Overseeding fine fescues has been tried before - In the golden oldie days of yesteryear, common bermudagrass was overseeded with ‘Linn’ perennial ryegrass. Linn was, and still is, the common type of ...

Fine fescues, such as creeping red fescue, and tall fescues are different species. Tall fescues have wider leaf blades and greater tolerance for Arkansas’ environmental conditions.

The confusion between tall fescue and fine fescue was increased by the introduction of turf-type tall fescues that are frequently promoted as fine-leaved.

Tall fescue grass is a great option for regions with cold winters and hot summers; however, there are disadvantages to planting it in your yard.

<P>Managers on Kentucky horse farms prefer pastures used for grazing pregnant mares to be composed of Kentucky bluegrass and orchardgrass and little, if any, tall fescue. Most of the tall fescue ...

However, lambs on toxic fescue with 0.33% red clover extract consumed 15% more overall and 6% more digestible organic matter than those provided with toxic fescue without the red clover extract.

Tall fescue pastures turn up the heat Cattle grazing on tall fescue grass when temperatures rise is a recipe for disaster. Toxic endophytes in fescue can turn up the cattle’s body heat.

Cut at shorter lengths, fine fescue characterizes the rough, fairways and greens of many links courses and helps deliver the bouncy conditions that are deemed ideal in the British Isles.

This is fine for fall-seeded turfgrass, but not so much for spring seeding. Fescue seeds usually germinate in 10 to 21 days with adequate soil moisture and suitable (Fall) soil temperatures.

Yellow nutsedge and tall fescue are two weeds that are difficult to confuse for one another, except for one characteristic they have in common.

Fine fescues, such as creeping red fescue, and tall fescues are different species. Tall fescues have wider leaf blades and greater tolerance for Arkansas’ environmental conditions.