Reseeding vs. Overseeding a lawn

The before and after

The differnce between reseeding vs. overseeding a lawn is whether you're keeping your current lawn or not. Overseeding is planting grass seed over existing turf, while reseeding is starting a new lawn from scratch.

Pros and cons of overseeding

Overseeding has the fallowing benefits:

• Less intensive and expensive than a full lawn renovation

• Keeps warm-season lawns green in the winter

• Great at fixing minor damage

• Adds new, more resisitant turf without tearing up your lawn

On the other hand, it also has some downsides:

• Can't change your grass type

• Older grass can choke out new grass

• Cann't repair severely damaged or very thin lawns

Reseeding a lawn is more involved than overseeding. Lawn reseeding is the process of killing the old lawn and planting grass seed over the bare dirt. Starting your lawn over from scratch should be your last resort and not the first solution you try.

Pros and cons of reseeding

Reseeding has the fallowing benefits:

• Great for changing the grass you're growing

• Allows you to solve severe problems with your lawn before planting new grass

• Completely refreshes your lawn

On the other hand, it also has these cons:

• Takes more time than overseeding

• You need to kill evrything first

• More Expensive and more labor