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Teach me about overseeding me lawn with Rye Grass
Posted on 10/21/19 at 5:52 pm
Posted on 10/21/19 at 5:52 pm
I want to plant Rye grass on my 1.5 acre yard in Baton Rouge. I currently have a centipede and St Aug in different spots.
Any tricks to do this?
When should I do it?
What kind of seed to buy and where at ?
Any tricks to do this?
When should I do it?
What kind of seed to buy and where at ?
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Posted on 10/21/19 at 5:58 pm to HeadBusta4LSU
Did it for years and feel like it ruined my normal grass. Looks amazing during the winter but proceed with caution!
Posted on 10/21/19 at 6:17 pm to LSU-MNCBABY
I feel the same. Looks great for part of the winter, but it always seemed to make the normal grass worse come spring time.
Posted on 10/21/19 at 6:41 pm to HeadBusta4LSU
Look at aerial shots of Augusta National during the summer. You’ll rethink rye overseed.
Posted on 10/21/19 at 7:02 pm to Golfer
So, OP, you want to be cutting grass thru the winter. 
You know that crap will get a foot tall?
You know that crap will get a foot tall?Posted on 10/21/19 at 7:14 pm to LSU-MNCBABY
Did it introduce a bunch of weeds or just hurt the health of the grass?
Posted on 10/21/19 at 7:15 pm to fishfighter
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So, OP, you want to be cutting grass thru the winter. You know that crap will get a foot tall?
I have a 54inch zero turn with 2 beer holders. Doesn’t bother me a bit
Posted on 10/21/19 at 8:53 pm to HeadBusta4LSU
Don't o/s centipede or at aug. It will inhibit green up in the spring.
Posted on 10/21/19 at 9:31 pm to HeadBusta4LSU
Make sure you use a perennial rye, specifically one formulated for athletic fields. It’ll get about 2” - 2.5” or so then stall out. It’s easy to maintain. I usually spray it with MSMA once warm season grasses start to come alive but if you have centipede you can’t use MSMA. Fertilize it when u plant it then again in about 2 months.
Posted on 10/21/19 at 10:02 pm to HeadBusta4LSU
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Teach me about overseeding me lawn with Rye Grass
Does rye grass grow in England?
Posted on 10/22/19 at 9:16 am to WilsonPickett
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Make sure you use a perennial rye, specifically one formulated for athletic fields. It’ll get about 2” - 2.5”
Where can you get this?
Posted on 10/22/19 at 9:42 am to WilsonPickett
I've got a bare area that is pretty hard. Put some St. Aug plugs hoping they would spread but not much progress was made. Would throwing some rye down this winter help break up the soil and allow for easier spreading?
Posted on 10/22/19 at 10:19 am to MikeD
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I've got a bare area that is pretty hard. Put some St. Aug plugs hoping they would spread but not much progress was made. Would throwing some rye down this winter help break up the soil and allow for easier spreading?
That sounds like it would be a good idea, if no more than to help suppress winter weeds in the bare area between plugs. Might have to try to scratch up the bare soil area for the rye grass seed. I assume you haven’t put down pre-emergent herbicide in that area, if so, then nix that idea.
Posted on 10/22/19 at 10:52 am to HeadBusta4LSU
Baseball coach here but I overseed every fall then kill it in spring . Doesn’t effect Bermuda at all. As other have said, I use Champions GQ rye (poa Anna free) and it doesn’t require as much cutting as traditional Gulf Rye or others
Posted on 10/22/19 at 11:01 am to CrawDude
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I assume you haven’t put down pre-emergent herbicide in that area, if so, then nix that idea.
Have not. Leaning towards throwing some seed down.
Posted on 10/22/19 at 11:34 am to MikeD
How big is the area?
Posted on 10/22/19 at 12:25 pm to BallsEleven
Maybe 60' x 20' in a side yard not really visible from the street. So I'm not worried about having to do everything to make it uniform.
Posted on 10/22/19 at 1:50 pm to HeadBusta4LSU
Do not use an annual rye especially Gulf annual.
Posted on 10/22/19 at 2:23 pm to Red Solo Cup
Made that mistake. It was so thick and stayed wet it was impossible to cut.
Posted on 10/22/19 at 2:37 pm to HeadBusta4LSU
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Did it introduce a bunch of weeds or just hurt the health of the grass?
Both, just year after year the normal grass took longer to come back, which introduced the weeds and then became very patchy. My neighbor and I always did the rye and we both had to resod this year and swore off of it.
I will miss that vibrant dark green grass during the winter though
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