Benefits of Overseeding Your Lawn

Overseeding helps to improve the appearance and overall health of your lawn. It keeps your lawn in good shape and makes it look extremely vibrant. When the process is done regularly and properly, the need for using pre-emergent herbicides will reduce and this can save cost. The most important part of overseeding your lawn is for the proper maintenance and improvement of its qualities and features. However, let’s start with a brief definition of what overseeding really means.

What is Overseeding?

This is the process of planting grass seeds directly into the existing turf, without tearing up the turf or damaging the soil. It is an easy way of filling in bare spots to improve the density of your lawn and enhance its color. Generally, lawn overseeding is the process of spreading grass seeds over an already existing turf. It is best used for larger areas where the lawn is thin, but not bare. Smaller areas that are infested with weeds or bare spots can be easily spot seeded.

Bad things like weed, bare spots, weak or patchy grass can affect the beauty of your lawn and this usually results from climatic conditions, poor drainage system, weed infestations or soil compactions. Once these things occur, the only effective solution for restoring your lawn’s normal state to an attractive condition is by overseeding it regularly.

Hiring lawn care specialists to do the job properly would be very necessary because they know the certain techniques used in overseeding a lawn. Below are some of those benefits you will gain from overseeding your lawn.

Help Improve the Density of Your Lawn and Enhance its Color

Overseeding does not only fill up bare spots or patchy grass with seeds but it also applies to the whole areas of your lawn. The main goal is to keep your lawn in a healthy condition by preventing pests or insects from damaging the turf. However, this process is assisted with core fertilization and aeration.

Overseeding your lawn can also make it thicker and more likely to fend off weeds. Not all areas of your lawn will benefit from this, but generally, overseeding is highly effective for cool-season grasses like Fescue, Bentgrass, Kentucky bluegrass and the rest. Using the right amount of water and grass seeds can transform your thinning lawn into a rich comfortable stretch grass. The blades of your turf can no longer be counted but rather run together to form a leafy surface.

Help Fight Against Insects, Weeds, Pests, and Diseases

Overseeding your lawn will help increase disease and insect resistance and also prevents weeds. Keeping your lawn healthy will give it the strength to fight off pests and diseases which would be very beneficial. When cultivating your lawn, the easiest way to make it healthy and strong enough to fend off pests and diseases is by watering less frequently and for a longer period of time in order to encourage a strong and developed root system. Another means is overseeding your turf more often. If your lawn is regularly affected with particular pests and insects, you can use varieties of grass seeds that grow well in your climate instead of applying chemicals that would later cause environmental damages.

Help Improve the Appearance of Your Lawn

Overseeding will fill up patchy grasses or bare spots that were damaged by pests or insects. This will drastically improve the appearance of your lawn. Simply rake the spots that were damaged by pests, throw in some fresh grass seeds and keep the soil moist until the seeds start germinating. An attractive lawn is pleasing to the eye and this is something you would like.

To receive help with seeding your garden, contact Landscaping San Mateo today!