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Recent Examples of overseed
Aim to overseed at least 4 weeks before the first killing frost in your region to give grass seed time to get established.
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025
Even if your lawn is made up of warm-season grasses, which hold up well in Southern heat, cool-season types like tall fescue are used to overseed in the fall to keep your lawn healthy-looking year-round.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025
Even if your lawn is made up of warm-season grasses, which hold up well in Southern heat, cool-season types like tall fescue are used to overseed in the fall to keep your lawn healthy-looking year-round.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overseed
reseed
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Now is the time to step in and weed, dethatch, lime, fertilize, aerate, and reseed bare patches in cool-season lawns.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025
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Strengthen the lawn September is prime time to reseed bare spots, treat grub damage, aerate, and fertilize.—
Brendel Clark,
Freep.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Overseed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overseed. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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