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Lawn Tips With Lew
United States
Registrace 28. 10. 2019
I will be discussing how I take care of my lawn. This is intended to help other do it yourselfers on how to improve the appearance of their lawns. We will be going over maintaining equipment, fertilizer, weed control, and other topics. Please watch for my videos.
Spring Bermuda Green Up for 2024
The lawn has greened up earlier than expected this year. I scalped my lawn a week sooner than I had planned to. By the end of March, the lawn was looking really good for this early in the season. I will take you through what I did with my lawn. I'll also talk briefly about my shrubs and show how the roses are in full bloom in April. Also, at the end of the video, I have included a clip of the April 8th solar eclipse that you may want to watch.
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2024 Bermuda Mowing Season
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This video addresses preemegent weed control over the first few minutes. Then we move into a review of the 2023 moving season as a guide to what to do during the upcoming 2024 mowing season.
Fall Lawn Prep for Bermuda Lawns
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We made it through the extreme heat and drought conditions of this past summer in north Texas. With October beginning, the weather will soon be cooling down. With the fall cool down, there are a number of weeds that germinate in the fall with the cooler weather. You still have time to put sown your fall preemergent application to control weeds going into the fall and winter season to help your ...
Summer Lawn Care Routines for Bermuda Lawns
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Lawn Care tips to take care of bermuda lawns in north Texas during July and August.
Repairing Damaged Bermuda Lawn
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A Bermuda lawn will recover from dog pee burns fairly quickly on its own depending on the severity of the burn. In the spring there may be a number of burn spots from over the winter. These will usually heal over on their own, but sometimes, in areas with severe damage, you may want to replace the sod in certain area. This happened to my lawn this past winter. In this video, I go over what I di...
Getting Ready for Spring - Lawn Care 2023
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As we approach the spring mowing season and scalping the bermuda lawn, make sure you have your equipment ready to go, Things to take care of include oil changes, clean air filters, cleaned spark plugs, sharpened mower blades, and new edger blades. This video will go over these topics, as well as some thoughts on timing of when you may want to scalp your bermuda lawn.
Fall Lawn Care 2022. Why I don't mulch my leaves.
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As we have transitioned to fall, leaves from the trees have been falling on the lawn. Mulching the leaves is beneficial to the soil, but due to the type of trees I have in my lawn, I have bagged my leaves in the fall to reduce the number of tree sprouts that appear in my lawn in the spring.
September. Time to Put Down Fall Preemrgent
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With southern lawns, many weeds germinate during the fall and winter months. September is a good time to put down your fall preemergent application to control the weeds that may germinate in your lawn during the fall and through the winter. The fall preemergent application is a key to enjoying a weed free lawn during the upcoming year and mowing season.
August 2022 Lawn Care - Dealing with the Drought
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This summer has been exceptionally hot and dry. Many lawns are showing extreme stress and some people are starting to lose trees and shrubs. I show what I do to keep the trees and shrubs watered, as well as how I treat some hot (dry) spots in the lawn.
Lawn Care 2022 - Addressing Your Questions
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In this video, I will take the time to address some of the comments that have been brought up over the past months, including whether to bag the lawn clippings, should you adjust the reel to bedknife before backlapping the reel mower, dethatching blades for rotatary mowers, what grit grinding wheel do I use to sharpen the blade for my rotary mower, and where do I buy fertilizer.
Late Spring and Early Summer Bermuda Lawn Growth
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May and June are when the bermuda lawns really kick in and the grass reaches its peak in thickness and color. If you have problem areas, bermuda is very quick to recover to fill in bare spots from dog pee burns or other issues.
April Lawn Care Tips For Bermuda Lawns - Spring 2022
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In this video, I cover things to do to take care of your lawn equipment after having completed the spring scalping of your lawn. Continue to mow your bermuda lawn frequently to help it grow thicker.
Bermuda Scalping Time March 2022
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It time to do the spring scalping of my Bermuda lawn. Why its good for the lawn, and the steps I take to scalp my lawn.
Prepping for spring scalp 2022
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Preparing your equipment so that you are ready for the upcoming mowing season is important. I'll address oil changes for the mowing equipment, cleaning the spark plugs, cleaning the air filters, sharpening the blade for the rotary mower, and backlapping the reel mowers. Spring scalping time is almost here and its time to be sure the equipment is ready for upcoming season.
Mid Winter Lawn Care 2022
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In this video, I will cover some late fall mowing activity that I did during December to clean up the leaves in the lawn. Then as we move into January, I trimmed the crepe mrytles in my yard. Then I treated the lawn with a spray application of preemergent to supplement the granular preemergent application that I had made during September. I find the mid winter spray application provides further...
September Lawn Care - Time to apply preemergent to the lawn
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September Lawn Care - Time to apply preemergent to the lawn
New Power Reel and Mid to Late Spring Lawn Care for Bermuda Lawn
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New Power Reel and Mid to Late Spring Lawn Care for Bermuda Lawn
March and April lawn care for Bermuda lawns in Texas
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March and April lawn care for Bermuda lawns in Texas
February Lawn Care. Things to do before it's time to scalp the lawn.
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February Lawn Care. Things to do before it's time to scalp the lawn.
January Lawn Care 2021 - Getting Ready for Spring
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January Lawn Care 2021 - Getting Ready for Spring
October Lawn Care as we Transition into Fall
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October Lawn Care as we Transition into Fall
It's September, Apply your Fall Preemergent Now
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It's September, Apply your Fall Preemergent Now
Summer Lawn Care Mowing Fertilizing and Mower Maintenance
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Summer Lawn Care Mowing Fertilizing and Mower Maintenance
The Bermuda Lawn needs Sunshine, So I Trimmed the Trees
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The Bermuda Lawn needs Sunshine, So I Trimmed the Trees
Fiskar's is a piece of garbage. The stationary blade on mine has always been bent so you can't cut well on either side, and the front right wheel doesn't contact the ground if it ground is even. Good design, horrible manufacture. Stop making things in China, no quality control.
Thanks Lew!
Excellent video. Those trees have some thick foliage. I've fertilized my trees but not deep. I'm starting this year. I do soil samples each year so I am also working on amending my soil.
Awesome video. Saved me some money as I already have normal valve lapping compound and a drill in the garage.
Lew, looking forward to your 2024 videos. Any chance you can do one that goes over what shrubs / flowers you have and how you maintain?
Fantastic video thank you so much for explaining in detail and showing how backlapping works 🥰
Thank you for the video. FYI --- Gas mowers will start to deplete and disappear as the Electric mowers are becoming part of the norm. I purchased a Cal Trimmer as my last mower to be used well into my retirement as I am not a fan for electric mowers and there is NO electric reel mowers yet.
Great video Lew. Very good tips for us north Texas Bermuda lawn folks.
Love your videos! I think I agree with Austin, we would love a video of monthly task/maintenance so we can sort of follow along
Thanks Lou. Any chance you’ll do a video about your July / August bermuda maintenance? Summer scalping / HOC reset, fertilization, etc?
Great video but the 1 1/4 socket didn’t fit my Fiskars
When would you recommend to seed bare patches of Bermuda grass? I am also a Texas resident.
How do you know how many fertilizer tabs? Dbh?
they want too much for the sharpening kit , I think . Can you tell me which socket you use ? I guess i missed it .
Do I have to take off the chain to adjust the blades or can I do that with the chain on? And is the 1 1/4" socket 6 point or 12?
To anyone viewing this, don't scalp a customers lawn lol.
If its the first cut of the year, on bermuda you 100% should be doing that for your customers
I’ve heard using weed and feed combined is not good for lawns.
It's perfectly fine, just not as effective as other individual methods
Lou I’m definitely subscribing. Quick question what happens if you don’t put down pre emergent? When is it to late in season to put down pre emergent.
Put down that pre emergent any time during the year, it's never a bad time to put it down, never too late, and one of the best things you can do. I wouldn't do the 3 in 1 he reccomends in the video. Just go with a straight pre emergent like an 0-0-7
Looking forward to this new season & videos. When do you normally apply pre emergent? A few days after scalping, or another time? I’m also in North Texas, so I figured I’d use a lot of these videos as a reference. 😊 Thanks!
Lou
Lew, I got some pre emergent today from lowes, live in NTX also. Should I go ahead and put it down considering the high Temps next week. New to this, I Also got some Image weed killer because right now I have some weeds with purple nubs that have taken over the lawn. I assume they are winter weed
Thank you for sharing this video. If I have to use a post-emergent first do I still follow the scalping first?
I have the same question because I already have full grown weeds. Even though it’s going to be extra work, I think what I’m going to do is pull some weeds by hand by the root as best I can then start the scalping and other steps
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Awesome idea. I could not get the 5mm Allen sprocket off - off to Lowes to buy a socket set!
Great video…. Informative…. Well thought out…. Thanks…
Nice
Love the video and your channel!
What type of lawn edger/trimmer are you using?
I have a CubCadet trimmer with a four cycle engine, I actually have two. The first one I bought about 14 years ago, and the second one I bought about 8 years ago when my son was mowing lawns for the neighbors when he was in high school. Prior to that I had used trimmers with two cycle engines, but I didn't like having to mix oil in the gas. I also seemed to always have problems with the way the two cycle engines performed. So I went to trimmers with four cycle engines so that I could use the same gas I use in my mowers. The edger attachment that I have will work on either of my trimmers.
Hey Lew love your video’s ,it’s been good advice. I live in NW Arkansas so we are on a pretty close lawn regime, keep up the good work!!
Good job Lew
Excellent video…. Do you ever bag or collect clippings while mowing?
I will ocassionally bag the clippings. If I let the lawn grow too tall between mowings, I will bag the clippings; or if leaves have fallen on the lawn, I will attach the bagger to collect leaves off of the lawn. I go into this in more detail in my July video that I just put out. Thanks.
So, I picked up a used Fiskar reel mower. Got it home and mowed a bit. Found that it wasn't cutting too well. Searched all of YT for info regarding adjusting the reel. Adjusted the reel and have found that one blade keeps making contact with the fixed blade even after adjusting. The blade doesn't look bent however there is a bit of a mark just above the edge. After seeing your video I decided that even though the mower had only been used about 5 times I'd try back lapping. Went to the auto store and bought some lapping compound and then bought a 1 1/4" socket. Now I'm at a standstill as to how to mount this 1/2 socket to my drill...it's a Hitachi battery powered drill. Just a normal one with the 3 teeth that clamp the drill bit. Any ideas? BTW, thanks for the informative video.
You use what's called a socket adapter, or sometimes referred to as a drill socket. They are very inexpensive and you can find them almost everywhere. You may want to look at my July video that I just put out. I show this in my July video. Thanks.
Thanks for this post - super helpful. I'm just about to do this w/ my Fiskars mower, which I believe is an earlier model (no chain). But my thinking is that I adjust the stationary blade _before_ sharpening. This way the compound will make more even contact between blades. Do you see any problems with this order of things?
I cover this in my July, 2022 video. If the blades are not evenly aligned along the bedknife, then yes, adjusting before backlapping would be the correct order of things. But adjusting to increase the contact between the blade and bedknife before backlapping should not be necessary unless the mower is so far out of adjustment that the blades do not grind against each other with the grinding compound on the blades. Thanks for the comment, and hopefully you watch my July video as well.
Great lawn tips and then night club party music at the end, excellent video
Where do you buy the Bonus Crop Fertilizer? Been looking locally (DFW area) but no luck so far. Thanks.
Thanks
Great stuff. Thanks Lew!
I am 86 years old, I will need lawn mowing and weed control for two +_ ackers.
What grit grinding wheel did you use?
I'm wondering why you don't dethatch your yard?
Im down in the Temple/Waco area and have been looking for the dethatch blade all over. Wasnt even sure if they made it anymore. I'm going to take your advice and look online. Usually I manually rake to loosen and get up what I can, but that as you know, is a lot of work. Then mow on the lowest setting like you. I cross mow one way, then the other. Thanks for the info and advice.
I scalp my Bermuda March 15, lawn greening up so nice… should I start mowing it to keep it low or let it grow and green even? Thanks I’m in Arlington Texas
If it has been a little over two weeks since you mowed on March 15th and the lawn is greening up, you probably want to start mowing on a regular basis. I don't know how low you scalped your lawn, but you should raise the mower height one setting above what you scalped at. This way the lawn should start to fill in while minimizing the amount of remaining stubble from the dormant lawn showing through. The more frequently you mow, the thicker the lawn will fill in. The frequent mowing encourages the lawn to grow outward rather than upward which is what makes it thicker.
@@lawntipswithlew3192 thanks for your reply. I did a good scalp, started at 3 inches then 2 and finally end at lowest setting on a push toro recycler… all scalp and baged! Last year I didn’t scalp it I went with detaching option, it green up pretty good as well grass grew where there were hardly any grass.
If I start mowing regularly “maybe one a week “ should I bag the clippings or just mulch it? Thanks
As long as you are mowing regularly, and taking off less than one third of the height of the grass, mulching should be all you need to do. Mulching puts nutrients back into the soil. If you find that you are leaving clumps of grass when you mow, then you may want to consider bagging the clippings.
What part of Texas you in
I live just east of Dallas
I'm in terral did scalp in March now it looks kinda greenish
I came here from your last year’s scalping video. I’m actually looking at a similar blade. Hope it help!
Its called a dethatching blade. You can find them online, or at Home Depot.
Great video! Can't beat Bermuda turf. 👍
Lew, great video!
What state are you located good sir? Warm season or cool season?
I am in the Dallas area of Texas. I have a bermuda lawn which is a warm season grass.
@@lawntipswithlew3192 good to hear I’m in Joshua little south west of you. Thought the area looked similar to some areas I’ve been
So when should I scalp it? I’m in Arlington Texas. I was thinking doing it Tuesday March 1? Thanks
I used to scalp my lawn during the late part of February, but I stopped doing this several years ago. Scalping that early, I would be waiting about three weeks before the grass started to grow. For the past several years, I wait until mid-March to scalp the lawn. By then, there are usually sprigs of new growth showing through the dormant lawn. Also, the average last frost in this part of Texas is March 12th, so the risk of a late frost slowing the new growth is minimal by then. Looking at the 10 day forecast, the weather in our area should be faily nice with high's in the 70's, so if you did go ahead and scalp on March 1st, you should be fine. As long as the weather is going to be good, scalping will help the soil to warm up which will encourage the lawn to start growing sooner.