Hey gm-
Welcome! There are a lot of folks here more knowledgeable than myself, but I will share my experience and things I have picked up in the last year or so.
Most everyone here will tell you to skip spring seeding. The seedlings are still young when the summer heat comes and it's tough to keep the plant alive. More weed pressure in the summer. Fall has warm soil temps to get the seedlings going quickly and less stress from heat and weeds.
I've read here that KBG doesn't do too well in an overseed due to the long germination time and being shaded out by other grasses. That said, I have zero experience with *** personally, and I can't imagine Drew would steer you wrong. :|
Did you get a good deal of *** germination in the fall? If so, also keep in mind that KBG is slow to establish even once it does germinate, so if you think the *** germinated and went into winter OK, you may be surprised once it warms up and the KBG gets going. As you probably know, the *** will fill in a good deal in year 2.
I think the safe play is skip the spring seeding, apply a pre-m soon, work on what weeds are left during the summer, adjust PH if needed, then see where you're at mid summer and decide then if you want to keep working on it, or kill it and reno.
Can you share some pictures?
Jesse
Welcome! There are a lot of folks here more knowledgeable than myself, but I will share my experience and things I have picked up in the last year or so.
Most everyone here will tell you to skip spring seeding. The seedlings are still young when the summer heat comes and it's tough to keep the plant alive. More weed pressure in the summer. Fall has warm soil temps to get the seedlings going quickly and less stress from heat and weeds.
I've read here that KBG doesn't do too well in an overseed due to the long germination time and being shaded out by other grasses. That said, I have zero experience with *** personally, and I can't imagine Drew would steer you wrong. :|
Did you get a good deal of *** germination in the fall? If so, also keep in mind that KBG is slow to establish even once it does germinate, so if you think the *** germinated and went into winter OK, you may be surprised once it warms up and the KBG gets going. As you probably know, the *** will fill in a good deal in year 2.
I think the safe play is skip the spring seeding, apply a pre-m soon, work on what weeds are left during the summer, adjust PH if needed, then see where you're at mid summer and decide then if you want to keep working on it, or kill it and reno.
Can you share some pictures?
Jesse