Is it time in the Southeast?
GA · SC · AL · warm-season grass
Soil temperature today
Measured75.4°F
Measured at 5 cm by NOAA USCRN station GA_Watkinsville_5_SSE, reading of 2026-10-16. How we get this number.
- Cool-season seeding — 50–65°F (15° wide; estimate OK)
- Crabgrass pre-emergent — 52–58°F (6° wide; measured only)
- Warm-season seeding — above 65°F
Nothing is open today
That is an answer too — seeding at the wrong soil temperature wastes the seed.
Not yet
Overseeding / seeding
warm-season grass is seeded in spring, and it is not spring.
Crabgrass pre-emergent
crabgrass pre-emergent is a spring job.
Sprinkler blowout
it has not cooled off enough yet.