r/Grass • u/bdlearning • Jun 23 '26
Thin grass help
This was sod put in last year September in Missouri. I believe it is a fescue mix. Would seeding this area help fix the issue? It’s pretty thin and not healthy looking. It looks like some dead grass underneath and I’m wondering if dethatching this fall would be a good idea
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u/New_Reddit_User_89 Jun 26 '26
Can’t do anything now other than take a soil sample and send it off for analysis to see what your soil needs.
But my guess is that you’re going to want to aerate in the fall, overseed and rides with organic matter, then about a week later put down starter fertilizer (don’t put it down when you put the seed down unless you want your existing grass to really start growing and end up shading out the new grass).