Owners Paul Jensen and Chad Gustafson opened Allstar Hydroseed in Stanwood in 2004. Today, they serve customers from Seattle north to Bellingham.
moisture and heat while protecting the seed, and then breaks down to form a natural fertilizer for the seed.
Where hand seeding has about a 30 percent germination rate, due to disruption from rain, birds and a slower germination time, hydroseeding has more than a 90 percent germination rate and grows much faster, Jensen said. Allstar Hydroseed has a wide variety of customers, from residential homeowners and contractors to NAS Whidbey and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. Over the years, jobs have included nature conservancies, landfills, reclamation sites, SeaTac and Bellingham airports, wetland restoration and roadside erosion prevention.
Hydroseeding has a more than 90 percent germination rate, compared to hand seeding, which has about a 30 percent germination rate.
“We really do it all,” Jensen said. “No job is too small. I’ve done jobs as big as my pickup to 200 acres.”
Autumn marks the start of busy season for Allstar. Many construction teams work throughout the summer and either need ground cover to complete the job or need to cover dirt for the winter to prevent erosion.
Some of the company’s most notable jobs have included nature conservancies, landfills, reclamation sites, SeaTac and Bellingham airports, wetland restoration and roadside erosion prevention.
One of the early challenges for the company was sourcing materials.
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