Going on the presumption that your diagnosis is correct, you fried the soil with too much chemical fertilizer, I doubt a re-do this fall would get you much.

My suggestion would be to add all the compost you could. The compost and fertilizer will work together (with soil microbes) to eat up and tie up the fertilizer. It should also help with erosion and keep winter and spring weeds down somewhat.

Then you could try something next spring (sod or seed). The fall is the best time to seed, but not if you have accidentally created a toxic seed bed that likely won't be more conducive to growth for months.

Good luck.

thanks ... I was afraid of that. Next year I'll double check my square footage and pay more attention when setting the dispersal rate. Fortunately it's a fairly small area and I may tack down burlap after adding compost to help with erosion. I'll probably reseed next spring, since I really want to use the creeping fescue, rather than the tall fescue/blue glass mix in the sod around here.

Kay

I doubt you have harmed the grass seed with fertilizer.
Of course, it all depends on how much was too much...how much did the soil receive in the way of fertilizer prior to what you put down now.
If it was well watered, then I doubt the fertilizer did anything but sit.

Cool temperatures will prevent what the expected result might be...the grass seed, if it doesn't have the warmth in the soil to encourage germination, then it will just sit there and wait for more opportune time to do so.

If you think it will do any good, then do another seeding in the spring, but I think when the weather co-operates in springtime, you'll see results of your labour.

Oh, I think it's fried. A small patch done properly a week later has already had it's first cutting. I keep checking the patch in question and see an occasional brave seed that has managed to sprout but it keels over and disappears. It's still quite warm during the most days here and I'm still patching other spots -- will probably get good growth in areas sown until the end of October.

PS Organic feritlizers are harder to make that booboo with. ;)

well, I guess my over fertilized patch isn't dead forever ... weeds have begun to sprout. Just a few, and a few more brave grass seeds are struggling to survive. I still think I'll wait til next spring to reseed (or put down sod)... in the meantime, the squirrels are burying tons of acorns.
kay