Man, I’ve been watching you for at least 3 years now and I finally pulled the trigger to start taking care of my lawn (weed control, ferts, soil enhancers, and insects). The Lawn App is ridiculously intuitive and user friendly. You pretty much thought of everything. Thx u.
@@Thelawncarenut now youre talkin! Im already on the schedule to go on a fishing trip to the lake of the ozarks here in MO in a couple weeks for some crappie and bass fishing for a couple days. Can't wait! Have fun Allyn, thanks for the videos
I do two separate soil tests, Al . My backyard is hilly so I get erosion in the back. So,even though the whole yard is treated the same . I have gotten different readings from the yard. So not much of a question for you but just putting it out there for people who may have the same issue . Love the vids.
Same here. My lot is a walkout that backs up to wetland so the front is high and dry and the back is low, moist and partially wooded. The readings aren't hugely different, but different enough to want to pay attention to how I handle things.
All i can say is your the Best when it comes to helping home owners with there grass issues. I have followed most everthing you have put out in video's and it has helped me bring back a better looking lawn than was here before. I even have motorists that will stop and gander at my lawn and thats a wonderful feeling. So i Thank you so much on your ability to put forth such video`s and allow us to share in your knowledge.
Did a soil test last spring and was interesting to see what my soil was deficient in. Planning on doing another here in a few weeks and can’t wait to see how it has improved or dare I say, regressed.
I've only tested my soil once, about 5 years ago, and I went crazy and had all four sides of my house tested separately. My results actually showed a big difference between the front and back. My phosphorous levels were vastly different so I did in fact treat the front and back differently. Basically I use only phos-free ferts on one side, which means no Milo, and the other side I do use some Milo. So testing different areas can in fact be valuable if you want to take it that far.
Wow! I just sent in my soil test last week! Bought 2 tests and used one for the front lawn and the other for the back. I didn't know any better 😫. Cannot wait to get my results!
a postage stamp series!!!! I have followed you for a few years and lost the drive to do lawn care while moving and settling into a new house, but I just got the drive again to take care of 2 postage stamps lawns in front of my house. I'm excited to see this series continue. and yes I'm going to comment on a 3 month old video. lol
Love my hands in the soil. Definitely no gloves! Ordered my kit. Moving to St Johns in 3 wks. Excitement grows every day. It's a new development. Everything including the soil looks very sad. Can't wait to give it some love.
Hi there Allyn, I have been watching your videos now for about 18 months, I current have someone else cutting my 1/2 acre lawn, but after watching your videos I am now preparing to to plug, re-sow and fertilise the lawn. I am looking at purchasing a hustler raptor xd 42 inch, I am thinking of using tall fescue grass seed for my sloping section, it is about 15 degrees. Please keep up the informative awesome videos. And I will have to adapt your time line to the Southern Hemisphere. Cheers Andy
On the preview it had captions saying laughter when Allyn was mowing at the start. I was concerned the gas fumes may have finally gotten to him. Turns out it was just the intro music. Thanks for the videos as always.
Love your content. I have a new sod lawn cool season they was installed last fall. Coming out of dormancy I have a pH of 7.39. I’m going to hit it with Yard Mastery Starter next weekend when my temps come up. Real excited to use this product for the AMS content and the 12/12/12 ratio. Nailed it man!
Another option is using a yardknife. It lets you take a smaller chunk out of your lawn then the shovel and gets you down to that 4-6in depth to take a sample.
Like given!!!!!........I do not know why Big AL but I love these type of videos. Were you ever a cub scout or boy scout and you got together with your pack den once a week and do a project or make a bird house.....going through how to do a soil test with THE LCN is just like that. Always a good time! I felt like I could have enjoyed a brew and a Stog with you either on the back veranda deck(hahaha) by the pool(by the way the rain hitting the palms back there...soothing scene) in the rain or even da garage over by dare after!!!!!
I'm seriously considering planting my back lot with clover. It never gets used and is prone to weeds and full of hills. I may soil test the front and side yards tho. Looking forward to the next vid!
I have five acres where standard Bermuda dominates certain areas and fescue dominates other areas. Testing these different areas separately should be interesting.
Wait so we are supposed to use all the soil!? I thought it was just the soil from the target depth only!? So for example I core down and take out only the soil that was between 3.5" and 4.5" in depth.
@@Thelawncarenut Yep wanted to follow up that the sample containing soil from between 4-6" of depth is what the UGA extension office said when I stopped by as well.
Question? Here is just a snip-it from my recent soul test on a property I bought last year. How does one even get numbers this low 😂 what should I do?? pH 6.75 Total Nitrogen (N) 1.6 Phosphorus (P) 0.69 Potassium (K) 1.5
So much good content. I have gotten in the habit of sharing these with the others folks in my life who look at the lawn as a chore. Hopefully I can convert a couple into full fledged Nuts! Thanks for all ya do.
My front yard looks terrible compared to the back yard. Centipede lawn on top of rock hard red clay. Somehow front yard pH is about 6.7 compared to 5.5 in the back yard...
I just moved to my house on October 22, and I don't know what kind of grass I have. It looks to be mixed with warm and cool weather as well as a lot of weeds. How can I get to know what I have, or should I start over? I like Zoysia for my lawn. One last question, if so, to restart, should I go with sod or seeds?
I did my soil test n gave it to my wife to mail needles to say 5 days went buy n she forgot it in her car.....is it still worth sending ? It says mail within first day of adding dirt on the box 🤯
Hey good morning Al, I am a beginner at this and I’m getting frustrated with my lawn. I have done the 3 and 1 treatment to get my grass green. Which I believe it’s worked to some degree. My issues are that the grass doesn’t grow how I see other lawns grow. I see weeds growing, and not so much the grass growing. I have St. Augustine grass and I’m just not sure what I’m doing incorrectly. Please advise and thank you for your content, it’s extremely helpful.
Hey there..I live in San Antonio and already drop the promiadine. What should be my next step? Was thinking the stress blend, then flagship. but looks like your are going with the starter. Thoughts?
I live in Houston TX and and we tend to have about 2" of soil sitting on top of clay, so I wanted to ask if I should include or exclude the clay from the test sample?
the roots of the lawn will be 4-6" down so that is where you want to take your samples from. The top clay is a part of the measurement, don't exclude it.
@@Thelawncarenut: Thank you for the quick response, especially on a video almost 2 years ago. I am a big fan of your videos and what I have learned from you has really helped me dominate my neighbors! I wanted to get your thoughts on Specticle G from Bayer/Envu but I wasn't sure what was the best way to contact you about it
I just sent away for my soil test kit. Will that customize the fertilizer applications/composition based on the results? Really looking forward to getting more into the "hobby".
Question about the mysoil tests compared to the mehlich-3 tests. MySoil says what's available to the plant so let's say MySoil says I have 10ppm available of phosphorous but the mehlich-3 says 30ppm. Essentially the MySoil test would be telling me to put more phosphorous down even though I would be overloading the soil with phosphorous. Is that correct or am I wrong in my thinking of these tests? Thanks!
Allyn just bought a bag of your double dark fert with 6% iron. My soil test said my iron was super low. My pH was 7.2. I’ve read that iron oxide is not available for plant use in soil pHs above 6? Is this correct?? Will the double dark even work for me? Is the iron chelated in the double dark fertilizer?
Hi Allyn, I was just curious if the soil sitting in the solution for too long will effect the results? It is going on a week and a half now USPS finally got it delivered to your lab. Thanks!
Allyn, I have a question over by dere in Texas. I'm starting to see some weeds appear in the lawn. Should I wait to spray with celcius or should I spray now? I'm afraid if I did spray now that some weeds could pop up later as things really start to heat up here.
I applied Milorganite 2 weeks ago and also some Black Kow compost to my front lawn. Do I need to only test the backyard since for the front the test may not be valid?
Wish i could come over skyway bridge take exit 2 and pick your brain about lawn care. More of a lab /hands on person. Only 30 min away in St petersburg
Moved into new house last summer, started a program using these kits... Question.... What does it say about my lawn if the probe twisted and bent from force needed to get it into the soil? Lol Don't think it's ever been aerated or anything... I have alot of work still to do
When I first moved into my house I also had very compacted soil. It was hard to get deep into the soil using all my body weight (205 lbs) on a shovel. I used humic acid and amended my soil with Air8. 2 years later my soil is WAAAAAY better. It'll take time, but watering and soil amendments work.
Hello Alan I live in Michigan in a suburb of Detroit, currently weather is really up and down drastically with temperature changes daily, with snow and rain now in the spring. I just received the YardMastery granular pro diamine 45lb. And I am trying to find the right time to put it down next week Monday Tuesday are dry sunny days but cold 39 degrees Wednesday calls for 3/4 of an inch of snow Thursday it’s going to go up to 60 with rain another 3/4 of an inch can I put down the pro diamine granular even if it’s going to snow after app. I’m just really trying to have mother nature water it in within 48 hours of application as it’s too early for my inground Sprinks. My soil temp is hovering at 44 but last week was all the way up to 48° All of my neighbors have had their little fertilizer signs stuck in their lawn as of last week don’t want to be late with my pre-emergent. I also just ordered the flagship 2406 to put down with the pro diamine per your direction with separate applications not mixing the two in the hopper. Weather is absolutely crazy in Michigan can I put this down now even if snow in the forecast the next day and then rain and 60 the following day. Really like everything that you’re doing to help us DIYers appreciate it can’t wait till it grows so we can get in some mows. Thanks, Bryon (Ozzy) Osborne
So I purchased a MySoil test kit last year for a first time soil test ever. Ended up being really deficient in Nitrogen which was surprising. But it still recommended Y+M Double Dark which I purchased and my yard looked great afterwards. I thought it was supposed to give me local big box store options though?
Nitrogen is extremely mobile in the soil, used by the plant, and evaporates. That's why it's applied several times throughout one season. It's not uncommon at all to see a low N level. A lot of labs don't even include an N reading in their tests because of that.
Glad you got great results! As far as big box options, they don't share with me what is in their inventory so I'd have no way to rec their stuff. Sorry about that.
Hello Allyn. How are you. I got your soil test kit last season and did my soil test. I’m in the New York Long Island area. My question to you is how long is the soil test good for? Can I continue applying what I’m deficient in based on last year’s results? Or do you recommend doing another test?
Certain aspects of the soil will change from month to month based on what you apply and how much water it gets which will eventually wash some nutrients out. But that doesnt mean you need to test it every year. Its good to correct issues like PH imbalance using test results but then just apply products based on what it looks like is needed or what plan you have in place. I would think testing every 2-3 years is probably enough.
Hey Al, I recently had a soil test done to my St. Aug and it showed I have excessive calcium. Everything else is sufficient. What should I be pushing between now and the start of the June 1st summer fert ban?
My soil is very high in calcium and it acts to buffer the soil so I do not need to ever want to add more. In fact I utilize a fertilizer with iron to combat chlorosis and with sulphur to help combat the excessively high pH.
Hi Allen ,new sub here. I was just wondering why your fert is 10 dollars more on Amazon than on your own website. Bits says "sold and shipped by yard mastery". I sent an email and said that they wouldn't price match, but, I find that strange cause it's the same exact company.
Allyn just got my results back from this soil test. My calcium and magnesium were sky high. Everything else was basically non existent. I fertilize my lawn regularly. Used many of your fertilizers last year. I was baffled with my results considering my lawn looks pretty good! Any advice? Thanks
Since the grass looked good, sounds like your lawn used up what you applied. But you didn't apply enough to actually get the soil to build and hold nutrients. That can take time. Sounds like you're on the right track so far n
