My wife asked me where all the money had gone. I said I spent it on lawn feed. She said what about feeding the kids? I said the lawn was more important. I'm now writing this from heaven.
I agree but there is a few other good ones some a bit more humor more fun Ryan Knorr is a good 1 and a funny fella yard Brah .. this channel gives off a bit of a heavy medicated valium type of vibe..
@@baims8367 yard brah got in touch last year via email to tell me I’m his inspiration and he hopes to be as good as me one day, thinks my works amazing etc etc,
Poa Annua heaven this year. Such a wet winter a lot of the ryegrass struggled leaving the ground bare early season. Then the moisture ensured great germination of the Poa.
Dan, you are worth listening to, my lawn was really spongy last year and when cutting the lawn it was ripping the grass out even though the mower was set on a higher setting than normal. After watching your videos I realised it was all down to the thatch and it had been growing underneath the lovely green surface growth, when I peeled back the grass there was loads of thatch. I followed your videos and cut the lawn short, then raked/scarified, then put some top dressing on with seed and it's much better so far, still got a long way to go, your video's are very educational.
Yeah i see what you mean alot in my career, the soil level is well below the layer isnt it, a rye grass lawn will always be at soil level if taken care off, peters lawn is so firm under foot
So so good Dan, fully deserve your success, proper grafter!💯Gotta admit, the way you talk about parts of your life with such honesty and being so matter-of-fact is quite refreshing and always creases me🤣keep strong brother💪💪💪👍👍👍
Thanks i do like to tell stories and be more personal than just doing lawn vids like to show there is a person behind the channel, glad you like that aspect of it
Great vid. I remember meeting Iain Dowie in summer 2000 when he was at QPR. Last day of primary school and our teacher knew QPR were using the local sunday league team's pitch (Watts Blake Bearne in Kingsteignton Devon) for their prep before a pre-season match with one of the local sides - probably Torquay, Exeter or Argyle. Think Peter Crouch was there too. Nice bunch of blokes. Still got the signed school shirt somewhere!
Love your step by step process Dan, unfortunately so far for me this damn awful weather is ruining my spring start! Looking at may now for me that's the latest I've ever renovated!
I'm not at all good at growing grass, weeds yes 😅. This a practical guide, it takes intelligence and experience to remove the unnecessary information and to include the useful simply. Now to get off my lazy chair and get weeding.
Dan. I experimented two years ago and used fescues and bents on front lawn and 40% dwarf rye with creeping red fescue, chewings fescue, strong creeping red fescue and a small amount of bents on the back. Yes front lawn..very hard work. Weed grasses also showed up in the front which made it look worse than the back. I am gradually converting the front to match the back so mixed ⅓ of grass seed I used on the front with ⅔ of seed from back to overseed a few days ago. Next year I will sow the same as the back. Probably done everything wrongly but we shall see..I will share results when it becomes little established.
Just goes to show how much you are influencing people, the seed slotter has sold out on eBay!!! fantastic channel, thanks very much for all the advice Daniel.
I used that new tool on Sunday and you’re not wrong it’s hard going. Does a great job though. Awesome video this one great for me to share with people who struggle with their grass.
@@alanmorrison470 you will have to work harder as your pushing more slits in the ground with same force spread over bigger area so alot of the exertion is lost
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert I didn’t even consider it. I have a physical job and I’m fairly fit but my sides hurt a wee bit even today. It’s a strong tool though to take the force. It’s a good time for it with the rain we’ve had I imagine it will be tough going in a few weeks.
I agree, i really enjoy and keep learning, and yes Mr. Hibbert you are 100% right, i've got creeping bentgrass, and to keep it nice and crisp, i have to dethatch it like crazy and feritilize like a nutter.. i also have Rye grass(Barenbrug golf RPR), which i recommend friends and neighbours... :) hmm seems like we(Denmark) got the shitty rain weather from the UK, keeps raining here :) ooh btw Man City uses Rye RPR for their pitch .. and no i'm not into football :)
That's fine job. I don't know about fescue, I have a lawn shaded by my house, it gets no direct sun between mid October till mid March and even then it's for few hours. I don't think anything other than fescue would survive in it. It still thins out during winter but over the years I managed to keep it healthy.
The ebay seller is back in stock now so I just bought one. It says 50 sold in past 24 hours. I've bought a 2ft heavy duty rake head from that seller in the past and was pleased with it. Love the mystery of what colour it will be!
Lucky you get to do all the fun stuff like vericut and aerate and dethatch. I would be so happy with a matchbox lawn. You can really do crazy amounts to it with so little.
Hi Danny, how long would you expect the dwarf rye to germinate this time of year? Seeded 9 days ago and followed the process you do on the videos and it’s had plenty of water/ rain but no sign of anything yet and getting nervous. 😅 thanks in advance, keep up the good content
Nice video Dan, I'm a new subscriber and really enjoying the videos. I've just priced up for a lawn top dressing today, so your video has come just in time. 😂 All the best mate. Andy
Super video Daniel!!! The best lawn expert on CZcams by a country mile!! What is your recommended watering schedule after a renovation like this? Thanks in advance!!!
You should get the EZback handle tool attchment. It can attach to any handle and will help to protect your back and will help you with that special seeding tool of yours.
Brilliant video Daniel thank you, and perfect timing for me as I'm looking to scarify my lawn in the next week having applied iron sulphate a week ago to kill the moss. I am in Sussex so the weather maybe a degree or two warmer than Bolton - however I am a little concerned the temperature will not be warm enough for the seed to germinate, and I understand the seed could rot if we continue to have rain every other day with lower temperatures. You are clearly not fazed by this though..!? Please keep posting, really enjoy your content - fabulous!! Cheers 🙏👍😀
Pitch black. I watched on Sky news and it was awesome, in the truest sense of the word. The sun is completely obliterated, so no light and no heat, so the temperature drops really fast. During totality, all you can see is the corona - the gases given off by the sun at 1 million degrees. We can't normally see the corona due to the brightness of the sun. Truly extraordinary scenes last night. 😀@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert
If some annual meadow grass is your worries, well shit I’d say y’all are living the good life then. My guy has a fork going about “forking” out some annual meadow grass 😳🫢😂😂🤦🏼
Great video mate. I moved into a new build in Preston 5 years ago with a large garden. Its a mud bath with bold patches everywhere. Id love for you to come and take a look at it
Great job Dan but no mention of the super Bolton result against Bristol Rovers? Simon Jordan tells an interesting Iain Dowie story too including taking him to court.
Great comprehensive demonstration on lawn renovation. and thanks for the close ups and explanation of the weed grasses, despite a new lawn I've got large patches of it all over. Was your award winning, lawn of the year the same rye grass mentioned here and would it be ok to apply the wetting agent by watering can? Thanks Dan.
It was but i been digging them out over the last few years and because ive kept the lawn in great condition over the winter they havent had chance to come back so havent got many now
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Thanks, what I meant to say was did you use the same seed (extreme dwarf rye grass) here on your award winning lawn? Could this be made available in smaller quantities than 5kg?
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert thanks for a prompt response Dan. I will look into this if chemical expert needed., presuming this is not a diy task. Really enjoy your YT videos. Keep up the inspiring work.
that lawn looked ok to begin with. yer know wood ash watered in is just as effectiver and costs the price of labouring waking around with the ash and hosing it in
My plan was to renovate soon but I’ve just noticed there’s loads of slender Speedwell all over one side of the lawn. The weed killer I used a few weeks back has somehow made it worse!🤦♂️ Might wait till I’ve killed it off to renovate!
Hi Dan. I have just top dressed a really wet boggy lawn. We had the ground levelled last spring and turfed shortly afterwards. The lawn did well for the summer and autumn but suffered really badly from compaction over the winter resulting in bare ground and waterlogging in the shady area of the lawn. This week i have aerated with a core aerater by hand, taking out 25mm holes down to 4" and also hand scarified and removed a lot of thatch. Today i have set up the cement mixer put in 50 ltrs of compost to 25 litres of top soil and pre mixed the seed into the mixture. The ground had settled badly in some areas so there were a lot of low spots. I have levelled it all off, some areas to a depth of 25mm in depth. Any pointers going forward or things which i may have done which might not help the lawn to regenerate. I have used A1 lawn seed. I am keen to establish the ground in this second year and hopefully have a more flat and stable standing for the lawn which i can then start working on properly. Love the videos.
Dan, what would you say is the best type of seed for back gardens you want to look good but also able to have kids playing on/some foot traffic. I assume dwarf rye would get hit hard with playing children?
I wish I could get on with scarifying but if I got the machine on the lawn I think it would sink or leave the lawn a muddy patch. I have hollow tined to try and get some air into the lawn but it just keeps raining. 😢
Cheers Dan. That part at 17 mins (ish) about Fescue & Bent vs Rye was exactly what i've been trying to figure out the last week or so. Re-doing my lawn and couldn't figure out why not to use Fes/Bent considering everything I see online says that's 'premium lawn'. You solved my problem in about ten seconds there, i'll be getting some Dwarf Rye now, thank you!
@@paulwebb4192 I don't have the expertise to know whether that's correct Paul. Though I'd assumed Perennial Rye Grass was.... a Perennial. Though obviously some is lost throughout winter of course. Regardless, it's not a huge amount of money once a year and if it saves me hours of dealing with disease correction, i'll pay it. Spending hours and hours of aggro trying to tame the fescue/bent issue, just to save £40 a year on seed, not a great hourly rate you're working at.
Hi Daniel thoroughly enjoyed the video as always, very informative and entertaining. Did I get you right, should I hold off putting any fertilizer down when overseeding until the new seedlings are coming through? Cheers
My issue is that most of the videos i see on You Tube are on tiny lawns like this one. Mine isn’t massive but is 4 times the size of this one. I just can’t afford the products (seed, feed, top soil/sand etc) to do my lawn!
Hi Dan I’ve noticed you seem to use individual bags of field 5. Is there a reason you do this and not get a dumpy bag? We have 100sqm to cover on a bumpy lawn.
Ah we had a massive infestation of leatherjackets this winter. They were killing my new lawn and controlled them by applying two rounds of nematodes and now they are all pretty much dead! Not cheap but better than losing the whole lawn.
I’m about to start my own lawn renovation based on watching most of your back catalogue. What is the difference in using topsoil and field compost number 4? I’m hoping the soil will fill in a few lumps
Lovely Lawn. I destroyed my lawn last year. Won’t tell you what l did. Anyway it’s now full of all kinds of weeds and moss (80% weeds now) is it too late for me to try and fix it? I’m on a low budget and live on the east coast, My garden is mainly a shaded English country garden. Can l put down a weed and moss killer or is it too late to renovate?. I have pets that are always on the grass what can l do? Thanks.
Hello! Please help! After applying sand top dressing (half m3 /100m2) and smoothing it with a leveling rake, I noticed that no matter how I try to level the area, there remain tender, thin and weak horizontally lying blades of grass under the sand. Should I worry about them, or will they come out after a few days? They emerge as a result of a water jet (or water sprayed from half a meter away), but this slightly erodes the effect of leveling because it re-excavates the area filled with sand between the larger clumps of old grass, and can also displace upturned seeds and fertilizer particles. So far, I have applied only half of the planned amount of top dressing, I don't dare to spread more, I would like to wait until the grass grows a little (I cut it into short pieces before aerating the lawn). At the same time, I don't think I can wait too long, because I sowed fast-germinating seeds, and once the new grass comes, it shouldn't be necessary to loosen the soil. What do you advise?
many thanks for this walkthrough, it's really useful. Do you have any advice on preventing the bleached patches we get from our dog wee please? Is there a particular treatment or grass type that withstands this? Thanks in advance.
I did renovate last year but didn’t put any week killers down. Now grass is full again. Before l start to renovate again can l use a weed moss killer or something as spending all that money and just end up with weeds again
You can buy a liquid moss remover or use a fertiliser with iron sulphate in He uses a commercial weed killer which is a once a year application it is bloody good but expensive …. No comparison to the crsp weed n feed in shops
Really great video! I need to get a seed slotter but my shed is packedd to the ceiling lol. I'm making a lawn right now. it's about 55-60% rootzone sand and the rest is mostly dark fenland silt. Is that a good texture for grass to grow in? I purchased sand and silt separatly as thats all i could get delivered ewithout having a stack of pallets i can't get rid off. It's interesting to see their pure state but mixing it with a rake for 10 hours straight for 4 days is not fun.
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Ahh good idea.. It will be too late to change it by then but I can get a goot idea if root depth etc. Also it could be a fun test to see how it grows in pure silt. I'm finishing the last third (2 inches) in about a week and may increase the sand a little bit as surface drainage will allow the water to go down to the roots a little better. I'm not sure if thats a good idea of just stick to water I have been doing.
My lawn is still suffering from all the rain we have had in Bury. Will it be to any detriment to the lawn by scarifying, seeding and top dressing much later than usual when we get some dry weather ?
That is ironic. Thanks for the reply. Gig lane pitch is a disaster this year, they are going to lay 3G pitch this summer, don’t suppose wanderers have that problem.
My wife asked me where all the money had gone. I said I spent it on lawn feed. She said what about feeding the kids? I said the lawn was more important. I'm now writing this from heaven.
Yep i have a few like you
lol 👍
By far the best Lawn channel on youtube . Absolute brilliant content information and attention to detail. Thank you Dan
Nice comment thanks
I agree but there is a few other good ones some a bit more humor more fun Ryan Knorr is a good 1 and a funny fella yard Brah .. this channel gives off a bit of a heavy medicated valium type of vibe..
I like the channel but youll never convince me theres someone better than the mustache man connor ward
@@JoeKoors whats this a pile on?
@@baims8367 yard brah got in touch last year via email to tell me I’m his inspiration and he hopes to be as good as me one day, thinks my works amazing etc etc,
Poa Annua heaven this year. Such a wet winter a lot of the ryegrass struggled leaving the ground bare early season. Then the moisture ensured great germination of the Poa.
Daniel,,, It just keeps getting better, you are a star 😁 You must walk about 10 miles a day, Great job once again, keep up the good work
Think more somedays
lovely little back garden. although for some reason i keep getting these feelings like i need to buy rattan furniture.
Just very overlooked by the neighbours 😮
Dan, you are worth listening to, my lawn was really spongy last year and when cutting the lawn it was ripping the grass out even though the mower was set on a higher setting than normal. After watching your videos I realised it was all down to the thatch and it had been growing underneath the lovely green surface growth, when I peeled back the grass there was loads of thatch. I followed your videos and cut the lawn short, then raked/scarified, then put some top dressing on with seed and it's much better so far, still got a long way to go, your video's are very educational.
Yeah i see what you mean alot in my career, the soil level is well below the layer isnt it, a rye grass lawn will always be at soil level if taken care off, peters lawn is so firm under foot
That Honey I shrunk the Kids comment had me chuckling.
After your previous use of the lawn spiker/slotter I found one on FB market place and got it for fiver. Will be putting it to use this week.
So so good Dan, fully deserve your success, proper grafter!💯Gotta admit, the way you talk about parts of your life with such honesty and being so matter-of-fact is quite refreshing and always creases me🤣keep strong brother💪💪💪👍👍👍
Thanks i do like to tell stories and be more personal than just doing lawn vids like to show there is a person behind the channel, glad you like that aspect of it
Great vid. I remember meeting Iain Dowie in summer 2000 when he was at QPR. Last day of primary school and our teacher knew QPR were using the local sunday league team's pitch (Watts Blake Bearne in Kingsteignton Devon) for their prep before a pre-season match with one of the local sides - probably Torquay, Exeter or Argyle. Think Peter Crouch was there too. Nice bunch of blokes. Still got the signed school shirt somewhere!
Good guy as some are pretty mean
On the aeration tool, I've seen people put a couple of weights down the pole, to help it dig into the turf
No better learning than from a master of his craft 👍
Love your step by step process Dan, unfortunately so far for me this damn awful weather is ruining my spring start! Looking at may now for me that's the latest I've ever renovated!
I’ve been putting down your summer granular fertiliser once a month since mid Feb. Still works amazing ❤
Glad your getting good results
I'm not at all good at growing grass, weeds yes 😅. This a practical guide, it takes intelligence and experience to remove the unnecessary information and to include the useful simply. Now to get off my lazy chair and get weeding.
Dan. I experimented two years ago and used fescues and bents on front lawn and 40% dwarf rye with creeping red fescue, chewings fescue, strong creeping red fescue and a small amount of bents on the back.
Yes front lawn..very hard work.
Weed grasses also showed up in the front which made it look worse than the back.
I am gradually converting the front to match the back so mixed ⅓ of grass seed I used on the front with ⅔ of seed from back to overseed a few days ago.
Next year I will sow the same as the back.
Probably done everything wrongly but we shall see..I will share results when it becomes little established.
Just goes to show how much you are influencing people, the seed slotter has sold out on eBay!!! fantastic channel, thanks very much for all the advice Daniel.
I used that new tool on Sunday and you’re not wrong it’s hard going. Does a great job though. Awesome video this one great for me to share with people who struggle with their grass.
One of the lucky ones who found it in stock?
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert I ordered it right after your last video. I got the bigger one though.
@@alanmorrison470 you will have to work harder as your pushing more slits in the ground with same force spread over bigger area so alot of the exertion is lost
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert I didn’t even consider it. I have a physical job and I’m fairly fit but my sides hurt a wee bit even today. It’s a strong tool though to take the force. It’s a good time for it with the rain we’ve had I imagine it will be tough going in a few weeks.
Thanks Dan great advice. I got my order through this week from you so ready to get started - thanks.
Great video, can't wait to get started...
i wish my lawn was that even, i have so many wormcasts every autumn/winter made out of clay.
I feel your pain we dont have many here in the back we do in the front
Worm casts are great! Way better than concrete clay. Natural aeration and available nutrients for the grass!
@@chasingthefish9042 yeah but there we so many i could not mow my lawn or it would be a giant mudflat. atleast it drains the water faster.
I agree, i really enjoy and keep learning, and yes Mr. Hibbert you are 100% right, i've got creeping bentgrass, and to keep it nice and crisp, i have to dethatch it like crazy and feritilize like a nutter.. i also have Rye grass(Barenbrug golf RPR), which i recommend friends and neighbours... :) hmm seems like we(Denmark) got the shitty rain weather from the UK, keeps raining here :) ooh btw Man City uses Rye RPR for their pitch .. and no i'm not into football :)
15:10 - 16:33 Thanks for this I never knew that. I will consider a purely rye grass seed mixture for next time.
Me too.
Tried to buy on tonight….. you’ve sold um all out..😊
That ebay link is back in stock now but 50 sold in past 24 hours.
That's fine job. I don't know about fescue, I have a lawn shaded by my house, it gets no direct sun between mid October till mid March and even then it's for few hours. I don't think anything other than fescue would survive in it. It still thins out during winter but over the years I managed to keep it healthy.
I think the eBay seller needs to send you some beers because he’s all sold out!
Oh well it will work in future still i might message them saying get extra, really is a good tool
No doubt one of your group members will start making some and make a fortune, if only I had the skills
The ebay seller is back in stock now so I just bought one. It says 50 sold in past 24 hours. I've bought a 2ft heavy duty rake head from that seller in the past and was pleased with it. Love the mystery of what colour it will be!
Dwarf rye grass I'll give that a go this spring.
Your videos are fantastic. Great tips and advice. Just wish u showed the final result of ur work. Cheers
Really good video, showing simple steps. Thanks for all your help Dan.
Another great video Dan, I’m learning every week. Thanks
Lucky you get to do all the fun stuff like vericut and aerate and dethatch.
I would be so happy with a matchbox lawn. You can really do crazy amounts to it with so little.
great work. thanks for posting. wish i could sell this service to my customers. they dont want to pay for a good lawn
Great upload Dan, special thanks for the discount code. I’ve just saved £18
Great video, covers so much and answers so many questions 👌
Nice video cheers Daniel 👍🏻 I am new to lawn renovation! hoping to make my back garden lawn at least presentable this year 😅👍🏻
Hi Danny, how long would you expect the dwarf rye to germinate this time of year? Seeded 9 days ago and followed the process you do on the videos and it’s had plenty of water/ rain but no sign of anything yet and getting nervous. 😅 thanks in advance, keep up the good content
The KLF said It's Grim Up North, fortunately for us they never saw your work.
Nice video Dan, I'm a new subscriber and really enjoying the videos. I've just priced up for a lawn top dressing today, so your video has come just in time. 😂 All the best mate. Andy
Nice one welcome aboard mate, hopefully you have better weather where you are
Anyone needing a scarifier the screwfix basic one does an adequate job
Super video Daniel!!! The best lawn expert on CZcams by a country mile!!
What is your recommended watering schedule after a renovation like this? Thanks in advance!!!
Keeing the seed moist at that time
As I’ve got old I’m going back down the scale to small light mower. The Atco is much to heavy to move around these days.
You should get the EZback handle tool attchment. It can attach to any handle and will help to protect your back and will help you with that special seeding tool of yours.
Its less than 15 quid on amazon
Brilliant video Daniel thank you, and perfect timing for me as I'm looking to scarify my lawn in the next week having applied iron sulphate a week ago to kill the moss. I am in Sussex so the weather maybe a degree or two warmer than Bolton - however I am a little concerned the temperature will not be warm enough for the seed to germinate, and I understand the seed could rot if we continue to have rain every other day with lower temperatures. You are clearly not fazed by this though..!? Please keep posting, really enjoy your content - fabulous!! Cheers 🙏👍😀
It wont rot away would have to be fully submerged for a long time
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert good to know.
We were right in the middle of the solar eclipse. Rochester NY. To cloudy to see but it became dark like night time at 15:20(3:20pm) EDT.
Really did it? How dark?
Pitch black. I watched on Sky news and it was awesome, in the truest sense of the word. The sun is completely obliterated, so no light and no heat, so the temperature drops really fast. During totality, all you can see is the corona - the gases given off by the sun at 1 million degrees. We can't normally see the corona due to the brightness of the sun. Truly extraordinary scenes last night. 😀@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert night time dark. Neighbor had fireworks
If some annual meadow grass is your worries, well shit I’d say y’all are living the good life then.
My guy has a fork going about “forking” out some annual meadow grass
😳🫢😂😂🤦🏼
Great video mate. I moved into a new build in Preston 5 years ago with a large garden.
Its a mud bath with bold patches everywhere. Id love for you to come and take a look at it
Why not use a lawn leveller over a rake for the soil spreading, or at least finish with one, for a better finish?
Nothing wrong with my finish thank you
Hi, great videos. 11 months ago, you done a video called “Expert in his field”. Has there been a follow up video? I cannot seem to find it.
Great job Dan but no mention of the super Bolton result against Bristol Rovers?
Simon Jordan tells an interesting Iain Dowie story too including taking him to court.
I would love to actually be able to even get on the lawn but sadly it’s still sodden from this horrible climate we have
Brilliant
Great job 👏
Love your videos great for amateur gardeners 👏🏻
Thanks Daniel.
Great comprehensive demonstration on lawn renovation. and thanks for the close ups and explanation of the weed grasses, despite a new lawn I've got large patches of it all over. Was your award winning, lawn of the year the same rye grass mentioned here and would it be ok to apply the wetting agent by watering can? Thanks Dan.
It was but i been digging them out over the last few years and because ive kept the lawn in great condition over the winter they havent had chance to come back so havent got many now
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Thanks, what I meant to say was did you use the same seed (extreme dwarf rye grass) here on your award winning lawn? Could this be made available in smaller quantities than 5kg?
@@sparty328 sorry no thats johnson premier pitch the BBL lawn this is Extreme seed on this, i dont deal with Johnsons so its not something i can do
Any tips on recovery from leather jacket attack over winter, and with lots of bare patches plus very wet ground. I applied nematodes twice
Get a lawn treatment company to spray chemical theres no evidence to say the nematodes work reallyp
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert thanks for a prompt response Dan. I will look into this if chemical expert needed., presuming this is not a diy task. Really enjoy your YT videos. Keep up the inspiring work.
@@gaycha6589 no you need a licence to buy and spray
Great video again mate
Hi Dan.
When would you perform the first cut after this treatment?
Loving the videos as always 👍🏻
that lawn looked ok to begin with. yer know wood ash watered in is just as effectiver and costs the price of labouring waking around with the ash and hosing it in
What was your reason for not covering over?
Evening Daniel. Like the latest spring tips, Thanks👍
However , I like other subscribers, cannot find the eBay link ? Please advise.
Its deffo on there as ive updated it its out of stock so im told anyway
My plan was to renovate soon but I’ve just noticed there’s loads of slender Speedwell all over one side of the lawn. The weed killer I used a few weeks back has somehow made it worse!🤦♂️ Might wait till I’ve killed it off to renovate!
It wont if made it worse thats how it works it attacks the plant will grow to try to fend off the attack but it will get it eventually
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Ah ok, I’ll give it a bit longer then!👍🏻
Hi Dan.
I have just top dressed a really wet boggy lawn.
We had the ground levelled last spring and turfed shortly afterwards.
The lawn did well for the summer and autumn but suffered really badly from compaction over the winter resulting in bare ground and waterlogging in the shady area of the lawn.
This week i have aerated with a core aerater by hand, taking out 25mm holes down to 4" and also hand scarified and removed a lot of thatch.
Today i have set up the cement mixer put in 50 ltrs of compost to 25 litres of top soil and pre mixed the seed into the mixture.
The ground had settled badly in some areas so there were a lot of low spots.
I have levelled it all off, some areas to a depth of 25mm in depth.
Any pointers going forward or things which i may have done which might not help the lawn to regenerate.
I have used A1 lawn seed.
I am keen to establish the ground in this second year and hopefully have a more flat and stable standing for the lawn which i can then start working on properly.
Love the videos.
It's been so wet and I have been itching to try to get this next season started on a better footing hopefully I haven't buggered it up 😊
Seed mix is
50% Dwarf Perennial Ryegrass
50% Strong Creeping Red Fescue
Dan, what would you say is the best type of seed for back gardens you want to look good but also able to have kids playing on/some foot traffic.
I assume dwarf rye would get hit hard with playing children?
I wish I could get on with scarifying but if I got the machine on the lawn I think it would sink or leave the lawn a muddy patch. I have hollow tined to try and get some air into the lawn but it just keeps raining. 😢
I would love to be able to get that compose in the US
The master
This is genuinely top stuff. Thank you. Your man's run out of stock, so I'll have to find another way... would a heavy rake work to mark for the seed?
Nar mate i dont think it would
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert will keep looking then. Cheers chap
Very informative, thank you but I can’t find the link for the spiked roller thing??
Love this guy’s content, only wish I could understand what he was saying - even the subtitles are struggling.
Gonna be an awesome lawn, hope he’s gonna sort the paving to match 😅😂
After watching this really informative video I've decided I'm going to dig up my lawns and replace with gravel.😁
😂 Not sure Dan will have any follow up videos, how to treat your gravel. 🤭
What’s the best product to kill creeping buttercups and clover.
Just a lawn weedkiller
Cheers Dan. That part at 17 mins (ish) about Fescue & Bent vs Rye was exactly what i've been trying to figure out the last week or so.
Re-doing my lawn and couldn't figure out why not to use Fes/Bent considering everything I see online says that's 'premium lawn'. You solved my problem in about ten seconds there, i'll be getting some Dwarf Rye now, thank you!
...and reseeding every year after the rye dies off? Expensive
@@paulwebb4192 I don't have the expertise to know whether that's correct Paul. Though I'd assumed Perennial Rye Grass was.... a Perennial. Though obviously some is lost throughout winter of course.
Regardless, it's not a huge amount of money once a year and if it saves me hours of dealing with disease correction, i'll pay it.
Spending hours and hours of aggro trying to tame the fescue/bent issue, just to save £40 a year on seed, not a great hourly rate you're working at.
Hi Daniel thoroughly enjoyed the video as always, very informative and entertaining. Did I get you right, should I hold off putting any fertilizer down when overseeding until the new seedlings are coming through? Cheers
Yep
Thanks a lot@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert
Do you have to keep on water in the lawn for the grass seed to grow through. Or do you just leave it at this time of year👍
Daniel, excellent video as always. With all this rain at moment when would suggest is best time to scarify ?
Well if ground firm you can still
Love the channel, where is your rake from? I can’t seem to find one with a flat back!
Groundwork/landscape rake. Screwfix
My issue is that most of the videos i see on You Tube are on tiny lawns like this one. Mine isn’t massive but is 4 times the size of this one. I just can’t afford the products (seed, feed, top soil/sand etc) to do my lawn!
Hi, thank you for your videos. Do you have one for fine fescues?
Rewatch the vid just as im about to seed
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert I thought it is the one. Thanks
Hi Dan
I’ve noticed you seem to use individual bags of field 5. Is there a reason you do this and not get a dumpy bag? We have 100sqm to cover on a bumpy lawn.
Ah we had a massive infestation of leatherjackets this winter. They were killing my new lawn and controlled them by applying two rounds of nematodes and now they are all pretty much dead! Not cheap but better than losing the whole lawn.
Hi Dan what was the reason you stopped using jacks magic? In your opinion is it still ok to use for top dressing a lawn?
I’m about to start my own lawn renovation based on watching most of your back catalogue. What is the difference in using topsoil and field compost number 4? I’m hoping the soil will fill in a few lumps
Number 4 is compost
Number 5 top soil
Use soil to level and fill in holes .
Use compost to top dress your seeds
My scarifier has spokes or blades attachments - which should I be using each type for ?
The most spoiled little lawn ever existed
Lovely Lawn. I destroyed my lawn last year. Won’t tell you what l did. Anyway it’s now full of all kinds of weeds and moss (80% weeds now) is it too late for me to try and fix it? I’m on a low budget and live on the east coast, My garden is mainly a shaded English country garden. Can l put down a weed and moss killer or is it too late to renovate?. I have pets that are always on the grass what can l do? Thanks.
You can renovate like me but pets are your nemesis
Great video mate do you have a link for the slotter?
Hello!
Please help!
After applying sand top dressing (half m3 /100m2) and smoothing it with a leveling rake, I noticed that no matter how I try to level the area, there remain tender, thin and weak horizontally lying blades of grass under the sand. Should I worry about them, or will they come out after a few days? They emerge as a result of a water jet (or water sprayed from half a meter away), but this slightly erodes the effect of leveling because it re-excavates the area filled with sand between the larger clumps of old grass, and can also displace upturned seeds and fertilizer particles. So far, I have applied only half of the planned amount of top dressing, I don't dare to spread more, I would like to wait until the grass grows a little (I cut it into short pieces before aerating the lawn). At the same time, I don't think I can wait too long, because I sowed fast-germinating seeds, and once the new grass comes, it shouldn't be necessary to loosen the soil. What do you advise?
many thanks for this walkthrough, it's really useful.
Do you have any advice on preventing the bleached patches we get from our dog wee please? Is there a particular treatment or grass type that withstands this?
Thanks in advance.
Nope theres nothing you can do other than keep the dog off
I’d love to help and tips on my lawn, fighting a losing battle right now
I did renovate last year but didn’t put any week killers down. Now grass is full again. Before l start to renovate again can l use a weed moss killer or something as spending all that money and just end up with weeds again
You can buy a liquid moss remover or use a fertiliser with iron sulphate in
He uses a commercial weed killer which is a once a year application it is bloody good but expensive …. No comparison to the crsp weed n feed in shops
@@linoleumbonypart385 I’m worried for the pets putting down this stuff
@@goldengoose4985 ok once dried il go find the product for you ….
Nice job Daniel, very informative.
Have you stopped using Jacks Magic Compost?
Yeah 2 years ago lol
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert
Blimey, time flies!
Really great video! I need to get a seed slotter but my shed is packedd to the ceiling lol.
I'm making a lawn right now. it's about 55-60% rootzone sand and the rest is mostly dark fenland silt. Is that a good texture for grass to grow in?
I purchased sand and silt separatly as thats all i could get delivered ewithout having a stack of pallets i can't get rid off. It's interesting to see their pure state but mixing it with a rake for 10 hours straight for 4 days is not fun.
Why not grow some on your window sill see what happens in the mixture?
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Ahh good idea.. It will be too late to change it by then but I can get a goot idea if root depth etc. Also it could be a fun test to see how it grows in pure silt. I'm finishing the last third (2 inches) in about a week and may increase the sand a little bit as surface drainage will allow the water to go down to the roots a little better. I'm not sure if thats a good idea of just stick to water I have been doing.
is the compost availible for guys from German , maybe on amazon ? maybe you have an link, or is its also possible to topdress with sand at the end
lol wish I had 100ft to take care of 😂
My lawn is still suffering from all the rain we have had in Bury. Will it be to any detriment to the lawn by scarifying, seeding and top dressing much later than usual when we get some dry weather ?
Is your lawn the gigg lane pitch?
No you will prob just ironically have to water more
That is ironic. Thanks for the reply. Gig lane pitch is a disaster this year, they are going to lay 3G pitch this summer, don’t suppose wanderers have that problem.
Hi Daniel ,does grass seed have a shelf life thanks
Once opened it deplete efficacy by 20% a year
What type of rye grass did you say you used? Did you say dwarf rye?
How does amg seed grow when the seed must fall on top of the soil but to sow grass seed you nèed to make grooves/cover it in soil ?
@@lloydunett206 already there probably