soonerbru said: Recently renovated an area along side of a fairway. Put new irrigation and sprigged with bermuda, but with this stupid heat wave a drought I don't think I will get good enough coverage to open it up for play this fall. So thinking I will over-seed with rye. What would any of you suggest as far as a seeding rate. I would like to get it dense enough to be able to mow at fairway height.
Thanks,
ryan,
melting a way somewhere in okie land
Why wouldn't you have good coverage? Not keeping enough water on them? Are they still green? Rooting in? Pound them with some fert! You have plenty of time to get it grown in still. Just stay on top of it.
I wouldn't overseed. New turf, especially sprigs, doesn't have the carbohydrate reserves to compete come transition time. You'll probably find if you did overseed, you wouldn't have much Bermuda left come spring.