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Just today I overseeded with Vigoro with RTF. I found the promise of the grass spreading and growing a 2nd shoot to be quite interesting. This is my first time overseeing and hoping it grows well.
I went with the same...guess we will see if it is marketing hype or not lol.
Well, I aerated and overseeded this weekend with Pennington Fescue Blend Plus. Now I just need to wait and see how the grass turns out.
FWIW, I rented an aerator from Ace Hardware along with three neighbors. It cost $45 for 3 hours. The aerator did a surprisinly good job pulling up cores in my clay soil. However, by the time I paid for my 1/3 of the cost for the aerator, 20 lbs of seed, 40 lbs lime, and starter fertilizer I figure I only saved a few bucks versus hiring a reputable pro to do the work. While I enjoyed giving it a try, using the aerator was tough (I'm pretty sore today) especially with a small lawn with lots of obstacles to manuever around. I will give strong consideration to hiring this work out next year!
Last edited by North_Raleigh_Guy; 10-05-2008 at 07:23 PM..
Well, I aerated and overseeded this weekend with Pennington Fescue Blend Plus. Now I just need to wait and see how the grass turns out.
FWIW, I rented an aerator from Ace Hardware along with three neighbors. It cost $45 for 3 hours. The aerotr did a surprisinly good job pulling up cores in my clay soil. Howeverm, by the time I paid for my 1/3 of the cost for the aerator, 20 lbs of seed, 40 lbs lime, and starter fertilizer I figure I only saved a few bucks versus hiring a reputable pro to do the work. While I enjoyed giving it a try, using the aerator was tough (I'm pretty sore today) especially with a small lawn with lots of obstacles to manuever around. I will give strong consideration to hiring this work out next year!
See if you and the same neighbors can get a discount for giving all your work to the same guy...?
I used Scott's Southern Gold last year and I am pleased with the results, both for overseeding and a small area of new lawn. This year I have about 1/4 acre of new lawn (where there were previously some ugly/dead trees, brush, and weeds) to start from scratch and I am planning on using Scott's Southern Gold again. But I am going to wait at least another week to do it... temps are supposed to be near 90 next week and that's too hot.
So who would you hire to do it professionally if you don't do it yourself? We are too old and worn out to push an aerator around.
I have a call into TrueGreen but they must be busy cause they don't call back. Alot of good ole boys on craigs list advertising this service. I just want to know who to call for the best price and service. I'm in Chapel Hill
I can't remember the brand, but last year we seeded with a fescue they carried at Lowe's and was supposedly developed by NCSU (they were promoting it). I just can't remember the name. I was planning on going later this week to see if they still carry it.
I noticed in Homewood Nursery's email tht they carry Gold Standard brand and "Gold Standard Fescue lawn seed, the best seed for our area. It features the TOP PERFORMING FESCUE SEEDS FROM NC STATE'S TURF TRIALS!"
I didn't get over there (Homewood)to check it out, but I did purchase some Scott's Water-Smart, Heat Resistant seed from Lowes and will apply it sometime in the next few weeks. It's still kind of hot and dry right now, isn't it?
I would wait at least another week especially if you can't keep the soil moist. I know NCSU recommends 9/1 for seeding but upper 80s and dry is not ideal ...
Most seed germinates in 21 days or so - early Oct is fine.
Frank
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