This is Rick blogging for Dr. John (no not the night tripper Dr. John - our green thumb Dr. John) ...Now is the time to put down any feed if you plan to do that. Why? Because September is over-seed month and you don't want to get your applications too close together.
For grass seed there are tons of options. Just watch the weed seed percentage on the back. You may want to avoid rye and tall fescue too.
I used Scott’s heat tolerant blue the last time I over-seeded. It had a good mix of KBG cultivars and is made for drought conditions. You can get it at Lowes. It is a bit pricey, so make sure to keep it damp. Blue grass can take 20 days to germinate so you may want to wait till mid Sept. before putting any down, the damp nights will help with moisture/watering.
You might consider aeration before the seeding - Rich is looking into renting one.
And consider Scotts Starter Fertilizer with the seed.
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Thanks guys. Hey any pictures from the Ice cream social?
no one would sign a release so no, sorry ...
You mean I really, really missed it? I so thought it would appear in blog world. Don't the Gazdas,Ellis' or Conyers take pictures? I'm so sad....
On a lighter note we fertilized our lawn today and attempted to pull the happy,prosperous crab grass.(The crab grass won!)
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