What Is Overseeding in Lawn Care?

What Is Overseeding in Lawn Care?

Overseeding is a lawn care service that involves spreading grass seeds across your existing lawn. This service is highly beneficial because it can increase the overall density of your lawn and fill in any bare or patchy areas with new grass. When your lawn is thick and full, it will be more resistant to stressors like diseases, insects, and weeds. Overseeding should be done in the fall because cool-season grasses grow better during this time of year here in Pennsylvania. While this service can be scheduled on its own, you can get the most out of it by pairing it with core aeration. That's because the seeds will be able to fall into the holes created during the aeration process, giving them good seed-to-soil contact.

What is overseeding and what results will it provide?

Overseeding is a beneficial lawn care service that involves spreading grass seeds across your existing lawn to promote new growth. This helps to fill in any bare or patchy areas on your lawn with new, healthy grass growth. Overseeding can also help thicken up your lawn, making it denser and more resilient to stressors like weeds, insect infestations, and even diseases. The thicker your turf is, the less likely these issues are to affect your entire lawn. In addition to health benefits, overseeding will also increase the beauty of your lawn, enhancing your overall curb appeal.

When should you overseed your lawn?

While overseeding your lawn is an important lawn care service, you need to make sure it's performed at the right time in order to get the best results. Here in Pennsylvania, fall is the perfect season to overseed your lawn because the weather is cool enough for the seeds to grow well. In the fall, cool-season grass thrives because the temperatures are mild and favorable for their development. So, by overseeding in the fall, the seeds will be better able to develop deep roots and establish themselves in the ground, resulting in healthy, green grass growth. However, it's important that you don't overseed your lawn too late in the fall, because you want to give the seeds enough time to establish their roots so that they'll be strong enough to make it through the winter season.

Pair overseeding with aeration to give your new grass the best chance of success!

If you want the best results from overseeding your lawn, then you should pair it with an aeration service. Aeration is a lawn care service that involves removing small plugs of soil from your lawn to loosen compaction. When you pair these two services together, the grass seeds have much better chances of successfully germinating and developing into strong, healthy blades of grass. That's because the seed will be able to fall into the holes created during the aeration process, providing them with excellent seed-to-soil contact, and giving the grass seeds optimal access to vital resources and space to grow.

Give us a call today to schedule our overseeding service.

At Lehigh Valley Lawn, we can help you increase the beauty and density of your lawn via our overseeding service. We offer this service in the fall, and we recommend pairing it with our core aeration service for the best results. Both our overseeding and aeration services are available to residential and commercial property owners, as well as HOAs, in Macungie, East Greenville, Fogelsville, and surrounding areas in Pennsylvania. Give us a call today at (484) 547-8246 to schedule our overseeding service! We look forward to hearing from you soon!