What is the the best seed grass to plant in Georgia (metro Atlanta) and what time of year.?

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First, here is a chart of the grasses that do well in Georgia: http://www.commodities.caes.uga.edu/turfgrass/georgiaturf/Turfgras/1150_Selection.htm

Of the grasses recommended for Georgia, only Bermudagrass (but not the hybrid Bermudagrasses), some Zoysiagrass cultivars, Perennial Ryegrass and Tall Fescue can be seeded.

Bermudagrass and Zoysiagrass are warm season grasses. They greenup and grow best when the temperatures are hot. Both of the warm season grasses are drought tolerant.

Ryegrass and Tall Fescue are cool season grasses. They greenup and grow best when temperature are warm (60-80 degrees). Tall Fescue tolerates heat better than Ryegrass and is pretty drought tolerant.

Of the four grasses that can be seeded in Georgia, Bermudagrass has the best recuperabilty. This means that this type of lawn will recover from damage (disease, insect, etc.) faster than the other types.

If you have shade, Bermudagrass is the least tolerant of shade of all these grasses.

Tall fescue needs the least maintenance of all the four grasses listed here.

Bermudagrass and Tall Fescue have the least disease problems of the four grasses.

Bermudagrass has the finest texture of the four grasses.

So which is the best? That's a personal choice. I'd pick the Bermudagrass because it looks the best unless I have a lot of shade on my property. If I had to deal with some shade, then I would probably select the Zoysiagrass.

When is the best time to seed? Here are the available turfgrass calendars for the Bermudagrass, Zoysiagrass & Tall Fescue in Georgia:
http://www.commodities.caes.uga.edu/turfgrass/georgiaturf/Publicat/PCRP2006/BermCalendar.pdf
http://www.commodities.caes.uga.edu/turfgrass/georgiaturf/Publicat/PCRP2006/ZoyCalendar.pdf
http://www.commodities.caes.uga.edu/turfgrass/georgiaturf/Publicat/PCRP2006/TFCalendar.pdf

From these calenders you can see that the two warm seasons grasses are best seeded in May, June, July or August. The cool season grasses are best seeded in October.

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With no offense at all,,, I live in Florida, and St. Augustine,,, called crab grass by northerners, isn't sold by seed here,,,unless perhaps to commercial establishments. St. Augustine is a VERY shallow root grass, but does spread/travel, etc. rooting at joints every so often. DRY/BROWN,,, is normal. BARE spots take no more effort than a trip to a place that sells sod. St. Augustine here stopped any real growth a month ago, and is already going dormant unless one fertilizes and irrigates regularly. Even then thatching will likely be needed. You can "Fill in" with seed grass, which will also likely die off or be choked out in the spring. NITROGEN will allow more GREEN. Steven Wolf

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As some have said THERE IS NO SEED FOR ST AUGUSTINE! You must plant it by plugs(little plants). I have heard you can spread "stolens" too. But I don't know about that. St Augustine is a creeping grass. That is what is great about it. It will knit back together the holes that have come. Just be patient, water well and add good soil to the bare spots. St Augustine is also supposed to go dormant in cold weather. Here in SoCal that just means it slows down a LOT! Not meaning to insult the asker. But let's learn from our mistakes. And now we know that in SoCal it is not a good idea to plant anything in JULY! Good luck :-)

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Bermuda in early spring. You can seed in early september, but will need to fill in bald patches in the spring.

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depends on what type of lawn you want. bermuda will give a golf course look. zoysia and centipede are also good here. fescue is the toughest