Freshly overseeded lawn

10 years ago

Hello, I just overseeded the front half of my lawn roughly 3 weeks ago with a mix of tttf and kbg. The tttf came up well, but then after about a week it started looking tough (like in the picture) very crumpled and laying down. I'm wondering what is wrong here? We have had a lot of rain the last couple days, but it was like this even before that when I was watering by hand, is it possible I overwatered? Is the new grass being choked out by my taller existing grass? Will this come out of it? Any help would be appreciated thank you

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hawksster .
10 years ago
What fescue did you use and where did you get if from?
Mitch Hulshof
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10 years ago
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Defiance xre from seedland.com
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hawksster .
10 years ago
Just briefly reading the product description ion their website, that may be just part of the mix you bought. Then clumpy fescue is usually the more resistant types. They do better in traffic, drought, etc. The other cultivar(s) in your mix just may need to catch up. The end result may look just fine, but until then those clumps will stand out.

The same look may occur if/when your lawn has stress. If some grass starts to die because of heat/drought/etc, those clumps are probably going to be sitting there doing just fine. Do some more research to find out if that clumping fescue is also the aggressively spreading type. If it is, you may end up with mostly clumping type if/when your lawn suffers injury.