What is the the best seed grass to plant in Georgia (metro Atlanta) and what time of year.?
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First, here is a chart of the grasses that do well in Georgia: http://www.commodities.caes.uga.edu/turf...
Of the grasses recommended for Georgia, only Bermudagrass (but not the hybrid Bermudagrasses), some Zoysiagrass cultivars, Perennial Ryegrass and Tall Fescue can be seeded.
Bermudagrass and Zoysiagrass are warm season grasses. They greenup and grow best when the temperatures are hot. Both of the warm season grasses are drought tolerant.
Ryegrass and Tall Fescue are cool season grasses. They greenup and grow best when temperature are warm (60-80 degrees). Tall Fescue tolerates heat better than Ryegrass and is pretty drought tolerant.
Of the four grasses that can be seeded in Georgia, Bermudagrass has the best recuperabilty. This means that this type of lawn will recover from damage (disease, insect, etc.) faster than the other types.
If you have shade, Bermudagrass is the least tolerant of shade of all these grasses.
Tall fescue needs the least maintenance of all the four grasses listed here.
Bermudagrass and Tall Fescue have the least disease problems of the four grasses.
Bermudagrass has the finest texture of the four grasses.
So which is the best? That's a personal choice. I'd pick the Bermudagrass because it looks the best unless I have a lot of shade on my property. If I had to deal with some shade, then I would probably select the Zoysiagrass.
When is the best time to seed? Here are the available turfgrass calendars for the Bermudagrass, Zoysiagrass & Tall Fescue in Georgia:
http://www.commodities.caes.uga.edu/turf...
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From these calenders you can see that the two warm seasons grasses are best seeded in May, June, July or August. The cool season grasses are best seeded in October.
Bermuda in early spring. You can seed in early september, but will need to fill in bald patches in the spring.
depends on what type of lawn you want. bermuda will give a golf course look. zoysia and centipede are also good here. fescue is the toughest
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