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Great Videos. I cannot find this seed on their website. I am just south of you in Long Beach so your videos translate almost 1:1. We do not have the Santa Ana's you have but I am a CHS alumni and lived in the valley for 25 years. We are just wrapping up LL Sectionals and will have a small break until fall ball starts in September until November. I am using ground cover/topper to cover my worn areas in front of the mound hoping the Bermuda will run but I had a lot of compaction this season.
Thank you! I don't have a video on repairing batters box. I trained my catchers how to do it, and they typically do. I'm usually kinda shy about videoing kids on the spot like that. I'll see if I can put something together in the future.
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Job well done. Very impressive keep up the great work Definitely not an easy job and a job that a lot of ppl don't understand how much work it does take behind the scenes. Can't wait for more videos.
Quick question: I have seed that is ready to spread (pre germinated) the sprouts have started and I should lay it today however we have a cold almost freezing 24 hours where I am and it’ll shoot back up to mid 60’s tomorrow… can I mix the seed with milorganite 24 hrs in advance (today) and spread it tomorrow? Or should I continue the water process and hope it isn’t too sprouted by tomorrow.
Great Job! I work for a Minor League Baseball team as the Assistant and am looking to reacquaint myself with getting the grass looking great and getting the Field back in excellent condition. As the previous assistant kind of gave up on the basics. So, your videos are helping a lot. Keep it up!
Great work man! I've been there before with a very similar situation. Had a giant river running from 3rd base side all the way through softball field between home and pitchers plate all the way out to first base. It was a lot of pulling stuff away and trying to get the sun to dry out as much as quickly as possible. Adding mix in. Level. Compact. Nail drag. Nail drag and a lot more nail dragging and leveling but in the end it was playable. Good stuff
Hi, thanks for the kind words. I don't follow the same process with the outfield, because of time purposes. I do a pretty generic overseed with a lot of shortcuts.
Help, coach softball and I have a 2 spots of grass dying back and balding where the grass comes up to the dirt. Reseeded and the field looks amazing but those spots. Looks like a middle age man out there thinning. Is it a disease or something?
Hi, sorry for the really slow reply. Most likely its compaction or soil issues in that spot. I get the same thing. I'll try to find those spots, beat them up/till them up, throw some seed and top and sometimes they fill in.
Man great work! I live here in the area (Woodland Hills) and help take care of our fields and was wondering if we could chat sometime and get some of your advice on what we can do to improve things. Great work man. Huge fan of your videos.
I pre-germinated some Kentucky blue grass this year as well. Aside from being an absolute pain in the ass to dry out and spread, I was impressed with the germination. I planted it alongside some turf-type tall fescue and perennial rye and shockingly it all came up in about 7 days. I share your consensus that it didn't really feel worth it in the end based on how tough it was to spread. Used carbon Pro g ( compost/biochar product) as a carrier and it was very tough to get it to spread evenly. After laying it down, I ended up doing another pass with some regular dry seed instead to make sure my coverage was even. Looking to next year, I have a mix of Rye grass and KBG in the back yard and I am really considering just considering overseeding with Rye. Love the KBG 's ability to spread especially living in MN but the long germination time is a killer and being able to do a quick spot overseed with a dog, rye grass just beats it. Might try some Barenberg HGT bluegrass or Regenerating Perennial ryegrass to get some aggressive spreading, with better germination times
Thanks for the feedback on that. I pre-germinated on my infield and DIDN'T pregerminate on my outfield, and they pretty much seemed to come up at the same time. I really noticed very little difference side by side.
