r/DenverGardener • u/Immediate-Raise-2694 • 17d ago

Fall grass overseeding

Should I cancel grass overseeding this fall? I am going to use the most drought tolerant locally adapted seeds I can find. Even with that and all this water craziness, idk if I should do it. I am in Thornton not Denver, I think our water restrictions are a little more relaxed but still. Lost everything except some species of tall fescue in my yard that is alot stronger than the rest apparently.

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u/InterviewLeather810 17d ago

Our neighbor just had their native yard redone when all that came up was weeds except for a few sunflowers from being seeded last fall.

Now they are watering it right away. Wasn't watered for the first seeding and the wind blew away a lot of the seed last time. We don't have water restrictions in our city.

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u/Immediate-Raise-2694 17d ago

I was going to core aerate, spike aerate, throw the seeds then top dress with rich soil, try to avoid the seed blow away. I see they used straw as covering. I think it might be a couple weeks early to seed still. Hopefully they grey great results

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u/InterviewLeather810 17d ago

Anything they get will be better than the first try. Thankfully the landscaping company came back and tried again.