Also both types of grasses need nitrogen fertilizer but on completely.
Overseeding bermuda grass with fescue.
Since bermuda grass is a warm season grass and fescue is a cool season grass the two seem like a match made in heaven.
Some gardeners prefer to replace it with fescue a cool season grass that does best in the fall winter and spring.
It makes the summer lawn look lush.
Being a cool season grass fescue maintains its lush green color in all seasons except summer.
Cut to about 1 5 inches before overseeding so the new seedlings can compete with the existing grass and weeds.
With high quality fescue grass seed in hand it s time to move on to preparing the lawn.
Bermuda grass is a warm season grass that thrives in the heat of midsummer.
First bermuda likes to be mowed low and fescue likes to grow taller.
When overseeding bermuda with fescue encourage aggressive fescue growth even into the warmer spring months by allowing shade from buildings or overhanging trees to cover the turf.
Unfortunately there are problems mixing the two grasses.
By then warm season bermuda usually has grown back thereby allowing homeowners with this turf mix to maintain green lawns all year round.
Mow the existing lawn short says the nebraska extension.
Prep the overseeding site.
But it does not do well in cooler weather and may need to be overseeded in the fall.