Fall is the best time to overseed a lawn or repair thin or bare areas the cool nights and mild shorter days provide the ideal conditions for seed germination.
Overseed bermuda grass in fall.
The cool season grass will germinate in the fall and begin to grow as your bermuda grass is going dormant.
This will give the grass seed easy access to the soil so it can root more easily after germinating.
During this spring transition the over seeded grass and bermuda grass will both be alive and will be competing with one another.
Finally don t overseed a new bermuda lawn unless it s been established for at least 90 days.
Before overseeding your thin lawn cut your grass shorter than normal and bag the clippings.
How to overseed a lawn 1.
How to overseed bermuda grass.
To plant new grass seedlings on an existing bermuda lawn you first need to prepare the lawn area by coring.
As spring arrives your bermuda grass will begin to green as normal.
Bermuda centipede saint augustine and zoysia are warn season grasses.
Late spring or early summer is ideal for overseeding warm season grasses in the south.
Cool fall weather starts earlier in the north so overseed your cool season grass by late summer or early fall if you live in there.