Overseeding Recommendations


COOL SEASON GRASSES THAT CAN BE USED TO OVERSEED SEAISLE 1 
COMMON NAME APPROX.
NO. SEED/LB.
SEEDING RATE
(lbs. per 1000 sq. ft.)
DAYS TO
GERMINATE
OPTIMUM
GERMINATION
TEMP (F)
Creeping Bentgrass 6-7,000.000 0.5-1 4-12

59-86F

Kentucky bluegrass 950,000-2,000,000 1.5-20 6-30 59-86F
Rough stalk bluegrass
(Poa Trivialis)
2,100,000 1-2 10-21 68-86F
Annual ryegrass 200.000 7-8 3-7 68-86F
Perennial ryegrass 210,000-300,000 7-8 3-7 68-86F
Tall fescue 220,000 7-8 6-12 68-86F
Alkaligrass 2,000,000 6-10 (Fairways/Tees) 7-21 70-75F
Alkaligrass 2,000,000 2-4 Roughs) 7-21 70-75F
Fine fescues 550,000-700,000 4-5 10-20 59-77F
SALT TOLERANT COOL SEASON GRASSES THAT CAN BE USED FOR OVERSEEDING 

CRFEPING
BENTGRASS

PERENNIAL
RYEGRASS


STRONG
CREEPING
RED FESCUE

KENTUCKY
BLUEGRASS


TALL

FESCUE

WEEPING
ALKALIGRASS
SLENDER
CREEPING
RED FESCUE
Seaside Chaparral Flyer Blacksburg Tomahawk Salty Dawson
Seaside II Quickstart Ensylva Livingston Apache II Fults Oasis
Cobra Manhattan II Shademaster II Glade Alta 1 Seabreeze
Penneagle 1 1 1 1 1 1
SR 1020 1 1 1 1 1 1
Mariner 1 1 1 1 1 1


NOTE: These are normal rates for establishment. Overseeding rates into SeaIsle 1 mature turf might need to be increased by 25-30% to achieve adequate cool season turf density.


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