Reseeding The Lawn
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- čas přidán 6. 08. 2015
- Step by step instructions for filling in low spots and reseeding the lawn.
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Bioblue seed used in the video is:
20% - Fiesta 4 Perennial Ryegrass
20% - Top Gun 2 Perennial Ryegrass
15% - Prosperity Kentucky Bluegrass
15% - 4 Season Kentucky Bluegrass
15% - Everglade Kentucky Bluegrass
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I don't usually comment, but I had to comment before I even finish this video. This video is such a perfect example of how to document and narrate. No wastage in time, no fluff. Just succinct and to the point. Thank you. You should probably offer CZcamsrs coaching on your approach to making these types of videos.
Thanks, I appreciate feedback on how my videos are made.
Preach! This is how you make a how to video. No useless chatter about anything and everything under the sun before getting to the actual subject matter. Then he succinctly explains the hows and more importantly the whys to what you need to do. Great video.
Agreed. This is a great old style CZcams "how to" video. Nowadays, so many users are concerned about building a platform in order to provide income from their channel. There are plenty of content creators that are in it for the video editing, but those are usually obvious and not always the most popular. Ryan Knorr provides a healthy mix of both on his channel about grass, however he tends to talk too much with information that may be subjective.
Really good video. Been searching for information on this and so many other videos faff about. These days it seems to be more about style than content.
I agreed this I amazing video ,other one keeping talking not showing!!!!
Your video is by far the best and simplest way to show how to do this, others show way too many steps and advertise brands I've never heard of, nice video for us rookies,thanks.
Thanks, I appreciate the feedback.
I bought scotts premium top soil and it had bad reviews because it has a 2:1 ratio of filler to actual soil...what soil do you prefer I use? Also does multch actually help? Or is soil only ok?
I'd have to agree, so simplistic a cave man can do it! LOL. But in all seriousness, straight to the point, not too many extra products to use. Im looking forward to going to my nearest Home Depot to find the best seeds.
👍👍👍👍👍couldn't have said it better. 👍👍👍👍👍
@@L.I.2RVA Or Cave Woman. 😂😂😂
No bullshit talking , straight to the point video . Top class 👌🏼 great job man thank you .
I agree. Awesome job
it's a "top class' video for idiots like u. Try doing it his way and the birds and squirrels will eat all the seeds and you waste $75 on seeds, soil, fertilizer.........
@@ww387gr What would you do differently?
@@tmcrae6957 Just buy cheap steer manure at $1.25 a bag, get 5 bags for size of his lawn, and pour on top of bald spots, water a lot, and in a few months, voila - new grass! But if you want to do his method, go for it, spend $75, then another $25 on netting and stakes, to prevent birds/squirrels from eating, but have to deal with arrogant neighbor nazis if you live in HOA / or install wind chimes on sticks in the ground to scare away the birds/squirrels, but your 95 year old lady neighbor might complain.... - but I prefer the steer manure - much cheaper, anyways, it worked for me..... and yeah, add fallen leaves from trees on those bald patches too, grass will grow fast from drinking the water you water and eating the plant food that is the manure and leaves, plus grass clippings.......don't waste your money on grass seeds from Home Depot, I am telling you, grass will grow anywhere given plant food to eat (manure and leaves/grass clippings) and you inundating those bald spots with deep watering (like 30 minutes one evening), then just go on with your life and come back to check up on those bald patches a few months later
@@tmcrae6957 another technique is, called spring seeding, and that's to just let your existing grass grow tall to about 3 feet as you'll see it will have seeds on top, and the wind blows it away on your lawn to grow more grass. Again, you'll have to deal with neighborhood nazis in HOA, but try to "apply" to let the fascists HOA board members know that this is called the natural way, spring seeding, to make your yard more beautiful, and hopefully they will understand. Anyways, I live in an ec0-friendly, knowledgeable little neighborhood where it's voluntary to join community HOA, called Lakewood gardens in California, and lots of people do this in the spring, and guess what, the cost is.....wait for it.......FREE and even saves you money on gas for the mower as you don't mow for the first 2 months of spring as you let the grass grow to to seed. then mow it and after a few months, you'll see good results. Anyways , I use this method PLUS the steer manure/dried leaves/grass clippings method and it surely works for me. I thought the city would mail me a warning to cut the grass, but they didn't because I cut it after 6 weeks and it depends on where you live and if the community leaders are knowledgeable, if they are not, educate them, I'm sure they'll understand, if they are not power tripping Nazis
We need more CZcams dads like this guy for people who didn't have a handyman to teach us new skills.
Thanks Duck, I appreciate the feedback.
@@Iscaper we appreciate you
I prefer to wait until very late fall before winter freezing starts. Spread the seed and do the last season mowing, using all the cuttings as mulch to protect the seed during winter. The winter rains and snow will take care of watering and germinating the seed, pushing it down to get in contact with the moist ground. You'll see how easily the new grass will grow as spring advances, without you having to worry about anything during the whole winter.
Great video! I seeded my front yard about two weeks ago and have a few bare spots my self. Glad you showed what to do in that situation. My first time seeding and I’m excited.
I'll be reseeding this year. Your video is by far the best one I've ever seen on CZcams. Straight to the point, concise, speech at a well-moderated speed, and no babbling on about nothing as in many videos. Ill be doing my re-seeding exactly as you've done yours. Thanks!
L how did it go ?
thanks for doing a 5 week-in section! many other videos never show the results of their work so we never know if it worked or not!
Thanks, I like to see results also.
Wow your lawn looks amazing!! This gives me hope for my lawn too :) thanks for sharing
Wow! New home owner here with lawn issues... Watching your video took any worries I had of how difficult it might be away. Thank you for the video!
Yep, grass seed, sprinkle grass seed on old grass
I'm a new home owner. The builder scrimpt on laying the lawn. There are lots of rocks with clay soil. The grass is struggling to grow in that stuff. To top it off the didn't put enough sprinkler heads. So I'll be resending and adding sprinkler heads.
Best video about reseeding. Straight to the point , no bullshit.
Thanks, I appreciate the feedback.
As others said, you did a favor to all of us by giving right, honest time saving tips, thank you!
Thanks, I appreciate the feedback.
No heavy or complicated machinery for this....simple and effective...best reseeding video🔥🔥🔥🔥
The colour of the grass is so fresh and bright! Love it!
I love that moment when you can see the green tinge.
I completely killed my lawn off then reseeded last year now it's the best lawn in the street.
Even doing the neighbours lawn now as they where so impressed.
Same here...just less progressed than your lawn. My front lawn is about 5,000 sq. ft. and I got a soil test, removed about 2 inches of top soil with a sod cutter. Cutting the soil was easy, removing that much soil, back breaking until I found someone with a lawn tractor with a front end loader, but as a big added bonus, removing 2 inches of soil removed 99% of the weed seeds so the weeds in my lawn are minimal where the soil was removed. Then I tilled the soil, used stakes and string to correct a few minor grading issues, then used a lawn roller to compact it back down and then used a drag mat for about 5-6 hours to level everything down to very gradual changes in grade so I won't be scalping anything. Zoysia can be mowed at any height from about half an inch up, but is typically mowed at 1.5 inches as it creates a more dense growth to make up for the lack of longer leaves. I raked the soil and put down my seed. I didn't add mulch or top soil because Zoysia seed shouldn't be more than 1/4 inch deep, so the ruts from the rake were perfect, although adding topsoil may have been better. Then I put down fertilizers (pH was perfect oddly enough), and watered 4 times a day and everything is filling in great. Bad weather put me about a month behind from when I wanted to plant so I won't have everything established as much as I'd like this year, but my the middle of summer next year most of the semi-bare spots will be totally filled in. My neighbor has had the best looking lawn for years...now we moved in about a year ago and he is going to have a hard time beating my lawn. I'm only competing against myself, but he is going to have to be a little more aggressive with his lawn care if he wants to keep the coveted spot of "best looking lawn on the street". A few neighbors were already recognizing this while the lawn was nothing but bare soil from how much work I was putting into leveling everything. I still have a little top dressing to do next year, but it is minimal.
What are the products he or you uses in this process of reseeding. If you don’t mind sharing. Thanks in advance.
You could have a business (from little acorns)😁
Your video clips gave me very good tips which I needed for my lawn. Thank you.
Impressive project! Good call on the Milorganite. I discovered that stuff last summer and had great results.
Agreed. It makes your lawn area smell like crap (with good reason - it's dead bacteria skimmed from the top of the poop processing waste water treatment facility in Michigan or Milwaukee). The smell goes away after a week or after it is watered in well, and you have to take into account the amount of nitrogen you're putting down as well if you have a lawn like Zoysia which has very low nitrogen requirements (2 pounds per year per 1,000 sq. ft.). Too much nitrogen can can bad thatch problems in Zoysia, so take into account the amount of nitrogen you're putting down with Milorganite and adjust down the amount of nitrogen in your applications of fertilizer, that is if you need to control the amount of nitrogen you put on your lawn as I do anyway.
i just turned 16 but this video makes me wanna reseed our lawn and sit in a chair on our porch and admire the grass. might wanna become a dad now so that i can live this life to the fullest extend
wELL RESEEDING IS GOOD...BUT WAIT ON BECOMING A DAD TILL YOU'RE WELL INTO YOUR 20S
Don't do it... Just be a kid for as long as you can 💯, trust me
Bruh live your life bruh, go to Europe, bang hot chicks, forget being a dad till you’re at least 27
You have a gift of not being annoying like most youtubers. Good job.
Thanks!
Awesome! Thank you so much for this! Life saver. I’ve never done seeding before or the process of it but now I do. Thank you for sharing the knowledge. Amazing people out there like yourself.
Thank you, I used peat moss instead of the mule. It’s a pretty good alternative. This video was amazing brotha.
Thanks for your great tips. I will be out in the garden tomorrow morning do exactly what you did 😊
Excellent video. I now feel much better about tackling my front lawn on my own. Thanks!
Detailed and well sequenced video,from a young man who could probably have no problems working at any golf course of his choice.......five stars ⭐️
This was really helpful, thank you. I am planning to do the same with a Kentucky mix and I am nervous about it sprouting because people say it is so difficult but I am going to stick with a mix as you listed here and just keep the seedlings moist for as long as possible.
+LonghornsLegend
That's the trick, keeping the the seed moist until it germinates.
LonghornsLegend how did it turn out?
Very impressed with this video, thanks for sharing !!
By far one of the best and very satisfying videos on seeding a lawn.
I've been doing it the long way. Taking a shovel and turning dirt before adding top soil. Thanks for teaching me that you can just drop the top soil and spread seeds. Saves a lot of time and energy. Take care.
Me too ! ....no need for all the hard work 😓.
I’ve always found peat moss on top has always helped retain moisture for seed germination. I always have good results when seeding using it.
pogirockwell yea right!
I ran out of time (3 weeks of foretasted heavy thunderstorms - which turned out to be 3 weeks of very gentle rain) to put down peat moss so I used a Melnor 4-zone watering timer and watered 4X a day and it worked fine, but peat moss is great for both moisture retention and organic matter as the grass grows in and the microbes break down the peat moss so it's great for many reasons.
This was really helpful! Other reseeding videos require expensive tools that are not really necessary
That is a nice looking project. I like the idea of before and after presentation. Excellent hard work.
What a helpful and inspirational video! I've been meaning to fill in some really ugly parts of my lawn, but wasn't sure if I could just put seed over the current crappy grass. Turns out I can! Thank you!
I’ve been receding for years.
Wish I could regrow my fringe as easily.
But it’s halfway down the back of my head nowadays.
Before you reseed your noggin you have to use a detaching shampoo. :-)
@@user-mr9uy9gj5l The shampoo...that's what I've been missing.
Sorry, I meant a de-thatching shampoo! LOL
Grow it back easily by using 2 drops of rosemary essential mixed with a carrier oil, like jojoba and rub it into your head daily after shower, you'll have a head of hair within a year, you'll see more hair within 6-9 months!! Remember to massage it in well. Good luck
@@Micro-Nova This work for you?
Amazing. You r very knowledgable. I wish i was ur neighbor
Ive done the same thing here with my lawn. It was quite heave clay ive coated it in mostly compost and top soil. Seeded it with shade tolerant lawn seed due to the high shade and mixed on some coir too. Its been hot the past few weeks and it dries out pretty quick so alot of watering required so happy so far
You have a beautiful lawn. ❤ Thanks for the awesome video and gr8 demonstration. 👏
The BEST grass video on youtube!!!!
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I wouldn't go that far😂
just reseeded my lawn and followed the watering schedule you had and I'm having great results!
Awesome, I'm glad the video was helpful.
iScaper1 thank you.i have a question about the milorganite.does it need to watered in if so how often ?
Milorganite is slow release and won't burn, so if you're already watering your lawn just apply it and you'll be fine.
iScaper1 when would be a good time to apply it? I reseeded my lawn about 3 weeks ago.i still have some bare spots I'm fixing up
Anytime in the next month would be good.
Best one! That's what you call direct and precise!! thank you
Very good job...you make it look very easy and no fancy expensive equipment!
Thanks CZcams. First it was about 2 guys making pools in the jungle and now this. Dude I live in the city!!
Nice video. The color of green is very beautiful. Thank you. from Japan.
+Hiroshi F.
Thanks Hiroshi for watching.
Excellent video, something even I can do! Many thanks for posting this step by step video
Your videos are legit! this is the second video ive seen. first was the troubleshooting wiring with the sprinkler system and now this! i am an information technology systems engineer, so step by step documentation for DIYs are mandatory, and you sir give great directions and explanations. i subscribed.
Great video, I have a few bald patches from my dog, so now she is being kept off the grass I can get on and seed it 👍
are you a dumb dumb? Just inundate those bald patches with water and voila, new patches of grass grows as your dogs' pee or poop is fertilizer, but it's too strong by itself thus you have to inundate it, dilute it with water for it to be effective as fertilizer or else the grass turns yellow or die from again, the poo or pee that's too condensed and strong - in addition to watering it deeply, like 30 minutes one evening, add dried leaves and grass clippings to those bald patches
@@ww387gr some dogs tend to lay in the same spot in the yard which kills the grass - Morgan Freeman
@@ww387gr wow i dont knew
im renting a house at the moment and our grass is pretty much dead, i like to make it look great. Since I just pressure washed the driveway and sidewalk area, figure do this too lol nice!
Grass video I think you are the best on CZcams for reseeding video. Thanks for sharing 👍👍
Awesome! Thank you for the video. Simple easy to follow, definitely sounds like it'll be worth investing in stuff for my yard
Very helpful video, totally agree that this is the best one =)
here in the Missouri, that seed wouldn't last long because of the temps....looks great though. I ended up putting down 40% turf type fescue 40% K31 fescue 15% Kentucky bluegrass and 5% ryegrass and it looks fantastic.
always enjoy your videos Kerry, take care
Good information, thanks for posting.
Hi I caper1 great 👍 video I will have to try this on my lawn I have done ✅ gardening for 50 years and I know what You’re talking about we have been having very dry weather lately so there are quite a few brown patches love 💖 David
Im 36 and lived in apartments my entire life, now i have bought a house in a 2000m² land and have been watching lawn maintenance videos 3 days straight lol. This was very helpful, thank you
Thanks Tiago for watching.
I dont even have a house and I'm watching this
you can still have a lawn even in house
Robert Rodriguez same here! Lol
Keep watching and imagining. You will have your house one day. :)
right
You will already know what to do when you do get a house and lawn.
Easy step by step explained in short time, excellent video TY
I love this reseeding video I was looking for s video to show what to do with my yard wasn't sure how to reseed and take all the necessary steps to keep it healthy and fertilize. Thank you this made it clear
7 years later... and this is a great video.
Thanks!
the best lawn care video for how-to's that I've seen
This is the best way to spend 5 minutes in the entire world
Just what I need. Perfect timing. We had 3 dogs for a few months and the backyard took quite a beating with their energetic playing. Hardly any grass left. So I'm beginning to reseed and this video is great for ideas I needed.
Rose Johnson
Thanks Rose and good luck. Let me know how your reseeding project turns out.
Oh my gosh!!!! This is the best reseeding video you made it so easy to understand thank you!!!
Excellent video. Very well done. This guy works really fast... I can't mow my lawn that quickly (-: Good tip about using milorganite!
CZcams: "Wanna see a random dude re-seed his lawn?"
2.5 Million People: "Sure"
I actually enjoyed this video! thx youtube!
@@lechiffrebeats :D
Loads of new homeowners -- me included!
Thank you for this video. You are lucky you have such a small lawn.
thanks for this video! very simple and not too many different things needed.
"Remember that the higher you mow the grass, the healthier it will be" never occurred to me until now.
That was the mistake I did. I planted grass in my all dirt back yard and it grew. Then I cut it the shortest it could be, and it died.
@@teocal51022 It's when you do it which is the problem; I'm guessing you cut it in winter which is when the grass is best kept long to maximise its ability to photosynthesise the little light there is.
@@BarriosGroupie I think I did it a few months ago. I live in So Cal. We really don't get winter here. I plan to do it again, but in sections. I have dogs that will lay on the ground blocking the grass lol
Hey great great video this helped me out a lot I have several big shade trees like the one you have and im telling you my lawn looks exactly like yours before you reseeding process... Can you give the brand and soil compost you used?
I used Yardcare topsoil for the seed bed and Soil Pep mulch to cover the seed.
Wow! I love it! Short and simple instructions make's me feel like I can do my lawn myself! Think I will! Thank you for sharing!
remafri 88 how did it go?
Glad the KBG worked! I was worried with the shade from that tree KBG wouldn't grow well and you would need a fescue variety.
Watching grass grow at 1:53 am and I get up at 5 for work. What's up lol?.
No worries man I start my work after 3hours 🤣
Omg... there's hope for my lawn
I'm in the UK and have never done this before, but your video has convinced me I can do it myself- thanks!
Looks and sounds terrific, thanks for sharing! Keep them coming, THUMBS UP 👍💖
The people that come every wednesday morning an hour before my alarm goes off don't do as good of a job. :(
i tried that in Houston and the damn pigeons ate all the seeds in one day even though I had them covered with second layer of dirt.
The next stuff you put down should be rat poison.
I was going to get my lawn serviced by a professional. Now that I've seen this vid, I'll have to attempt trying this method before I give up. Thanks for the great video
Gorgeous results.
Did you have problems with birds eating the seeds?
Birds is not eat the seeds
Birds will eat seeds if you just throw it on. you cover it lightly bird wont eat it.
I did big time, they ate nearly all of them. I found so many they had carried to eat in the flower beds lol. On my life there were over 30 bird shits from one morning on my patio
looks really stinkin good buddy
Great video👍🏿👍🏿 lawn looks great
Great job and the lawn looks awesome!
surely there must be a way to apply the same principles for my hair, surely?
Great video! How do you control the weeds?
I use Weed-B-Gone every couple of months which kills the weeds but not the grass.
Awesome video!!@ glad it popped up on my feed
The thing about most of these CZcams video posts is that they show the start of the work ahead and there is no follow up as to the results over time. This video was a pleasure to watch because you also showed what the yard looked like from beginning to end and all of your effort. I can understand how tough it would be video editing the past and future results. I thank you for putting this up in a manner that yields satisfaction not only for you but your viewers. Well done!
Thanks, I appreciate the feedback on how the video was made.
It's funny that in the after photos the saturation has been turned up a lot to make the grass look more vibrant and healthy.🤔🙄
I added no effects in post.
Put the Milorganite down heavy on new grass, It's really safe. I have also put it down heavy with grass seed and straw on top on bare nutrient depleted soil and it comes in thick and dark green. :-)
Fantastic job my friend - I Will follow your advice on my lawn this upcoming spring
I just did a massive renovation of my lawn - learn from my mistake - do not use side impact sprinklers. They had several negative issues such as washing away seeds from around the sprinkler at at the outside edge of the spray. Oscillating sprinklers are move gentle and provide a much better uniform coverage. Side impact and horizontal stream sprinklers tend to dump a LOT of water at the outer radius, but give much less water as you get closer to the sprinkler head. When you have a 100% bare dirt lawn as I did when I was starting out and about to put down seed, you can easily see how much water is standing and running off at the outer circle, while most of the interior section was barely moist at all. Don't get the cheapest oscillating sprinklers either. I bought some really cheap Gilmour oscillating sprinklers that had a screw and plastic guide for controlling the oscillating movement, and that was the weak point. I bought 5, and all 5 broke within about 3 weeks which was less than 20 hours of operation each. I ended up getting Melnor DuraTek Turbo Drive sprinklers and they have better coverage to the point I spent less money on these because they covered more area and required fewer sprinklers, and they are much higher quality. You can also adjust the angle of the left and right set of 4-5 nozzles so you can spray either a wider or more narrow path as the sprinkler oscillates, which is really handy for watering near the road, sidewalk, driveway or near the house. I'm not recommending those in particular. It is just what I had available to me at the nearest Lowe's store that wasn't the crap I originally bought. Go to Amazon and look up "Traveling water sprinkler" and check those out. They don't work well in new seed beds, but once your lawn is established, they are great. Whomever thought these up had a moment of genius!
Thank you for sharing this video, kind Sir. I now have an idea how to revive my lawn, thanks to you!
Thanks for watching.
U've great voice Mr.?
When your lawn recedes, time to reseed.
I see what u did there lol.😉
You make it look so simple. If only my yard was smaller!
There are such seed spreading carts that may help if you have a big lawn
Thanks for this post! Grateful for CZcams!
Thanks for watching.
Why am I watching someone re seed there grass early hrs of the morning
2020 anyone? lol
Dumbest question
thank you very much, I followed this last year to reseed in my backyard which looked much worse than my front yard, it worked out great and now it's the front yard's turn to catch up!
Great, I'm glad the video was helpful and good luck on your front yard.
It happened to me, as well, several years ago. You know your yard looks nice when the neighbors complement it. 🙂 ❤
I wish it's as easy as you make it look that is the smallest lawn I've ever seen show me a video with two dogs and a backyard that's a quarter acre that's what I'm dealing with
Anybody that dislikes this video is a hater.
William Drohan i just disliked your attention seeking comment instead.
Or someone who has a 2 acre lawn
great video, really like the before and after shots thanks
So we're talking approximately 5 weeks before seeing any great results. Good to know.
Thanks for the straightforward vid!
Thanks for watching.