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I went with bermuda seed this year, late start, and I am very impressed with how it is doing. I plan on aerating next June and overseeding again. Bermuda seems to do great in my neighborhood. I have overseeded my fescue areas as well, hoping it will take over in 2 or 3 years and eliminate the fescue. We shall see.
Oh yeah, it'll take the fescue no problem! Bermuda is running rampant in my neighborhood. I'm hitting it with turflon-ester and ornamec and that seems to be keeping it at bay, however if I can't get rid of it I will go with Bermuda.
Did you use a seeded variety of Bermuda? Do you have any pictures you could post of it? The common bermuda in my neighbors hard doesn't look so hot, and I was wondering what those improved seeded versions they have around here looked like. No info is available online that I can find with decent pictures.
That's what I used. Well, Rebel IV, Southern Gold, and a bluegrass mix at 45%-45%-10% and it came up great. The only issue is the hay/straw I used grew in some places. Hopefully the fescue will overtake it.
Rebel seed was developed by NCSU for this area. It is a blend of different tall fescue's, has fine blade for smoother look and is fairly tollerant to our summer heat and dry spells. You can buy it at most hardware stores.
Key to success is aeration, drop seed, drag a rake just to help seed find a niche to germinate, water 10 min each day until 1 inch tall, do not mow until 3 inches tall. You will end up with a lawn that looks like sod. Raise mower to max height will reduce weed growth and will reduce roots burning out in the summer.
Rebel seed was developed by NCSU for this area. It is a blend of different tall fescue's, has fine blade for smoother look and is fairly tollerant to our summer heat and dry spells. You can buy it at most hardware stores.
Key to success is aeration, drop seed, drag a rake just to help seed find a niche to germinate, water 10 min each day until 1 inch tall, do not mow until 3 inches tall. You will end up with a lawn that looks like sod. Raise mower to max height will reduce weed growth and will reduce roots burning out in the summer.
What about broadleaf and crabgrass? We aerated, the new grass on 75% of lawn looks great but there are patches of crabgrass and broadleaf still thriving. I was told the fescue would overtake it, but its not happening. Should I put some weedkiller on there and re-reseed? Any advice appreciated...
What about broadleaf and crabgrass? We aerated, the new grass on 75% of lawn looks great but there are patches of crabgrass and broadleaf still thriving. I was told the fescue would overtake it, but its not happening. Should I put some weedkiller on there and re-reseed? Any advice appreciated...
I'm kind of wondering the same thing. We plan on having our lawn aerated in the next couple weeks. I'm wondering if we can weed n feed now, then have the lawn aerated with fescue. We didn't do the weed n feed this past spring b/c it got hot so quick, so therefore weeds were pretty bad this year. Or is it just best to wait till spring?
The seed needs soil contact to germinate and weeds can interfere with that happening. You can apply weedkiller and reseed but check the weedkiller for the wait time for reseeding.
Depending on the winter you may be just fine ... it will be trickier in the spring as a pre-emerge crabgrass preventer will typically also prevent grass from germinating.
My neighbor and I both seeding the same day. He with the Fescue Smart Seed, myself withthe Southern Gold. Saw some grass growing eight days later on my side. His is still waiting. Maybe it the shell on the seed. But for now its looking good. Hopefully it will be a good grass b/c I surely paid alot for it based on the other grass seed prices.
I went with bermuda seed this year, late start, and I am very impressed with how it is doing. I plan on aerating next June and overseeding again. Bermuda seems to do great in my neighborhood. I have overseeded my fescue areas as well, hoping it will take over in 2 or 3 years and eliminate the fescue. We shall see.
I purchased my home two years ago. Previous owner did nothing but cut and threw out some fescue seed into the Bermuda front lawn. When I got here it was roughly 50% crab grass and weeds, 30% Bermuda and 20% fescue. Since then I've used so much weed killer that at times I thought I had killed everything. Going into last winter, I had eliminated almost all weeds but still had the fescue. And by this time, the Bermuda had spread very well. I heard about and tried diluting roundup premixed 50% with water. I sprayed it on the fescue twice during the coldest weather we had last winter. The fescue is gone and the Bermuda has taken over those areas very well.
Also, I have a lot of trees in the back yard and have put down fescue sod. I will overseed with Jonathan Green Black Beauty. I use this for years at my previous home here in upstate SC. I really don't think there is any better seed and I've tried a lot of them from the box stores and hardware.
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