As a result, most of us need to re-seed our fescue each year to keep a thick, healthy turf. Cool-season grasses, like fescue, germinate best when the soil temperature is in the 70-degree range.

Even so, prices in 2024 have plunged more than 20% for tall fescue, to about 90-92 cents per pound, and roughly 13% for perennial ryegrass, which is fetching about $1.03-1.05 per pound.