Looking good, almost there. For patches, I get a bucket, throw a few handfuls of seed in first, then my compost, mix it all together, then top up with more compost and another couple of handfuls of seed, mix again and throw it on the lawn, gives great contact :)
Nice vid 😀 When I fill in bare spots I tend to mix the top dressing and seed together, that way you can be certain the top dressing isn’t too thick, which I admit I sometimes do 😅
Hi, I just wanted to say how much I enjoy watching your video's. Your tips are really helpful, but I'd also like to make a suggestion to you if I may. I have a rear lawn twice the size of yours and have invested in a good cylinder push mower, which creates a much cleaner cut and wanted to share this with you as I think you'll see much better results, especially if you're going to enter lawn spripe competitions; you'll thank me for it later. I have a Webb cylinder push mower and no longer use my rotary mower. The stripes are outstanding and it's better for the environment. Thanks again for your hints and tips, and keep up the good work!! Best, Stuart
Hi Stuart thanks for the feedback and for watching! I have a cylinder on my wish list, hoping when I reach a major milestone for the channell to get one and test it out. Ive also just bought a manual cylinder to try out, hopefully some vjds on that upcoming
Garden Lawncare Guy Great, I look forward to seeing the video on the push mower in due course. Following advice from your video, I've just been out on my lawn pulling out the meadow grass from my lawn. Thanks again for your sound advise 👍
Awesome, this vid was just what I needed! I have bare spots on my new seeded lawn which has mostly taken really well, will be using your advice to fill in the spots. LIke the idea of a seperate roller too, if only just for the stripes!
Glad you liked it matt, you can also use a compost to cover the seeds as improved moisture. First time I used that roller was impressed with the stripes and it wasnt even full of water
Yes, it's not a bad time to apply that a few weeks after, this stuff is ideal gardenlawncareguy.com/shop/fertiliser/granular-fertiliser/6-9-6-pre-seeder-fertiliser/
Slightly aerating with a garden fork really helps with seed to soil contact in those bald spots. I use the roller on the back of my hayter to push it down.
@@GardenLawncareGuy just out of curiosity what made you go with the cordless bosch and not the hayter spirit 41 electric. There quite similar price range and they were the 2 mowers I was stuck between choosing.
I noticed in one of your videos that you said you were going to do a video on manhole covers- I have 4 in my lawn and have intended to replace them with a recessed cover filled with solid and seeded. Could you make a video on this, please? There isn’t a single video on RU-vid! Thanks.
I have a brand new house and lawn. And the lawn isn't in great shape, lots of patchy areas and you can see the sections when I mow it low. I have tried seeding it but had really no results at all after a few weeks except the ones that sneaked between the patio slabs ironically! I have some evergreen all in one feed but it says to only use on lawns 3 months old. It probably is that by now but I'm not sure if i should feed it as it's still quite new and not in great shape. Any advice?
So if you were overseeding a larger lawn and you didn't want to use top soil ect.... How would you put a protective barrier to top birds on the lawn would you just go out have to put a big protective netting all over the whole area of grass???
RHS advice is pretty solid for this one, On a small scale, cover freshly sown areas with horticultural fleece or birdnets which will exclude birds and also improve germination and growing conditions. On a larger scale, try using bird tape which produces a humming noise as the wind vibrates the tape. Alternatively increase sowing rate to compensate for seed losses. Ive also seen people use CDs, provide another food source close buy or plastic bottles on sticks
Very nice video! I might have missed it but did you just hand water these for several weeks since the area was small or did you water the whole lawn again multiple times a day?
I had no issues with birds, but what I had noticed a few days after laying down grass seed on a completely new bare lawn was that ants were taking the seed away. I was annoyed by it, but I thought to myself "well, ants are tiny, they couldn't possibly do much damage". I was so wrong. Now that the lawn has grown in, there are numerous huge bare spots from all the seed they stole! They definitely were working day and night nonstop to cause that much seed loss. I would've never suspected ants until I seen it with my own eyes.
Great series cheers, going to be a massive help when I have to seed my new 300 sq/m lawn in the autumn. I couldn't see the link to the roller you used, could you let me know what it is please.
How long would you leave it now before the next cut? I don’t want to ruin the new seeds but I don’t want the rest of the lawn to get out of hand either?
Seems like we’re at the same stage. My issue is that I have a lot of weeds - I removed them but they keep reappearing - I hope it is not a sign to come. I wanted to know about mowing. I seeded the first lawn 5 weeks ago, and then did my first cut. As I live in a hot climate (Slovakia) the temps these days are between 25-35, so I find myself having to cut the grass twice a week. Would this stop the newly laid seeds (that I laid over the weaker ares) from germinating? I hate having to mow less than 1 week after overseeding but the grass that has seeded really needs cut every 3 days
I normally take mine right down before seeding and then with water i find for me the seeds aren't too far behind the normal grass. Can get a 2-3inches tall before i do a mow. If you can avoid it reduce mowing whilst they are germinig and don not cut it low. You can tidy things up later, if the new grass has germinated and reached a few inches you can cut every few days to bring it down. The key really is reduce traffic, mow very high if you have to and water during germination
How did you change your watering habits after your seed grew to about 2”? Mines 11 days old and about 1-2” (kbg) I’m wondering if I should water less frequently but longer duration to encourage deeper root growth. However, I also don’t know if it’s better to just keep it from drying out on top. I chose a shady area in my yard, so despite the warmer temps, it’s going quite well. (Had germination in 4 days) Any tips on water after sprouting would be appreciated. I don’t want to suffocate it with too much water but I also don’t want it to dry and die. Thx much.
With kbg the full germination of all seeds can take longer, I would maintain the water to keep the area lightly wet for some weeks until we think the seeds have come up. It's more about soil moisture than frequency so adapt based on your weather and conditions till all the seeds are ul
hi, I also have a new build house and my lawn is terrible and muddy with lots of bald patches and thinning. do you have any videos of when you first got the house and what the lawn was like and how you made it better?
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@@GardenLawncareGuy so did you have any issues with rubble etc under the lawn and low depths of decent soil? or did you just work over the top of what was there initially? mine had parts where the fork hits rock or rubble after only an inch or so. Can grass grow nice on only an inch or so of soil or does it need to be deep?
Noble You are correct. Spreading the peat moss grass seed mix is heavier than just spreading seed. Thick/dense grass grew in a couple of weeks when I tried it on a small area that was about 300 sq ft. I set the timer for the sprinklers to turn on for 5 minutes twice a day to water the newly planted area for 2-3 weeks to grow Bermuda grass during late July/early August. The grass grew nice and thick within the first 2-3 weeks at the most. I wouldn’t do it for areas larger than 300 sq ft. It’s good for patching a bald spot 300 sq ft or less if you want thick grass to grow in 2-3 weeks during hot summer months though
Hi, I have terrible tuft grass/bunches of lighter green grass in my lawn, Im assuming manual extraction and an overseed is the remedy for this? Seems especially bad this year! Thanks
@@IrishRanger2452 youre right, its Yorkshire fog I believe. Its through the grass in patches. Whats the best remedy? Kill with weedkiller, accept that there will be unsightly patches and fill/ overseed in 3-4 weeks?
Do not listen to these pretend experts. I have been dealing with lawns for over 50 years. Never have i had such patchy results. Have you noticed how all these silly people deal with lawns in exactly the same ways. They all try to bury the seed with soil/compost. Now, seed must never be covered with soil, needs a bit of air & light to germinate. They all make the same mistakes!. The older generation of true experts knew exactly how to get the job done. Just remember the old saying, “One for the rook, one for the crow, one to die & one to grow”. No matter how diligent the birds are, they will not get all the seed. Your lawn will grow well.
So if I understand the solution to avoid patches is to apply 4 times the required seed? (One for rook,grow, dying and grow). The mixes we use often contain different types of grasses that germinate at different rates. I dont wait to pretend that everything looks good i show the actual progress over time, this is not the finished result. I am running a grass seed company with 75,000 orders so I would guess I am more qualified than most people to talk about grass.
