Hydroseeding in Largo, FL

Hydroseeding in Largo often starts with a drainage question. The city's elevation runs from sea level up to about 69 feet, and two creeks carry most of its runoff: Allen's Creek drains northeast Largo into Tampa Bay, and McKay Creek flows through southwest Largo to the Intracoastal Waterway. The McKay Creek basin is prone to flooding. A lawn that keeps dying in a low spot is often a grading problem, and we fix that before seeding.

A lake that is gone

Lake Tolulu, recorded by a surveyor by 1845 and later renamed Lake Largo, was drained in 1916 to make way for growth. It sat roughly where the Largo Central Park Nature Preserve is today. Ground built on a drained lakebed or filled wetland can settle and stay damp, which affects how a lawn grows. Taylor Lake, at 53 acres, is the largest lake left in the city.

Citrus City history

Largo was once a farming town known as Citrus City, with citrus groves, cattle ranches, hog farms, turpentine stills and sawmills. Those groves and farms have mostly given way to homes, shopping centers and light industry since the 1960s. Older homes on former grove land can have sandy soil and decades-old lawns that are ready for renovation.

Summer rain, dry winter

Largo averages about 49.6 inches of rain a year, mostly in summer, with drier winters. The record low is 22 degrees, set in December 1962, and the record high is 100 degrees. Summer seeding takes advantage of the rain; winter seeding needs irrigation.

Pinellas sediment rules

Pinellas County requires silt fence or similar controls before grading, weekly inspections and stabilization of soil exposed for seven days or more. Near McKay or Allen's Creek, keeping sediment on site matters even more.

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