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New Yard Prep: Think Like a Seed for Best Results

Corona CA: front sod, back dirt/rocks. Plan: till, soil softener, seed. Think like a seed: darkness (cover = seed thickness), no rocks, moist but not wet, water AM so surface dry by night. First 3 weeks critical—no moisture stress, no fungus. Seedbed = well-tilled.

One day? No. Process takes weeks.

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