What is overseeding?
Some customers might want a green yard year round. As Bermuda lawns go dormant they may want to add color to their lawns by planting or overseeding a cool season grass, usually annual or perennial rye, over a dormant Bermuda lawn. Zoysia grows in too thick to overseed. This seeding over Bermuda lawns will provide a green grass over the winter. We do not recommend overseeding on Bermuda lawns. The winter grass will open up areas in the Bermuda yard which will become available for weeds in our summer and will rob the grass of nutrients necessary for strong growth during its upcoming active growing season. If overseeding Bermuda lawn, use only rye so that it will completely die out in summer and not cause an unsightly yard in early season. Sow in late September or early October and keep the seeds moist until germination and then treat like ordinary grass. For Fescue, yearly overseeding is highly recommended. Our summers take a toll on fescue and thins turf. Reseed with fescue seed in late
