Hydroseeding in Ballarat

A colder climate than Melbourne

Ballarat sits more than 400 metres above sea level, and its winters are noticeably colder and frostier than Melbourne's. Summers can still be hot and dry.

Warm-season grasses that do well in Melbourne's west often go brown and dormant here for months. Cool-season grasses stay green through a Ballarat winter and handle the frost.

What we recommend for Ballarat yards

• Cool-season blends such as tall fescue and perennial ryegrass
• Ripping and top-dressing heavy clay on new estates
• A spray date in early autumn or mid-spring
• A watering plan for the hot, dry spells in summer

Timing the spray around the frosts

Seed needs warm soil to germinate, and young grass doesn't like a hard frost. In Ballarat that means spraying from about late February to mid-April, so the lawn is established before winter, or from October once the frosts ease. We'll suggest a date when we quote, and we'll tell you honestly if waiting a few weeks will give you a better lawn.