Overseeding with Tall Fescue or MDR ryegrass?
I need to level and overseed my lawn. It’s currently a tall fescue/rye mix. I was going to overseed with tall fescue, but I’m considering MDR instead.
Would mowing low, scarifying, seeding and topdressing with soil be an effective way to introduce MDR, or would I need to kill off the entire lawn and start again?
I’m interested to see the response to your question I have Perennial dark rye but was thinking of maybe overseeing with MDR but not sure if the colour variation will work
@Tracy Dunn is the dark rye not working for you?
@Jason Weel yes it is I really like the look of the MDR probably should have gone with that at the start but I should probably stay with the one type as it seems to be the general opinion. Just figured at least they are both rye grass so would be ok .
It will be a dogs dinner of grass types. Kill it off and go a single type would be my advice.
@Iain Perry thanks for the response. So would be kill off the entire lawn, scarify, top dress and seed?
@Jason Weel glyphosate, wait a couple weeks, mow as short as possible then follow the renovation guide.
What’s wrong with the current lawn? Do you not like the tall fescue and rye mix?
@KJ I would like to have one grass type throughout and really like the look of MDR
I agree with the others. I just don’t think you’ll ever be completely happy mixing more species into the existing lawn. I know I’d eventually end up killing it off and starting again anyway, so you may as well bite the bullet and do it properly now.