Some gardeners prefer to replace it with fescue a cool season grass that does best in the fall winter and spring.
Overseeding bermuda grass with fescue.
With high quality fescue grass seed in hand it s time to move on to preparing the lawn.
When overseeding bermuda with fescue encourage aggressive fescue growth even into the warmer spring months by allowing shade from buildings or overhanging trees to cover the turf.
Sow 6 8 pounds of annual ryegrass per 1000 square feet and broadcast a complete lawn fertilizer than contains a slow release form of nitrogen if you have not done so already.
Since bermuda grass is a warm season grass and fescue is a cool season grass the two seem like a match made in heaven.
Unfortunately there are problems mixing the two grasses.
First bermuda likes to be mowed low and fescue likes to grow taller.
By then warm season bermuda usually has grown back thereby allowing homeowners with this turf mix to maintain green lawns all year round.
It makes the summer lawn look lush.
Cut to about 1 5 inches before overseeding so the new seedlings can compete with the existing grass and weeds.
Bermuda grass is a warm season grass that thrives in the heat of midsummer.
Also both types of grasses need nitrogen fertilizer but on completely.
Prepare the lawn before seeding by mowing your bermuda grass about 1 inch and by raking the lawn vigorously with a metal tined rake.
But it does not do well in cooler weather and may need to be overseeded in the fall.
Prep the overseeding site.