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VTHokie01

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Starting a bit late, especially when seeding with KBG


as you needed to get that down a month ago. Kentucky Bluegrass (KBG) can take up to 4 weeks to germinate, which puts you into/after the average first frost date for this region. This will limit your root growth prior to winter and decrease the success rate of your overseeding efforts. You may want to look at seeding with a Turf Type Tall Fescue (TTTF) or TTTF/KBG mix vice all KBG.

Something along these lines:
https://titanfescue.com/products/titanRx/product_titanRx.html

KBG also requires a lot more care and feeding throughout the growing season (fertilizing, irrigation, etc.) compared to TTTF, so if you don't have time to dedicate to these activities, I'd definitely look to overseed with a TTTF grass seed.

One additional tip

Pick up some Milogranite organic fertilizer from Home Depot / Lowes. It's inexpensive and great to use when overseeding and throughout the growing season (next year).

Once spring hits, you'll need to get down a good pre-emergent, such as the Lesco Crabgrass Control:

http://www.homedepot.com/p/LESCO-50-lb-Crabgrass-Control-0-0-7-052388/100121942

This will greatly reduce your weed pressure throughout the growing season.

If you really want some great information on lawn care, read through the forums on aroundtheyard.com. Definitely a great resource for all things lawn related





[Post edited by VTHokie01 at 10/04/2016 1:50PM]

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Lawn care in the fall -- psychobilly 10/03/2016 10:13PM
  Starting a bit late, especially when seeding with KBG -- VTHokie01 10/04/2016 12:02PM
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  Edited my original post to add more detail** -- VTHokie01 10/04/2016 1:27PM
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