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It’s Time to Aerate and Overseed your Fescue Grass
Many homes in the Metro Atlanta area and most of Tennessee have fescue grass. October is the ideal time to aerate and overseed your lawn to combat the issue of spring weeds.
What is Fescue Grass?
Fescue grass is a cool-season grass known for holding its green color. Fescue remarkably survives summer weather better than some warm-season grass types. Fescue grass is in most of United States, but it struggles in the heat of the Deep South.
Fescue grass has a "transition zone" located from the Metro-Atlanta line though most of Tennessee. In this zone fescue grass is known to perform exceptionally well, given that it is taken proper care of during the summer and early fall.
Aeration
If you have fescue grass, you should know the importance of aerating and overseeding it each fall in order to allow it to thrive the rest of the year. Fescue that is located in the transition zone naturally thins throughout the summer, making aeration and overseeding in the fall vital to maintaining the grass' health.
Thatch is the layer of living and dead organic matter that sits between the leaf blade and soil. Thatch can harm your lawn if it is not regularly maintained through aeration. Aeration is the process of removing small plugs of soil (including microbes) from your lawn and depositing them on the surface. The microbes immediately break down the dead organic layer of thatch.
Aeration benefits:
- Relieves soil compaction
- Reduces thatch
- Allows oxygen into the soil
- Improves turf density
- Reduces drought stress
- Improves water uptake
- Improves nutrient uptake
- Improves root growth
- Promotes a deeper root system
- Reduces water runoff
Overseeding
After the aeration process is complete, overseeding is a crucial next step. Overseeding is the process of spreading grass seed over the existing lawn to ensure it grows back thick and healthy in the spring. This process should be done yearly to maintain a healthy lawn. Overseeding after aeration is best because it provides a perfect bed for the fescue seeds.
- Thickens grass
- Blocks out weeds
- Repairs lawn damage
- Introduce advanced varieties of grass to your lawn
- Improves lawn color
Hire a Professional
Maintaining fescue grass can be a daunting task, but AgroPro is here to take your stress away! We will come out to aerate and overseed your lawn with top-quality, blue tag certified type tall Fescue seed that is suited for our Georgia Climate.