I hope he can enjoy his fame before the Non Hodgkins Lymphoma shows up from dousing Mother Earth with chemicals and fertilizers and killing the protectors and pollinators of the environment. Only a matter of time. Who wants a sterile boring lawn anyway? Plant a pollinator garden with no chemicals whatsoever. Help save the environment! SUSTAINABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your Lawn Ginja will end up with Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma as many do who who use fertilizers and pesticides. Pollinators are responsible for flowers nuts berries melons beer coffee and so much more. Without them none of those things would be possible. Mostly there are intricate inter-dependences in nature - over 450 varieties of insects live off milkweed, including Monarchs but Monarchs are threatened because of pesticide runoff. Bees are dying off too. Stop using pesticides. NOW. Plan a pollinator lawn over the winter and watch beautiful birds and butterflies come to your yard for sustenance and nourishment and survival itself. The world is on fire from human abuse and it begins with you. Save the pollinators. They create beauty on earth. A pollinator garden full of flowers is trouble free and you can be sung to by the birds and the bees who come. Eat organic too, becuase do you really want the same chemicals in your bloodstream that are killing off the pollinators who are responsible for most of the delightful beauty on earth? Read up on a pollinator garden. Its soooo much more beautuiful and interesting then a sterile lawn soaked in poison.
I’m excited for this series. I’ve been contemplating nuking my lawn and starting over. Mine was hydroseeded when we moved in, no doubt it was a “cost effective”’seed used, builder grade
Contemplating doing the same damn thing. The toolshed that lived in my house before laid Bermuda sod, which is fine because I love my Bermuda. Problem is, somehow I got a bunch of fescue patches and the lawn was not leveled worth a shit. Ready to nuke this mother, adjust a few sprinkler locations, and reseed. .
I did this to my front lawn. I had some landscapers fescue 'mix' and hated it.. so I smoked it and bought myself some zoysia and now I have a zoysia front lawn -- and love it.
A great video. I did our small back lawn in early June, I then scarified it once the grass was brown and over seeded it with fine fescue and highland bent. It is starting to come through now, will be doing the big garden in August. I’ve watched a good few of your videos and they are great. Hello from Lancashire, England 👍🏼
Bro. I'm in the same boat, so sick of leaf spot and melting out every year. Only so much a man can handle!! Got some balls doing it going into summer though! 😂
We just bought a house in rural Romania and the lawn is JACKED. Mole holes everywhere, uneven, grass growing high in some places, not at all in others. Think I'm gonna have to get a cultivator and relevel the land first
@@pestandlawnginja I also laugh at the $2 billion settlement on glyphosate as of two days ago: Plaintiffs Object to Roundup Settlement Federal Court Considers Preliminary Approval of Roundup Cancer Settlement "Bayer AG's attempts to move a Roundup settlement across the finish line in a federal court met with resistance this week as attorneys representing cancer victims objected to the proposed $2 billion glyphosate settlement on a number of fronts. At the beginning of February, Bayer announced it had reached a $2 billion settlement resolving outstanding legal issues related to the herbicides glyphosate and dicamba. During a hearing before the U.S. District Court for the District of Northern California on Wednesday, attorneys for several plaintiffs involved in the class action suit objected to details of the plan and called for the court to reject it. The court is considering a preliminary approval of the settlement. One provision would allow Bayer to continue to sell Roundup. The settlement also would require healthy people who have already been exposed to Roundup to relinquish their right to sue if they are later diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Attorneys for the plaintiff also objected to a provision that would limit legal options for people exposed to glyphosate who later become sick. During a hearing Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria expressed concern about limiting future Roundup claims. "The concept that you're covered if you're exposed prior to a certain day and not covered if you're exposed after a certain day, usually that's used if a company has decided to take a product off the market or slap a warning label on it," he said.
With what we know about the toxicity of glyphosate and its association with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, I would do this wearing a respirator, eye protection and disposable tivac suit. I am considering doing this this fall to my nearly 100% week lawn because the weeds die in the winter leaving sparse muddy areas in my yard. Concerns over environmental to animals (and me) along with the ecological waste of maintaining a lawn are something I am concerned about
It's interesting to see all of the commenters excited about spraying herbicides and other chemicals. Then we wonder about high cancer rates. The science is proven.
Was a licensed fertilizer/herbicide applicator and have used tenacity before. When we had to fill a lawn, we just used Round-up kill all in our Z-spray. Slow process for sure.
That’s a sweet hat! Wore mine this weekend while at the beach. So many people thought I was a marijuana grower. Lots of interesting elevator conversations at the hotel.
So I know it may be a little out of your element because it’s warm season grass but I trust your opinion more than most others on the internet and you have answered all of my questions. I have centipede and was looking for recommended products that would boost growth in bare spots and also products that will take care of dog fennel. I have tried crossbow and it seems to work a little on the dog fennel but nothing drastic. It’s been over 3 weeks since application and it’s still green in most spots.
Here's my 2c. Centipede is super sensitive. I would spot spray as your doing. I would add a surfactant to your herbicide and a little bit of nitrogen. dog fennel is a tough kill because its hard to get the product to stick on it. no mowing three days before or three days after the application. give it a try and let me know how it works.
Ohhh I’m excited to watch this progression I’m doing exactly this in the fall with my side yard and seeding a custom blend I made! See I was thinking tilling my compacted clay soil before moving on so I’m interested in what you do next
I used meso when I seeded and now I have grass and weeds growing its been about a month and a half since I planted when can I used weed killer again without hurting my grass and what would you recommend? Thanks brother I appreciate you and cant wait for the next video
Dude.... I melted out ALL YEAR last year, and with all the rain we have had here in KC, I just can't get it to stop this year. :( I literally do EVERYTHING correctly.... Any suggestions?! Should I mow it shorter? (Tall fescue/bluegrass mix
mowing shorter may make it worse. get that watering dialed in. preventive fungicides like heritage work really well. may need to bump up your potassium as well
We have had rain every day for the past 13 days. It's off an on, and the sun comes out for juuuuust enough time to sprout mushrooms and fungus all over the neighborhood... We all have great lawns around here.... But the fungus issues is like a cancer spreading EVERYWHERE :( I have heritage applied :)
I am just about to do this as well. However I was going to re sod after. I have 3 types of grass growing. The Johnson grass is taking over and I want to kill it all off. I am using kills all. Then after it’s all dead I was going to rent a skid steer and rip it all out. Then top soil and re-sod.
Well, I did this to all my lawn (300m2 ~ 3200 sqft) this year too. As I was installing irrigation system I had to dig all over the area and as the lawn was not superb I chosen this method - to kill the whole lawn and make the lawn great again ( :-D ).
My parents live in rural North Central Illinois which is somewhat similar to rural Indiana. If you have high water bill rates like my parents had the last few years you don't want a thirsty grass like bluegrass. If you have clean well water without a lot of sediment I favor the Bluegrass cuz it's so dense and if you can get the color right. Where I reside now I lost the vote to habe "Midnight" Kentucky Bluegrass seated from scratch which is very fungus resistant and wiped out last Summer's lawn with a summer patch fungus. Because time was of the essence cuz she was sick dirt some crap Fescue was installed by way of sod which probably won't last another four years like the other soddings she's put on the lawn in the past. Or you could plant Meadow Fescue and have animals cut your grass. It has a high palatability rating and it doesn't look too bad if you don't want to care what the grass looks like it certainly looks better than Tall Fescue. Or go with Creeping Bent if you want to practice your putting game.
I really want to start over with a section of lawn but hesitant to use glyphosate. I might try it carefully and just remove as much as possible after its dead, followed by lots of water and some topsoil.
its got a lot of publicity behind it. assuming you use the right personal protective equipment my opinion is its no worse than any other herbicide on the market.
With our short window of time you are probably going to want to start killing it in late summer. I plan to do the same and leveling. North of Seattle here.
Your mezotrione is more of a broad leaf weed herbicide with a half life of over a month. Fusilade II would be a better mix for grasses. It is best to cut the grass high and let it recover several day after rain or watering. I have used thousands of gallons of 41 and 53% Glyphosate each year since 1980. You could also us Round up resistant blue grass.
I grow Tuf Tuf Bermuda- the best in my mind. No seed as seed is sterile ( hmmm) so must lay sod. Good part- self repairs very well as runners are vigorous.
A brown KGB. It almost hurts to see it after seeing how amazing your yard has looked in the past “tree” years. Looking forward to the next step. Maybe Brett will come visit to help labor. 🤔
Ran into another lawn issue in my overseeing! I know your not supposed to do it it in spring but it’s been coming in well just recently noticed I think I’m overwatering? Slightly yellow on some of the blades so I’m gonna dial it back and give it a few more days to grow in before I go for the first mow!
@@pestandlawnginja yup! Also wanted to say your advice in a video a while back of treat your lawn in sections has been a great help, have noticed some areas need less some need more very great tip
Me over in Houston trying to figure out how to kill my lawn... I click on your video and I instantly recognize those mountains. Then you confirmed it was Utah. Later I saw the pitch of your roof and the fense, and I realized I used to do school projects in that house with the previous homeowners just 15 years ago... I feel like a stalker on accident.
I’m in UT as well. North Salt Lake and my grass is so crap. I plan on using tenacity , surfactant and speedzone tomorrow as I saw in your other video. Wish me luck! Also I have a talk fescue problem as well.
How do you fix that melt out? I think I have cheap sod new construction house, no clue what type of sod was put down) that is super prone to disease. I treat for it but it seems like the lawn always has a fungus or disease. I’m thinking I smoke it and start over, but if I can fix it I’d rather try that first.
Hey, I live just a couple towns over I am in a rental that the front yard is terrible. The back yard is even worse. I want to work on the front first. Between the weeds and the bumpy lawn I think starting over is best. But should we start now. (Oct in Utah for anyone reading this later) or should we wait till spring. The weeds in the front are the typical weeds and mellow. The back had 3 foot tall pig weeds everywhere
fall is always best to start but in utah its really late summer. octobers can be doable but very tricky due to the decline in weather. spring is doable but also tough. I would start here in 2 weeks by putting the first roundup treatment and tenacity. then week after just roundup. the week after that tenacity and seed.
Couldn't stand mixture of grass and weeds in my lawn so I killed it off my mowing short, detaching several times and stopped watering. My lawn was very bumpy, like off roading with my mower lol. I now have a hard dirt backyard. Should I use a roto tiller to break it up or just try to level with fresh dirt/soil?
I’m going to do this at my sons new house (salad bar) in August. 13000 sf. Not looking forward to it. 50 year old lawn. I plan to spray it at least 2 times and water in between apps.
Michigan here... I killed off about 10% of my lawn. Light green grass. Thinking some of it is Poa Triv. Gonna throw down some Fescue and KBG in the fall. Looks bad now but lawn care = patience.
Michigan here too, neon 💩 poa in my back yard driving me crazy coming in from dumb ass neighbors. I'd have to literally smoke off 7500 sq feet and I don't have the time or money.
Hi, so w etc?hat was your next step after the lawn was all brown and dead. Did you need to remove all of the old dead grass, or did you just top it with soil then fert & seed
Wow your kidding, I grew up in that neighborhood lol. I saw your house and thought that looks like the Tolemans house then you said Utah. That is so crazy lol. I have some crazy stories about that house. I just looked you up on google earth and your lawn is way greener than your neighbors. Nice brotha
I was going to waste my lawn this year. When is best time to start over? Obviously being June too late to start in early spring. I am confused as to why you put in fertilizer before then throwing down the eraser kill it all stuff.
late summer is best to start this process. as for the fertilizer our ground temps here were cold and the grass wasn't growing enough to take it all in properly.
Two years ago I sprayed my entire back yard because of bent grass. I had to spray it several times to kill everything. I used a dethatcher and got it to dirt and then reseeded. It turned out beautiful. If I did it again I would use a skid steer to remove the dead sod because it’s so easy and fast. The dethatcher was way too slow.
Great video as always......question.....speaking of melting out, is an 0-0-60 fert good for preventing it? Can it harm or burn the lawn? At what rate would you put it it down? Thanks in advance.....:)
that would be straight potassium. be sure you get a soil test and understand if your lawn is deficient before using said product. then follow the guidelines of the soil test. i recommend mysoil
Ginja, I just bought one of these Flow Zone backpack sprayers and I'm super excited to start using it. I've already done one round of weed and grass killer on the law about a week ago, but definitely need another round and using the Flow Zone will make my life a lot easier. Only thing that makes me nervous is I've seen people say putting the Eraser into your good backpack sprayer isn't a good idea and you should have a separate sprayer just for this chemical. Reason seems to be that it's hard to ensure all of the chemical is out of the sprayer when you go to use another chemical like a fertilizer. How are you ensuring that all of the Eraser is out of the sprayer so that this doesn't happen?
I had nothing but crab grass, weeds, and other random unwanted grasses. My lot is too big to SOD die to cost and going to do hydroseed. Yard was just graded but thinking about applying lawn and weed killer then get my soil up to par with the grass I plan on having hydroseeded. Any recommendations on what I can do to help my grass grow and avoid weeds. I understand it's natural especially with seed to expect some weeds but I want to limit to most I can
Alright so Im a straight up noob to this. Im currently trying to plan my spring backyard plan. My backyard is nothing but dirt and weeds. I get how to aerate, fertilize, and seed. My question to you is whats the best pet friendly products to use. I noticed your doggo in the video! Haha
I sprayed my entire backyard last year and killed all my weeds and grass. In the spring I had a big ol' mud pie.. I need to move to Arizona. My thumb is like a black whole. I could probably kill a saguaro which are supposed to live a few hundred years I believe . Actually my plan was to landscape my backyard with pebbles, path stones and hostas. I just went out and stuck plastic flowers in front my deck. . My Christmas tree is a plastic spiral with the lights attached. I just pull it out of the back, hook it to my ceiling in from of my window.
After killing the grass what do you do with the all the dead material? Does it have to be removed before seeding ? I imagine a Bermuda yard would be a pain to remove that material just with the nature of it
Subbed. Thinking I need to do the same with my poorly sodded centipede yard. I've seen lots of your other vids and will try overseeing first. Thanks for the motivation and making it look easy!
How do you do ratios for the herbicides and seed oil? You see, my lawns a whole mess because of my neighbor. I just wish I can show it to you because my lawn and my backyard’s (especially my backyard) a catastrophe even though I did my best it won’t get any better. I even told that neighbor to fix her lawn but she won’t fix it. The thing that doesn’t make sense is SHE’S a teacher of high school. Anyway back to the first sentence, How do you do ratios for the herbicides and seed oil, I also want to know what’s the ratio for your lawn as a reference because at this point I want to kill it (weeds). 6:13 just taking notes for my lawn
about to go for round 2 of my kill. About 15% of the grass didn’t want to die!!! My question is should I scalp it now ( I skipped that step round1)then spray?
I'm feeling you about contractors wanting to patch your yard with different sod. After doing the math to replace all of it. It wasn't really that bad, after doing home remodel. I didn't have to do all the steps your teaching. "Never hurt my back writing a check". Not saying this video isn't helpful, you always have good information.
Used Walmart seed. 😂 Thinking maybe I could try this. My whole lawn is rotting from something too. But it's also killing whole garden too. Really bad disease outbreak across US this year-you may have the start of that? I have to...black plastic and rock whole yard.
I recently got a new garden, new turf and decking in my back garden. Not even 2 weeks has past since they finished and in 2 areas grass is coming through the decking. We paid £3500 for 2 days work. He was supposed to put something under all the decking to stop the grass from growing. Any advice to kill the grass without removing the decking panels ?
What day of the year did you begin killing and what day were you able to plant your seed? It's been a crazy Spring weather in Utah cycling between hot and cold. My seeding this Spring has had mixed results. Hope you had great success!
I planted 6 days ago. Started this process about a month ago. Should have started two months ago but as you said the weather has been nuts this season. Late summer is always the best choice
@@pestandlawnginja do you think you have enough time before the July heat for the grass to take? I have a few dead spots I'm thinking of trying to seed but have been afraid I'm too late. Up in Murray.
@Evelyn Taylor you're right about the weird cycle in Utah this year. Parts of my lawn are still coming out of dormancy. Usually it's green as can be by the end of April.
@@pestandlawnginja I agree my fall seeding was so much easier than this spring. I got fooled by the warm start and planted April 1st. Hand watered for nearly a month. Much of the seed didn't germinate. What did is still mainly stunted at a half inch or so and thin possibly due to overwatering. Luckily, the biggest most important area did well. Any advice on how to get these other thin wisps of grass to take off? And since they won't on their own be able to fill in the lawn, what advice do you have to stimulate the surrounding grass to fill in faster? Extra fert, humic/kelp and mowing or is there nothing really that can be done to accelerate lateral growth? I'm tempted to follow some RU-vidrs advice and pound it monthly with .75 lbs of nitrogen but I believe you'd advise against doing that.
@@Indylimburg Me and my neighbors feel your pain. I had such hopes of getting my lawn right before the crushing heat. Fear that window of grass nirvana will never appear this Spring before the sun starts frying my lawn.
Still present. Personally think it has more to do with the soil deficiencies of iron and potassium than the grass itself. The weird shape that looked like a racetrack is gone 😄 so that’s a plus. That was a grass issue as I figured it was
What type of grass are you going to reseed with? I’m doing an renovation this fall here in Pa and I’m on the fence with what I’m going to plant. Good luck and great videos.
But…. It’s May! Seems like I’m always timed wrong for whatever I want to do. Question for Ginja - should I just kill weeds, overseed and wait to kill the whole yard in late summer? The yard is currently either Bermuda, bare or weeds. All must go. Need fast, green fescue grass with results to show the house to a renter or buyer before August. zone 6a, midwest.
Woah! That’s a pretty fine mist you’re using to apply that Eraser. That overspray is going to where you don’t want it. Why aren’t you using a more coarse spray?
