Hello everyone! So I am in the process of flipping sod, tearing out that horrible sod netting, then sheet mulching over it. My plan is to reseed our whole lawn with native meadow plants. I'm in the PNW (zone 8b).

We plan on seeding with low-grow plants to limit the need for mowing. Also planning on selecting plants that can take some mild foot traffic. I have picked out some native clovers, self-heal, and coastal strawberry. I need to get measurements of how much space I have to cover, but I believe it's about 600-700 square feet.

My question is, how do I calculate how many or how much weight of seeds I need to seed over the lawn in spring?

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  • Most seed companies will give you seeding information, it's typically in pounds of seed per acre so calculate the number of acres you need and multiply by the seeing recommendation to figure out how much you need.

    650 sqft/ 43560sqft = 0.015 acres If the seeding rate is 3 lbs per acre like self heal, multiply 0.015 by 3 to get 0.45lbs of seed

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