Seed dead? Start over?

 Planted some Tall Fescue this weekend. I have been watering it for the
last 3 days lightly, 3 times a day (or as needed) @ 10 minutes. My
wife come home today around noon to check on some things and she cut
the sprinklers on for me but unfortunately forgot they were on and let
the water run for ~30 minutes-flooding certain areas of the lawn.
Should I simply wait it out and see what happens or is it a safe bet
that the seed is too water-logged and is now dead? Should I rake the
straw off the entire area (~2000sq.ft) and start over with new seed?
Frustrating. Its too early to tell whether or not the flooding hurt
because no grass has sprouted yet. However, Im afraid that if I wait
too long itll be too late to plant more seed. Grrrrr!

 On 9/24/2007 12:40 PM, robv60 wrote:

I'm probably the wrong one to answer this but whenever I've overwatered
seed at any one time the water has carried the seed off, leaving bare
spots and other places where it comes up like a Chia Pet.  I would wait
till it starts sprouting, unless you can see the bare spots now.  If so,
just broadcast those areas.

I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will come along to set me right.

--
Ted
I wasn't born in Texas but
I got back here as soon as I could


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                                                   -- George Bernard Shaw

 
have been watering it for the

Well, this all happened between 12-1:00, as of 5:00 all the standing
water was soaked in and the ground is still moist. We also got a
decent rain yesterday afternoon sometime around 5:00 and it didnt need
to be watered until she watered it today, could probably have gone a
little longer. Anyway, it wont be watered again tonight and probably
not again until tomorrow at lunch. Hopefully all will be ok. Just have
to wait and see.

 
You may have had areas of washout of seed.  If the water isn't standing,
you're probably okay otherwise.

Dave

 robv60 wrote:

You're probably all right as long as you didn't have any gullys washed
out. Did the straw wash away? If not, I'd wait for it to germinate and
see if you have any areas that don't fill in. Better yet, seed is
relatively cheap. 2000 sq ft. Piece of cake. Just spread some more and
you will be sure. You can't get too much seed.
If you have water that stands long enough to drown the seed, you have
drainage problems that need to be addressed.