Overseeding Lawns
Overseeding lawns consisting of Cool season grasses should be done in late summer or early fall. There are many reasons for this. With fall germination, the young grass will have two or three months to become better established before temperatures drop too low and growth stops. Next spring, the young plants will have another few months to develop deeper roots before the summer heat sets in. This is the primary reason, but there are also other reasons for overseeding lawns in the fall. Below are a few:
- Overseeding lawns in fall reduces or eliminates competition from summer weedy grasses, such as crabgrass, foxtails, and other weeds.
- Overseeding lawns in fall reduces or eliminates competition from summer weedy grasses, such as crabgrass, foxtails, and other weeds.
- Rain amounts and soil moisture is generally better in the fall.
National Seed's Recommended Seed Mixtures for Overseeding
Field of Dreams™ Re-seeder Mixture
- 25% Improved Kentucky Bluegrass
- 25% Improved Kentucky Bluegrass
- 25% Turf-Type Perennial Ryegrass
- 25% Turf-Type Perennial Ryegrass
Field of Dreams™ Athletic Turf Mixture
- 30% Turf-Type Perennial Ryegrass
- 30% Turf-Type Perennial Ryegrass
- 20% Improved Kentucky Bluegrass
- 20% Improved Kentucky Bluegrass
Greenskeepers Glamour Mixture
- 30% Kentucky Bluegrass 98/85
- 30% Creeping Red Fescue
- 40% Containing 2 Turf-type Perennial Ryegrasses
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Upcoming Events
Turf Education Day - TED — September 11, 2015
Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake - Cook Rd Glencoe, Illinois
IPLCA and ILCA (Illinois Landscape Contractors Association) have joined together with the Chicago Botanic Garden to present a day of turf education!
Keynote #1: Zac Reicher, Bayer Environmental Science, Professor University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2101-2015 Professor Purdue University 1996-2010.
Keynote #2: Dr. Jim Kerns, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Turfgrass and Plant Pathology from North Carolina State University. "Weapons of Grass Destruction: Diseases of Cool-Season Landscape Turf."
Keynote #3: David S. Cantwell, Chicago Botanic Garden, "The Edens Berm/Wall Garden; NOT your Grandma's Petunias!"
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ILLINOIS ARBORIST ASSOCIATION, Illinois Tree Climbing Championship — September 26, 2015
 The Morton Arboretum Lisle, IL
Gear inspection will be at 7:30am The competition will start at 8:30am
The Illinois Arborist Association Tree Climbing Championship will take the first 25 men and 5 women that sign up. The men will compete in the 5 events and the top 3 finishers will compete in the Master's Challenge to decide the champion. The women will compete in 5 events; work climb, throwline, belayed speed climb, se- cured footlock and aerial rescue. The woman with the most accrued points after competing in the 5 preliminary events will be crowned the champion of the women's division.
PLEASE NOTE: WE WILL ALSO BE HOLDING A KIDS CLIMB THIS YEAR!
Men's Division
- 1st Place—Over $1000 in prizes
- 2nd Place — $300 cash
- 3rd Place — $200 cash
- 4th Place — $100 cash
Women's Division
- 1st Place—Over $1000 in prizes
- 2nd Place — $300 cash
- 3rd Place — $200 cash
WelcomE Carla!
We are pleased to announce a new employee at National Seed. Carla Liburdi has accepted a position as our credit manager. We're excited to add Carla to our team. She brings us over 20 years' experience in the green industry. Please help us welcome Carla carla.liburdi@natseed.com
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