Fall Overseed Finally Popped!

We live in the Texas Hillcountry, where your lawn consists of weeds and sandburs and wildflowers (if it rains).

We run almost 100% on rainwater (20k gallon storage), so we have to time the seeding closely with temperature drops and rain.

But it finally rained and my cool season overseed exploded! Brown grass in the background for comparison.

Nice. I am just getting my seed down now that the temp has dropped. Hopefully to see results like yours in the next couple weeks. Central Texas.

Uma said:
Nice. I am just getting my seed down now that the temp has dropped. Hopefully to see results like yours in the next couple weeks. Central Texas.

With the overcast and cooler temps, it will be so much easier!

It sure has! Congrats, it looks great!

Texas is so tricky for getting grass like this. Awesome job!!

Huxley said:
Texas is so tricky for getting grass like this. Awesome job!!

It definitely is. Too much rain. No rain. 90 degrees in November. The list goes on.

Now I have a craving to see all three acres :joy:.

@Monroe
Haha, this is the comment I knew was coming

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WARNING to those in the northern hemisphere: The window for SAFE seeding in all but the most southern cool season zones (SW U.S.) has now closed. The next recommended window is dormant seeding, when soil temps are too low for grass seed to germinate (under 50F/10C but before the ground is frozen).

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