Apply five pounds of this seed mixture for each 1,000 sq. Apply a loose cover of salt hay over your seed. Make sure you use salt hay and not straw, which is rich in weed seed. Once your seed is down, water the lawn for 15 minutes each day that it doesn't rain for three weeks. After about three weeks you may want to remove some of the salt hay and put it in your compost pile.
Red fescue can tolerate extremely dry conditions.
During drought conditions it may go dormant and turn beige, but it typically greens-up again once moisture levels return to normal. Excessive moisture will only cause weeds that cannot tolerate drier conditions to grow in your lawn. May. Not all weeds germinate at the same time, hence a dual application is more effective than a single application. Spring reseeding can be done in bare spots from winter kill. Make sure you remove the dead grass and mix the seed into the top of the soil.