You guys are obviously experts in grass growing so I have question. My yard is in pretty good shape, but def has some spots. I overseeded the crap out of it right after I aerated this fall. Turns out, it stopped raining and was hot as crap for an entire month the days after I put the seed down. I ran the sprinklers and tried to keep up, but it was to no avail and I gave up. What's the spring play here since none of my fall seed came up? Will it come up? Do I wait for it to come up before putting pre emergent down?
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it could germinate in the spring but it won’t.
next time if you really want it to germinate, cover it with peat moss and water it several times a day
So basically I just wasted the money on seed and should just put down my pre emergent in the spring per normal and try to reseed again next fall?
probably the best bet. if we have a long spring before it gets too hot, you can reseed early and this time do it correctly and it will germinate. the key is getting the root system in place before the super hot/cold temperatures. you water a ton for a couple of weeks then switch to a few days a week and you soak it, that will make the grass grow deeper roots which will help it survive the summer/winter.
it just works better in the fall because we have more time to do all that stuff before it starts freezing.