Drone Seeding
Aerial seed and fertilizer application for terrain that defeats ground equipment. Steep. Remote. Burned. Up to one acre per minute, anywhere a drone can fly.
Aerial Application
Seeding Ground That Trucks Can't Reach
Some sites have no road. Some slopes are too steep or too unstable to put a crew on. Some burns stretch across terrain that would take weeks to access from the ground. Our drone program puts seed and fertilizer on that ground from the air — precisely, evenly, and at a rate no ground method matches.
Drone seeding extends the same agronomy as our hydroseeding programs: site-matched seed mixes, specified fertilizer, and application records for compliance reporting. The aircraft changes. The standard doesn't.
1 ac/min
Application rate at full flight — large sites seeded in a single mobilization.
Zero roads
No access construction, no ground disturbance, no crew exposure on unstable slopes.
BC · AB · YK
Light mobilization makes remote projects practical across our full service area.
Where Drone Seeding Wins
- Wildfire restoration — burned slopes seeded before fall rains move the soil.
- Mine reclamation — benches, waste-rock slopes, and tailings areas without haul-road access.
- Steep cuts and embankments — grades too severe for trucks or crews to work safely.
- Remote corridors and parcels — pipeline rights-of-way, utility corridors, and backcountry sites.
- Sensitive ground — wetland edges and restoration areas where equipment traffic would do damage.
How It Works
1. Site Assessment
Terrain, soils, and access reviewed; flight area mapped and the seed and fertilizer program specified for the site.
2. Flight Planning
Programmed passes set coverage rate and overlap so application is uniform across the full area.
3. Aerial Application
Seed and fertilizer applied at up to an acre per minute, with refill cycles staged from the nearest accessible ground.
4. Documentation
Coverage and application records delivered for environmental compliance and project reporting.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is drone seeding?
Drone seeding is aerial application of seed and fertilizer from an unmanned aircraft. The drone flies programmed passes over the site and spreads material evenly — no ground access, road building, or crew exposure required. We use it where hydroseeding trucks can't reach or where terrain makes ground work unsafe.
When does drone seeding make sense instead of hydroseeding?
Steep cuts, unstable or recently burned slopes, sites behind water or washouts, and large remote parcels. If a truck can park within spray reach, conventional hydroseeding usually wins on cost. When it can't, the drone goes where the work is. Many projects combine both — trucks on accessible ground, drone on the rest.
How fast is drone application?
Up to one acre per minute of flight time, depending on terrain, payload, and weather. Large areas that would take a ground crew days of difficult access work can be seeded in a single visit.
What can the drone apply?
Seed mixes, granular fertilizer, and amendment products. Mixes are specified the same way as our hydroseeding programs — matched to soil, slope, climate, and the revegetation goals of the site.
Where do you offer drone seeding?
Across our full service area — Vancouver Island, the BC Interior through our BPL operation, Alberta, and the Yukon. Mobilization is light compared to ground equipment, so remote sites are practical.
Ground You Can't Reach?
Send us the site. If a truck can't get there, the drone can — seed and fertilizer on steep, remote, and burned terrain across BC, Alberta, and Yukon.