Tall Fescue Mowing Dethatching Over Seeding Top Dressing Starter Fertilizer 

Why are you putting down rye grass in your fescue yard?

Man that dirt spreader’s handy. Have never seen one before.

revisiting one of the greatest vids on the channel........

Hey @gci turf pete did you bag it because you were going to reseed it!?? I havent seen you doing that before

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Ewwww weee that there's some serious dethatching boy howdy 😳 🇺🇲 The pride this man has for his lawn and landscaping I share as well. I'd be honored to be this man's neighbor. I wish more people cared and had pride of ownership for their properties and neighborhoods.

Pete, I'm new in following you.. question pls. Can you or have you had to manage nudsedge?? In my community across the street and adjacent from my property, there's always this constant fight if having to kill it from growing in my fescue. I love maintaining my property to which God has given me. But apparently, I'm deally with neighbors who don't put as much effort in maintaining there's. Can you advise pls.?

I guess that I am a little spoiled when a 5 pound bag of seed last at least 2 years. How to say you live in Ca without saying.

I always thought you weren’t a fan of detaching fescue.

Ventrac you hear this man! He begging y’all 🤣🤣🤣

6:30 sound effect for rye seed..😁

Thank you Pete! Great video as always

Sometimes working is not talking and talking is not working. Nice to see you found a good balance on this video.

Nice work, but you know that from results. 👌

what bag set up is that? accelerator?

How low did you cut your fescue before overseeding?

What did you put down for top dressing? What was in the red bags? Looked like it said clay breaker.

Pete.. I got tired just watching that video. I would say exhausted. I am not looking forward to tackling my 16000sq feet with a 20 inch toro, green works dethatcher and my recycle bin doubling as a place to catch clippings. After watching your channel for a few years we all know in the end your lawn will look awesome and well worth it.

Ventrac needs to make a Blackstone grill attachment first, and then a scarifier bagging system. Sausage, eggs, and hash browns first, THEN yard work🤣

My only suggestion is make these like a dang episode ha 30 min - 1 hour a week!!

Man, this is kinda therapeutic. Lol

My allergies are acting up after watching this video! :)

Pete has tall fescue growing in his nose after this one

When the fire alarm went off at 6:33, I almost had a heart attack. I have that as the ring tone for the nursing home where my mother stays. I went to answer it and couldn’t find it and thought I missed the call. 😂 I ran your video back and finally calmed down. 😂 They called yesterday morning at 5:21am because (91 years old in Oct and 85 pounds) she fell out of bed. I went up there and she has a big black knot on her head. 🥲 💔

Love your videos Pete. Just curious… for the amount of Product you just put on your personal lawn for this video. How much would that have cost retail price for the average homeowner?

Charlotte area here, I’m waiting until we get down into high 70’s. Next week supposed to be in the 90’s

This was a great video

Oh for Pete's sake where do I get one of those soil spreaders? I would love one of them things. The grass seed and fertilizer I just put down that stuff's not going to come up! I need soil on top. 🤦‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

Hey Pete, any recommendations on a good 48'' commercial walk behind mower? Just go with a scag?

Why are you skipping on plugging?

Like watching Aaron Judge taking batting practice. 😂 Questions: what was in the wheelbarrow? What was the black stuff in the blue spreader at the very end?

I was going to seed this week but looks like no rain in my forecast for the next 10 days and I have no irrigation system :-(

Man you having too much fun with all those toys! love your videos, keep it up😎

Is that Loam you are spreading?

Great camerawork; I love this format, and its still incredibly informative because of all the details you're showing.

What kind of bagging box you have on the wright? I need one for my mower

And I’m still out plugging and seeding turf type tall fescue right now! How fitting 🤣

How low did you cut it Pete?

Hey Pete hope you are having a great day. I live in NC too, what type shrubs are these? time 1:33 I like them. Thanks for the video!! I watch a few everyday. lol

I was going to dethatch and aerate. Is that over kill or just choose one method?

Jaro dethatcher on the front of my zero turn work AMAZING . I detatch and catch all my clippings with the triple bagger.

Ohh to have all of this wonderful equipment to be able to use at your own leisure would be so nice..One can only dream how nice it would be..

100 pounds of seed! Jeeesh go Pete.

I love that black walk behind mower. You definitely got in your steps during this video. I was exhausted just watching. LOL! :)

Dying to know why the PRG? I know you are always experimenting but usually with the plots. Perhaps the PRG didn’t go on the fescue lawn? We didn’t see a continuous shot, after all 😅

Wow! No aerating?

I wish there was some sort of a giveaway where you’d show up to help with a lawn renovation, and I won. 🤣 Amazing work as usual.

I bet that Ryegrass blend is the one in the bottom right corner of his test plot. He saw how dark it was and was like, "hmmmm this would look good mixed with the fescue."

Sorry if I missed this in the video but is it safe for me to dethatch, and put down a weed killer before I overseed? Within a week lol

Mixed some rye in the fescue! Love it. 🔥👍🏼

Was the Rye Grass intentional.....had to be right???? Just did my 10,000 sqft last weekend 2 full days of work.....germination in 4 days.....

I did the exact same thing to 4500 sq.ft. front yard 11 days ago Pete, without all the fancy equipment. Your cool blue, it’s germinated now and looking like it’ll be in good shape!

Best video yet showing all the goodies as far as equipment, but as some did ask why the rye grass? Must be a reason. Ventrac better listen up!

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I thought Ventrac did have a bagging system for their machines. They should, they have everything else.🤔

What kind of bushes are those??

I don't know what it is about your videos Pete... but I just mowed my yard yesterday and after watching this today I went out and mowed it again.

Holy Schiff!! That's a lot of thatch! 😳

I enjoyed this style of video

That's a nice mower. This was a dethatch year for me, too. I hadn't done it since I renovated my lawn in 2017. I also did my parents lawn (1/2 acre). It was a busy labor day. Your equipment would've made the job much easier. I sure wish someone rented that top dresser machine in my area (saw advertised at Site One). I have to use the roller to top dress, which is much better and more consistent than the ole' shovel method.

You finally got new boots.

Ed Kaempf 0 seconds ago I live in California, 30 miles east of Sacramento towards Tahoe (so just at the foothills). It's warm here (i.e., above 60 degrees) from about late February - November. It never snows here. My tall fescue is nearly all green from about mid September through June. And from July through September? About 70% of the areas stay green, 25% is yellow to brown, and 5% is empty patches. I reseeded and repaired my entire tall fescue lawn (about 12,000 square feet) over the past three weeks, starting after it was forecasted to stay below 90 degrees. My lawn is coming up full. My five (5) steps to a significantly thicker and repaired lawn from reseeding: (1) I did multiple detatchings (technically, not a dethatching, but a removal of dead grass above the thatch) of the entire lawn over a one-week period. I first used my Greenworks 10 Amp 14” corded electric dethatcher. Then, I manually used my Greenskeeper II rake (which is about three times more effective than the Greenworks dethatcher), twice. I collected enough dead grass to fill six, 90-gallon green waste toters (540 gals.). In my area, all household green waste goes into these 90-gal toters for eventual composting in maintained wind rows next to the landfill. I kept doing the Greenskeeper dethatching until it produced very little dead grass (i.e., so that the soil under my existing grass was as exposed as reasonably possible. (2) I aerated, by hand, just the really hard pan or compacted areas of my lawn (about 20%). I used a 3/4" drill bit on my DeWalt to get through the somewhat harder spots because my two-tine hand aerator is useless for soil that isn't mushy (the cores get jammed in the tines). (3) Using a 3-tine garden cultivator, I roughed up every bare spot to ensure full soil-to-seed contact, and to provide a somewhat softer soil base for the new seed. I hand seeded the bare spots. (4) After laying down the tall fescue seed ins some areas, and Scott's Thick 'R Lawn in others, using a Scotts rotary spreader (some seed designed for shade, the rest for sun), I put a very light dusting of potting soil on the entire lawn, one double handful at a time, to ensure a thin, but even coverage. 5) I set up my Hunter ICC irrigation controller to run each of my lawn irrigation stations for one minute, twice a day. This keeps the seed moist, but not underwater. I'm not even a tiny fraction of the professional video producer that Pete is, so no video. But he's trained me. IMHO, my lawn is looking pretty close to Pete's, so Pete, thanks very much, and I hope YOU'RE having a good day!

You should look into buying an eco lawn ECO 250. I work for a dealer in Hampton roads and they are awesome at top dressing material

You weren’t kidding when you said it about killed you! Great work Pete.

Keeping it simple! I like it . Classy

What varieties are in the gci tttf?

What kind of blades do you use and how do you sharpen them?

video TITLE SHOULD SAY 8 words. "AINT NOTHING TO IT BUT TO DO IT". pretty ez for sure 10 days that will will SHINING LIKE A GOLF CURSE!!!

I’m looking for some type of grass hopper like you’re using. Any after market recommendation? I’m using a Kubota z series. Yes I can buy a kubota system but that’s $2100+. Not doing that.

Niceeee work bro!!!! Ready too see how it turns out!!!

thank you so much for this vid!!!!!! finally a clear video of what to do .. i watched so many vids.. but all where unclear on what step to drop seed (before sand)

If you’re a boss that works that hard in the field as you do on your own property, mannnnn Id bust my ass workin for you! You appear to be a good boss (ive got a psych degree and know that social media appearances are different than reality, and by NO MEANS am i making this comment as an attack to you! Just saying I would move half a country to help you! Lol)

Been waiting for this!!!

That Allett machine's a beast!

I have zero need for a mower that large but I really want that mower.

I got a Wright Stander B. These wright mowers are powerful! Talk about a step up from the timemaster. You running stock blades? I hear scag blades are good.

So I'm watching and listening to this as I do some work. Thoroughly enjoying it, until ... the boom at 11:16. Scared the crap outta me.

You done brought out the Allett

Whats the top dressing product?

Pete, you could borrowed my john deere 1025r with the dump from the seat baghing system

No, hey it's PETE with GCI TURF... Was disappointed!!!!! jk always great videos.

Can't wait to see the results!

Why did mow once without bagging the clippings and then go back to pick them up? Why didn’t you bag both times?

What bagger is that?

It sure looks like your up to something Pete. I can't wait to see what it is!! It's like waiting on the next series of your favorite show. 😍

Good 👍 job young man.

Great job as always! Very informative 🙏

Pete check out how my GCI turf tanked the heat wave out here in California. Over 115*F multiple days. Love you brother. God bless you and your family!! ❤️

First Aussie 😁. Pete, big yard ,big toys to get the job done for a great outcome. 😎

Should I fertilizer along with overseeding?

What brand of wall behind mower is that? I’ve never seen a mower like that

Pete is committed to excellence.

No one power seeds any more. ? Even overseeding I feel it’s superior.

What is that top dressing you are using? Loam? Thanks

Pete, how low did you mow before the overseeding process began? I just received a 45 pound bag of your TTTF and was contemplating on scalping before throwing seed down. I've used round up on multiple sections of the yard, after killing off a half of the yard last year due to bermuda growth. Everything came in nice last year, but the other half of the yard, which i didnt kill off, has very lime like colored grass spread throughout in certain spots. Additionally, the half of the yard i killed off before the very first overseeding took place now has bermuda coming thru. I've since spot sprayed those areas, and my yard looks like it has the mange or similar to a dalmatian lol Do you have any advice as to the direction im heading with my lawn? By the way, i have no idea what the rather large green patches in my lawn were. Anyhow, they should be pretty toasty by now.

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What was the top dressing you used? Great content as usual! Thanks!

You know how I can tell you're a true lover of your lawn? Because normally with anyone who does what you do all day ...the last thing they want to do is continue working in the yard.

I really like this style of learning.

Are we trying to see what kind of germination we get without the aeration?