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Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 11:41 pm
by StevieG
Just wondering if anyone out there has tried hydroseeding. Thinking of investing in a machine for small to medium size gardens. If anyone has tried it or had any dealings with it any info would be gratefully recieved.
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 12:58 am
by Suggers
Blimey - totally new to me - never heard it mentioned.
hydroseeding
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 9:38 am
by henpecked
Oh yeah, I remeber this. Saw it on a job in 2006, the groundworkwers had used a school playingfield to run the dumper across 
. They had to reinstate it before the return of the kiddy-winks. These guys turned up with 3 blokes a few bags and a sprayer attached to the back of a landrover. they sprayed the field in an afternoon with ,what can only be described as a mix of rock wool, water and seed (turned out to be coconut fibre) .They seeded a couple of hectares and went.
Up came the grass as new in a few weeks. 
Worth getting if you can get the work, about 5k to set up. But its like the brickwashing gig, good to start, untill every man and his dog got one 
HP
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 10:59 am
by Pablo
Hydro seeding or slurry seeding is not something that i would recommend for private gardens. It's mainly used for reinstating rough ground upon completion of civils works. If you have that sort of budget then a blec proseeder would be ideal for small to medium lawns.
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 11:28 am
by msh paving
It's very big in USA ,not so shure how its in england,iv seen it done in USA on very large areas .big investment unless you can cover a large part of uk MSH 
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 12:28 pm
by GB_Groundworks
seen a few units on ebay over the years buts its getting the right seed and fibre and getting access for the sprayer, in our outside works book there are a few big boys out there who do it with massive self propelled off road trucks. most the pictures show them reinstating land fills and road cuttings to stabalise the ground.
like pablo says maybe a blec self propelled dimple seeder.