As an alternative, northern gardeners with sun-drenched lawn areas may like to try Blackout's Elite Kentucky Bluegrass/Ryegrass combination or the Elite Kentucky Bluegrass/Turf Type Tall Fescue mix.

Although we have many high-quality Kentucky bluegrass lawns, tall fescue is the overall best-adapted grass for Northern Kentucky. ... you should over-seed with bluegrass, not fescue. Don’t mix ...

Thermal Blue shows up in products like Scotts' new Turf Builder Heat-Tolerant Blue Mix ($30 for seven pounds), a blend of tall fescue and hybrid bluegrass. Just remember that even the best grass ...

One mix from a Michigan supplier, for example, had just 20 per cent annual and perennial bluegrass, the rest was made up of equal parts tall fescue and perennial ryegrass.

The downside is it’s not a fine-blade fescue like some of the higher-priced grass seeds. Some say Kentucky 31 is a weed, but I don’t agree with that. It’s the forerunner to fescue grass ...

If it is something bad, less than one-half of 1% can ruin a bag of seed. For example, if a bag of tall fescue seed contained 0.5% orchard grass, the buyer would end up planting 12 to 16 orchard ...

For homeowners, especially those of more humble means, replacing Kentucky bluegrass with tall fescue could be a tall order. Bringing in turf, with the grass already established, can be costly.

Lawns are certainly greening up now that we've had a few 80 degree days. As a perennial cool season crop, spring and fall provide the best growing conditions for our ...

A future for regional Kentucky bluegrass seed production looks green again. There are gains in developing new grass seed varieties that can produce yields up to about four years, along with a ...