Are you watering properly? Since that front gets a lot of sun it might need more water.

When I needed to reseed an area I had problems where the sun was drying out the soil too fast but the adjacent shady area did much better.

You may want to set up your front sprinklers to do some more frequent waterings throughout the day after you put down seed and possibly get hay or some other mulch to help keep the soil moist.

I bumped up the watering when we got the 100F heat and the lawn did better but then crab grass started to creep in. I also got fertilizer down during the couple days we got steady rain. Grass is greening up but just not even and uniform enough. I want either an all TTTF or KBG lawn.

Like I said, I know if I tend to it that I can get it too look nice but it will never have the super nice uniform appearance that I want.

If you have the time, patience and water then a monostand of properly blended KBG will give you the best lawn. If you want to travel in the summer, work late, or go fishing then a TTTF lawn will do and you'll just overseed every fall. The only drawback to KBG is it takes a long time to really get that great lawn look. There isn't a perfect grass for the transition zone. Pick your poison. I've resigned myself to a mix because I don't want to spend every minute on the lawn.

nc_lawn_nut,

I am in zone 6 with a 100% bluegrass lawn (Midnight II, Nu Destiny, America, Blue Velvet). I have a similar situation with a real hot, south-facing, full sun front yard and some shade in the back. We haven't had significant rain since the beginning of June and it has been 85-90 degrees every day. Needless to say, I wish my front lawn was tall fescue! Many of my neighbors with tall fescue who do a lot less maintenance and water much less than I do still have green grass. There are spots in the front that I can put a half inch of water on and two days later it is wilting again. I did my father-n-law's lawn last fall with Inferno, Justice, Padre, Rebel, and 2nd Millennium tall fescue varieties and it looks VERY NICE this year. Uniform, dark, and dense. Order some top quality seed or get a Lesco blend of tall fescue.

Patience grasshopper. I think you need more than one growing season to really see the full results of the work that you have done.

You just reseeded in March. You haven't even gone through one growing season... I would keep doing what you are doing, follow up with a touch up overseed and fertilizer in the fall. Stay on top of proper watering,fertilizing and mowing; next year it will be better and the following year it will be what you are expecting.

The old saying about perennials, is true for grass too. Three seasons, the first year it sleeps, the second year it creeps, the third year it leaps.

Agree. More watering is in order. Then keep up the seeding and weed killing. Patience is hard to find, I know.

NC Lawn Nut,

The new Elite KBG are very tough when it comes to heat and drought tolerance. My research and experience with KBG vs Fescue has been very favorable. My lawn is on a High Maintenance schedule, so I expect a lot out of it. If I wanted the same results out of Fescue, I'll be very disappointed.

KBG is not for the masses, Fescue is for the most part in the transsition zone. I don't grow Fescue because with my maintance schedule I get MUCH better results with KBG.

Af far as water usage, I've only water my lawn 3 times so far this summer to my neighbor's Zoysia 7 times. His lawn looks good and green with some winter damage (still) but not dark green like mine right now, and then it turns brown in the Fall and does not fully come back until May or early June. I don't concider KBG a water-hog, you need to train the grass roots to grow deep in the soil by letting the grass go thru a temporary drought period.

Just for testing purposses, I let one side of my yard with NOT water to see the results. After record high temperatures in early June and lack of consistant rainfall, my Monostand of Midnight II started to go off color and dormant. Rain came and it greened back up to about 90%. Then it rained again a few days later, and today is about 99% green with no additional care. My neighbors Fescue lawn with the same care is about 85% green today despite rainfall.

There's no doubt wether or not KBG grows in your area, it does. The question is: Do I want Fescue or Bluegrass?

You decide. To me, the answer is very clear.