Hydroseeding

Beginning monsoon season 2024 BRN's Native Plant Program has been completing residential and restoration contracted projects with our newly purchased hydroseeder. The hydroseeder is an exciting piece of revegetation equipment that allows us to expand into a foray of restoration work we haven't worked on before, accomplishing seeding faster, and at a larger scale.

 

Hydroseeding is the process of combining seed, tackifier (a Plantago-based binding agent), mulch, and water to apply large amounts of seed in a short period of time so it sticks to the ground and waits for rain. 

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Hydroseeding can be used in cases where we need to apply seed to an easily accessible area like a residence or sites in need of reseeding that are close to a road. To hydroseed, the ground needs to be prepped and scarified to allow the seed a ready bed to germinate, and we need to have access to water. We will continue to use seed pellets (a dried pelletized mixture of clay, seed, and compost we make in a cement mixer) to put out in our harder-to-reach restoration sites that don't have access to water and will have to wait for the rain.

 

We are starting to take new contracts and residential projects for hydroseeding this year, and if you have a project in mind and have any questions, or would like a quote, you can email us at horticulture@borderlandsrestoration.org.​