While spring offers good conditions for planting tall fescue, it holds some challenges. Heavy rains and melting snow or ice can keep soil cold for extended periods, inhibiting germination and giving hardy weeds a head start. Cool, overly wet soil also encourages the development of fungal diseases that can impact germination, seedling growth and established lawns.
Spring planting gives tall fescue less time to get established before summer heat replaces favorable growing temperatures. As a result, spring-planted tall fescue may struggle more than fall-planted seed. Seasonal fall and spring rains help keep germinating seed and seedling evenly moist. Planting tall fescue at the best time gives your lawn the best possible start, but timing isn't the only factor in seeding success.
Follow best practices for planting grass seed, from seed selection and soil testing to proper care during germination and beyond. Keep your grass and soil healthy and positioned for vigorous grass growth, and maintain your new tall fescue at recommended mowing heights of 3 to 4 inches. Learn what makes turf-type tall fesuce a leading choice for high-quality, high-performance turf, and how you can have a thick, uniform, and low-maintenance lawn.
Follow these best practices for grass seeding for a more beautiful and resilient lawn. Rebels is a high performance, low maintenance Turf-Type Tall Fescue with varieties that perform well in heavy traffic areas, as well as sun and shade.
By choosing The Rebels, you will get better color, finer leaf texture, and increased germination. Best Conditions for Tall Fescue Seed. Fall Planting of Tall Fescue. As a cool-season grass, it can be started from seed, says the University of California Integrated Pest Management Program , and this particular grass species germinates between 7 and 12 days after seeding. However, you must create a nutrient-rich environment and couple it with specific temperatures for successful seedling growth.
Seedland says that a well-established fescue grass lawn is best seeded in early autumn—it should germinate evenly throughout the seeded area. With mild temperatures returning in fall, fescue has a chance to establish itself after its summer dormancy and before cold winter weather strikes.
Although you can successfully seed and germinate fescue in the spring, early summer heat might cause severe dieback among the viable seeds. In contrast, seeding in late fall causes potential germination failure—when only a few seeds germinate within the ideal two-week window—if cold temperatures arrive early, resulting in patchy lawns.
Allow clippings to fall into the turf where they will decay and release nutrients. Note that warm-season grasses such as bermudagrass , zoysiagrass , centipedegrass , and St. Augustinegrass can be sodded in the fall in the Piedmont, but it is generally not recommended due to the increased chance of winterkill. Warm-season grasses should not be seeded in the fall as there is inadequate time for maturity before the first expected frost. Visit the TurfFiles website for more information on turf selection, care, and pest management.
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View our Privacy Policy. Now on Twitter. Search this website search. It appears you don't have javascript enabled. Gift Cards. Lawn Care. No Fescue Germination after 10 days. Email Save Comment Featured Answer. Like 1 Save. Sort by: Oldest. Newest Oldest. Like Save. Should I continue to mow or wait until after the seeds germinate?
We were out of fun essentials : like wine, brandy, popcorn.. I did go to the library though and I got a pile of garden books. It's what makes me happy. So much for hubby!!! I read that some people use Round-Up on poison ivy.
I just want to caution that, if you burn poison ivy, even when it is dead, it can put off fumes. Breathing the fumes can give you the rash in your mouth and throat.
So don't burn it, dead or alive. Wear protective clothing, including gloves and a mask, when clearing out poison ivy. Pack in trash bags and secure well. Some areas have people that will come out for pay, of course and clear your poison ivy. I have also used Round-Up on it; although am reconsidering that now. I agree I like purple. Brushed Nickel hardware and clear glass candle stick lighting. A semi flush light fixture over the door will draw attention to your door. You also might mount Nickel address numbers where the side light was mounted, Take your paint sample to Paint store for best shade match of purple For extra cost I would remove the shutters And crown mold the windows and door.
The shutters close the porch in and down size your front windows. Crown molding will raise the height of windows and door and give house presence on your street. Nice home. All the bulbs you have selected should come back each spring.
Check to see if they need refrigerating before planting- some do. The yellow and purple bulbs are planted together in my area south and look very nice. Since you have small kids, stay away from oleanders. They are toxic if leaves are eaten. For your front beds, I would dig up everything except yellow flowers. The small plants, I would put in pots and use on back patio to soften concrete. The two cedar trees may be too big to dig up and save.
If you can save them, I would plant them in back yard in the corners of back fence. You would have to dig up one plant in back and fill in area to left of garage in order to do this. Keep plants on back fence area. Perhaps make a bed in back fence area and plant pink bulbs peonies between each existing plant.
In front beds I would plant Nandinas in each corner not dwarf ones 2 on each side, In between 2 Nandinas on each side of house I would plant an Indian Hawthorne. Don't plant it directly between, pull out in front somewhat.
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