LEVEL Lawn FIX with SAND | 70/30 Top Dressing 

No dog repair vids , i dont really look after jobs where the dogs pee all over it as its not my thing

If lawns in good nick to start them Late march April but due to drought we left this one till now to concentrate on the main lawn, its all in the watering

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert nice one thank you! I'll follow your Tips when I come to renovate the lawn 👍

East riding horticulture

No i dont use pre seed fertiliser seed has all the energy it needs to grow within its husk

Its a sort of top dressing 70% sand 30% soil kiln dried yes

When it needs

You wanna get as many roots up as possible but be mindful that they will grow back and probably faster as your feeding the lawn the tree roots will take it up, id definately ideally wanna be 6inches of soil but some of my lawns theres in some places 3, Why not try a dwarf rye, im moving away from premier pitch, youll get the same colour and plant species but wont need cutting as much, my next two videos im using limigrain mm50, like wimbledon do, will give me a rye surface but wont be as needy as wont grow as tall, and disease tolerance is better, boston utds new ground uses it so you still get the football look, Remember also ive been doing lawns for 25 years if not more so even though we may have the same bag of seed our end results may differ, my lawns dont come out of the bag , they come from want, passion and perseverence! Like no point doing it then going away for 2 week and leaving it to grow, its a dedication its a commitment and its like having baby that never grows up! Good luck on your lawn journey and be sure to follow my new videos in the coming weeks when the temps rise and send photo updates!!

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert I’ll have a look at the dwarf rye and thanks for the detailed reply. I’ll take any advice you can spare. Completely understand that it’s a passion and results don’t come from the bag, I’m looking for perfection every day, the wife thinks I look after the lawn more than I do her. The fact that I get thin roots now is probably down to the fact that it’s fed and looked after well, so if the very thin string like roots are going to come back anyway shall I just kill of the grass and go from there with a thin layer of topsoil with the seed you mentioned ?

@@stenchosmells Yeah i have plants and bushes that have just crept into the lovely fresh depth of soil, it doesnt kill the grass theres just more competition for water so i gotta water alot more, in my next job as theres a bit of depth im lining the floor with fleece to stop worms coming up so maybe it could work with roots? But there would have to be good depth of soil to do this as it would just dry the lawn out if it was near the surface

Well your better in the garden were she can see you rather than at the pub getting drunk were she cant

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Look forward to watching ! So roots don’t hurt the grass as there all Underneath the surface so effectively I could just kill it off, topsoil and sow my beautiful pitch. I’d love a day of knowledge with you pal ! The pitch you did looks so green so assuming that’s part of the seed itself plus lots of iron ?

Jonny Armour, hands and knees n dig it out mostly after scarifying as it easy to see as its white and got a claw like appearence, primo just suppresses what ive missed

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpertok thanks Danny!! Do you find the rye struggles in the winter months around the hedge lines etc?

Every grass struggles around the edges as usually up against a fence or borders shrubs/trees, so id say no more than any other grass

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert cheers mate. I've got a few lawns i look after that I'd like to convert to a pure rye mix but due to trees within the lawn and surrounding shade etc I haven't made the jump. Tend throw in a higher quality rye fescue mix

I do its pretty bleak come the winter , without artificial lighting it will always be this way, worm casts are the big issue, leaves to as i dont get paid to move them off everyday so they sit there for a week at most

Any grass seed will struggle, i always use ryegrass as easy to get going

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert thanks Daniel. Love the videos by the way!

not yet but hoping too

Jody Goble, premier pitch

70/30 kiln dried top dressing

Thanks

No valid point but we don’t do it every year it was just that year on that lawn

I dont use feed and weed

A liquid weedkiller i would use is weedol for lawns

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Oh weedol lawns just off the shelf stuff ? Apply Twice a year spring & autumn ?

@@stenchosmells i dont use that as cant use agcp’s (amateur garden centre products) but its the nearest thing to whst i use in terms of actives

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Cheers pal

God yeah wait till spring

Dont think i used it then much

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Thanks for getting back to me, ok cool. That's good, then as I just ordered a few 100 meters worth, so will still use it. I literally just ordered x2 tons of topsoil from Rowlan, but should I have ordered top dressing instead? Maybe I should have bought one ton of each? I am scarifying and then overseeding. What is the difference? I have applied iron sulphate so will be ready to scarify in a week and lay seed etc. Also do you come out to Nottingham, or too far? I don't think I can keep up the maintenance every year. lol.