If you're looking for a way to thicken your lawn in Georgia, overseeding is the best option. Overseeding involves spreading grass seeds on your turf to promote new growth and fill in bare or patchy areas with healthy grass. Once this service has been completed, there are some things you need to do to properly care for your lawn. After an overseeding service, you will want to follow a strict watering schedule to ensure that you are providing the seeds with the right amount of hydration. You should also wait about 2-3 weeks before mowing your lawn, and wait until the seedlings reach at least 3 inches tall. Once you can mow your lawn, make sure to set the deck height of your mower to its highest setting so that you don't stress out the grass. Finally, you should keep off of your grass for about 2-3 weeks to give your new grass enough time to establish its roots in the soil.

Make sure to follow a strict watering schedule after your lawn has been overseeded.

After your lawn has been overseeded, it's important to follow a strict watering schedule to ensure that the seeds are properly hydrated. It is recommended to water your lawn 2-4 times per day for the first two weeks to provide the new seeds with enough hydration to develop into strong seedlings. During these watering sessions, you should water them lightly so they stay hydrated without drowning them. Then, for the next two weeks, you should water your lawn 1-2 times a day, and increase the length of time you water your lawn. After about a month, you can go back to a normal watering schedule.

You should have your lawn aerated before it's overseeded to give the seeds excellent seed-to-soil contact and increase their chances of germinating.

Wait about 2-3 weeks before you mow your lawn after an overseeding service.

When it comes to mowing your lawn for the first time after an overseeding service, you should wait about 2-3 weeks. After you've reached that time, you should see if the grass has reached about 3 inches tall. If it has, it's okay to mow your lawn for the first time because the roots of your new grass have likely established themselves in the soil. However, you should make sure that you set the mower deck height to its highest setting to ensure that you don't cut the grass too short and put unnecessary stress on it.

Do not walk on your lawn for at least 2-3 weeks after an overseeding service.

As soon as the overseeding service is complete, you will want to stay off your lawn for at least 2-3 weeks. This is because walking on your lawn can potentially cause damage to the freshly seeded grass. Foot traffic, as well as machine traffic, could harm the seeds, or even displace them from the soil. So, by keeping off of your lawn until the seeds have germinated and established their roots in the soil, you can give them the best chance of growing into lush, green grass blades.

Give us a call today to schedule our overseeding service!

At TurfXpert, we can help you enhance the density of your lawn and fill in any bare or patchy areas with new grass via our overseeding service. If your lawn is comprised of cool-season grass, this service is available to you! We offer this service to commercial and residential property owners, as well as HOAs, in Woodstock, Roswell, Alpharetta, and surrounding cities in Georgia. Give us a call today at (833) 444-8873 to schedule our overseeding service. We look forward to hearing from you!