Tall Fescue Lawn Leveling Results 

My man Pete is KICKING OUT THE CONTENT!!! Absolutely love seeing you pop up all weekend!!!

I agree with Malik and Brandon . . . * I have been doing this where necessary for 15 years on Fescue during my FALL RENOVATION ^ Scalp, Aerate, Scarify, Level, *Seed, Fertilize, Rake or Scarify, Water, Water, Water . . . * = I used Barenbrug’s Rhizomatous Blend of Fescue Last Year; the Best Results ever.

I always hear to level fescue over time- like 1/4 to 1/2" at a time in Spring and Fall until it's level. I did mine last fall and got a bit heavy in places- had some spots like your irrigation trench- intended to seed but life got in the way. Was going to seed this spring and our weather was too crazy and now...life gets in the way again. Oh well. Going to do some more over the summer, probably, and definitely in the fall. Will seed then.

I feel like it did work though! The low spots are filled and the really bad spots required more seed. Its level! I love it. It "worked!"

Just killed mine. Took five weeks. Thanx for your videos. I’m starting all over with Tetradark perennial ryegrass and midnight Kentucky blue.

Good video Pete, humble kind and to the point. God bless 🙌 🙏

I attempted sand/topsoil mix here in Illinois last September. Too much sand really screwed up the show. Live and learn. Next September I’ll use more topsoil/peat/compost before the overseed with TTTF/KBG.

I have rhizomatous fescue in my lawn and it spreads quite well. My lawn is bumpy but it looks really flat and I have a beautiful lawn so I'll just live with the bumps. It has naturally flattened out over time from constantly alternation my mowing patterns and making the grass better.

I did the same thing last fall when I over-seeded. Fantastic results. Going to repeat this year.

Such a valuable video for us with TTTF wanting to level out the bumps and dips and the hard truth if you want it done right.

Tha is for following up - a rare thing anymore. Will be watching with you!

Looking good Pete. 👊🏼

Scalping works too but you essentially have to reseed the whole yard. Quicker than a renovation if you plan on keeping the same grass type

Appreciate your input. I was going to do just sand but the mix looks to be a better choice.

I thought I had heard that rhizomatous TTTF took 8-12 months to really start expressing that part of the genetics. With that being said, you have some wonderful looking grass.

I used a heavy roller on a very moist ground to smooth out my lawn. Then aerated.

Caught it right after it was uploaded!! Edited to add- Pete what was that black car in your garage a handful of videos back?! Like this if it was a COYOTE!

Exactly what I DIDN'T want to hear. lol. Oh well, maybe in the future. Thanks for all your work.

Hey Pete, I noticed the past couple videos you’ve had specs on the video (there’s a large spec in the middle left side of the video). That means you have some dust or debris on the camera’s sensor. if you take your lens off and use something like a Rocket Air blower to blow it off it will fix the issue. Just do not blow on it with your mouth or use any condensed/compressed air as the sensor is very delicate. Hope this helps!

Well first off, thank you for doing this. Saved me from doing this. I’m wondering if South Central Kansas could handle full on KBG? And I do have irrigation system. Thanks Pete!

Looks so good.

Pete, I'm somewhat new to your channel. I'm trying to figure everything out right now and it's hard. Im looking to God for everything. Life can be tough sometimmes. I appreciate all that you bring to the lawn care world and I appreciate all the videos. God bless!

Number 3! You caught me while mowing 😂

Hey Pete, can you use play sand from the big box stores to mix with compost for leveling? If not, what kind of sand would you recommend?

We have slow creeping fescue up north here and we have the same issue

I would just do it at the same time as overseeding in September. Aerate, top dress and then seed.

Any plans for an update on your Irrigreen system? I'm really interested in that system because the cost of water where I live is expensive. Thanks!

Hey Pete. It looks like there’s some dust or something that has made itself in between your camera and lens. I’ve seen it the past few videos you’ve posted.

So I think it is possible to do this, but you have to rake the grass blades up through dirt. I also think the grass that was buried will rot a lot faster than you think it will.

Pete, how long do you think it would have taken for the spreader elite to naturally spread and fill in that area where the irrigation line was if you would have left it without seed?

I understand that in the ditches, the leveling didn’t work as the fescue didn’t pop through. But wouldn’t the rest of the fescue be considered a success? If I were to add 1/4” to an already flat 1 year old sod lawn, would it work? Appreciate y’all.

Love the trees! What’s name/type of trees are those?

Forget smoking it off if you're staying with fescue. Do what Pete did. Cut it short, level it off and then immediately overseed. It will recover a lot sooner, No sense removing the organic matter and carbon content from the soil.

Great stuff Pete!! First mow in that new plot is stunning!! I was watching an older video of yours regarding the Triplet herbicide you used and I've got a question...I know the ratio is 1.1-1.5 oz per 1,000sq ft.....but the water is very vague on how much to use. It says from .5 to 5 gallons. What would you recommend for water volume for the rate they suggest? I've got a pretty heavy weed population so should I use more carrier or less carrier for a stronger application? Thank you!!

Pete, would it have better to roll it, then air rate (because of compaction) then do a lighter layer of compost and sand?

I guess you’re going need to do a video about nuking tttf and renovation for fall :(

thank you for this!!

Ive got 3,000 sq ft that I plugged St Augustine, its completely full now however, the plugs have caused it to be very, VERY bumpy to mow...i need A LOT of material to get inbetween "humps", my question is, could i use a 3 pt tractor hopper spreader to evenly spread a sand/dirt mix to keep from just piling on dirt and trying to drag??? Any info will help

do you have any friends or businesses in the Charlotte, NC area you know of that do this with this machinery at the beginning of the video? I have around 7k square feet of Bermuda that looks really good overall, but need to level it as I have a TON of low spots from the builder and only have a rotarty mower......saving up for the new Allett Reel mower you demo'd a few videos ago. I hand leveled about 2,000 square feet of it two summers ago with a hand leveling rake, but that was an ALL DAY job. Wish you were closer to my house, I would hire you in a heartbeat to help with my leveling project!

Hey Pete, I layed some elite tall fescue in a shaded area of my backyard and I went on vacation and had the sprinklers going. Bone headed move because I put down way too much water. Now I Have rust spots on the leaf blades on the sod that’s in the shade. Anyway to dry the sod and recover the color?

“Bunchy” (…becomes “Clumpy” if not given the gti-tlc)

I have parts of my Bermuda lawn that border my driveway and the turf is about 2” to 3” below the driveway, its hard to get my mower close to the driveway for fear of blades hitting concrete. Can I add material to bring the lawn up to the driveway height?

I’m on old farm land and my side yard wasn’t graded due to not being able to disturb over a acre. It was plowed and diss can it be saved with bringing in a tribaxle topsoil or do I need to take a Harley rake rip it all up

Why not seed before putting down your compost material?

Would it make sense to make a “spreading” cool blue? With the RTTTF and your blue heat? Maybe with a cool name. Better Spreader blend. Lol

Need to seed if you are topdressing heavy. Otherwise you need to do it in lifts. If you don't have green fescue blades showing it will be smothered out

My heart broke when I heard this-but thank you

Did the spreader elite end up spreading into those areas?

First Aussie 😁. Another great interesting video Pete . 😎

My guy Pete

good content here. Nice work. I would like to see someone (maybe you) dig into (excuse the pun) lowering the high spots when leveling vs raising the low spots. I think an aggressive dethatch blade and heavy rollers should do the trick (multiple passes over several days). The process of slowly raising low spots has its place, but is often a pain, as less than 3/4" doesn't really matter, and raising more than 3/4" tends to suffocate KBG cut at 3". I have notice that lawns tend to raise in height over the years, and it would be nice to surgically lower them back down to grade (sidewalk, driveway) over time. Thoughts?

When it rots the ‘ditch’ may return again. Be interesting.

Level lawns are no fun though.... nothing like cruising across the lawn at a good speed on the sit down zero turn, forget about that bump in the lawn and get tossed a foot off the seat....

😩😩😩😩I did not want to hear that😤

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How long do you wait to put down new seed after a Round Up spray ?