Fall Fescue Seeding

[tulsa1603]

Anyone have a recommendation on someone to aerate and overseed my yard with fescue?  I normally do all my lawncare myself, but don't have the time or energy to lug around the aerator this year.  I have seen a few signs around town of people that do it, but I wondered if anyone here might have a recommendation?

[Breadburner]

Call Earth Enterprises....Ask for Ralph.....He does my fertilization and pre-emergent....Has for 20 years.....He may or may not do overseeding.....

[tulsacyclist]

So is it a good idea to aerate before you overseed? I've bought some seed and wanted to overseed a bit but didn't realize I needed to aerate first - it makes sense, but I didn't think about it.

[tulsa1603]

quote:Originally posted by tulsacyclist

So is it a good idea to aerate before you overseed? I've bought some seed and wanted to overseed a bit but didn't realize I needed to aerate first - it makes sense, but I didn't think about it.

Depends on your soil.  Mine is very compact and needs it.  I have noticed a distinct difference since I started aerating.  The cool thing about aerating is that the plugs crumble up and provide just enough earth to cover the seed and some of the seed falls in the holes which also helps them establish.  I overseed the entire lawn every fall.  It's a losing battle in Oklahoma's climate to have a fescue lawn, but not much else you can do with all my shade.