Kentucky Bluegrass Lawn Renovation, start to finish
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- Sept 1 was my goal seed down date. Well that didn't work out with all the family activities, and other misc delays.
It's a huge relief to have it done, clean garage, bare driveway, no more dirt and sand in the house. It's www now, water watch wait. Anyway, here's a video I made of the full process.
I ran out of battery recording, so I didn't show a blanket spray of a seed safe pre emergent herbicide Mesotrione (aka Tenacity), and two fungicides Azoxystrobin and Propiconazole. I put down label rate of starter fertilizer, plus humic acid in the granular form.
I'm using two orbit hose end timers, one older model and the latest one. I'm also using an obit sprinkler labeled to cover 5,000sqft. watering 20 mins every two hours starting at 11a. the other waterings I do manually as needed.
I leveled the lawn perfectly on the right side, but began to run out of soil, so the remainder I made smooth.
Contact me: lawnkove@gmail.com
Orbit Hose timer (black/grey) amzn.to/2l3jCYD
Orbit Hose timer (green) amzn.to/2kTUxiW
Cool season grass
grass seed is Kentucky Bluegrass
cultivar is Mazama
transition zone
Seed a new lawn
Equipment Used: My phone
Renovation + KBG + Zelda music = Legendary
😁👌Thanks Kevin!
That Pokémon league music brought nostalgia
I would not normally say that Mario Brothers music would be soothing, but when you put it on top of that high speed dirt roller pushin and digging and cutting, it almost puts me in a trance. Very nice job. And it was very wise of you to bring Ben out there to push uphill.
Haha, yeah something about that fit well. Not to mention I actually love each song by itself! ;) Thank you very much! Ben was my Clydesdale!
That definitely looked like a work out. I’m thinking about leveling and reel mowing one small section of my front yard to see how I like it
Certainly should, it's very satisfying to maintain! It's not too different of feeling from bonzi.💚
Zelda music...and I'm 9 again. Thanks man!!
love those times!
Love the Zelda music! takes me back. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Carl! Me too, it was fun adding the music to this one.
Well done, very fun and you've made some great memories with your son.
Thank you, indeed we did. Those special times are what makes I all Worth it.
Epic soundtrack.
All among my favs
Just came accross this year old video, semper fi!
threw you a like and a sub brother.
Good eye. Thanks man, Semper Fi!
Looks Good, I seeded my lawn renovation the exact same day as you Sept 15th I seeded with Midnight, Prosperity and Bewitched, at 80, 10, 10 % keep us updated on ur progress... now water water water.....Thx for the video..
Thank you, and thank you for watching. What zone are you in? That's a great elite mix! WWW, water watch wait!
@@kove I'm in the transition zone in N.C. I would say 20 miles south towards coastal away from Piedmont region, whereby seeding with KBG will be a challenge to get it to survive our summers... any help let me know..thx...
I'm planning a big reno this August, we just bought this house in October 2019 and the lawn looks 1000% better now than it did when we were moving in. I've been a lawn freak for about 3 years now, but my last house was a rental, so I was only willing to go so far with the money and time investment there. But this place needs leveling badly, and it needs to be nuked and started all over from scratch. I just keep envisioning how it's going to easily win best in the neighborhood. There are a few nice lawns in this town, but nothing at all like I want to do. In 3 years, I'll be reel mowing at 7mm. So that's the goal for August, major renovation. I cannot freaking wait to get started! I downloaded this video as a reference source.
Awesome! Getting it level, nuking it all will be having it looking pristine come late fall, especially next spring and fall. Be sure to take before and after pics and video, plus keep a journal of everything you do in the lawn, go back in reference mine in Google sheets multiple times a week. Have you picked what seed you'll use?
instablaster.
You inspired me to do my lawn this spring going to rent a sod cutter and get rid of my existing grass can't wait
Awesome man, good luck!
How'd it go??
Now I don't feel quite as bad for also finding about 600 lbs. worth of rocks and concrete during my own reno. Really digging the NES soundtrack choices!
Yes ridiculous how much trash and construction waste I found in my front yard.
Thanks! Deming those over is usually my favorite! 👌😙
Awesome. can't wait to see the end
Thanks! The end will be when I pass this monostand on to my boys as a trust. ;)
@@kove HAHAHAHA
That was some work!!!!!
It was a PITA for sure!
Can't wait to see the results!
Hopefully see blades today or tomorrow!
Loads of work with a great reward!
Indeed, lay the foundation.
Zelda music, nice touch!
Thanks! Can't wait for the new one!!
Looking good.
Thanks Jon!
Great job Kovon as lot of hard work. Looking forward to seeing the results!👵
Thanks Grace! Several days of rain coming out way, good+bad.😌
Love it Koven 👍🏼 should have teeny-tiny baby grass by tomorrow (5th day) 🙂🤞🏼
Thanks! I'm sure hoping to see some babies soon, I did a flashlight check last night even though I knew it was too soon. I should have extremely good edges once the time comes! 😉
Fun music man!! That was a lot of work you did! Not jealous.
Thanks! All my among my fav games. playing NES/SNES/N64 with my bros and friends are some of my fav memories.
@@kove I remember playing lots of N64 GoldenEye in college.
@@YardGuy I was the first in my group to get Oddjob banned. For several weeks straight, a buddy and me would play Mario Golf right after school until we flipped it. Fun and simple times.
@@kove You got that right man!
Lol love the Pokémon music
Ha, thanks Ray. Brings back good memories 👌
WAIT A MINUTE... WAS THAT THE RC RO AM "CONTINUE" SCREEN SONG IN THE BEGINNING OF THE VID?! What a freakin time in space right there hahahaha! subscribed! I don't know what the other song after that was though, then Zelda and so on. Man nice thought on the music choice. beats the silly munchkin sounds music I hear on youtube. Thanks for putting some real music from the 80's 90's on lol ... (end of video) yea, that was RC PRO AM continue song in the beginning.. because that song at the end was the "finish" song lol. Man you straight brought back my damn childhood I couldn't help it
Yessir! Glad someone else loved those as much as me! All of them are of games near to my heart, getting beat by my older brothers playing them, love it. Also glad you caught it was the intro and ending of RC Pro AM, a keen ear and memory!! Thank you very much, your comment alone makes making this video worth it.
@@kove Man I'm a nerdy! I know me and you will click because I'm positive you used to pop ona game and run to the option screen for the music and let it play while you plays with the toys LOL. Heck I recently had a Streets of Rage 2 cd I made just to jam in the car to see if anyone remembers the good ol days lol. btw loved he sprinkler system too and the video was overall soothing and loved the work!
@@tonypmedia 100% spot on. 👌👌
Zelda FTW
Prob my fav part of making this was fitting that in there!
That root you yanked out is probably why that area was so poor. Not going to get a whole lot of water or nutrients to that grass with a 3-4" diameter root right there. Love the throwback music.
good point, I really need to expand the bed area for the reason. Thanks Jeff!
@@kove you're welcome! I've seen it before! I built a 1200 square foot putting green in my backyard which I spend a TON of time and money maintaining. I had one corner where the turf was just weak and I'd lose it in the summer. Frustrating! Somehow in my original dig out I was just barely too shallow to miss a root just like the one you have. It curled right into the corner and then out again. I caught it when I did a vertidrain operation and spiked 9" deep. Dug it up, cut it out, refilled the area with sand and now that corner is flush. That one root was just sucking the all the life out of that small area.
He’ll yeah thumbs up for Zelda bro I was like 11 and when that game came out omg love it. Love the video.
Thanks! Brings back fond memories for me too!
I was more impressed with the Paper Boy track :P How's the Mazama doing?
Linus cam is on point.
Glad he didn't eat any fertilizer this time.
Thank you for the NES music. Great video. Wish I saw this a few months ago.
Glad you enjoyed it! I think this is the best way to do it, especially small scale on a budget yet with Elite results. ;D
Cant wait to see how the KBG does in STL
Agreed 👌
Was that peat moss you put down over the new seed?
Yes indeed
@@kove thanks!
Koven, great job. Loved the video and all the work you did. What topsoil blend did you use? Your hell strip I think was 6:1 topsoil to sand right? Thanks.
Thanks Wesley! I did roughly 2:1 Soil/sand. The larger hell strip did ~3:1.
@@kove Thanks. Was the original soil clay based? Doesn't seem like you've had any issues mixing in that much sand, which is great. I'm attempting a Mazama monostand in transition zone 7a in NC. Hopefully it isn't a disaster. Thanks for the inspo.
@@wesrob_NC Yep, clay based. The top soil i brought in was not, unsure what it exactly was though. It's tough through July and Aug, but worth it the remainder! Will you be posting it anywhere?
@@kove Nice, my back yard has decent shade, so hopefully the dead of summer wont be too bad. Will be better than weeds and moss. Not sure i'll be posting vids, we'll see. Joined TLF a month or so ago, trying to soak up everything there and from a few guys like yourself on YT. Might do a journal on TLF.
@@wesrob_NC TLF is a God send. Changed everything for me. If you start a journal (do it), tag me so I know to follow it. I'm NoslracNevok on TLF.
what a hard work! Great job..!! very impressive. I want to do a full reno and seed 100% KBG grass.. I just don't have enough time and manpower. After I moved into a home, I have been overseeding with 80%KBG & 20%PRG mix in mixed grass type lawn. and it's so bumpy😵💫 Instead of removing the entire sod, would it be still okay to scalp the existing lawn and seed 100% KBG ? I know I should level the lawn first..
I have been looking for Mazama and some other varieties that can handle low cut.
Thanks! That would work, just make sure and get the seed covered. There's an infinite continuum of complications between the perfect fluffy soil bed, top dressed with a quarter inch- and throwing seed on hard bare ground.
That sounds like you got handle on things, I think it will turn out good. If I was in your position I would regret not taking the opportunity and level it.
@@kove ok..! thank you so much for your advice 🙂🙂
Hoping this vid got right tool pumped to work at his new neighbors yard
Ha! Has the 'neighbor' decided on a type of grass and cultivar(s)?
Wow ... I’m tired now
Editing this behemoth was quite the task as well.
Koven Carlson
I bet!
I’m up in Wright city. HMU if you need some more practice doing lawn leveling lol. 14 cubic yards is a lot for one person
Wow, I hope you have some heavy machinery!
@@kove Nope, just a shovel, gorilla cart and pure motivation than turned into pure depression. lol
Koven Carlson, Awesome! doing the same on 7,500 of my NW Indiana lawn, seeded Oct 6th using Ewing Eagle PRG, was debating Mazama from Hancock... Is that where you purchased? Love the Music! Zelda
Thanks Matt! Great climate for KBG or Rye, I've never researched Rye as much as KBG, is Eagel an Elite cultivar? I purchased my Mazama from Belleville Seed House, east of St Louis, they don't have a website, unsure if they'd ship. I've never heard of Hancock, but from my experience, I'd never buy seed over the web, too much of a markup for the little convenience it provides. Thanks, cutting the sod reminded me of slicing bushes with a sword!
Yes, blue tag from Ewing Irrigation (10 mins away) Fastball, Grand Slam, and Charismatic for Chicago region but diff in others. Exactly my thoughts. Wanted to support local, but Hancock (Florida) had great prices and free ship on 25# bags, had me debating a mono of Granite KBG
Hold up, you had dirt under your grass!?
I thought everyone just had solid red clay 1/2 an inch below the surface?!
lol, isn't that true!
Where did you get your seed from ? I got my from super seed store. Mix of Midnight, bluebank, blueberry. The site said 1lbs per 1k for overseed and 2lbs per 1K for new... I put down 1.5lbs over my TTTF. I know all the other lawn channels are throwing it down. But KBG seed is smaller? Did I not put down enough?
I got mine from a local place near St Louis. 4lbs per 1k is heavy, most seed around 2. I think 1.5lbs overseed will work well for you. KBG indeed is much smaller than fescue seed. That's a great combo of seed you picked out btw!
I went with those bec they are more of a dark deep green. I want to dominate my neighbors! After watching your video this makes me want to do a full Reno and make it all KBG! I like how KBG spreads and how dark it is. I’m in Maryland, kinda near the middle like you with the cool and warm season grasses. With temps reaching 90s in the summer. I hear TTTF is the best as heat stress. But it doesn’t fill in and you always have to overseed in the fall and it’s not as dark green. And you cant cut short ! It’s been almost 5 days and I haven’t seen germination yet. I know it takes some time. I’m watering 4-5 times a day at 5mins per zone to just keep the seed moist (full sun all day). I hope it turns out well. Keep up the great work and can’t wait to see more videos !
Tttf is marks up 80% of the lawns here of people who care. I've only seen a small handful of kbg. Do the Reno! Don't be scared to do it in the spring either. I tested a spring Reno (Mazama kbg) and it did very well through summer with very little maintenance. Thanks for watching!👌
Loved the music! Looks like a hell of a project bro!
It's in your destiny. You know the monostand is the only way.😉
I now all of the music. You haven't gotten any flack yet? Good work tho.
Oh, I've got plenty opinions about the music in most my videos.
Thats a lot of rolling
Oh boy, that was the least of it!
how you go from ff7 to legend of zelda
not gunna lie loved it and watched whole thing
Lol, only the greatest hits!
@@thomaspatterson6279 thanks!!
Is that the music from NES Super Pro Wrestling?
Close,ProWrestling 😉
If I had to do all that unnecessary work yall did I would just settle for mud ....there a much easier way
lol, it's worth it though!
Wheres the update?
Here's a playlist of them all. Cheers! czcams.com/play/PLbYeZKrRpQWykXpErnxjgKd_3R6VZ295x.html
Music from Dragon Warrior??
Nope! Try again ;)
Zelda..... super Nintendo.
Paper Boy
Ooo, didn't think to use that, good one!
My god the annoying music.
Thanks for the feedback.
Gay music
You've a keen ear for that type. ;)