Hydroseeding in Orangevale, CA

Hydroseeding in Orangevale fits the way the land lies. The community is mostly rolling hills near the base of the Sierra Nevada foothills, at about 240 feet, and it began as the Orange Vale Colony on the 1844 Rancho San Juan grant. It was rural for a long time, with orange groves and several olive orchards, and some of the original olive trees still stand along Chestnut, Orangevale, Main and Walnut Avenues.

Gentle slopes, real runoff

Rolling ground means most lots have some fall. That helps drainage, but it also means a bare yard after a remodel or septic or utility work will start to rill in the first heavy rain. On gentle grades, hydromulch with a tackifier usually holds. Where the grade steepens near a driveway or a back fence, we switch to bonded fiber matrix or add fiber rolls along the contour.

Oaks and orchard trees

Oak trees were common here before settlement, and remnants of the original oaks can be seen in Orangevale Park. Between oaks, olives and old fruit trees, many lots have tree roots near the surface. We fine grade around them by hand rather than cutting into the root zone, and we pick seed mixes that can handle partial shade.

Mixed use on bigger parcels

Many Orangevale parcels have room for a lawn, a paddock or a garden area. Hydroseed can cover all of them: turf near the house, a pasture or dryland mix where animals graze and a native mix on banks you do not want to mow. Since this is unincorporated Sacramento County, larger regrades are measured against the county threshold of 350 cubic yards or one acre of clearing.

Season to seed

Like the rest of the area, Orangevale gets most of its rain in winter and almost none in summer. Fall seeding on rolling ground lets rain help establish the cover before slopes see the heaviest storms. Get a free estimate or call (916) 249-7160.