Terraseeding information
The Challenge: What Happens to Soil During Construction
Commercial development and grading projects don’t just move dirt they fundamentally disrupt the living
ecosystem within the soil. During the soil disturbance process, decades of accumulated organic matter,
nutrients, and microbial colonization are scattered or destroyed. The result is compacted, biologically dead
ground that struggles to support vegetation.
This is why revegetation fails or takes far longer than it should. You’re not just dealing with bare dirt. You’re
dealing with soil that has lost the biological foundation necessary to sustain plant life.
The Terraseeding Solution
Terraseeding is Express Mulching & Soil’s revegetation process and it’s fundamentally different from
anything else on the market.
Using our blower trucks equipped with computerized seed injection systems, we pneumatically apply a
Class 1 organic compost blanket with seed injected directly into the material all in a single pass. The result
is erosion control, a growth medium, and a soil amendment delivered simultaneously, without additional
site impact.
How Terraseeding Works
Organic Compost Blanket Application
Our blower trucks pneumatically apply Class 1 organic compost across the disturbed area, forming a rich, moisture-retaining blanket that immediately begins improving soil structure.
Seed Injection
Grass seed is calibrated and injected directly into the compost stream via our state-of-the-art onboard seed injection system ensuring even, precise distribution in a single application.
Microbial Activation
The compost is teeming with self-replicating beneficial microbes that begin restoring the soil's biological ecosystem immediately — making previously unavailable nutrients soluble for photosynthesis.
Rapid Germination & Establishment
With nutrients available and moisture retained, grass seed germinates faster, roots establish deeper, and vegetation coverage meets inspection standards sooner.
Why Developers & Landscape Contractors Choose Terraseeding
Faster Permit Closure
Rapid germination means quicker vegetation coverage and faster GESC permit sign-off.
Organic Soil Restoration
Class 1 compost replenishes nutrients and microbial life lost during soil disturbance.
Reduced Water Demand
Living microbes improve moisture retention — less irrigation needed for establishment.
Why Developers & Landscape Contractors Choose Terraseeding
Hydroseeding uses a liquid slurry of water, wood fiber, and chemical fertilizers to apply seed. While widely
used, it has a fundamental limitation: it treats the surface, not the soil. Chemical NPK fertilizers add salt
buildup that can further stress already depleted soil, and the wood-fiber carrier provides none of the
biological benefits that native grasses need to thrive.
Terraseeding addresses the root cause. By restoring organic matter and microbial life to the soil profile, we
rebuild the foundation that healthy vegetation depends on — leading to faster, denser, more vigorous
results.
See the Results
Applications
Terraseeding is ideal for any disturbed area requiring native revegetation, erosion control, or permit closure:
- Land development & residential subdivision slopes
- Highway & roadway construction corridors
- Detention pond and drainage channel revegetation
- Commercial & industrial erosion control
- Remediation of failed hydroseed or drill-seeded areas
- Slope reclamation and native grass restoration
Proven Results
Sierra Ridge — Lennar Homes · Parker, CO
Terraseed applied July 2021. Dense native grass coverage documented just 2 weeks after installation —
enabling the project team to move ahead of schedule on permit closure.