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What is the latest time in the summer that one should plant grass seed?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Answer:<\/h3>\n
Donna R. Coffin, Extension Professor<\/em><\/div>\n
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Our factsheet on\u00a0establishing home lawns\u00a0<\/a>suggests “spring (May) or late summer (August 15 to September 15)” is the best time. If you live in Aroostook County, I would suggest early September as a last date to seed your lawn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Question: What is the latest time in the summer that one should plant grass seed? Answer: Donna R. Coffin, Extension Professor Our factsheet on\u00a0establishing home lawns\u00a0suggests “spring (May) or late summer (August 15 to September 15)” is the best time. If you live in Aroostook County, I would suggest early September as a last date […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[199,206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ask","category-lawns"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat is the latest time in the summer that one should plant grass seed? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/08\/09\/what-is-the-latest-time-in-the-summer-that-one-should-plant-grass-seed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is the latest time in the summer that one should plant grass seed? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Question: What is the latest time in the summer that one should plant grass seed? 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