Tools for improved overseeding

For those of you who overseed and who struggle with warmer than desirable air temperatures during the overseeding period, there are tools available that can help ease some of your pain. Products such as Turflon Ester (triclopyr) and Primo Maxx (trinexapac-ethyl) will selectively suppress bermudagrass growth without damaging the growth of newly germinated ryegrass. Application of these products at the timings listed below can help increase the rate of ryegrass establishment by decreasing the competition from bermudagrass. At the same…