How To HYDRETAIN Before and After 

Flexible hoses like the zero-G will not make you lose water pressure, if it does you won't find fire fighters using similar flat type hoses. There are also 2 types of zero-G, the 5/8 and 3/4 inch ones. If you want more water flow, you can buy the 3/4 inch ones, which are bright green in color. I use both types in my above ground DIY sprinkler and they work well. Hydretain has been a game changer and Allyn should receive some kind of recognition for both promoting it here in his RU-vid channel and also offering discount in the Yardmastery store. I bought mine from Yardmastery after watching one of Allyn's early Hydretain video and this has allowed me to not go crazy on the watering. My lawn remains green and lush this summer despite having no rain here in WA and me watering only 1 inch per week. The only thing you have to be aware of is when used on lawn, Hydretain will not pull moisture from the air and make water for your plant. What it does is to capture water vapor that are created when the water you put into your lawn evaporates, the chemical condenses the vapor into water droplets that will be available to the grass roots, these water vapor will otherwise just escape into the air and you get less plant useable water. So you will still need to water your lawn, but you can water less because more of your water will now be available to the grass.

Your Hydretain experiment from a few years ago was what convinced me to try it. Now it’s part of my regular routine!

I always walk the hose out and spin it nice and flat. Helps a ton ❤

I love your supervisor 🐕. I hope he isn’t a clock watcher 🤣.

I'm glad you added this tip. I'm in Texas and it is so hot this summer for extended time periods . Today I went out and really went after it with the hydrataine , RHS and dawn soap mixture . Two days ago I did the microgreen . It's a brutal summer

I used Hydretain for the first time this year as Summer temps were getting regularly in the 90s, on the spots in my KBG lawn that are the first to dry out. It definitely helped. It kept the lawn from going dormant there like last year. The dry spots stayed greener longer, and will bounce back quicker when temps cool off. I'll be using it again.

You need a Flexzilla hose bro! It’s very kink resistant under pressure and it’s lighter than a typical heavy duty hose. I always use 3/4” hose cause I like to flow, but if you don’t mind a 1/2” hose they got those with swivel ends and in a brown color instead of the light green.

Brilliant use of the Valentin clip. ‘Shaken, not stirred hahahahaha.’

Lol, having no sprinkler system myself, I often have to hand water early in the morning. Nothing like the neighbors hearing me throw down explicatives at 5am as I am about to lose it with another kink in the hose.

Hydretain is an amazing product, I absolutely love it in the summer. It's a real game changer!

I have (had) that same hose...I now have changed over to the firehose type material hose (don't know what they're called) and I'm totally satisfied. They're lightweight, are easy to manage...although they do kink, a light flick straightens them out. Good video Al!

Love these Hydretain tests - thanks! From a non-irrigation system waterer in Texas - my best hoses, really the best I've ever had - are from Harbor Freight. Looks/feels like a car tire, never kinks. Everything else I've ever tried - kinks. And, yes the Zero G hose robs you of water pressure.

Just put a whole bottle of hydrotain on my front yard yesterday! Can’t wait to see how it does

Switched to Flexzilla hoses everywhere in my house and shop and couldn't be happier. Good American company too, if that matters at all.

I ordered some Hydretain and it'll be here Monday cannot wait. Gonna have to make a video too :)

Really like my Flexzilla garden hose, very light and easy to pull and doesn't t kink up when dragging it around the yard.

I started watching this video sober now I’m Hammered!

100% with you on the ZeroG assessment... Youve gotta get the 3/4in hose to get any good volume out of it and those ones are good. They still kink but I think they do kink a little less and they are pretty nice. Only hose I'll use now but the 5/8s hoses aren't worth your time, you're absolutely right

Good stuff.

In the Luba app, you can change metric to imperial. It's in the setup!

Here for the dog cameo!!😜

I bought the bio advanced version “Lawn Root Moisturizer” as we can only water once per week. Not sure of the difference, but it seems to be helping my back yard where the sun bears down stay green.

Hey LCN, after doing my spraying and praying this weekend, I had an idea for you. In the box you send your bag fertilizer, look into printing on the inside to use it to pour your liquids to protect your driveway or pavement.

Love your videos I just placed an order for several items in Lawn mastery app and forgot hydratein. YOUR Killing me Allen. I have one full storage of all my rgs flag ship humic Air 8. And yes I have the greenest yard in my south texas yard.

I highly recommend Flexilla hoses. I own a professional pressure washing company and have 300 feet of 3/4" flexilla hose as the water feed hose for my machines. I have been using them for years with no issues or kinks. (Never had a leak or had to replace them) They are getting pulled off the reels, drug across the concrete, and hooked up to 1-4 different houses a day. I think you would be very happy with 100' of 5/8" flexilla! They are also very light, flexible, and offer great water flow. The 3/4" will obviously offer better water flow, but if you are using it to hand spray or with a hose-end sprayer, the 5/8" tends to be more user freindly.

I like how he used his neighbors water to spray his yard😅

I've found the solid black rubber hoses are the best for minimal kinks they seem to last the longest too

I used Fore Play on a dry clay spot and now I have a few small mushrooms so you know the soil is retaining water.

I bought a craftsman 3/4 " x75' RUBBER HOSE ! NO KINKS EVER ....AND shame on me I leave it out all year in Illinois.

9:06 the dogs walking LCN lol

No measurable rain since the first week or so in June, and temps are in the 100s. I expect them to go from 2x/week watering to once a week any time now. Going to have to order another gallon, because i think i may have 1500 sq ft worth left in the last one. Sprinkler dragger here, so i have to apply the hydretain in sections to get in watered in immediately.

First Aussie 😁. Al, another Pro tip from another Luba Tool Pro . 🤠

If you set your Luba higher and power it with a 24v power supply like the one on the base. You should get rock-solid satellite tracking and performance.

Bro, you got some serious Shankles and Kankles

Pro Tip: There is a solid line printed on your hose. If you unwind the hose with a straight line it will not Kink. Try it.

Try the Flexzilla hose. As long as you hold it correctly as you pull it’s able to resist kinking

3:58 I have a black hose from Walmart I bought in 2010. I forget who makes it. It hardly ever kinks compared to all my other hoses

I need to buy some because my water bill almost 80$ this dang high pressure been stuck over Louisiana about a month no rain here!!!! My back yard pretty much dead lol terrible clay soil is difficult to water deep now it'll cracking like concrete

Thanks again brother

I'm down in Punta Gorda helping my ninety-one year old father repair the damage from Hurricane Ian, I've started rejuvenating the St. Augustine Lawn. We are in serious drought conditions as well. Would you recommend the liquid or granular Hydretain for 10,000 sq ft lawn? Seeing the piece of palm tree laying behind you while mixing Hydretain, reminds me of my weekly chore of picking up palm fronds, blossoms and pods, cutting and barreling them for pickup. One of the down sides of maintaining over forty palm trees in SWFL!

Underhill makes a product called Twist-Ease Kink Eliminator that allows any hose to spin freely so you don't get kinks

I pull my hose all the way out then under loop it back on the hose hanger as it uncurls as I’m wrapping it up no kinks .

Nice

Pre-wetting is basically mandatory

Can't wait for the Luba video, come on in lawn industry the metric system is used a lot how you can mistake mm for inches?

😂 love that you used the red solo cup. Dont get it on the edge of the pot.

Hi Alan what could I use to killer YELLOW WOODSORREL

Man yiur video is about Hydretain but those Robelini Palms are beautiful.

I use Flexzilla hoses, give those a try

Will it work well on plants I have in mulch beds?

I’m trying to fill in my floratam yard. I’ve been filling in with diy plugs. I sprayed lawn booster under and over as I planted. The sod is doing well but the bare spots seen hydrophobic so I don’t think the healthy is going to spread. I applied hydratain but water still rolls right over the sand/bare spots. What should I do next?

QUESTION: my lawn is suffering from the 102 deg. avgs. days. My soil is dry and really compacted. I feel as though the water just isn’t being absorbed by the soil. My lawn has brown spots with really green area, mostly around the sprinklers, but still compacted. NEED HELP. Thank you.

Hi, Great video's, Where can I purchase the hose end sprayers you use? Thanks, Tom

I put down hydretain in mid June. August Temps in Texas are in the triple digits. I plan to put down another installment of hydretain. Do you think that is enough for this drought? Basically will it survive? No rain in the last 30 days. No rain in forecast.

Hey Y'All

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Love how your using your niebhbor ls water 🤔🤣 and twist the hole hose with the sprayer like a power washer hose and wala no more kinks lol come on Allen you crack me up with these sales pitches

Flexzilla hose is the bomb, will solve your kink issues..

My lawn looks exactly like that one you are standing on but I have Kentucky blue grass and live in eastern Washington.. this year it looks like crap. It’s blotchy yellow and almost looks like rust but it’s not. The grass roots look dead . I had a lawn service last year but fired them because they burned my green green lawn. We don’t get much rain so I water an inch twice a week and more in the dry areas. But I’m also getting mushroom’s because I was thatching instead of bagging never again. I used hummus too break it down but my lawn is driving me crazy.

4play does this and adds some micro nutrients ??

Hey Alan, live in Cherry Valley, IL NW IL. I have 1.5 acres of blue grass. Will Hydretain have the same great results with Bluegrass?

I just invested in a zero G hose at Lowe’s, it didn’t retract or expand and it kept the water pressure perfect for me! That’s after using a retracting hose for so long. I can definitely see the pressure difference.

Is Fourplay the same as Hydretain?

Eley sells a hose. Very expensive. But it is impossible to kink it

I'm in Houston, TX. I have St Augustine lawn. I applied Flagship 2 weeks ago, but we have hot weather around 100 degrees, and I have a lot of yellow spots... Can I apply this product to help my lawn with this weather right now?

I have to say Ive been following for years, but I dont like the over editing and background music in the videos. Sorry, maybe its just me. I still appreciate the free knowledge you give us.

Was starting to think this was a different kind of video with how many kinks you mentioned

My yard has too much water and grass is browning. SO MUCH RAIN. HELP!!

Flexzilla 3/4. You will not be disappointed

Waiting for the ENJOY THE MOW Video just AL cutting with Music maybe with multiple mowers.......Then a beer and stogie after!!!!!????

I have tried 3 times and the hydretain does not work on my yard. Tried your product (I forget its name) and when weather was cooler 80 and below it did spike the green effect temporarily. Bermuda on clay soil. I guess the product just drains out quickly and not able to stay at the root area.

You know, they make sweat retaining bras, right?

Can I mix Fourplay and RGS together?

The "Lawn Care Nut" now "The Kinky Lawn Care Nut."

As others have said... roll that hose out and get it straight before hooking anything up to it. Kinda the same method when you use a pressure washer/high pressure hose. You're slipping, Allyn...

Only three countries in the world don't use the metric system: the United States, Liberia, and Myanmar. I wonder if lawnies from Liberia and Myanmar have the same problem?

Get an Eley hose.

Can I, should I apply this when it's raining out to ensure its watered in, just to make it easier? Also, I have plenty of Blue Def, can I apply this at the same time too? By the way, I'm in Ohio, with cool season grass, applying in the summer.

Get you a flexzilla hose

Get yourself an ELEY hose, you won't regret it.

Get a heavy duty or contractor hose. Last way longer and don't kink once you work them in.

Screw that how would anyone know if you use more product on your lawn

Bro that hose would of been at the curb on my watch

Since you are a good neighbor, Should we call you "state farm"?

Pro tip: Stainless steel hoses doesn't kink

Looks like you have gnats in your Zinkas too much water they love it ..

Get a flexzilla hose.

Zero G for sure. I got 2. Never kinks and going 8 years strong.

All that kink talk i thought you moved to St Petersburg ❤😂

Not only that your using the neighbors water

😂😂😂 we would all be drunk I kink kink kink

if you untwist the hose I wont kink

Flexzilla.

All you need to do is unwind the hose is in untwist it

See y’all be spoiling me because I get out there trying to do the lawn in casual clothes and at the end of everything I should have put on work clothes because I have been sweating lol smh

looks like your using your neighbor's water facet is that right?

Super kinky video Al! I bought two Hoselink hose reels this year and it has been a game changer. I don’t dread having to use the hose now

just uncoil the hose lol. it still has rolls in it. BTW i went zero g and never went back :D

Anyone have jealous neighbors that's upset with you for having a green lawn and stop speaking? What about the audacity to get pissed 😤 saying you mess with your lawn to much annoying 🙄 them, when you're minding your business doing what you love by keeping your own property up.

Black rubber hose will not kink !