answer 1

Basically be we try and grow grass in places it naturally wouldn’t grow or seasons it would have already grown dormant. And typically we grow only a few species of fescue, bluegrass or Bermuda grasses.

Generally native grasses don’t make the same neat manicured lawns that people want. For example in my area native grasses tend to seed and go dormant or die off until next year by late June or mid July . Our native grass growing season starts around February/march, and by July it’s all dried and dead. Lawns are irrigated, mowed and fertilized year round. Mowing prevents it from going to seed and keeps the roots shallow. Native grasses can have roots that to down several feet to survive the dry season, lawns rarely have roots that extend beyond a few inches.