Yes, two indirect, it seems, questions. The first was is Water Smart seed worth the extra cost? For me, on a well, the cost of water is minor, the time of moving a hose isn't...also large property so spot seeding is spread over a wide area. I do not do a general over-seeding. The assumed extra cost, part of a second implied question, is that the 20 pound bag I was looking at would appear to be a 10 pound bag of seed...thus it seems possible to buy twice as much seed if it can be found without the coating. I like the Scott mix of seed in the subject 20 pound bag. We are seeing a lot of rain in NJ and I put out a few pounds of a mixed Tall Fescue: Oncue, Justice, Rebel, Greystone and Penn Tall Fescue, stated to be a dark Green, like the creeping Fescue. I believe this mix of Fescue is superior to the older Kentucky Tall Fescue. This latter point isn't a question, but I welcome views on the "newer" Tall Fescue seed for central NJ.

Ok, so after reading this thread I am afraid I may have over watered my seeds. Here are my facts: -I live in Hillsboro, OR. -I applied a couple of inches of planters mix (sandy loam, compost, etc on top of my contractor grade soil) -Planted Penningtons Pacific Northwest Mix (perennial rye with a little fescue) about 8 days ago. -Since we are having a string of sunny days I went ahead and installed a simple irrigation system. -Began watering every day at 5am, 11, and 6pm for 15 min on each zone. One of my zones puddles for a bit while another the soil dries out in between waterings. Last night I came home to find my first new blades of grass and they happened to be mostly in the areas where the soil appears to dry out. So I adjusted my watering to 5 minutes for the zone that puddles a little bit, and 10 minutes each for the other 2 at the same times. I am thinking to go change the time for the last zone to 4pm instead of 6. Should I change the frequncy (days per week, times per day) or the length of time per watering? How about next week? The weather is still sunny, last week it was in the 70s, yesterday and today in the 50s, going back to the 70s and a possible low to mid 80s by the weekend. Can I get some advice on whether I am doing this right? I was starting to get worried about germination in general. Also, can I add more soil to the spot that puddles and more seed or should I wait unti the fall when I overseed to fix it? The picture was taken around 7pm last night. Thanks all!

Tall fescue it what's typically recommended for drought resistance. I can tell from personal experience that it's drought resistant but not drought proof. If you have a couple of weeks with no rain with temps near 100, it will start to die off. Zoysia is another possibility. I'm not sure if you can grow it where you live, but it can take summer heat and drought.

Recently I read about it in Gardens West magazine. It was featured in an article about new garden items. It sounds great. The seed requires less water and spreads to fill in bare patches of the lawn.