There never seems to be a end to the benefits of a hydroseeded new lawn. Many people ask, what does hydroseeding a lawn coat?  The hydroseeding professional contractors can save people money right from the start. Many companies offer hydroseeding as a small selected service of their landscaping company. What people need to find is a company like Badges Properties LLC who have a division of the company that is dedicated to hydroseeding new lawns and erosion barriers for land developers. Badges Properties LLC concentrates on the hydroseeding needs of each client, be it a new home owner or a home builder/land developer, wanting to know what does hydroseeding a lawn cost?

The choice of the right hydroseeding professional contractor can be a difficult one for people. Many companies out there are feeling the pinch of the falling housing market.  Many will do and say anything as long as they get the home owner or builder to sign a contract with them. There is really no cost savings or benefits to anyone who uses this kind of contractor, the thing it does, is hurt the industry of professionals who try very hard to provide a honest and legal service for people. The average person will get 1-3 quotes on the services they need when it comes to spending more then a $1000. They will encounter people with just sales people selling them services, to the company owners wearing many different hats for their company, I was in sales and always hated the high pressure sales tactics. So, with that said, sales people don’t get paid or keep their jobs very long if they don’t sell, if you know what I mean.

I try to let people know the benefits and cost savings of installing a new grass seed via hydroseeding vs the old, straw/seed process.  First off there is no comparision between the two. It is like comparing apples to oranges, the hydroseeding process for installing grass seed, is a far higher quality product and service. This the first pit fall that home owners and builders must be careful not to fall in. Many people with less Morales and ethics would lead people to believe that the product is the same when it is not.

Lets take a look at this, straw-straw grows weeds, do we want weeds or grass? Grass, right. Seed- has the seed been prepared for planting and what quality level is it. Straw/seed process just blows straw and seed across your top soil. Pretty simple low tech process.

Now, let’s look at the high tech hydroseeding process. A premium blended seed soaked in a water based solution, prior to being placed on your top soil. The water soluble starter fertilizer, mulch, tacktifier(bonding agent)and a high tech water retention compound all mixed together and blended by jets to provide a consistent evenly mixed slurry. The green slurry mixture is then applied via a hose with a control valve for a consistent and even spread mixture over the prepared top soil. The blend is highly cost effective by creating a even mixture, not over or under applying the product therefore saving money right from the start. I know this is what Badges Properties does, as for the rest we can only hope others have pride in their product and services also.

The hydroseeded lawn will give a sod quality lawn with in 4 weeks with the proper care. That is correct, 4 weeks to a sod quality lawn. The best part, again is the cost savings of hydroseeding will easily be seen when compared to sod, as a hydroseeded lawn costs a fraction of a sod installation. Many landscapers enjoy installing sod as it is high labor and very high profit for them. You do get a instant lawn, but sod also must be highly cared for or it will not take, meaning it will die.

Try finding a contractor to explain all of this to you, some will take the time, most just want the sale. I prefer to educate my clients, not just sell them. I can only try to help people and their homes by taking the time to write educational articles. I never know who will get the benefits of my advice, as the Internet is so large. Some could say I am only promoting Badge Properties, if this was all I was doing I would only provide this information to people in my area. I also would not invite people to please e-mail me with there questions, obviously if Badges Properties is located in Wisconsin, the greater Milwaukee area and I help a person with a hydroseeding question that lives in Colorado, there is no sale or direct benefit to me. I just have the satisfaction that I was able to help someone make a educated decision.

I am a writer and enjoy writing. I have many articles on many topics, many cover the same subject, they are sometimes just updated, as I never know who has been able to see my other articles on that same topic. For those of you out there who are still thinking to your self, he never gave the cost per square foot? The cost to hydroseed a lawn can run 6.5-18 cents a square foot, depending on where you are located. Don’t get confused as some contractors like to put it into square yards. Again, I may not be able to have Badges Properties help you out directly, but I do try to answer any questions people have.

Good luck in finding a hydroseeding professional in your area.

I know it is now time to put the lawn mower away a break out the snow blowers in the Great Midwest. I cannot help myself as I cannot believe how many people have not heard of a lawn installation process called hydro-seeding in the great state of Wisconsin. We are not aware of hydroseeding machines here and there uses for new lawns and erosion barriers. I know we run behind the times on fashion and other new things, but we really need to start thinking here people. People are still using a caveman way of throwing grass seed in the air and covering it with straw, you see it all the time here. I know its hard to believe. Then even using granular fertilizers that can run off and cause harm to other areas. The really bad stuff is rolled out straw blankets. The straw blankets contain a plastic mesh, not to mention we are covering the earths soil with a plastic compound that will never never dissolve. I see it here in Wisconsin all the time, is no one concerned about our wild life and environment.

The real kicker is there is a process called hydro-seeding that is 100 times better than the straw/seed and the grass / straw process uses unsafe granular fertilizers of the past. There are companies Like Badges Properties LLC in the greater Milwaukee area which has a hydroseeding machine for new lawn and erosion barrier installation. This company is willing to work with home owners, landscapers and even gives discounts to developers/builders. They can be found in the online yellow pages. Badges Properties LLC does not advertise much as their product and service is so good people hear about them word of mouth. The only problem is the builders don’t know about them and they keep using large landscaping outfits and paying twice as much by using straw and straw blankets. The home owner gets sod like quality lawns from Badges Properties LLC hydroseeding service.

The hydro-seeding lawn installation process via hydroseeding machine gives you a new sod quality lawn in 4 weeks and costs half the price. Did you get that? Sod quality like lawn in 4 weeks. The best part no harm to animals in plastic nets or old granular fertilizers in our hydro-seeding process. I could install lawns and erosion barriers with seed and plastic netting all day and make tons of money; but I won’t. The hydro-seeding process saves our environment and wildlife. That’s enough reason right there. You want more of a reason, that even some builders don’t know? It is more economical to hydro-seed then use the roll out plastic/straw blankets. That’s right even builders are not aware of the advantages of hydro-seeding. You see most of them have set up deals with landscapers who don’t use hydro-seeding machines because it would cost them to much. You see the hydroseeding machines are costly at first, but really pay for themselves in the end. Badges Properties LLC was able to find out about hydroseeding machines a couple years back and started offering hydroseeded lawns and erosion barriers to builders/developers.

There are actually landscape companies taking advantage of illegal help and paying them very low wages and getting away with it as they pay them in cash, eluding the IRS and not paying taxes. So, instead of buying the hydro-seeding machines, they exploit these poor people for their own huge money gains. The landscapers using illegal help don’t want to tell the builders they work with, that hydro-seeding is better and safer. The builders on the other hand would get a much better lawn at cheaper rate which is safe for all. You maybe asking your self how is it cheaper? You see the landscaper company owner still charges a premium rate for a low quality product. So, the only one who sees the benefits is the landscape company owner. There are many builders that just think it is the cheapest route to get their lawns and erosion barriers put in. When builders are not even aware of hydroseeding machines, how would the general home owner without being told about hydro-seeding and all of its benefits, know?

There are some high quality builders that know about it and just automatically figure since it is new and high tech figure hydroseeding lawns and erosion barriers is expensive, but it is not at all. The people in the southern parts of the country have been using hydro-seeding for many years already. The builders here in the greater Milwaukee area may have also run into high priced hydro-seeders when it first arrived here and just said it’s to expensive. This is really not the case were Badges Properties LLC is concerned, they are so economical other landscapers sub-contract them just for the lawn. The builders would also find this out if they would just take some time and read a letter or take a phone call from a quality hydro-seeding company representative, they would see that hydro-seeding is far better for new lawns and erosion control. The new home owner would be the other one to benefit highly from hydro-seeding. Besides a hydroseeded lawn being very economical for a home owner to put in, it is also less expensive to get and keep a great looking lawn. The straw/seed landscapers don’t want you to know, it costs more in fertilizer and still grows 50% weeds and then you finally get 50% grass. A straw/seed lawn takes 2 years to grow in. hydro-seeded lawns, via hydroseeding machine takes 4 weeks! You do the math on materials and time spent. It is really obvious that hydro-seeding is by far the most economical and best product.

The International Association of Hydroseeding Professionals maintains a list of professional hydro-seeders for the whole country (www.hydroseeding.org.) It is a great source to help find out about hydro-seeding and professional hydroseeders, look for the contractors that have the I.A.H.P. symbol by their company name as these are members the others are just known contractors in that area, stick with the members. In fact there is a company called G&G hydroseeding that is on this list and offers hydroseeding services, who are a professional member. G&G hydroseeding is owned by Badges Properties LLC, so you can reach them both for hydroseeding services. The Wisconsin listings has members right at the top of their list of contractors. Many contractors can have large areas that they will service, so just call and ask.

I really wish some people who would be interested in helping the environment would help spread the word about hydro-seeding, via hydroseeding machine. If you want more info, please leave a comment or e-mail and we can talk about hydro-seeding and it’s benefits to all. People building a house need to ask their builder if they know of a quality hydro-seeder in their area. If the builder is not aware, just check the site above. I even encourage all builders to look into hydroseeding and just because one hydro-seeder is a little high, does not mean all are. I have heard of hydro-seeders going as low as 6.5 cents per square foot for large builders. Think of what you can buy for 6.5 cents. This shows you how cost effective hydro-seeding is. Most home owners are looking at about 8-16 cents depending on what part of the country you live.

I will try to help spread the word, but I cannot do it alone. I could use any help I could get.

Remember Always Safety First.

I know,  what in world am I doing talking about hydroseeding when snow storms are hitting everywhere?  Well,  everyone was so busy during the summer so maybe some people will like to learn about the wonderful benefits of a hydroseeded lawn.  The new lawns that are put in via hydroseeding start growing in the first week.  The hydroseeded lawn in the 3rd to 4th week can be cut, that’s right a full lawn in 4 weeks!  The blend of seed, fertilizer, mulch and bonding additives give a high quality blend of mixture to give a great lawn.  The only faster way to get a new lawn is to use grass sod.  The cost of a hydroseeded lawn is 8-18 cents a square foot depending on your part of the country and how big your yard is.  Contractors can even get it for less as they normally volume discounts,  I have heard as low as 5.4 CENTS a square foot.

The Midwest areas, especially in the greater Milwaukee areas of Wisconsin have not even heard of hydroseeding.  Most of the builders are still using roll out straw blankets and seed on commercial developments!  These straw blankets contain plastic mesh inside of them unless they use the environmentally safe weaved blanket,  which at $80 a roll for cost to installers then add mark up,  you can see the problem here.  The roll only covers 900 hundred square feet and the above figure does not include seed or fertilizer!  A small hydroseeding machine will cover 4000 square ft with only 1 tank full!  This only shows me that the builders are not even aware of hydroseeding otherwise they would not be paying so much money for a low quality product and still get much less.  The paper mulch type used by some hydroseeders,  is safe to all land and animals, besides providing a erosion barrier that the EPA calls for on construction sites now days,  this mulch combined with a bonding agent provide  the required  erosion protection.  The best part the paper mulch degrades and then feeds the new grass!  No, plastic mesh and safe for the environment.  This only shows me again that builders and home owners in this area are not aware of hydro-seeding.  This stuff only costs pennies,  how much more economical can you get and still be safe for the environment.  Going green cannot get any easier here!

This year I cannot even say how much of the straw roll out blankets, I saw.  It just makes me shudder at the thought of all that plastic being laid over our top soil surfaces,  never to dissolve.  The thought of that is just horrible.  The next question is why?  Why is this horrible stuff being used when a environmentally safe alternative of hydroseeding is available at such a economical price.  I could use this stuff and make lots of money, but I just cannot lower myself knowing that it is such low quality and still costs more then hydroseeding.  What are people thinking here?  I would rather only install 12,000 square ft of lawn via hydro seed a week, then put in 40,000 square feet of straw and seed and get paid 4 times as much for the straw.  I just cannot lower myself,  even when the there is such large amounts of money to be made from straw and seed applications.     The way they are using the straw/seed in Wisconsin, greater Milwaukee area you would think they were giving it to the builders for free.  There is a local greater Milwaukee area hydroseed contractor by the name of Badges Properties LLC who is willing to work with contractors and developers, offering volume discounts.  G&G Hydroseeding is another local hydroseeder who is willing to also hydroseed small or large jobs.  See, some hydroseeders will only take certain sized jobs.  The two above are very good and willing to work with home owners and builders.  Badges Properties can be found in the online yellow pages and G&G Hydrseeding can be found by searching for hydroseed contractors, Wisconsin.  A hydroseeder site that lists contractors has them as a member of International Association Hydroseeding Professionals,  their number can be found there.  

The hydroseeded lawns and erosion barriers are highly economical and green to all.  The true problem is just educating people to the fact that hydroseeding opposed to straw/seed application even exists.  They say knowledge is power, so let’s try to educate people and help to move out of the dark ages and into the present.  

If you have any questions or would like to help spread the word about hydroseeding please leave a comment and I will get back to you.     There are many quality hydroseeders out there,  stick with ones in your area that are listed with professional hydroseeder associations.   These people are showing they are committed to being professional and keep the high standards.  Don’t be fooled by just being listed on a turf machine site, some list people just because they bought their equipment from them.  The actual professional association members will have a member symbol by their names.

The on going problems for home owners in the Midwest will not end until people are educated on what hydro-seeding is. The Hydro-seeding process is the mixture of a high blend of grass seed shade/sun mix for starters. This is a very important part of your new lawn even when not using the hydro-seeding process. People think that their grass is just all the same. It is not. The landscapers don’t tell you that their grades of grass cost different prices for them. The straw/seed scammer use a low quality seed as they just don’t care how it grows to begin with. See they don’t bother telling their customers about the seed because the straw/seed lawn application is so cheap they figure the customer will never ask about the quality seed, which most of the time they are right. They don’t want there customers to know the grades of seed will make the grow in rate faster and give a much higher quality lawn. The cheap seed does not come in and allows for more weeds to grow and take over the lawn. You see many also offer fertilizer services and will tell you this normal and with lots of applications of their high priced fertilizer service you will have a great lawn in two years! They will tell you this is the only way and there is nothing they can do about it.

The hydro-seeding lawn application will not grow the weeds or require the fertilizer to get the same lawn that costs the home $1,000s more to get the same end results. You see the home owner never finds this out until it is way to late. Some of the home owners never figure this out as they keep using the same landscaper they trusted to give them their services and advice on their lawn, so the scammer just keep laughing all the way to the bank on the same customers for many years to come. The new lawn straw/seed installation process is the scammer landscapers best money pit they could ever as for. They know if they can get that straw/seed lawn job they will have continued source of money for years to come just due to the low quality lawn they have installed.

The seeds that are general or low quality cost the scammer landscapers next to nothing per bag. In fact they don’t even get the blend sometimes. This is how cheap this process is. It is not cheap to the home owner who choose the straw/seed lawn installation over the quality process of hydro-seeding lawn installation. Not to says a hydro-seeder can’t use cheap seed, but even if they did the straw being eliminated in itself makes it 10x better then the straw/seed new lawn installation. This article is dealing with just seed side of things as far as new lawn installation is concerned.

You see the blends and quality level can make the difference of grass or no grass. You see shade seed can grow in direct sun, but sun seed will not grow in highly shaded areas. The scammer landscaper is not going to tell you this. They will tell you it was your fault for not giving your new lawn proper care. They will be more than happy to charge you again and give you another lawn application at their full installation rates. They really rip off and scam they customers in this situation as you can see. They will just keep telling you it is not their and there is nothing they can do about. You hear about this kinda of thing all the time when people get scammed into the using straw and seed type grass installation. The problem in the end is the customer has no idea that they have been scammed to begin with. It really is a shame.

What really is a shame is in the great-lakes area people are brain washed that straw and seed is the only way to install a new lawn besides sod. They can’t even get close to worrying about the quality of their grass seed as the whole process of straw and seed is so out dated but, these poor people don’t even know the high quality hydro-seeding new lawn installation process is available to them. I know how can a large group of people be taken advantage of so much! The problem is the scammer landscape company owner are not about to tell them about it! How you could think that a 1800s process of installing a new lawn is still the only process is beyond me. It is not the home owners fault, it is the under handed people not informing them of the fact there are much higher quality ways to get a lawn installed besides using the low quality straw and seed application process. Even they scammer cannot defend the straw and seed application and say it grows in fast with limited weeds. because it won’t do it and it can’t do it.

If you still choose to use the straw and seed application make sure they at least use the highest quality seed possible with out charging you any more then what they were going to begin with. Now, really there is no reason to use the straw and seed process unless you are going to install your lawn yourself. Don’t hire someone to do this process and charge you $1,000 when it costs them pennies. Any one can take hand fulls of grass seed and straw and throw it up in the air and then call it a new lawn. So, if your going to use this process of straw and seed just make sure you ask for high quality grass seed and lots of fertilizer. You will at least save the scammer landscaper fees this way, again anyone can jump around throwing seed and straw.

The worst part of all, if the home owner just added up the time and money spent they could have got a yard hydro-seeded for the same cost range when taking into consideration the time and money spent on fertilizer applications.

This addition just deals with the seed and the quality levels and types to allow home owners to make a educated decision. To many home owners have been treated like mushrooms for far to long, that is, kept in the dark and fed alot of cow poo.

Please remember safety first in all home projects.

Hello Everyone,

I am getting ready for a whole series on lawns and hydro-seeding the new way and the only way a new lawn should be put in, if you want a great price and great looking lawn.  Now,  if you want to have a really bad looking lawn for one to two years then use straw and seed.  This grows 50% weeds and 50% grass.  Now,  the scammer landscaping outfits are not going to tell you this at all.  In fact in the Midwest and great-lakes area they think there is not any thing else available except for straw/seed or sod.  This is because the scammers large and small landscaping companies don’t want to pay the big dollars for the machines.  You see they charge just as much for straw/seed applications and their customers are scammed very easily because they are not going to tell them that hydro-seeding is available.

The machines are so costly to the landscaping companies and cheap illegal help costs them pennies,  Exploiting these poor people for their own large, large personal gains.  This is one of the reasons I started this series as I am so sick and tired of these landscaping companies scamming their customers and running their own form of slave labor,  it just so shocking to think this going on.  People don’t even realize it when their own homes are being worked on.  Think about it for just one minute how much do you think it costs for one bail of straw and one bag of seed?  You got it, next to nothing. Now lets look at 3-5 guys show up throw this stuff all around your yard and now call this your lawn.  So,  now you paid $1,000s and $1,000s for a bail of straw and some guys to throw it all around your yard.  Who do you think is laughing all the way to the bank.  Education people is the key to success.  People need people to take the time to be told about other ways of doing things that are much better for the customer and everyone else involved!  It really is sickening watching these poor people slaving away when the scammer landscaping company owner is sitting in his air conditioned lake home costing millions off the back aches and sweat of these poor people.

The new hydro-seeding method takes less people to do it and gives sod like results in 4 weeks,  that right,  sod in 4 weeks in the right heat and watering you have a weed free lawn in 4 weeks.  These hydro-seeding machines, like I said earlier cost a lot of money and don’t last forever, so why would these straw/seed scammers want anyone else to know how they are just exploiting their customers and their labor staff while laughing all the way to the bank.   The best part the hydro-seeding is a green process and is friendly to all.  Thats right, going green,  with green.   This process is the best thing for everyone its just the people who have the means to give to their customers the correct information, just choose to lie to them and make the huge amounts of money for themselves.  I don’t even see how some of these people can even look at themselves in a mirror each and everyday knowing how poorly they are treating everyone.   What I have not had the chance to tell you the weeds you get from the straw and seed application is from the use of straw and no additives to prevent weeds.  You see, the weed preventive additive would cost the landscaping company more for materials,  lowering their profit.

The poor individuals in the great-lakes areas are suffering the most.  These people have not ever even heard of hydro-seeding at all.  So,  you can see the scammers in that area are building their own 3rd and 4th vacation homes off the profits they are getting in that area.  I am sure when the landscaping scammers out their see this article exposing them for ripping off people left and right they will not be to happy.  It really is a shame,  they cannot just be honest with people and tell them you have multiple ways to install their new lawns.  They can sell them sod,  which is, what most of them really want as it is the most expensive way to put in a new lawn. You see it takes a lot of labor,  again remember they are paying next to nothing to their labor, but telling you the customers something different.  Just ask someone who has put sod in.  You can start at $10,000 and go up from there, depending on the yard size.   It costs them no where near this but this is like buying gold in the scammers eyes.  Don’t miss understand sod is the best, they just take advantage of this.  Again the biggest exploitation of all is still the straw/seed application,  benefits no one except for the landscaping companies owner.  Unless you like weeds instead of grass for your children to play on.   The thing that bothers me the most is they lie to these people and tell them there is no way to avoid the weeds,  you just have to keep using expensive fertilizers, which some of them even have no shame at all and sign you up for next years weed control application.  This kind of tactics just makes me sick!  You don’t have to have weeds in your new lawn,  hydro-seeding gives you this advantage, as not a single blade of straw is ever used in a jet spray green mulch slurry.   Therefore no weeds! 

Just ask a sales person that your dealing with when looking into putting in a new lawn, what types of lawn installation methods they use,  if they say,  straw and seed only, run away and quickly.   Because you and your money will be the next thing to be separated otherwise.  Now if you want to throw your money away just invite the sales person in and tell them money is no problem.   I like to keep mine.  The sales scam on this is the front end cost,  remember it costs them what for straw and seed?  Thats right next to nothing.  They don’t charge next nothing to put it in.   I hate to be so blunt, but I have just seen to many people get ripped off like this.  The next trick is offering high price retaining walls and other very expensive services and saying the lawn is highly reduced or free!  Its not free, its just another scammer tactic. 

The series will keep going to educate people.  Not, all landscapers are scammers,  some are just not educated  themselves,  ignorance is still really not an excuse.  When looking at putting in a new lawn look at all the individual costs for each item.  This will help you see where they are trying to scam you.  It is so sad that people have to be so careful when hiring contractors and landscapers.  Consumer protection is just not there to protect people in these areas before its already to late.  Once a lawn is in, its all done,  except continuing to open your purse up to keep paying to make it look nice and get rid of the weeds through many applications of very expensive fertilizer.  Guess who wants to put the fertilizer on your grass?  Thats right the same one that said, straw and seed application is the only way!

I know the scammers out there will be very upset that I have blown the whistle on them.  As for everyone else just ask questions and answers will be given.  There are a few good contractors and landscapers out there,  the best ones are willing to break the work up, for example if they don’t hydro-seed they allow someone else to do it and perform the services that they are good at.  Ask,  if you don’t have a hydro-seeding machine are you  willing to find someone who does?  Again if they say no, their just out to get as much money from you as they can.  Good landscapers and contractors are not afraid to break up a job when it benefits their customers.