Seeding and aeration calculator
Core aeration, seed at the rate for an overseed or a new lawn, and starter fertilizer, from the lawn's area.
An estimate of the materials a job takes, worked out in your browser: check it against the job, and against your local code where it matters. Nothing you type leaves this page.
Put in the job's numbers and choices, and the list below follows them.
What it takes
Worked out for Lawn area 5,000 sq ft, Seeding: Overseed a thin lawn, Starter fertilizer: Yes.
Materials
- Grass seed, 25 lb bag 1 bag ((Lawn area 5,000 sq ft × 4 (Overseed a thin lawn)) ÷ 1000) ÷ 25: 0.8 bag; plus 10% waste: 0.88; rounded up to whole bag: 1. Pounds per thousand square feet, by the seeding.
- Starter fertilizer, 5,000 sq ft bag 1 bag Lawn area 5,000 sq ft, one per 5000: 1 bag.
Left out: Seed-starting mulch, 50 lb bag (only when Seeding is Seed a new lawn).
Labor
- Core aeration 5,000 sq ft Lawn area 5,000 sq ft: 5,000 sq ft.
- Overseeding 5,000 sq ft Lawn area 5,000 sq ft: 5,000 sq ft.
- Fertilizer application 5,000 sq ft Lawn area 5,000 sq ft: 5,000 sq ft.
What it leaves out
- Weed treatment
- Watering after seeding
- Soil testing
The same calculator in SMG Tools
In SMG Tools this calculator fills its numbers from the client's site measurements, prices every line from your own Price Book, checks the margin against your target, and carries the lines onto the proposal, the job's plan and the purchase order. It is one of the ready-made calculators SMG Tools sets up for landscaping, and calculators are on every plan.