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You can overseed your lawn without aerating if the soil isn’t compacted. Start by mowing the grass, dethatching, adding soil amendments, spreading the seeds evenly, applying starter fertilizer, and watering properly.

Common overseeding mistakes include overseeding at the wrong time, not preparing the soil, using the wrong equipment, and improper watering.

Overseeding means spreading grass seeds over an existing lawn, while reseeding involves tearing up your old lawn before seeding to start from scratch.

Typically, you’ll need to overseed your lawn annually. How often you should overseed your lawn depends on your lawn condition, grass type, and other factors.

To overseed a lawn, you need to dethatch, aerate, mow low, amend the soil, spread seeds evenly, apply starter fertilizer, and water properly.