Absolutely right I used Jonathan green‘s original seeds September 20 on a Friday laid my seed down watered three times a day September 24 we had rain about 3 inches on September 25 ,5 days In I had baby grass coming up
Why do u need a starter fertilizer? To me that’s a myth. Unless ur existing grass is showing some deficiency there is zero need to add P and K. There is no peer reviewed study to show starter fertilizer is required
I would love to see the success rate of the people commenting and praising this video. Following these instructions will lead to a 30% germination rate, if their lucky. The majority of people looking to overseed their lawns have crappy, unhealthy, extremely compacted soil. The video has some good information, but is falsely leading people to believe that they dont need to put in the extra work.
@TurfandStem haha, all good. Most people are going to seek out what they want to hear anyways, might as well give it to them. It took me a few attempts to learn my lesson.
Great video, your yard looks fantastic I don’t know if you have tried this method. Have you tried to cut 2-3 times a week, dropping down 1-2 notches each time you mow. Your grass will stay green longer without stressing it out. You can still cut it down to 1 1/2 inches it just takes a week or so longer also depends on when you start. Also you can used a natural weed killer, 30% vinegar wish dish soap to help it stick to the weed. Also what state do you live in? Cause that makes a difference on grass seed. Thanks
I usually do, but I didn't really care about stressing it out this time since I was doing a heavy overseed with the new Sodmaker seed. If the existing grass didn't make it, I was ok with it. But yes, you should step down the height over a period of time! I like the idea of home weed killers, I'm just always worried about the effect to the soil. I'm in Western Massachusetts, unfortunately we've also been having a drought for the last 5 weeks...thankfully I have in-ground irrigation or my overseeding probably would have failed!
How about Oregon vs Knockoff vs Nothing? I learned I can do the exact same thing with a single 6 penny brad nail sticking out of the wall. Total cost .10 cents.
Certainly won't hurt. It's an added bonus to get the seed deep in there and rough up the top a bit. If you have the time, effort and money, I'd say go for it.
It will make sense to you when you are 75 and suffering arthritis in the hands . I use the brushless Ryobi a cheap brand but it's really handy and has a 6 year replacement guarantee . The batteries from my other Ryobi garden tools fit straight in . I have to cut up about 1000 palm fronds each year so it take so much strain off the hands . Seasoned dowel is harder and drier so much harder to cut .
Yeah, it's not on par yet with the larger, gas backpacks. But for a handheld battery, it's really, really great for those tasks that you don't want to lug them out.
Great video. Beautiful lawns. Here in England,we have near perfect conditions in the spring and autumn for germinating, we top dress mainly to stop the birds eating the seeds.
You can, it certainly wont hurt, especially if you're seeding over dirt or bare ground. If it's on grass, the seed will work it's way down thanks to gravity.
Over seeded a week ago with no top dress and grass is already growing in. Here in Maryland the conditions have been great over the past week for growth.
I'm in Western Massachusetts. I do around 10 minutes at 6 am and 4 pm, just because it's cooler and it doesn't need as much water. For 10 am and 1 pm I do closer to 15 since it's hotter/sunnier.
I will say there has been a couple of times overseeding I have let a zone dry out and it still come in good mainly because sometimes work gets busy and I miss a watering .
Absolutely. grass will grow, I mean it grows in sidewalk cracks, in nature, etc. Something will grow even without watering, it's about getting the highest percentage of germination.
I'm currently in the process of renovating my front yard. About 1,700 square feet. I glyphosated about 80% of the yard because i despise bermuda grass. Now just waiting for the die off so i can mow low and dethatch. I also use black beauty ultra. My neighbors probably think I'm nuts killing my lawn. I don't think my lawn has been dethatched since the 70's.
Yeah, your neighbors will look at you funny...but wait until they see the results!!! The neighbors will get used to it, I walk around my lawn talking to myself in a camera, they just roll their eyes now.
Been mowing my lawn the past 2 seasons up here in canada at 3/4”. When you showed shots of the scalped lawn, I forgot how much yellow is beneath on longer cut grass. #nevergoingback
I've heard of an old trick of using those shiny pinwheels that you can get at a toy store. They spin and frighten off the birds. Never tried it myself but it might be worth a shot.
A 50lb bag of TTTF seed with 0.1% Other Crop/Weed Seeds contains over 11,000 weed seeds. Just imagine the nightmare you'd be dealing with if just 10% of that was Poa Trivialis.
Yeah, that would be a lot of poa seed. The way they determine the % is by sampling a certain amount...unfortunately it's not 100% fool proof, and they only have to round the % to the hundredth. If you've ever seen a seed factory/producer, the equipment isn't sanitized between batches.
I lived that nightmare, I only use blue tag certified 0.00% weed seed now. Sure there are probably some occasional weeds in that too but I've never found a single weed pop up in a bare spot I've seeded with it, And I haven't used any kind of selective pre-emergent at seeding either. I use Cool Blue from GCI turf and Resilience 2 from twin city seed
With property sizes like this you need to step it up to one of those professional gas-powered dethatcher. You must have pretty mild summers wherever you are because i used Black-Beauty Ultra seeds to grow in my lawn and the heatwave we had here in the northeast back in late June totally destroyed the lawn, it looks like an abandoned lot now.
@@TurfandStem try using whatever outlets she likes to use for her phone or other things to charge the batteries for that machine.and keep complaining about the batteries going bad and how much they cost. I assume you're using a rechargeable unit because I didn't see an extension cord being dragged around behind you.
Yup, just thrown the sand after you've seeded. Each place has a different definition of "mason" sand, just make sure it's not the light, small, powdery sand that resembles flour. You want it to have some texture to it.
I just used the tines. I don't use the metal blade / scarifier ones that often. If I did, I would probably just end up renting a slit seeder anyways and do a much better job. The tines are fine for debris removal though.
Crossing my fingers. It would be my luck that the first time I record my overseeding results, out of the dozen + times I've done it, this one will fail!
