2006-10-30 11:08:29 · 8 answers · asked by Mozell 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
a 50/50 mix of perennial fescue and annual rye is a good start. The annual rye grows quick and breaks the dirt for the fescue. The fescue grows long and lean and comes back every year.
Don't Fertilize until AFTER you are able to cut the grass once.
BUT, see the website below for more particulars for where you will be planting the grass - shade, sunny, under trees, etc. I used to live in Western KY, along the KY/TN border, about an hour from Nashville, and the 50/50 fescue/rye worked WONDERFUL both in spring and fall. I had a GREAT yard after just two seasons of doing this.
BERMUDA grass is the thick and tangly stuff that creeps on the ground - you do NOT want that. Fescue and rye grow long, lean and tall - that is what you want.
2006-10-30 11:21:56 · answer #1 · answered by tchr4u 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's hard to sow a yard in november in tennessee because of probable frost. If you want to see some green during the fall and winter months sow some millet and winter rye grass. However, this will die off in the Spring. your best bet for that area would be a tall fescue called "Kentucky 31". It is drought resistant, releatively inexpensive and pretty easy to grow. Sow it in March or April after the last frost. If you have any questions email me at boymusic1@yahoo.com and I will be more than happy to answer. Good luck
2006-10-30 19:35:22 · answer #2 · answered by The Keeper of the Green 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marshall Rye would be a good choice to get you through the winter in TN. In the early spring follow it up with bermuda. Be sure to put out a little 13-13-13 with the rye. The bermuda will thank you about June.
2006-10-30 19:15:49 · answer #3 · answered by Professor Chitlin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rye grass its cheap and grows fast you need something just to hold the soil for winter then aeriate and plant over it in the spring.
2006-10-30 19:12:23 · answer #4 · answered by Aaron A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rebel is a good brand to use others are Mustang, Rembrant. do not use kentucky 31
2006-10-30 19:15:51 · answer #5 · answered by aussie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
annual rye, for now, then early spring, core plug aerate and spread some type of fescue, also use starter fert.
2006-10-30 21:05:11 · answer #6 · answered by bruce w 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to you local garden center and they will be selling the kind you grow in your area!!
2006-10-31 00:17:36 · answer #7 · answered by á?¦.Ö¼â?¢â?¥Â¨*Õ?δï»?*¨â?¥â?¢Ö¼.á? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
read the back of grass seed bags, its all there as what you want to know or ask a salesperson.
2006-10-30 19:11:43 · answer #8 · answered by StarShine G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋