Is it possibel to over overseed??

[weekendDIY]

I am not really sure if my lawn needs overseeding or not. Some areas look great and other might need a little help.

I was going to go down to Home Depot and rent a slice seeder and do the entire lawn (I rented an aerator today and did that already). Can I harm the lawn by overseeding or the more seed the better?

FYI, It was just done last year but I figure for about $100 I can do it again in a couple of hours and hopefully in the spring have an even better thicker lawn. I also use to have a very bad problem with Wild Violets and I DO NOT want them coming back.

[Guthrie&Co]

the thicker the lawn is the better chances you are going to have to keep the weeds out of it. if you think it is to thick in one spot then dont seed it. you can always dethatch the lawn to help that out.

[weekendDIY]

I seeded my lawn last week with a drill seeder that I rented from HD. First off - it was alot more work than I thought

I notice it chewed up the lawn quite a bit. Is that expected? Did I go too deep with the blades? Would that matter?

[Runner]

No. You did alright. You are going to have a certain amount of damage, but this quickly heals, and the amount of grass taken out is by far outweighed by the amount you put in. Generally, you can't go too deep with a slit seeder, especially on existing turf. You'll be fine.

[weekendDIY]

Thanks for the info. I was a little worried because some areas were torn up pretty good.

Thanks for the info

[KathysLGC]

Thanks for the info. I was a little worried because some areas were torn up pretty good.

Thanks for the info

Where those areas very thin?

[weekendDIY]

They are pretty thin in some places. why you ask?

[Ben98gs]

They are pretty thin in some places. why you ask?

Because if the areas were thin, then that is where you needed it most and also seems to "show/visualize" the most "damage" due to the slit seeder... But it should turn out fine... Just keep it watered

[KathysLGC]

Correct. Thin grass will get damaged faster then thick grass. Looks bad but if you keep it water the lawn should come in nice next spring.

[weekendDIY]

Watered??? Not a problem since I live in NJ and it has been raining for 8 straight days.

But that does bring up a question, with all of the rain does that tend to push the seed in or wash it away? I guess since I used a slice seeder it won't really matter but I would hate to help my neighbor after I break my back aerating and seeding when she does nothing what so ever.

[GreenUtah]

seed certainly can float away, but since you seeded close to two weeks ago now, you should be getting some germination,which means light rooting already. Also, since it was done with soil disruption, you increased your odds of it staying put. On the matter of can you put too much seed down, of course you can. There is a limit to the density of turf as each plant needs sunlight to do it's thing and any push beyond that is just wasting your seed and labor. I would consider that to be too much. BTW, the aerating can also lead to a denser stand by loosneing the soil to allow spread as well as each point at which roots are sliced, a new blade can be generated, adding to the numbers of individual blades in the turf.