Overseeding zoysia with fescue?

auburntiger37 – posted 11 August 2005 06:48

I bought a home about a year ago that has an existing zoysia lawn in poor condition. In some places weeds are growing and in some spots I have fescue and in some spots bermuda grass. I would like to have a tall fescue lawn, but don’t have the budget to remove the zoysia first. Can overseeding do the trick? I realize it may take time but in years past I took a really scraggly fescue lawn and made it into something nice. Any tips would be appreciated. By the way, I live in northeast Alabama and have large oak trees in both the front and back yards, and the zoysia does not grow at all beneath the canopies.