Reseeding The Lawn 

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Preach! This is how you make a how to video. No useless chatter about anything and everything under the sun before getting to the actual subject matter. Then he succinctly explains the hows and more importantly the whys to what you need to do. Great video.

Agreed. This is a great old style RU-vid "how to" video. Nowadays, so many users are concerned about building a platform in order to provide income from their channel. There are plenty of content creators that are in it for the video editing, but those are usually obvious and not always the most popular. Ryan Knorr provides a healthy mix of both on his channel about grass, however he tends to talk too much with information that may be subjective.

Really good video. Been searching for information on this and so many other videos faff about. These days it seems to be more about style than content.

I agreed this I amazing video ,other one keeping talking not showing!!!!

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I bought scotts premium top soil and it had bad reviews because it has a 2:1 ratio of filler to actual soil...what soil do you prefer I use? Also does multch actually help? Or is soil only ok?

I'd have to agree, so simplistic a cave man can do it! LOL. But in all seriousness, straight to the point, not too many extra products to use. Im looking forward to going to my nearest Home Depot to find the best seeds.

👍👍👍👍👍couldn't have said it better. 👍👍👍👍👍

@@L.I.2RVA Or Cave Woman. 😂😂😂

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I agree. Awesome job

it's a "top class' video for idiots like u. Try doing it his way and the birds and squirrels will eat all the seeds and you waste $75 on seeds, soil, fertilizer.........

@@ww387gr What would you do differently?

@@tmcrae6957 Just buy cheap steer manure at $1.25 a bag, get 5 bags for size of his lawn, and pour on top of bald spots, water a lot, and in a few months, voila - new grass! But if you want to do his method, go for it, spend $75, then another $25 on netting and stakes, to prevent birds/squirrels from eating, but have to deal with arrogant neighbor nazis if you live in HOA / or install wind chimes on sticks in the ground to scare away the birds/squirrels, but your 95 year old lady neighbor might complain.... - but I prefer the steer manure - much cheaper, anyways, it worked for me..... and yeah, add fallen leaves from trees on those bald patches too, grass will grow fast from drinking the water you water and eating the plant food that is the manure and leaves, plus grass clippings.......don't waste your money on grass seeds from Home Depot, I am telling you, grass will grow anywhere given plant food to eat (manure and leaves/grass clippings) and you inundating those bald spots with deep watering (like 30 minutes one evening), then just go on with your life and come back to check up on those bald patches a few months later

@@tmcrae6957 another technique is, called spring seeding, and that's to just let your existing grass grow tall to about 3 feet as you'll see it will have seeds on top, and the wind blows it away on your lawn to grow more grass. Again, you'll have to deal with neighborhood nazis in HOA, but try to "apply" to let the fascists HOA board members know that this is called the natural way, spring seeding, to make your yard more beautiful, and hopefully they will understand. Anyways, I live in an ec0-friendly, knowledgeable little neighborhood where it's voluntary to join community HOA, called Lakewood gardens in California, and lots of people do this in the spring, and guess what, the cost is.....wait for it.......FREE and even saves you money on gas for the mower as you don't mow for the first 2 months of spring as you let the grass grow to to seed. then mow it and after a few months, you'll see good results. Anyways , I use this method PLUS the steer manure/dried leaves/grass clippings method and it surely works for me. I thought the city would mail me a warning to cut the grass, but they didn't because I cut it after 6 weeks and it depends on where you live and if the community leaders are knowledgeable, if they are not, educate them, I'm sure they'll understand, if they are not power tripping Nazis

L how did it go ?

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wELL RESEEDING IS GOOD...BUT WAIT ON BECOMING A DAD TILL YOU'RE WELL INTO YOUR 20S

Don't do it... Just be a kid for as long as you can 💯, trust me

Bruh live your life bruh, go to Europe, bang hot chicks, forget being a dad till you’re at least 27

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Same here...just less progressed than your lawn. My front lawn is about 5,000 sq. ft. and I got a soil test, removed about 2 inches of top soil with a sod cutter. Cutting the soil was easy, removing that much soil, back breaking until I found someone with a lawn tractor with a front end loader, but as a big added bonus, removing 2 inches of soil removed 99% of the weed seeds so the weeds in my lawn are minimal where the soil was removed. Then I tilled the soil, used stakes and string to correct a few minor grading issues, then used a lawn roller to compact it back down and then used a drag mat for about 5-6 hours to level everything down to very gradual changes in grade so I won't be scalping anything. Zoysia can be mowed at any height from about half an inch up, but is typically mowed at 1.5 inches as it creates a more dense growth to make up for the lack of longer leaves. I raked the soil and put down my seed. I didn't add mulch or top soil because Zoysia seed shouldn't be more than 1/4 inch deep, so the ruts from the rake were perfect, although adding topsoil may have been better. Then I put down fertilizers (pH was perfect oddly enough), and watered 4 times a day and everything is filling in great. Bad weather put me about a month behind from when I wanted to plant so I won't have everything established as much as I'd like this year, but my the middle of summer next year most of the semi-bare spots will be totally filled in. My neighbor has had the best looking lawn for years...now we moved in about a year ago and he is going to have a hard time beating my lawn. I'm only competing against myself, but he is going to have to be a little more aggressive with his lawn care if he wants to keep the coveted spot of "best looking lawn on the street". A few neighbors were already recognizing this while the lawn was nothing but bare soil from how much work I was putting into leveling everything. I still have a little top dressing to do next year, but it is minimal.

What are the products he or you uses in this process of reseeding. If you don’t mind sharing. Thanks in advance.

You could have a business (from little acorns)😁

Yep, grass seed, sprinkle grass seed on old grass

I'm a new home owner. The builder scrimpt on laying the lawn. There are lots of rocks with clay soil. The grass is struggling to grow in that stuff. To top it off the didn't put enough sprinkler heads. So I'll be resending and adding sprinkler heads.

Me too ! ....no need for all the hard work 😓.

Awesome, I'm glad the video was helpful.

iScaper1 thank you.i have a question about the milorganite.does it need to watered in if so how often ?

Milorganite is slow release and won't burn, so if you're already watering your lawn just apply it and you'll be fine.

iScaper1 when would be a good time to apply it? I reseeded my lawn about 3 weeks ago.i still have some bare spots I'm fixing up

Anytime in the next month would be good.

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Before you reseed your noggin you have to use a detaching shampoo. :-)

@@user-mr9uy9gj5l The shampoo...that's what I've been missing.

Sorry, I meant a de-thatching shampoo! LOL

Grow it back easily by using 2 drops of rosemary essential mixed with a carrier oil, like jojoba and rub it into your head daily after shower, you'll have a head of hair within a year, you'll see more hair within 6-9 months!! Remember to massage it in well. Good luck

@@Micro-Nova This work for you?

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you can still have a lawn even in house

Robert Rodriguez same here! Lol

Keep watching and imagining. You will have your house one day. :)

right

You will already know what to do when you do get a house and lawn.

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pogirockwell yea right!

I ran out of time (3 weeks of foretasted heavy thunderstorms - which turned out to be 3 weeks of very gentle rain) to put down peat moss so I used a Melnor 4-zone watering timer and watered 4X a day and it worked fine, but peat moss is great for both moisture retention and organic matter as the grass grows in and the microbes break down the peat moss so it's great for many reasons.

Rose Johnson Thanks Rose and good luck. Let me know how your reseeding project turns out.

+LonghornsLegend That's the trick, keeping the the seed moist until it germinates.

LonghornsLegend how did it turn out?

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Newspaul hi

I wouldn't go that far😂

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Great, I'm glad the video was helpful and good luck on your front yard.

+Hiroshi F. Thanks Hiroshi for watching.

Agreed. It makes your lawn area smell like crap (with good reason - it's dead bacteria skimmed from the top of the poop processing waste water treatment facility in Michigan or Milwaukee). The smell goes away after a week or after it is watered in well, and you have to take into account the amount of nitrogen you're putting down as well if you have a lawn like Zoysia which has very low nitrogen requirements (2 pounds per year per 1,000 sq. ft.). Too much nitrogen can can bad thatch problems in Zoysia, so take into account the amount of nitrogen you're putting down with Milorganite and adjust down the amount of nitrogen in your applications of fertilizer, that is if you need to control the amount of nitrogen you put on your lawn as I do anyway.

are you a dumb dumb? Just inundate those bald patches with water and voila, new patches of grass grows as your dogs' pee or poop is fertilizer, but it's too strong by itself thus you have to inundate it, dilute it with water for it to be effective as fertilizer or else the grass turns yellow or die from again, the poo or pee that's too condensed and strong - in addition to watering it deeply, like 30 minutes one evening, add dried leaves and grass clippings to those bald patches

@@ww387gr some dogs tend to lay in the same spot in the yard which kills the grass - Morgan Freeman

@@ww387gr wow i dont knew

I actually enjoyed this video! thx youtube!

@@lechiffrebeats :D

Loads of new homeowners -- me included!

Great, thanks for the info.

Good information, thanks for posting.

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That was the mistake I did. I planted grass in my all dirt back yard and it grew. Then I cut it the shortest it could be, and it died.

@@teocal51022 It's when you do it which is the problem; I'm guessing you cut it in winter which is when the grass is best kept long to maximise its ability to photosynthesise the little light there is.

@@BarriosGroupie I think I did it a few months ago. I live in So Cal. We really don't get winter here. I plan to do it again, but in sections. I have dogs that will lay on the ground blocking the grass lol

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No worries man I start my work after 3hours 🤣

Thanks and crabgrass is hard to get rid of.

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Randall i want to do the same but is the soil at your backyard heathly or normall

@@arthurmorgan1361 As far as I know it's healthy. I just put some down yesterday in the front because the salt trucks in the winter shot salt over a portion of my yard and killed the grass. All I did was throw the stuff down and water over it with a bucket. Now I will let the rain do the rest. Guarantee it will grow. Just get good seed that grows anywhere that is shade or sun.

The next stuff you put down should be rat poison.

Thanks and good luck.

Wow, thank you!

Birds is not eat the seeds

Birds will eat seeds if you just throw it on. you cover it lightly bird wont eat it.

I did big time, they ate nearly all of them. I found so many they had carried to eat in the flower beds lol. On my life there were over 30 bird shits from one morning on my patio

There are such seed spreading carts that may help if you have a big lawn

I see what u did there lol.😉

I used Yardcare topsoil for the seed bed and Soil Pep mulch to cover the seed.

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