Word on the turf is you can overwater overseeded fescue. Yikes.
Since I overseeded the random scruffy spots and pee burns yesterday in the back fescue, this might be a thing. I was glad this rain was guaranteed, but now we've had 3/4" in the past two hours and there's no let up until tomorrow evening.
The good news is we have great drainage back there and it's totally flat. In other years, in this area, this might have been a little too late for overseeding, but thank goodness we have the benefit of climate change warming now to keep things warm enough for the next 5-6 weeks.
Should I order an athletic field tarp?
(Please don't post links to overwatering. I just read them all.)
** Edited by PhotoHokieNC at 9/26/2024, 8:42:36 AM
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** Edited by PhotoHokieNC at 9/26/2024, 9:39:28 AM
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1y
overseeing fescue/rye mix into Bermuda so I don't have a brown lawn 8 months of the year so most will be held in place by that tangle of vines that is Bermuda grass, but the bare spots will likely just get washed away... oh well, the seed was free (lawn service at my parents house left 2 5 lb bags of seed when they over seeded their lawn).
3 years into this effort...the Bermuda continues it's unrelenting march to take over the cool season areas and the cool season grasses are about 80% filled in where the Bermuda is king. Not bad given that 80% of the yard was crab grass and sand burrs when I bought the house.
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EDGEMAN
1y
...overseeding with rye?
(In response to this post by Vienna_Hokie)
1y
focused on getting rid of the crab grass and other weeds so the Bermuda could prosper, aerated some areas, stuff like that. Then began the overseed both to get cool season into the Bermuda and to have it fill in the spots where all the weeds were dead until the Bermuda gets there.
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EDGEMAN
1y
...will take over the lawn.
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1y
You can plug or use seed, but the key is to have it germinated and ready to go by mid June...it will take over fast in July and Aug.
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1y
overtake our fescue, too, but so far they've kept a DMZ intact.
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1y
trees- it might work- like fairy dust and elixirs of all sorts
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1y
Link:
NC Gambling helpline
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