Jeff, thanks again for taking the time to share your thoughts. Always great to hear from you! Clay is predominately what we work within Charlotte, NC. What area of the country are you from? And you are absolutely correct! The very reason I wrote this guide was to ensure my clients get the best lawn for their money by having us renovate it. I also wrote this guide because most people cannot stay home all day moving sprinklers around and I have learned, if it’s too complicated, people will do something else or neglect it altogether. This guide was my attempt to streamline my client’s life while saving them time and getting better results. If you like my content and would like to stay connected, you can subscribe here to the Five Star Lawn Care Youtube channel for pro tips, DIY videos, exclusive offers, giveaways, and more. Let me know if I can help with anything.

Tame the wild,
Riley Adkins, President
US Marine Veteran

Great question! Seeding and overseeding are often used interchangeably.

In the green industry, we normally refer to a bare area as needing to be “seeded” and a previously established turfgrass area as needing to be “overseeded” since with grass already established we would be “seeding over” the current grass that is there.

I would not recommend seeding or overseeding your entire lawn without first knowing the grass type you have, cool or warm-season variety, do you know?

Once we have the correct grass type we can determine the growing habits of that grass and when it when to have the lawn aerated and seeded or “overseeded”. Core aeration needs to be completed to prepare the soil for the new grass and should always be done when the turf type (whether warm or cool-season grass) is actively growing.

For cool-season grass, the active growing season is in the fall and for warm-season grass, the active growing season is in the summer after the warm-season grass has “greened up” and is vigorously growing.

Then, once you know this information, you can move onto the correct timing to core aerated the lawn.

Core aeration allows the lawn oxygen, water, and nutrients to the root system of turfgrass. This service will loosen compacted soil allowing grass to establish deeper and stronger root systems by accessing increased oxygen, moisture, and nutrient levels.

Core aeration will also prepare the soil for seed and is the step that should be done first before seeding or overseeding. I discuss core aeration and seeding in this video I did on my Youtube channel. You can subscribe here for pro tips, time/money-saving guides, giveaways, and more.

I can provide even further detailed information if you provide a bit of info such as:

1) What grass type do you have?
2) What area do you live?
3) What is your climate like in your area?

Thank you for your kind feedback, I greatly appreciate it!

Hi Kassie, thank you for your comment. I recommend only writing about topics you are very familiar with or first doing ample research first. Try to put yourself in your reader’s shoes and ask yourself the question, what would be of most value to them? Put yourself together 3-5 good points to write about and just get writing! Eliminate distractions while writing. Understand your first draft is going to suck but it will be the foundation for the house to be built. You can add the windows and doors and fancy trim to your blog post later but first, you need to lay the foundation and that is the rough draft. I just write my rough draft and then edit from there until I am satisfied before moving on to the next post. Hope that helps!

Thank you for reaching out and I am thrilled to know you are enjoying my blog. I would recommend that you write what you love and know. The article information will come naturally and flow smooth and take much less time to put together. Don’t be afraid to have a rough copy of your blog post come out first because that is exactly what the first draught will be — a rough draft. Once you get that out, condense it as much as possible and remove any non-necessary items to make the reading and information gathering of your site visitor as simple as possible. Then just polish it up, and post! Rinse and repeat. Hope that helps you!

So glad you found what you are looking for and that I could help you with your lawn care needs. Stay tuned for more to come.