I really appreciate your honest approach, in literally every other video I've seen they say it is very easy, you just need to prep everything and that's it... thank you for showing it as real as it is!
Great video bro! Two things caught my attention, 1.) the yard sign was hilarious, while also being effective in stopping dumb questions from passer byers. 2.) the cost of the mats. Dude, you are dedicated to the process. Kudos to you. I definitely appreciate your attention to detail and high quality approach to this project. Hope the results are great and up to your standards because you’ve absolutely put in the work. I look forward to seeing the end product. Cheers bro 👍🏻
Honestly man, I've had more people say something about that sign than I would've ever imagined. People stop, read it, and walk away laughing every time. Well worth the money to buy that sign lol. And yes, not one single person has asked me what I'm doing with the lawn. Which is nice not having to repeat myself. As to the money and prep, I'm trying to do everything as well as I can. I've been living by the motto "failure is not an option" with this whole renovation. Only thing I'm worried about at this point is Poa. Let's hope there isn't any or very much at least. Fingers crossed. Thanks for the awesome comment and watching! I appreciate it man!
You weren't beat bro. You whooped it. And didn't let it whoop you.. you were just tired. As doing a good job by yourself usually does to you. You didn't let it beat you.
Awesome Clint Eastwood shirt, great Doggo cameo content and I believe the use of seed blankets for an entire yard is definitely a ‘flex’ in the CZcams lawn maintenance world.
Thanks for all of the compliments man! The "flex" is going to backfire in my face I feel like. Trying to take them off is going to be a PITA. I tried pulling some of them up tonight and seedlings are definitely coming with them. Might be waiting for them to dissolve or for the grass to establish a lot more.
I just recently bought another house with over 9000 square foot lawn. The house was built in 1997 and the lawn is old and full of weeds. It's gonna be a heck of a project for me. I think I have to contact someone with a bobcat to cut out my old lawn. It's a St. Augustine dominant lawn, which I hate so much. The last 2 houses I lived in I had one Bermuda lawn and one centipede lawn. This time, I'm thinking destroying my whole lawn and seed it with zoysia. Your work looks great!
It has been a rough year with my yard. This is my first year in this house. Bought it during the winter, and oh boy was I in for a surprise when spring came. Also at the golf course things are turning green again. Its been a fight!!! Yard Life!!!
I put my seed down 2 Saturdays ago. Of course Sunday brought a long line of thunderstorms. Most of my seed ended up by the road and on my neighbour’s driveway. I need that t-shirt.
That really sucks man. What are you putting down? That is exactly the reason I put down the blankets. Didn't want to run that risk. You can grab a shirt from here: my-store-bc24cc.creator-spring.com
@@LAWNLIFE Barenbrug’s RPR. With shipping it’s $312 per 50 lb bag. I had to order a second bag to redo most of it. It’s still very patchy, and after renovating the front and overseeing the back I’m almost out of seed again. Where was all that rain when I actually needed it?
You’re going to be very happy with the Bluebank seed selection. I’m adding some into my KBG renovation from last year. I could take or leave the peat moss, I’ve had great results with and without it.
Bluebank is the cultivar that I was on the fence about. I have a test plot of it in my backyard and it doesn't look quite the same as Mazama and Everest. Definitely has a blue tint to it compared to the forest green of the other two. We'll see how they mix together. Everything else seems great with the NTEP scores, that's why I decided to go with it.
Now the exciting part, sit and wait. With the seed blankets, do they recommend wetting them when you go to take them off to make the process easier? I think I may have read that somewhere or seen a video on it. Can’t wait to see the results, should be great success!
I haven't seen that anywhere but that makes sense. They've been staying wet with the irrigation. I'm trying to decide when to take them off. It's a battle between having enough established turf and when it's too tough to get them off the ground. As a teaser for the next video, they're definitely working. I'm getting great germination!
Great series of videos brother, thank you…they are so helpful!!! One question about irrigation….you mentioned 5X a day at 8min each. Are you dropping a total of 1/4 inch per day or more?
How do you like the mix so far? Everything I've read says Bluenote is a GREAT grasss, just not dark. Curious how a dark grass and light grass is mixing..
@@LAWNLIFE As you know , pretty tough Spring in the Midwest. Driest in my memory. Performing better with a little shade. My understanding is that it takes up 2 years to kick in
Awesome. Good luck Ron! It's a lot of work, but feels great when you're done. I've heard nothing but good things about the Blue Heat. Let me know if you have any questions about anything going forward. lawnlifewithjesse@gmail.com
Awesome! I have a small test plot in my backyard with all my varieties also. So glad I did it to see what it would look like! Good luck man! Are you on TLF?
@@bmac9706 yes it would help with fungus. Not sure if you use Plant Growth Regulator but it becomes tricky if your have prg in your mix. I've also heard that seed stalks are bad with PRG. No experience with it though
Lol sorry to disappoint you man. I have an update coming this week most likely. It's been almost two weeks since seed down day. Just took awhile to put together the video.
another nice video man...i've used the blanket coverage on a few lawns i've renovated for the exact same reason. After all that work it's great insurance....
Absolutely. I've been missed by some pretty big storms, so I could've gotten away without them most likely but I wouldn't have regretted them if I got dumped on. Thanks for always watching man!
Great video covering the process. One thing different I'm doing than you is I'm going to attempt to pre-germinate my kbg. You basically put your grass seed in cheese cloth and soak it in water for 5 days. Every 12 hours you change out the water. Hopefully this cuts down a lot on the massive watering as well as the lloooonnnngggg germination time kbg has.
@@LAWNLIFE This will be the first time I attempt to try this. I live in Oklahoma so I'll be putting seed down within the next 2 weeks. The current lawn has undergone multiple rounds of glyphosate and I'm about to start scalping and working the land in the next day or two. I only have about 1800sqft so it's not a major underataking. As far as the pre germination I did a full reno of my back yard last fall. The time from seed down to when I actually saw anything seemed like an eternity. Since this is now the front yard I'm working on I want to speed that process up as quickly as I can. These kbg type lawns are the most beautiful lawn I've ever seen when everything is ideal and I'm excited to show this off to the neighborhood. We don't see many cool season lawns in Oklahoma lol
Great video! Appreciate the details as I need them. Starting to plan out 2022 reno of killing off my Bermuda and going to KBG in the transition zone. Definitely will check out your seed supplier and also will sub for future pointers.
Awesome! Thanks for watching! Have you looked into what culitvars you want yet? I would definitely research the NTEPs for your needs. Let me know if you need any help, lawnlifewithjesse@gmail.com
@@LAWNLIFE I have yet to decide (although I saw your video about seed prices so maybe I should make up my mind quickly). I'm thinking a custom mix of PRG and Bluegrass. Mazama & Everest? I have two shady areas that are my main concern.
Great video! I’m in the Duluth area and did a spring renovation this year with decent results (80% KBG/20% PRG mix). One piece of advice I’d give you is to maybe reconsider that late evening watering cycle. I was doing an 8pm watering cycle through the germination phase and now I’m battling a fungus issue. It maybe won’t be as much of an issue for you with a fall renovation. Also, I laid straw mats down and I’m not so sure you’ll want to try pulling those mats up. From what I saw, those seedlings are pretty fragile and weave their way through the blankets and if you try to rip up the blankets, I think you’ll end up taking a lot of the baby grass plants with them. Best of luck to you! Can’t wait for the updates.
Man, a semi-successful spring reno this year is 100% a success. This drought here is no joke. I have actually taken my night waterings off after germination because of this reason. Will be hitting it with a preventative fungicide in the next couple of days also. As far as the blankets go, you're 100% right. I tried peeling some of it up tonight and about 10-20% of the seedlings come with it. Kind of regretting the decision to use these blankets now (if a pop storm rolled through I wouldn't be. Hindsight is 20/20). I'm going to wait a couple more weeks and see what happens with more established grass. Thanks for the detailed comment and for watching man. Hopefully your reno is doing well as well!
Bewitched, Bedazzled, Blueberry, and Bluenote are my KBG cultivars. Then Manhattan for the PRG. I tried a fall reno last year without any coverings that resulted in two back to back daylong downpours a few days after I seeded which washed away everything including most of the topsoil I brought in (goodbye $2,000+ worth of soil and seed! 😩) Needless to say, I was a little gun shy this time around so I laid hay blankets over the whole thing and wouldn’t you know it, we didn’t get any natural rainfall until like 4 weeks in lol. Having peace of mind this time around was well worth the $600 in blankets though. Honestly, in the areas that are coming in thick, you can’t even see the mats anymore. There’s only a couple areas that you can still see the hay/netting slightly. I’ve read they will degrade naturally after a year or so. One question for you… if I were to over-seed soon to thicken up those thin areas, what would your recommendations be for getting that seed down past the netting/hay? I’m thinking if i tried aerating it would just end up tangling with all the netting and become a huge mess? I’m thinking I’ll just spread the seed and then water in, hoping the seed falls through the netting to the soil and then possibly top dress with a little topsoil to cover the seed?
I just ran across a video of yours and am now a subsciber, an absolute newbie to growing a yard and I'm also from MN 😉 Can you give me some basic instructions on when im supposed to cut back on watering and when to do my fitst cut? I used a high traffic, low maintenance blend from Otten Brothers and its been nearly a month with daily watering 3-4 times a week. Sorry 🤦♀️ I i have no clue what I'm doing....hence I used straw and have already added more seed to lawn bc the grass shaded parts grew fast and dense and the partial sun parts were behind. 🤦♀️ I didnt realize thats how it works 😂
I know its late in the season, but we've got about 2k sqft in our backyard thats been pretty barren and under trees, so this year i decided to start growing some grass... turns out the dirt was super compacted, so i soaked the area and stomped it out for a few hours with 2" spike tine aerator shoes. softened the area beyond well, kept watering, did another aeration process and planted some ace hardware brand shade seed, covered with a very thin layer of gardners gold compost (1/8" at most), raked it flat and kept it nice and wet for two days and then we got the huge storm this week for 3 days straight. today is day 6 post-seed and i've already got 2" grass through most of the area already. WILD how fast this stuff grows.... now, did i get lucky with severe rain in the end of june 2023, and will this grass survive when it gets hotter? sheeeee, i hope so. stoked how grass can make a big difference. either way, i hope i didnt screw myself buying ace hardware brand seed, but its taken REALLY well so far.
I always wait 4-5 days after seeding to apply any starter fert as the fert has no benefit until seed starts to germinate. In your case the all bluegrass mix that you did won't benefit from any fert until nearly 30 days from seeding.
Hey brother just did this back on August 12. Did you notice where the blankets over lapped a bit, that it took a bit longer to come through the blankets? Also, did you put more seed down after you saw a few areas looking patchy? If so did you put them on top of blankets?
Great video!!! Next time use a good drop spreader for the seed. 6000 sq feet would have taken no time at all to put down. The wind is almost never a factor…. Also, you could have used your dethatcher/power-rake to rake in the seed. Great job though!!!
I wanted to pick one up so bad. I just couldn't justify buying another spreader for a one time use. I almost pulled the trigger on one that day though. Thanks for the advice man!
Hey man this was part 2. Just saw your other comment. I only used peat moss on a very small portion of my lawn. 1/4 of an inch of peat moss covered is plenty. You could probably get away with an 1/8th. Idk how many bags you'd need for that though. Just to be truthful
We have a new home and had landscaping/lawn put in.. I’m watering with timer sprinklers 3x a day for 3 min each time. Looking to continue to get this lawn looking great. I know it will probably take a full year to establish a lawn.. hot weather coming.. any advise to not go backwards from progress we’ve made? Thank you
It's a double edge sword. I've been missed by some big pop up storms. If they would've hit, I would've been super happy that I put down the blankets. Now I'm at the point where I have to figure out when to try taking them off and they're turning into a pain. It was just 100% insurance. Sometimes it's awesome to have, sometimes it's a waste of time and money. Just depends on what mother nature decides. I would've been fine without them so far
@@wcbscout not all of the grass grows through. I'm also worried about fungus pressure for the seedlings caught underneath. Yes, they are designed to eventually dissolve, but if you can get them off after germination, that would be the best case scenario
Dude. Friggin loved this. Loved the Mat idea. Have not seen that. Would be beautiful if a biodegradable mat charged with slow release starter fert existed. Degrading at 0.5x the rate of germination. Just take my money now. Great vid as always. And if you ever need an extra hand laying out a renovation, I'm there. Hand me a leveling rake and dibs on the second mow.
Bro you just blew my mind with the biodegradable blanket. Let's mix it with tenacity, starter fert, and a fungicide. Let me know when you're ready to start up the business. I'll partner with you! Btw second mow is all yours! Where are you located?
@@LAWNLIFE I am pretty sure there are "seed" blankets out there in the market but they're mostly Big Box crap and not Homepro domination versions or specific to a lawn reno DIY. I suspect they're mostly Developer/Erosion control stuff. I am located in Atlanta. So my interest is warm season / bermuda grass but I like to follow what my cool season brothers are doing. Trying to learn what I can and am jealous of the stripes.
I need to renovate my lawn having some QUACKGRASS that i can get rid off just by killing and start all over... What month can i trow my seed down , i live in minnesota north from the citys?
is it worth overseeding with a Elite Cultivar Grass Seed if you don't already have a Elite Grass Seed lawn? or would dethatching and aerating in the late summer/fall be enough to eventually takeover the grass?
I just put down some of your blackout seed, i was excited till 70% of my lawn sprouted puncture vine, i know it didnt come from the seed but do you know of a way to get this undercontrol?
In the Twin Cities, should I start overseeing my lawn now then put down the fall weed & feed in mid September? (I won't go to all the trouble you did despite how terrible my lawn looks after our extreme drought.) If it weren't for crab grass my lawn wouldn't have any green. Now I hear we may be shut off entirely from any city water for lawns.
What type of grasss do you plan on overseeding with? I would say go with perrenial rye grass if you want fast results. At this point I wouldn't worry about the weed and feed if you don't have much for grass. The pre-emergent in the fall is only going to stop Poa and it sounds like that is the least of your worries at this point. Even with a watering ban you can get a watering permit if you're putting down new seed. Look into that.
Nice vid! I would also like to sow the dark everest seed, but I fear the Poa Annua!!! ...and that it could become very spotty as a result. What are you doing against the Poa Annua problem? Greetings from Berlin (Germany)
I'm not too worried about the spottiness of the new lawn coming in. KBG will fill in itself in a lot of areas if you feed it and you can plug or reseed any bare spots. As for Poa, I'm deathly afraid of it. I had zero poa issues in the lawn I killed and that's the only thing I'm afraid of at this point. I'm going to be putting down a pre-emergent around 45 to 60 days after germination and hope that it holds any at bay if I get any. Fingers crossed! Thanks for watching!
Most places I've looked are calling for 2lb/1000 sq ft seeding rate for KBG. Is that for overseeding? Seems a little low but I've never used KBG so maybe that's right.
I bringing about 15 yards of soil to fix the grade and foundation level and level lawn in my backyard I have the next starter pack of fertilizer (rgs, air8, humidity 12, micro green) should be able to get a soil test back but it won't contain the new soil in it still worth doing test ? on that note this seem like a good starter pack to put down after I put down the tenacity ?
I wouldn't do the soil test if it doesn't include the new topsoil. That's where the seed will be germinating at. Honestly I would just use starter fert for the fertilizer. A lot of the stuff that you would be using with the starter pack will just be wasted because nothing in the soil will be able to use it for awhile.
I didn't want to bring up old weed seeds. I never really had any compaction issues in my lawn either. It would've been an extra step that I felt like I could live without. Especially with how much topsoil I brought in
looks like you forgot to put actual topsoil or new soil on your yard. it looks basically like a dry desert. How did it turn out? where is follow up video?
Never thought I'd get excited watching someone make a nice seed bed and roll in the seed but here we are. That looked perfect.
😂. Thanks for watching man! Glad I could make you proud lol
Ahhh brings back memories of yester year, glad im not doin that again lol
Lol. I couldn't walk for 2 days after this man!
I really appreciate your honest approach, in literally every other video I've seen they say it is very easy, you just need to prep everything and that's it... thank you for showing it as real as it is!
Thanks Felipe. I'm trying to be as honest as possible. Whether that's with products, information, or actual work load 😂 I appreciate you watching!
Great video bro! Two things caught my attention, 1.) the yard sign was hilarious, while also being effective in stopping dumb questions from passer byers. 2.) the cost of the mats. Dude, you are dedicated to the process. Kudos to you. I definitely appreciate your attention to detail and high quality approach to this project. Hope the results are great and up to your standards because you’ve absolutely put in the work. I look forward to seeing the end product. Cheers bro 👍🏻
Honestly man, I've had more people say something about that sign than I would've ever imagined. People stop, read it, and walk away laughing every time. Well worth the money to buy that sign lol. And yes, not one single person has asked me what I'm doing with the lawn. Which is nice not having to repeat myself.
As to the money and prep, I'm trying to do everything as well as I can. I've been living by the motto "failure is not an option" with this whole renovation. Only thing I'm worried about at this point is Poa. Let's hope there isn't any or very much at least. Fingers crossed.
Thanks for the awesome comment and watching! I appreciate it man!
In contrast, my neighbors must think something is off. I just moved in and 2 weeks later most the lawn was dead in my prep for a restart.
@@Jaker788 "What bad luck to have the grass completely die on them right after they moved in" lol
You weren't beat bro. You whooped it. And didn't let it whoop you.. you were just tired. As doing a good job by yourself usually does to you. You didn't let it beat you.
Awesome Clint Eastwood shirt, great Doggo cameo content and I believe the use of seed blankets for an entire yard is definitely a ‘flex’ in the CZcams lawn maintenance world.
Thanks for all of the compliments man! The "flex" is going to backfire in my face I feel like. Trying to take them off is going to be a PITA. I tried pulling some of them up tonight and seedlings are definitely coming with them. Might be waiting for them to dissolve or for the grass to establish a lot more.
This is the most comprehensive video that has been so helpful. Just got my seed from twin city
Your dog is actually the one who thinks you're crazy watching all this, I'm sure of it ha ha!!
Protip: Use the Sun Joe dethatcher attachment on near the highest setting to rake your seed in. 👍
Are there two different type of blades or just extra blades?
I just recently bought another house with over 9000 square foot lawn. The house was built in 1997 and the lawn is old and full of weeds. It's gonna be a heck of a project for me. I think I have to contact someone with a bobcat to cut out my old lawn. It's a St. Augustine dominant lawn, which I hate so much. The last 2 houses I lived in I had one Bermuda lawn and one centipede lawn. This time, I'm thinking destroying my whole lawn and seed it with zoysia. Your work looks great!
It has been a rough year with my yard. This is my first year in this house. Bought it during the winter, and oh boy was I in for a surprise when spring came. Also at the golf course things are turning green again. Its been a fight!!! Yard Life!!!
Everyone seems to be going through this. It's been a tough year. Can't get much worse than this for our area
I put my seed down 2 Saturdays ago. Of course Sunday brought a long line of thunderstorms. Most of my seed ended up by the road and on my neighbour’s driveway.
I need that t-shirt.
That really sucks man. What are you putting down? That is exactly the reason I put down the blankets. Didn't want to run that risk.
You can grab a shirt from here: my-store-bc24cc.creator-spring.com
@@LAWNLIFE Barenbrug’s RPR. With shipping it’s $312 per 50 lb bag. I had to order a second bag to redo most of it. It’s still very patchy, and after renovating the front and overseeing the back I’m almost out of seed again.
Where was all that rain when I actually needed it?
Awesome video LL! If one follows those steps, they can't fail as failure is not an option
You’re going to be very happy with the Bluebank seed selection. I’m adding some into my KBG renovation from last year. I could take or leave the peat moss, I’ve had great results with and without it.
Bluebank is the cultivar that I was on the fence about. I have a test plot of it in my backyard and it doesn't look quite the same as Mazama and Everest. Definitely has a blue tint to it compared to the forest green of the other two. We'll see how they mix together. Everything else seems great with the NTEP scores, that's why I decided to go with it.
Drop spreaders are perfect for seeding. Takes a little longer but no worry about wind.
I've also used the SunJoe scarifier to overseed and it works great!
Now the exciting part, sit and wait. With the seed blankets, do they recommend wetting them when you go to take them off to make the process easier? I think I may have read that somewhere or seen a video on it. Can’t wait to see the results, should be great success!
I haven't seen that anywhere but that makes sense. They've been staying wet with the irrigation. I'm trying to decide when to take them off. It's a battle between having enough established turf and when it's too tough to get them off the ground. As a teaser for the next video, they're definitely working. I'm getting great germination!
Looking forward to the update! Fingers crossed on the weather this week
OMG! I needed that sign late last fall and early spring..
Haha. It's been awesome to have. Not gonna lie!
Love it my dude! My lawn would only need one of those blankets 😂😂😂😂😂😂😊🤙🏾🙏🏾🙌🏾
Great series of videos brother, thank you…they are so helpful!!!
One question about irrigation….you mentioned 5X a day at 8min each.
Are you dropping a total of 1/4 inch per day or more?
excellent summary. Last year KGB (Midnight & Bluenote) took forever to germinate and fill
How do you like the mix so far? Everything I've read says Bluenote is a GREAT grasss, just not dark. Curious how a dark grass and light grass is mixing..
@@LAWNLIFE As you know , pretty tough Spring in the Midwest. Driest in my memory. Performing better with a little shade. My understanding is that it takes up 2 years to kick in
This is everything I needed, so timely!
Thanks for watching man! Good luck with your reno!
Great video. I’m starting my seeding process tomorrow with GCI Blue Heat. Wish me luck. I am looking forward to your next video.
Awesome. Good luck Ron! It's a lot of work, but feels great when you're done. I've heard nothing but good things about the Blue Heat. Let me know if you have any questions about anything going forward. lawnlifewithjesse@gmail.com
I’m doing a Manama, midnight, blue bank in a 2ksqft test plot this year. Seed down early next week! Can’t wait!
Awesome! I have a small test plot in my backyard with all my varieties also. So glad I did it to see what it would look like! Good luck man! Are you on TLF?
@@LAWNLIFE while I got ya on the line, what are your thoughts of adding in some elite PRG for diversity? I hate fungus , would this help a bit?
@@bmac9706 yes it would help with fungus. Not sure if you use Plant Growth Regulator but it becomes tricky if your have prg in your mix. I've also heard that seed stalks are bad with PRG. No experience with it though
i was eager to see the next video with the results then realized that this was new from today hahaha !
Lol sorry to disappoint you man. I have an update coming this week most likely. It's been almost two weeks since seed down day. Just took awhile to put together the video.
Very good information. If I could thumbs up multiple times I would.
What a lawn beast! Keep up the great work and good luck 🍀!
Haha thanks Steve. This beast could barely walk the next couple of days after this. Lol
another nice video man...i've used the blanket coverage on a few lawns i've renovated for the exact same reason. After all that work it's great insurance....
Absolutely. I've been missed by some pretty big storms, so I could've gotten away without them most likely but I wouldn't have regretted them if I got dumped on. Thanks for always watching man!
Great video covering the process. One thing different I'm doing than you is I'm going to attempt to pre-germinate my kbg. You basically put your grass seed in cheese cloth and soak it in water for 5 days. Every 12 hours you change out the water. Hopefully this cuts down a lot on the massive watering as well as the lloooonnnngggg germination time kbg has.
I definitely know about this, but was a little sketched out about spreading it. When is your seed down date?
@@LAWNLIFE This will be the first time I attempt to try this. I live in Oklahoma so I'll be putting seed down within the next 2 weeks. The current lawn has undergone multiple rounds of glyphosate and I'm about to start scalping and working the land in the next day or two. I only have about 1800sqft so it's not a major underataking.
As far as the pre germination I did a full reno of my back yard last fall. The time from seed down to when I actually saw anything seemed like an eternity. Since this is now the front yard I'm working on I want to speed that process up as quickly as I can. These kbg type lawns are the most beautiful lawn I've ever seen when everything is ideal and I'm excited to show this off to the neighborhood. We don't see many cool season lawns in Oklahoma lol
Looking forward to seeing your results!!
Great video! Appreciate the details as I need them. Starting to plan out 2022 reno of killing off my Bermuda and going to KBG in the transition zone. Definitely will check out your seed supplier and also will sub for future pointers.
Awesome! Thanks for watching! Have you looked into what culitvars you want yet? I would definitely research the NTEPs for your needs. Let me know if you need any help, lawnlifewithjesse@gmail.com
Great video! Looking forward to the next one in this renovation series.
What a great vid. Informative and useful. I absolutely love your channel and wish you continued success. My Reno is next year and I can’t wait
Thanks for always watching Keith. I appreciate your support! What are you going with for your reno?
@@LAWNLIFE I have yet to decide (although I saw your video about seed prices so maybe I should make up my mind quickly). I'm thinking a custom mix of PRG and Bluegrass. Mazama & Everest? I have two shady areas that are my main concern.
Wow super helpful video! I can’t wait to see the results!
Thanks for watching like always Eric!
Great video! I’m in the Duluth area and did a spring renovation this year with decent results (80% KBG/20% PRG mix). One piece of advice I’d give you is to maybe reconsider that late evening watering cycle. I was doing an 8pm watering cycle through the germination phase and now I’m battling a fungus issue. It maybe won’t be as much of an issue for you with a fall renovation.
Also, I laid straw mats down and I’m not so sure you’ll want to try pulling those mats up. From what I saw, those seedlings are pretty fragile and weave their way through the blankets and if you try to rip up the blankets, I think you’ll end up taking a lot of the baby grass plants with them. Best of luck to you! Can’t wait for the updates.
Man, a semi-successful spring reno this year is 100% a success. This drought here is no joke.
I have actually taken my night waterings off after germination because of this reason. Will be hitting it with a preventative fungicide in the next couple of days also.
As far as the blankets go, you're 100% right. I tried peeling some of it up tonight and about 10-20% of the seedlings come with it. Kind of regretting the decision to use these blankets now (if a pop storm rolled through I wouldn't be. Hindsight is 20/20). I'm going to wait a couple more weeks and see what happens with more established grass. Thanks for the detailed comment and for watching man. Hopefully your reno is doing well as well!
What cultivars did you go with btw?
Bewitched, Bedazzled, Blueberry, and Bluenote are my KBG cultivars. Then Manhattan for the PRG.
I tried a fall reno last year without any coverings that resulted in two back to back daylong downpours a few days after I seeded which washed away everything including most of the topsoil I brought in (goodbye $2,000+ worth of soil and seed! 😩) Needless to say, I was a little gun shy this time around so I laid hay blankets over the whole thing and wouldn’t you know it, we didn’t get any natural rainfall until like 4 weeks in lol. Having peace of mind this time around was well worth the $600 in blankets though. Honestly, in the areas that are coming in thick, you can’t even see the mats anymore. There’s only a couple areas that you can still see the hay/netting slightly. I’ve read they will degrade naturally after a year or so.
One question for you… if I were to over-seed soon to thicken up those thin areas, what would your recommendations be for getting that seed down past the netting/hay? I’m thinking if i tried aerating it would just end up tangling with all the netting and become a huge mess? I’m thinking I’ll just spread the seed and then water in, hoping the seed falls through the netting to the soil and then possibly top dress with a little topsoil to cover the seed?
I just ran across a video of yours and am now a subsciber, an absolute newbie to growing a yard and I'm also from MN 😉
Can you give me some basic instructions on when im supposed to cut back on watering and when to do my fitst cut? I used a high traffic, low maintenance blend from Otten Brothers and its been nearly a month with daily watering 3-4 times a week. Sorry 🤦♀️ I i have no clue what I'm doing....hence I used straw and have already added more seed to lawn bc the grass shaded parts grew fast and dense and the partial sun parts were behind. 🤦♀️ I didnt realize thats how it works 😂
Kelly, email me at lawnlifewithjesse@gmail.com
I'll walk you through everything
Great video sir! Even tho u hurt my feelings when u said don't get big box store grass seed.. I used scotts😢 lol
😂😂.. I'm sure it looks great! Thanks for watching man!
Nice work my man, betcha seeds will be sprouting in just a few short days...🤞🏻
Thanks. Update coming soon. Spoiler alert: this was from 2 weeks ago. Things are looking good 👍
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I know its late in the season, but we've got about 2k sqft in our backyard thats been pretty barren and under trees, so this year i decided to start growing some grass... turns out the dirt was super compacted, so i soaked the area and stomped it out for a few hours with 2" spike tine aerator shoes. softened the area beyond well, kept watering, did another aeration process and planted some ace hardware brand shade seed, covered with a very thin layer of gardners gold compost (1/8" at most), raked it flat and kept it nice and wet for two days and then we got the huge storm this week for 3 days straight.
today is day 6 post-seed and i've already got 2" grass through most of the area already. WILD how fast this stuff grows.... now, did i get lucky with severe rain in the end of june 2023, and will this grass survive when it gets hotter? sheeeee, i hope so. stoked how grass can make a big difference. either way, i hope i didnt screw myself buying ace hardware brand seed, but its taken REALLY well so far.
I always wait 4-5 days after seeding to apply any starter fert as the fert has no benefit until seed starts to germinate. In your case the all bluegrass mix that you did won't benefit from any fert until nearly 30 days from seeding.
Damn going all out on this project! Good luck on the results.
Yeah I couldn't walk for a couple of days lol thanks man!
Hey brother just did this back on August 12. Did you notice where the blankets over lapped a bit, that it took a bit longer to come through the blankets? Also, did you put more seed down after you saw a few areas looking patchy? If so did you put them on top of blankets?
Good work!!
That sign is absolutely hilarious. Lol.
Great video!!! Next time use a good drop spreader for the seed. 6000 sq feet would have taken no time at all to put down. The wind is almost never a factor…. Also, you could have used your dethatcher/power-rake to rake in the seed. Great job though!!!
I wanted to pick one up so bad. I just couldn't justify buying another spreader for a one time use. I almost pulled the trigger on one that day though. Thanks for the advice man!
Great video 👍🏻
Those Futerra blankets are so hard to find in my area
Great video. How much peat moss did you use on the cover phase. My yard is about 1400 sq ft.
Hey man this was part 2. Just saw your other comment. I only used peat moss on a very small portion of my lawn. 1/4 of an inch of peat moss covered is plenty. You could probably get away with an 1/8th. Idk how many bags you'd need for that though. Just to be truthful
We have a new home and had landscaping/lawn put in.. I’m watering with timer sprinklers 3x a day for 3 min each time. Looking to continue to get this lawn looking great. I know it will probably take a full year to establish a lawn.. hot weather coming.. any advise to not go backwards from progress we’ve made? Thank you
Are you still happy with the mats? I’ve not considered these as I find peat moss easy and mostly effective.
It's a double edge sword. I've been missed by some big pop up storms. If they would've hit, I would've been super happy that I put down the blankets. Now I'm at the point where I have to figure out when to try taking them off and they're turning into a pain. It was just 100% insurance. Sometimes it's awesome to have, sometimes it's a waste of time and money. Just depends on what mother nature decides. I would've been fine without them so far
@@LAWNLIFE take them off? They are designed to stay in place are they not? Grass grows right through
@@wcbscout not all of the grass grows through. I'm also worried about fungus pressure for the seedlings caught underneath. Yes, they are designed to eventually dissolve, but if you can get them off after germination, that would be the best case scenario
Apparently, they no longer offer free shipping. I just ordered some and was charged $22.59 via UPS Ground.
Way to go!
Love the sign, where can I get one??
Thanks. I actually just made a custom one from a sign shop online 😂
I have a sun joe dethatcher, is that the same thing?
Dude. Friggin loved this. Loved the Mat idea. Have not seen that. Would be beautiful if a biodegradable mat charged with slow release starter fert existed. Degrading at 0.5x the rate of germination. Just take my money now. Great vid as always. And if you ever need an extra hand laying out a renovation, I'm there. Hand me a leveling rake and dibs on the second mow.
Bro you just blew my mind with the biodegradable blanket. Let's mix it with tenacity, starter fert, and a fungicide. Let me know when you're ready to start up the business. I'll partner with you!
Btw second mow is all yours! Where are you located?
@@LAWNLIFE I am pretty sure there are "seed" blankets out there in the market but they're mostly Big Box crap and not Homepro domination versions or specific to a lawn reno DIY. I suspect they're mostly Developer/Erosion control stuff. I am located in Atlanta. So my interest is warm season / bermuda grass but I like to follow what my cool season brothers are doing. Trying to learn what I can and am jealous of the stripes.
Man, this is a great channel!!!
I need to renovate my lawn having some QUACKGRASS that i can get rid off just by killing and start all over...
What month can i trow my seed down , i live in minnesota north from the citys?
Do you need to rake the seed in like that if you are going to top rest with Pete moss?
I would. Gives it much better seed to soil contact
is it worth overseeding with a Elite Cultivar Grass Seed if you don't already have a Elite Grass Seed lawn? or would dethatching and aerating in the late summer/fall be enough to eventually takeover the grass?
Is it ok to seed a lawn in fall? I live on the east coast.
I just put down some of your blackout seed, i was excited till 70% of my lawn sprouted puncture vine, i know it didnt come from the seed but do you know of a way to get this undercontrol?
Email me please jesse@thelawnlife.com
In the Twin Cities, should I start overseeing my lawn now then put down the fall weed & feed in mid September?
(I won't go to all the trouble you did despite how terrible my lawn looks after our extreme drought.) If it weren't for crab grass my lawn wouldn't have any green. Now I hear we may be shut off entirely from any city water for lawns.
What type of grasss do you plan on overseeding with? I would say go with perrenial rye grass if you want fast results. At this point I wouldn't worry about the weed and feed if you don't have much for grass. The pre-emergent in the fall is only going to stop Poa and it sounds like that is the least of your worries at this point.
Even with a watering ban you can get a watering permit if you're putting down new seed. Look into that.
Thanks for the tips! How do you think tenacity and the Scott’s with the mso in a overseed?
Should work great! Thanks for watching!
Nice vid! I would also like to sow the dark everest seed, but I fear the Poa Annua!!! ...and that it could become very spotty as a result. What are you doing against the Poa Annua problem? Greetings from Berlin (Germany)
I'm not too worried about the spottiness of the new lawn coming in. KBG will fill in itself in a lot of areas if you feed it and you can plug or reseed any bare spots. As for Poa, I'm deathly afraid of it. I had zero poa issues in the lawn I killed and that's the only thing I'm afraid of at this point. I'm going to be putting down a pre-emergent around 45 to 60 days after germination and hope that it holds any at bay if I get any. Fingers crossed! Thanks for watching!
What's the latest verdict on all those rocks you had in the soil? Is it going to be a problem?
Won't know until I start mowing with the Greens Mower. Fingers crossed at this point. The rocks are all still there.
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Most places I've looked are calling for 2lb/1000 sq ft seeding rate for KBG. Is that for overseeding? Seems a little low but I've never used KBG so maybe that's right.
Full rate for a renovation is usually 2-3 lbs per 1000. The seeds are much smaller than other grass seed
I bringing about 15 yards of soil to fix the grade and foundation level and level lawn in my backyard I have the next starter pack of fertilizer (rgs, air8, humidity 12, micro green) should be able to get a soil test back but it won't contain the new soil in it still worth doing test ? on that note this seem like a good starter pack to put down after I put down the tenacity ?
I wouldn't do the soil test if it doesn't include the new topsoil. That's where the seed will be germinating at. Honestly I would just use starter fert for the fertilizer. A lot of the stuff that you would be using with the starter pack will just be wasted because nothing in the soil will be able to use it for awhile.
You chose not to core aerate. Curious as to why.
I didn't want to bring up old weed seeds. I never really had any compaction issues in my lawn either. It would've been an extra step that I felt like I could live without. Especially with how much topsoil I brought in
looks like you forgot to put actual topsoil or new soil on your yard. it looks basically like a dry desert. How did it turn out? where is follow up video?
You mentioned free shipping at. 3:03 but showed a shipping fee at 3:24. What gives?
Those were other websites around the internet and their prices. I showed twin city seeds prices with free shipping first.
Should of used a slicer seeder
But I love blowing my seed wherever I want
meanwhile i put down about 21lbs of KBG in about 1500 SqFT cuz "throw-er-down" :P
Oh my....
Where can I buy that sign?
I just ordered a custom one off smartsign.com Maybe I should start selling them 😂
Do you know a shop that ships to Germany?
I do not. I can ask Twin City Seed what their price would be to ship there. It's probably going to be expensive though.
@@LAWNLIFE Thank you. It would be nice if you asked about it
Ok where did you get that sign ? Lol
Custom ordered from smartsign.com Had to try to make people laugh as they walked by and see this disaster for months lol
Good thing you don’t live in HOA area they will not like that you killed your lawn and I have heard they have say what type of grass seed you use
I'd never live in a HOA because of this lol