Subheading: Cover crops add organic matter, improve soil structure, and support long term garden success.
Subheading: Cover crops add organic matter, improve soil structure, and support long term garden success.
Support Zach’s 30,000 km journey by planting Calendula. Every seed packet helps protect pollinators.
Support Zach’s 30,000 km journey by planting Calendula. Every seed packet helps protect pollinators.
Find the custom built planting charts for your region for advice on when you should start your seeds.
Find the custom built planting charts for your region for advice on when you should start your seeds.
Curated Collections by West Coast Seeds Subheading: Designed to inspire and guide every kind of grower, from pollinator gardens to meaningful spaces full of life
Curated Collections by West Coast Seeds Subheading: Designed to inspire and guide every kind of grower, from pollinator gardens to meaningful spaces full of life
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Sorry, I have notplanted them yet, sorry, really looking forward to planting😊
First time with these in a potato tower. Very prompt and shipped after last frost was forecast for my region. Very helpful to have a company so concerned with these details and customer satisfaction!
AS advertised.
Great company to deal with! Good fast service and delivery
Great product, germinated well.
This cover has been invaluable on really hot days when we didn’t want young seedlings to get scorched.
Easy to find specific items and lots of great choices
Seeds have sprouted and are growing
Zebrune worked very well for me in my raised bed in Calgary. I started them indoors at the end of January and harvested in July/August. They stored well in my basement in a cardboard box. I just used the last one in May. That's at least 8 months - longer than I expected! They were still perfectly good after that time, could have stored longer. No disease or mold, still tasty after long storage.
The internet told me that rosemary doesn't really like to sprout from seed, and most people propagate it by cuttings instead. So if you want to try to sprout rosemary, just plant the entire pack and you might get a handful of plants.
So, I did that - planted the whole packet even though I only wanted a handful of plants. But guess what? My packet had 80 seeds, and over 70 of them sprouted!!! And the packet was already over a year old. That's almost 90% germination for seeds that weren't even that fresh! Now I'm drowning in rosemary, and they look and smell great. Very healthy plants. They also tolerate being handled and separated very well. Thanks WCS!
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Very good germination
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The West Coast Tall Fescue grass seed that I bought was very fresh and had a long shelf life. It was over two years old when I used it again this year and it all sprouted. Very helpful Customer Service as well.
We used Tall Fescue to seed a 1200 sqft new lawn. We wanted to make a natural 'regenerative' lawn which typically does not need fertilizer and has a reduced need for water. We were tired of having to redo our lawn every 5 to 10 years due to compaction and thus weeds, no matter what topsoil we used. We also wanted to move away from having to buy expensive fertilizers and to constantly water.
To create this lawn we excavated the old lawn area down to the hardpan clay, about 15 inches. We trucked in and spread mushroom compost to cover the area 12 inches deep. We let this sit for a couple of months over the winter to finish composting, levelled the area with heavy metal rakes and then rolled the compost layer flat with a heavy lawn roller. We then designed and installed (DIY) a full
subsurface drip irrigation system using Netafim Techline copper drip lines (purchased from Southern Irrigation in Langley, BC.). Using a slinger truck, we topped the irrigation lines the 6 inches of premium topsoil. We seeded the lawn with WC Tall Fescue at the end of April 2025 following typical seeding instructions. The tall fescue had 100% germination rate. We may have over-seeded as some areas were quite thick. The grass grew in lush and green. Later in the summer we had some patches turn brown, likely from fungus, as we inadvertently overwatered as we got used to the new subsurface irrigation. We ended up turning the water off in August and the lawn recovered without treatment. In the fall we cut the lawn short and dethatched the spots that had died due to fungus. We overseeded the patches this year in April. The lawn is now good as new and we learned our lesson. The lawn needs very little water being that it is sitting on compost which gets saturated over the winter.
The WC Tall Fescue is a very lush green looking grass. It's best if you let it grow longer than other grasses. It looks better this way but it also allows the roots to grow deeper. Cut it regularly on the highest lawnmower setting so that the clippings are short and fine. Leave the clippings on the lawn as mulch... then there is no need for fertilizer. No need to bag it unless you let it get too long.
If we ever need to fertilize the lawn we will spray with compost tea and humic/fulvic acid and add a top dressing of fine compost (soil amendment) in the spring. The lawn is now a year old and is dense and has no weeds.
We are very happy with our new West Coast Tall Fescue lawn. We get many compliments!!
TIP ON PREPARING AND APPLYING GRASS SEED:
If you want to save at least 10 days of having to frequently water a newly seeded lawn, then try this. Fill a wheelbarrow with screened soil amendment (finally ground compost). You have to screen it as it comes lumpy. This also allows you to remove any sticks.
Mix in 4 pounds of TF lawn seed for a new lawn OR mix in 2 pounds of TF lawn seed for overseeding a lawn. This will do approximately 500 ft.². The compost is usually slightly damp but, if not, add a very small amount of water, just enough to dampen it. Mix it well and cover it with a tarp and put it in a shady location. After about 5 days, gently mix the soil mixture as the seed tends to sprout first at the bottom. Check the wheelbarrow between 7 and 10 days. It should be sprouted by approximately 10 days. You want to apply it to the lawn as soon as it sprouts; don't delay. If the grass starts to grow longer it may not all survive. We found it fairly easy to spread onto the lawn by hand. You do not need to top with any soil as it is already mixed with soil. After application be sure to roll the lawn to ensure contact with the ground. Keep the new seed damp by watering gently and lightly 2 to 3 times a day until it is about 2 - 3 inches long.
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