A lush green lawn is always the envy of the neighborhood, especially in the winter when most of your neighbors let their lawn go dormant. Many homeowners love to keep that green lawn through winter by overseeding with an annual ryegrass in the fall. But could this be detrimental to your permanent grass?
Depending on the type of perennial turfgrass you have, overseeding with an annual ryegrass may not be recommended. According to Clemson Extension, South Carolina’s authority on agricultural information, overseeding home lawns is not generally recommended. “The extra irrigation, fertilization, and shading effects of the overseeding will severely retard or damage centipedegrass, zoysiag...
