My lot is shaded pretty well. Not 100% but I'd say on average it gets
50% sunlight with some at the edges getting less.

Previous grass was Bermuda, but it's almost all gone. It did very
poorly in the shade.

My choices for new grass are something like Fescue, Zoysia,
Carpetgrass, and St. Augustine. St. Augustine has no seeds and is not
really an "attractive" grass.

I want a lawn that is low maintenance but most importantly thick and
soft.
The grass on the side of the road looks better than what I have. I'd
plant that, I think it's called "carpetgrass" but I can't find any in
the stores.

I only have about 2,000 sq feet (most of my .9 acres is
woods...different story), and am looking to plant from seed. Watering
is no problem with such a small lot, neither is fertilizer.

I plan to kill the whole lawn (most of which is weeds), then roto-till
it under, mix in about 10 yards of topsoil, and some "loam" or
something, then rake it flat and plant seeds. I'll put down
fertilizer with a 1-1-1 ratio before hand.

Does this sound plausible?

I plan to plant fescue...I've heard it's good in the shade. My only
issue is that it gets to be 95 and humid with nighttime lows of 70-72
degrees for a week at a time in the summer. Not Florida humidity but
dew points of upper 60s (as opposed to Florida of mid 70s). Is that
too hot for fescue? On the other hand my lot is in the country, high
on a hill, and reasonably well shaded, so it's a little cooler. If I
water it alot in the summer will this keep fescue alive? Or will
"burn" it out faster?


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A fescue ( there are several cultivars) may hold if you have a clay soil. It
does not do well on the sandy soils of middle Georgia, It also requires a
higher pH then the wiregrass types which predominate in middle to south Ga. My
lawn and the road sides around here (I-20) are Bahia, not the pretiest grass in
the world but quite drought resistant. Centipede is however preferred for
shaded conditions. It will grow under pines for example. Carpet grass makes a
beatiful lawn, but is susceptible to drought. If a you have a farm store in
your area, you may find a wider selection of grasses than a local nursery of
garden center.