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Overseed now that I have irrigation?

Posted by ls3c6 5 (My Page) on
Fri, Jul 27, 12 at 9:37

Have a pretty healthy lawn, but would like to overseed now that I had irrigation installed and can water it say, 3mins x 3x a day... need to overseed about 20,000 sqft what is the best to use?


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RE: Overseed now that I have irrigation?

What type of grass do you have now? Where do you live? Do you want the new grass to match what you have now?


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RE: Overseed now that I have irrigation?

West Michigan, KBG/fescue contractor mix planted 10yrs ago, it's way too nice to renovate... zero weeds, just want it to look nicer and get even thicker, so figured continue watering and overseed sept 1


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RE: Overseed now that I have irrigation?

Wait! If you have nice grass now, and it is the mix you say, something is wrong. Any lawn with KBG should not be thin.

What is your watering schedule? How often and for how long?
How high/low are you mowing? How often?
When were the last two times you fertilized and what did you use?
Have you used any insecticides or herbicides on the lawn in the past year? Which ones for what problems and when?
Any other amendments to correct pH or anything you can think of? Is shade an issue in the lawn?

Hopefully something will stick out as obvious from your answers to those questions. If not then your first/next step would be the $20 soil test from Logan Labs in Ohio. It could be something is preventing your grass from getting the uptake it should get from the soil.


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RE: Overseed now that I have irrigation?

I couldn't water it properly until I had sprinkling installed due to the drought and size.

Now it gets .5" 2-3x a week of water, 2.75-3" cut when it reaches 4-5", a local company fertilizes it 6x a year, no insecticides but have had to get clover killed... not much shade.

Also need to get grass back where the pipe puller split the sod etc


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