The Ultimate Post-Overseeding Checklist: Water, Mow, and Traffic Rules

You’ve gone to the trouble to prep your yard, purchase seed, and spread it. Now it’s time to make sure that it grows, and that requires a strict watering schedule otherwise all that hard work will go to waste. Miss just one watering, and the germination rate of that new seed drops dramatically. Allow traffic on your lawn too early, and you’ll kill delicate seedlings. Mow at the wrong time and you’ll stress the new seedlings, or allow them to become overwhelmed by existing turf. Here’s the regimen to follow after you overseed your lawn.