Hydroseeding in Spartanburg, SC

Spartanburg's most common soil series is Cecil, formed over bedrock that is mostly biotite gneiss, and any hydroseeding in Spartanburg starts with understanding it. Cecil soils have a sandy loam surface over a red clay subsoil that runs very deep. When grading strips the topsoil away, that clay is what you are left with, and it behaves very differently from the loam that was on top.

What that clay means for seed

The red clay holds nutrients reasonably well but crusts after rain and turns slick on a slope. Seed sitting on a crust dries out before it roots. We break the surface before spraying, add topsoil or compost on the worst areas and use a full hydromulch layer to stop crusting while the seed germinates.

Ridge and watershed

Morgan Square sits on the western slope of a ridge that divides the Tyger and Pacolet River watersheds. Depending on which side of that ridge your lot is on, runoff heads to a different river system. Either way it passes through creeks first, so we place silt fence and inlet protection where the water actually leaves the site.

Lawson's Fork and the gully garden

Lawson's Fork Creek winds through the area to the Pacolet, and its floodplain is considered unsuitable for development. The city also has a living example of erosion repair: Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve replaced an eroding gully with a garden. Bare clay slopes can head the same way if nobody covers them.

Season length

Spartanburg's growing season is about 231 days, and annual precipitation runs around 50 inches, with roughly 99 days of measurable rain a year. That is plenty of time to establish warm-season grass, and plenty of rain days to watch for when we schedule a spray.

What Spartanburg customers call about

• New lawns on infill and rebuilt lots
• Erosion control on cut banks and pond slopes
• Overseeding older neighborhoods near downtown
• Seeding after drainage trenching

Get a free estimate or call (864) 520-5685.