5 UNIQUE Tips - Lawn Care Tips for Beginners
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- čas přidán 4. 06. 2024
- Lawn care for beginners doesn't need to be complicated or confusing in order to maintain a beautiful lawn. In this video, I will give you 5 unique and simple lawn care tips for beginners.
Tip 1: Scott's spreaders are commonly used to spread fertilizers, seeds, and other materials evenly across a lawn or garden. However, one common issue that people may experience when using Scott's spreaders is the formation of striping lines on the lawn due to the accumulation of fertilizer in the hollow wheels. Avoid these spreaders at all costs.
Tip 2: Edging your lawn is a simple but effective way for beginners to enhance its overall appearance. By creating a defined border between the grass and surrounding areas, such as sidewalks or flower beds, the lawn looks more polished and well-maintained. This also helps prevent grass from encroaching onto other areas, reducing the need for additional maintenance. Overall, edging is an easy and inexpensive way to boost your lawn's curb appeal and make it the envy of the neighborhood.
Tip 3: Fall is the best time to seed cool season grasses because the soil is warm, but the air temperature is cooler, providing ideal conditions for growth. Avoid seeding in spring if possible. To ensure successful germination, the seed must be kept moist throughout the process. This can be achieved by watering lightly but frequently.
Tip 4: Mowing your lawn regularly is one of the simplest yet most effective ways to maintain its health and appearance. Regular mowing helps promote strong and even growth, prevents weeds and pests from taking hold, and encourages a lush, green lawn. Additionally, keeping the grass at an appropriate height can help reduce stress on the roots and improve overall water absorption. Overall, frequent mowing is one of the most important things you can do for your lawn.
Tip 5: The Scotts 4 Step Fertilizer Program is a popular choice for beginners looking to improve their lawn's health and appearance. This program simplifies the process of fertilizing by breaking it down into four easy-to-follow steps, each designed to provide the necessary nutrients and care at the appropriate time of year. With clear instructions and a comprehensive schedule, the Scotts 4 Step Program takes the guesswork out of lawn care and is a great choice for those new to fertilizing.
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Disclaimer: Results may vary with location, weather, application rates, and applicator. Follow your local laws and application guidelines. Wear proper PPE.
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The shear fact you didn't waste my time with a long intro or selling ad space to your sponsors earned you a sub. But also because I agreed with your tips.
Thanks Bert. I appreciate the sub and you watching. Hopefully I don't disappoint you with too many long intros in the future 😂
"If you never edged before" don't worry bro, I'm the edgemaster
🤣 When I tell you I RAN to the comments 🤣🤣
Straight to the tips 🔥
No filler, no b s, solid info bro!
Thanks brother!
All love all the edging tips
"The Blatant Disrespect" part got me! 😆😆
I was at Lowe's a few days ago and noticed the mini spreader had new wheels that looked solid. It's about time they fixed this issue. I can't imagine the amount of seed and fertilizer wasted over the years.
Thanks so much! There are some lawn tips videos that sound like theoretical physics. Yours, on the other hand, is crystal clear.
One of my best contributions as a pharmacist at a local big box store was counseling someone, not on a medication, but rather to get that Scott's spreader out of their cart ASAP! I always told people that the garden center was the only other department I was qualified to run. PS- nice thumbnail pic!
Haha that's awesome. They probably looked at you like you were crazy at first 😂 I appreciate you letting my use your lawn in the thumbnail. Definitely thumbnail worthy!!
Ha fellow pharmacists unite!! I’ve done the same thing at mine. Told them to go buy the hand operated spreader and my patient came back 2 weeks later and thanked me for the advice!
@@Verzula oh yeah, I use the Scott's Whirl handheld. I don't mess with the push/broadcast spreaders. I've put down an application of 100 lbs of product using the handheld spreader (which means I filled it up close to 20 times), great forearm workout!
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After watching this video I ran out to the garage to examine the wheels on my spreader.
I really couldn’t justify getting a new spreader in the past as it seemed to work just fine but I think you just gave me a good reason to buy-I mean invest in a new tool 👌😗
Thanks for getting straight to the point !!!
Great tips.you're right on point about the scotts spreader
I have a Red Devil spreader from sometime in the 80's. Throws mostly to the left, but works like a champ. It's not huge like these new rigs that take up a bunch of space. I can adjust flow based on how many passes I want to make and prill size. No settings on the machine, but a scratch where I like it set for Milo and can adjust from there for other products or seed.
this is the best video probably ever made for beginners.. Thank you
Fellow Minnesotan here! Thank you so much for this! I started a new job as a building caretaker and I appreciate you so much for this! I’m SO happy to hear that I can place seeds down during this season! I can’t wait to start today
I would hold off now, it's getting too late in the fall. We have snow coming soon!
Man I’m from Minnesota as well! My yard is absolutely roached it’s got tons of random weeds growing in it and some sod the city put down when they re did the road is like dead lol I’m gonna try everything you have said in your videos to try and get this yard looking right!
I'm not even a minute in and yes... guilty of using the scotts speader and literally had lines all through my yard last year. So embarrassing!! Switched to the echo speader and we love it! Haven't had lines since. That thing throws like a beast too.. sometimes too much!
Haha. Yeah people live and learn real quick with those Scott's edgers. At least you figured it out and got it taken care of right away! Thanks for always watching Kelly!
I wish you were in FL and could come teach my to make my lawn look amazing!!!!
I have the Scotts Edgeguard and I have never had this problem. I bought mine about 12-13 years ago. I have a brand new house with a gorgeous Bermuda mowed at a #1. 🤷🏻♂️
I'm glad it's working out for you. A lot of other people not so much. Just Google "Scott's spreader stripes" once and you'd be surprised at how many people have issues with it.
My guy 😊🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 Love the educational vids Jesse… and I never knew about the burns from the spreader! That was new news to me thank you! This my friend is a banger… and not just cause I’m in it 😂😂😂😊🤙🏾🔥🙏🏾👊🏾
Thanks for helping me out on this one when mother nature wasn't cooperating. Big things coming for you in the future. I can feel it!
Underrated video.
Thanks for the info soldier 😊
Great info! Thanks
Could u give us some schedules or make a video about, when to use what type of fertilizer on cool season grass. So much info out there and all different impossible to figure it out what type of fertilizer to use in what type of season. Slow release spring? Fast release summer and fall? What should be the NPK ratio for each of those seasons? Love your videos learning a ton!!!
Great info and editing! Almost TV show quality👌
Thanks for the tips just started getting into lawn care last summer definitely broke a lot of these rules lol and yardbruh is funny I love his videos
Haha you live and learn. Not a big deal! It's just grass right? Well..sometimes lol. YB is the man!
These are great tips. Now I can't do my video on beginner tips. I swear, you and YB are one step ahead of me every time😂😂 I'm still gonna make one😂😂 Great video as always 💪🏾
Definitely can still make one! I'm not the first to make a beginner tips video 😂 thanks for watching bro! The weather has been shit here. Not even close to a first mow yet 😡
Thank you for that tip on scotts spreaders, doing more damage than good, seems like an intentional set back from the company, for more sells to repair the damage 🤔. Fully subscribed behind that nugget of information.
Heck yeah! Nice work man
Great tips. I really enjoyed this video,
Thanks
As someone that loves lawn care (certainly not a pro but know more than the average person) I really appreciate your straight forward tell it like you see it style. I have one question: Where would you recommend buying seed?
I buy my seed from twincityseed.com
But if you type in elite cultivars of grass into Google you should get a bunch of options.
Came for the tips... learned how to edge
Great Video!
Great video! I am in Minnesota, (north metro)! Looking to use that scotts early spring preemergent fertilizer. When should apply it? Also do you have a budget spreader recommendation? My lawn is about 19,000sq ft. Thanks!
Great job
Great vid I even saw yardbruh legs lol
I live in texas so I have warm season grass when is the best time for overseeding?
HAHAHA @ timeline 6:04 your teaching about scalping and your dog is demonstrating fertilizing the lawn. Awesome
First Aussie 😁. Jesse, lots of great tips , beginner lawn care nuts will appreciate this video or more seasoned will appreciate the refresher . 😎
🤙 thanks for the seed tip, I got the dreaded quack grass this year!
Nooo. If you have a small amount of it, kill it off now. if you're infested, just mentally prepare to live with it. I have it in my backyard and there's no getting rid of it unless I renovate. It drives me insane.
@@LAWNLIFE you hit the nail on the head tho.. Scott’s seed! In the process of nuking the spots it’s infested with!
Straight to the point. Thanks for the tips. I live in Minnesota and I want to seed my yard because I have a lot of brown grass. I was going to seed any these days, but I will wait till fall
Thanks. I'm also in Minnesota. Let me know if you have any questions once spring actually gets started. I feel like we're still a month away before everything really starts to get growing.
I am from Central Minnesota and I decided to take a chance with a partial lawn renovation and so far so good despite it now hitting upper 80’s.
Hi. Thanks for the great info. I have a question, how can I bring back my lawn back from over fertilizing? It’s all brown in many spots. I live in northern NJ. Thanks.
I know this is an old video but just in case youre still checking comments... 2 questions; 1) I live in the suburbs of the SF Bay & the summers here hit 110+ on peak summer days. I' going to reno my front yard this fall. I'm on the fence between KBG & Tall Fescue. I like the look of the KBG but I'm worried i wont be able to keep it from going dormant in the summer. B) I reno-ed my back yard last year as a N00b used JG Black Beauty Ultra. I'm not unhappy with it as its miles better than the scorched earth it was, but now I have Fomo over elite cultivars. Am I making more out of that than I need to or should I just blow it out again (or maybe overseed) & replace with top quality seed when i do the front this fall?
We mow daily in the summer
And right now I'm mowing friends lawn twice a week at the moment
Excellent editing
My man yard brah putting in the work!
The dude is an animal. Idk how he does it 😂
yard brah is a pedophile@@LAWNLIFE
I’m in central Fl. I’m a new home owner and want my grass to be great. Should I follow these recommendations or is it different with central Fl grass?
Upside down trimmer for the edge is a good way to get decent results without having to buy an extra tool
New to the channel! 👌🏼 having trouble with my yard and been putting back breaking work in day in and day out. Just curious what the sprinkler heads are at 4:42 they look very similar to mine but I do not have that same pressure and wonder if that may be a problem with my watering?
You can change your output by changing the nozzles in them. You can also screw down the screw to change the spray pattern. Watch my video titled "why do I have dead spots in the same spot every year" I talk about the spray pattern in that video.
If it's a pressure problem, I'm not sure what to do about that honestly
I have hunter heads btw
My town's land fill composts collected leaves and grass clippings all year round and offers the compost free to all local residents. Compost acts like a slow release fertilizer similar to Milorganite. I highly recommend it to improve your soil quality because it is free and effective.
Quick question? When you have a metal fense, can you use the edger on the fense or no? Need advice
Love your content. I also live in Minnesota, and there is not a whole lot of content relating to our climate. Do you have any content on weed killing? Dealing with a bad weed problem, Ivy, Creeping Char., Dands, Crabs, Cloves, and others. Any advice for product, application, time of year, temp, ect. for a complete lawn noob.
Watch my newest video
Which brand grass seed u recommend? Great video.
I like the dog.
Great video as always man. 👊 FYI i found a replacement B&D edger for $30 just down the road from me 😊😊😊
Glad it worked out! Sorry for the loss of the last one. RIP B&D #1 🥺
Speak on warm season grass ,southern types
I saw the text about recovering from snow mold. Could you share what your recovery plan is? Mine looks the same. Raked it out, watered, it’s not greening up enough.
If I recall you had these concerns with the FNB video last year right? Where are you located? Email me at lawnlifewithjesse@gmail.com and we can discuss
Whats the really good edger used in the video?
Echo RB-60 is amazing for the price
Scott’s Turf Builder DLX, with the honeycomb wheels is terrible, it left burn stripes on my lawn as the wheels filled up with fertilizer.
What do you recommend to remove the moss? Greetings and blessings
Great video!! Found a big hole in my yard from a burrowing animal any ideas how to solve this problem? Thanks!!
I get rabbit holes a few times throughout the year. It is frustrating. I just fill it in with dirt and re seed the small area.
Hey Man! I'm down in Burnsville. Have you put down pre emergent yet?
I have not. The window was too small to apply. Don't worry if you didn't, everything will be fine. I put pre-em down on my neighbors lawn about a month after I should've and they still ended up with zero crabgrass. We're good 😎
What do you do when it rains for 5 days straight? Do you just mow the grass in the rain?
That's the best advice for the spreaders- it's a tool- spend a bit more and get a professional spreader- which will be a life long tool that will last you for as long as you are a home owner.
And don't ever use it for salt spreading.
Glad to see you back from the snow- pocalypse . Thanks for the tip on the Scott’s spreader.
How bad did you get beat up with snow mold?
Snow mold was super bad, but it's healing up pretty quickly. Shouldn't have any issues of die off luckily. This was by far the worst I've ever had it. Thanks for watching man!
@@LAWNLIFE do you have a book titled: Fundamentals of Turfgrass management.
By Nick Christians?
If you don’t, I wanted to share a chart with you, it goes along with your episode on the “Nitrogen Blitz”. From last fall
@@NicolasMoore838 I do not. You're welcome to email me what you're talking about if it's easier that way.
@@LAWNLIFE send me your email, and I’ll send you a picture of the nitrogen chart tomorrow
@@NicolasMoore838 lawnlifewithjesse@gmail.com I'm going to be ordering this book. Just read through the first few pages of a free preview. I can tell there's going to be some gold in there.
Where do you buy high end seeds?
One of the best ! Shout out to yardbra
Where is a good Reptilable place to buy good seed im Relevating my back yard starting from scratch I live in Wisconsin any tip or trick would be great
Unitedseeds.com
How often should I bag when I cut?
Aal that sprayers need to be clean and maintenance right
If you have a hollow wheel spreader, I wonder if you gorilla tape the inside of the wheels to block access for the falling fertilizer. Yes - it will look weird, but maybe it's worth it for the more budget option over full plastic/rubber.
I was wondering that too. I have a Scott’s one and it’s been leaving chunky lawn stripes. I don’t wanna spend $200 on a new one so was thinking of doing something like this
Is there a spreader you recommend? One that is not too expensive!
Great, no BS video.
My understanding is that Scotts updated the design to change how the seeds are distributed to prevent the issue mentioned here.
Do you use a striper? If so what type
What are some high end seeds?
@3:33 - with a yard as good looking as that, I would be dancing down the block too =]
How do you feel about detaching? How often? When?
Watch my latest video
5:15 ok so give us some seed recommendations plz 😅
twincityseed.com
i've heard any of these videos saying negative things about buying products in big box stores... where am i supposed to buy stuff from? i'm not a pro.
What I definately want to know is how to get rid of moles. I have mole traps, sonic repellers, tried gas granules, smell repelents. They just troll me and still dig again and again
What mower is that? I need one lol
Greensmaster 1000. Take a look at my long grass vs short grass video before you pull the trigger on one 😂 Thanks for watching!
Or fill the scotts wheels with foam
You have any videos on turning Urea into Liquid
Yes. Check out my cheapest fertilizer video
Last two bags of seed I bought were worthless. Def. buy good seed.
What are your thoughts on the Menards 4 step fertilizer?
Lol. I can tell you didn't watch the full video 😂😂
I actually did watch until the end but didn’t hear you say anything about the Menards product specifically or maybe I missed it🤷🏼♂️
@@jasonchristenson1996 my bad man. I don't think it's a bad option for beginners at all. If you do a soil test, you can dial in what your soil actually needs way better with other fertilizers, but just for something to throw at it and not knowing what you're doing, you'll get great results with Scott's. Thanks for watching man!
Great lawn tips. But dumping grass clippings or other yard debris in a wetland is illegal. FYI.
Some of the crappy spreaders, you can reverse the wheels so the hollow part is on the outside.
06:03 Dog doing you dirty like that.
No aeration?
"the blatant disrespect" HAHA
I threw some caulking in the wheels lol
I literally bought Scott spreader, seeds, and starter fertilizer from Home Depot today 🤦🏻♂️. 😔
Just once I’d like to see one of these videos take into account that people have lives. Who has time to go outside and water seed every three hours for two weeks?
Turn the wheels around
How do you know what grass you have so you don’t buy the incorrect grass seed?
I'm gonna make a video on this. Where are you located?
Sweet! Saint Louis, Missouri !
@@XIPUFFIX email me. I'll help you out if you need to know for your lawn. lawnlifewithjesse@gmail.com
Yardbrah?
How’s your snow mold this year? 😂
Absolutely nothing wrong with Scott's spreaders!!!
Google: Scott's spreader stripes. You'd be surprised
Bought a brand new Scott’s last year and the calibration was way way off. Their solution, buy another one. I’m done with them cause now I wasted product as well as I can’t redo it.
Every 3-5 days?!? Bruh I have a job and a kid. It's an every 2 week thing 😂