$300+of grass seed down the toilet...

[Gramps]

Originally Posted by volinbham

with enough summer rain, my zoisya is like a Tempurpedic mattress. It's awesome.

the down side is you just about have to go the sod route to put in new zoisya or fix big damaged areas. it's darn near impossible to seed.

I had zoisya at our previous home. It is awesome. Do not have to mow as often and is like walking on a cushion.
It make a beautiful lawn.

[knucklehead_vol]

Originally Posted by Gramps

I had zoisya at our previous home. It is awesome. Do not have to mow as often and is like walking on a cushion.
It make a beautiful lawn.

I put some Pennington Zenith seed out. Not much came up. It was only 14.86 seed though.

[kiddiedoc]

I have some dead spots from dog pee and lack of water in my fescue, which was sodded last summer. When is the best time to seed? Early fall when it begins to cool down? Should i aerate and put some topsoil or putting soil down with the seed?

[vol_in_ar]

with fescue you should areate in the fall

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[coors40light]

Originally Posted by kiddiedoc

I have some dead spots from dog pee and lack of water in my fescue, which was sodded last summer. When is the best time to seed? Early fall when it begins to cool down? Should i aerate and put some topsoil or putting soil down with the seed?

I have a lawn service i do on the side, depending on temps and long term forcasts i normally aerate and overseed my customers yards in mid-October (i live in Knoxville). Again, that can very by a couple of weeks depending on temps.

[JokermanVol]

I recommend Tennessee Turf, developed by UTK. It's several types of fescue, I think, to prevent a single infection or bug from killing the whole lot. It is reasonably drought resistant but does need the occasional watering. They sell it at Barn Nursery in Chattanooga and I'm sure some place in Knoxville or other parts of the state.

[punkcat]

Originally Posted by volinbham

with enough summer rain, my zoisya is like a Tempurpedic mattress. It's awesome.

the down side is you just about have to go the sod route to put in new zoisya or fix big damaged areas. it's darn near impossible to seed.

Ever tried the plugs. Put em about six inches apart and let em go.

[knucklehead_vol]

Update. Although very late. I put Celebration Bermuda sod down late summer/early fall. After a few years and so many seed bags, I decided to just go with the sod and I and very happy I did. I would absolutely recommend this grass. Much nicer than your typical Bermuda grass.

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[vol_in_ar]

I put down two pallets of fescue last weekend....
my neighbor was having his entire new lawn sodded, and when I puled up the semi still had two pallets on the back...
So I offered him a $100 bucks for them and he took it and then dropped it in my back yard for me.

I've got a diaster for a yard....the main yard front and back of the house was sodded with Bermuda when we bought it in September...

Turns out I owned the lot next to me, so I had the dead trees and underbrush cleared, leveled and 2 inches of top soil (13 dump trucks) added, and a sprinker system installed, then put down rye and fescue seed, that's come in pretty good, where it didn't wash away.. about 85% coverage so far

So I'll have a busy spring and summer this year getting it finished..

[knucklehead_vol]

Originally Posted by vol_in_ar

I put down two pallets of fescue last weekend....
my neighbor was having his entire new lawn sodded, and when I puled up the semi was still had two pallets on the back...
So I offered him a $100 bucks for them and he took it and then dropped it in my back yard for me.

Do you have considerable shade? Nice get for 100.00. You got better than 2:1 with that price.

[mdrew27]

The time you waste seeding and reseeding and also waiting for the grass to establish you could already have well established sod. I could go on for hours about the advantages of sod.

[knucklehead_vol]

Originally Posted by mdrew27

The time you waste seeding and reseeding and also waiting for the grass to establish you could already have well established sod. I could go on for hours about the advantages of sod.

Agreed, but not to mention the money wasted on seed that never grows. My neighbor just put fescue seed in his back yard. Some has come up but not much at all.

[vol_in_ar]

Originally Posted by knucklehead_vol

Do you have considerable shade? Nice get for 100.00. You got better than 2:1 with that price.

on the side yard yes...
the main yard front and back very little

[knucklehead_vol]

Originally Posted by vol_in_ar

on the side yard yes...
the main yard front and back very little

Are you gonna put a sprinkler system in? Or is it a heat tolerant fescue? Fescues take a good bit of water during the summer.

[vol_in_ar]

Originally Posted by knucklehead_vol

Are you gonna put a sprinkler system in? Or is it a heat tolerant fescue? Fescues take a good bit of water during the summer.

yes it's in. I edited my original post