Sow 6 8 pounds of annual ryegrass per 1000 square feet and broadcast a complete lawn fertilizer than contains a slow release form of nitrogen if you have not done so already.
Overseeding bermuda grass with fescue.
Prepare the lawn before seeding by mowing your bermuda grass about 1 inch and by raking the lawn vigorously with a metal tined rake.
Unfortunately there are problems mixing the two grasses.
First bermuda likes to be mowed low and fescue likes to grow taller.
Mow the existing lawn short says the nebraska extension.
It makes the summer lawn look lush.
Being a cool season grass fescue maintains its lush green color in all seasons except summer.
But it does not do well in cooler weather and may need to be overseeded in the fall.
Some gardeners prefer to replace it with fescue a cool season grass that does best in the fall winter and spring.
By then warm season bermuda usually has grown back thereby allowing homeowners with this turf mix to maintain green lawns all year round.
Bermuda grass is a warm season grass that thrives in the heat of midsummer.
Prep the overseeding site.
Ryegrass aside you can also overseed bermuda grass turfs with fescue grass varieties.
Since bermuda grass is a warm season grass and fescue is a cool season grass the two seem like a match made in heaven.
Cut to about 1 5 inches before overseeding so the new seedlings can compete with the existing grass and weeds.