9 Things REGULAR People DON'T Know About Grass
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After watching lawn videos on the youtubes for three years, I can safely say your content is by far the best for the average home owner looking to make their lawn look good, without going over board. Essentially, you've triaged the things to focus on that give you the best bang for the buck. Even when you present information you've shared many time before, I enjoy how you teach it in a new way. Thank you.
I apricate comments like these more than you realize! Thanks so much for your kind words Ryan; I'm always trying to be that guy for regular yard owners like myself
So glad to know that changing my focus this spring from pushing it hard with high nitrogen fertilizer. I went with Protene summer blend from GCI turf. Along with that I bought RGS and Humic12. Over the winter I put down Humichar as well. So transitioning to soil health. The yard looks great.! I get compliments all the time and for an old gimpy lady I’m very proud!
Lordy me...amazing my lawn is alive. This is an entire course on grass. Extremely interesting and daunting. Went out and took clippings to identify what type of grass came with the house. Not easy. I think it's fescue. Appreciate the info on mower setting and watering. It's summer in Paso Robles, Ca and thought more water is better, however finding my ignorance is expensive and extensive 😞 Will tell friend to cut it higher now that I realize that is important. Thanks a million. Loves your videos including the kids and critters.
Excellent point...Feed the soil vs. Fertilize the grass..
Great video. Well spoken and to the point. No unneccessary rambling.
I agree with most of what you said. I consider myself a semi pro for cool season lawn with many years of experience. You left out sharp blades, but not overly sharp. And you left out proper mulching with proper blades and keeping the deck clean after you mow.
Best course on grass I have ever seen. I used to have a landscape company in my old house where I had sod installed in the front yard. Best lawn I ever had. Now that I have a different house it needs different care. I am retired and like to be outdoors so lawn care is important to my health. This video is a keeper!
This really helps explain a few spots in my lawn that don't fill in until late May and die off in the winter. I had no idea it was an annual grass!
This can apply to pasture management as well. Great information
We rented a house in Washington and the landlord gave us instructions not to mow it at its lowest cut.. he told us to raise the latches on our mower to cut just the top and leave a 2 inch growth on grass. He says it creates its own watering system from the dew, and gives a healthy thickness of dark green grass for looks and feel ,he was right. Since then weve always cut the grass that way..
Spot on. I do the same in Ohio. It keeps the grass full and green, while preventing most weeds from coming through during the summer.
@@slippinslidewayz he was a stubborn grumpy old man.. but he impacted our lives on old traditions from his teaching and lessons
Thank you so much for posting this brief but very insightful video, I feel like you've made it precise enough even for novices that aren't really into the care aspect of their lawn. It's really inspirational. I have quick suggestion, break down how to deal with different seasons, showing the process for each. I love my lawn but I find my neighbours do affects me too, so the more we share this information, the better we grow the lawn loving community.
Very good video and well presented. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge.
I would be interested to hear your views about using the mulching attachment that I have with my mower.
Great video! Thanks for taking time to pull this video together.
All great info and to the point. Thanks. I do practice what you have shared and my lawn shows it.
Recently I bought some Love Your Soil. Happy to know I was on the right track.
Great video ! I'm in SC and use Lime every few months , cut high , let the weather water it , cut 3xs a week , mulch it most times , bag 1 time a month in July & August as it grows the most these 2 months and it avoids thatch.
Scott's once in the spring , and yes I'm a fanatic about cutting.
Sometimes every other day especially in the humid months of summer.
I mow probably 8 months of the year BUT because it's kinda all red clay, irrate ,plug it in the spring and fall. Or it won't spread the roots. Lime- spring, summer and fall.
I have the best one in my culdesac and they pay a guy😅 !
When I tell them it's just basically lime and cut often , Sharpe blade , change direction everytime...plug it spring/fall
You'll have a great lawn anywhere!
I'm a mega turf nerd for many years. Great video and info
You're on point with accuracy. Great video.
Sharp blades (razor sharp) sure help to clip and recut those leaflets to smaller pcs that ultimately ends up in a nicer looking, healthier lawns. Great video!
Very, very good. I thought I knew a lot about lawns until I watched this video. Thank you.
QUESTION - My house was built with pool dirt filling the lawn to get the right level. Since it was finished late in the season, no topsoil was added. So needs lots of fertilizer for the grass plus irrigation system helps. Thought about top dressing but I have half acre. would cost a fortune. Short of a full Reno, any thoughts on improving the soil??? In midwest. Started with KBG plus PRG. I am overseeding with 4th Millennium TTTF, but its predominately KBG. Would love advice on soil improvement
Thank You for the video very informative, I’m going to rototiller my backyard to plant grass seed here in southern Oregon what grass seed do you recommend?
Excellent video for starters. Agree 💯!
Thank you for a very helpful video. I will stop worrying about the lawn appearing yellow/brown in spots when I mow in the spring and fall. I like to keep it short in the spring because we have plenty of rain and rapid growth. I mow short in late fall for the same reason. We usually have enough rainfall in spring to not water at all. July-October might water once or twice a week, depending on rain. I figure mowing every four or five days saves $40.00 a month on gym membership.
This video would be more advantageous if TM would specify REGIONS-- Northern, Southwest, NW, etc., as each region has varying needs to maintain a good lawn (i.e. Cutting, Watering)
Very helpful. I’ve been following some of your videos and using a non motorized push reel lawnmower. It’s thick like carpet and green as well. The weeds are struggling to survive. I didn’t know that the thicker grass crowds out weeds.
Thank you for the good information
Have wondered for a couple of years how to spread top soil over the whole lawn. After leveling out an area once, it stayed very nice for about 3 years. Bought a drop spreader but never tried it.
Great video. A lot of information. Hard to imagine watering less is actually better. I water everyday out here in CA. I will definitely cut back.
Brother you are an amazing wealth of knowledge thank you for all the help please keep these awesome videos coming
always enjoy pat on the back comments like this; thank you and yes, I will keep them coming for a long time to come!
Great infoThank you
Moving my lawn mower setting to the highest stack, game changer!
Appreciate the video👍🏽
I live in Eastern PA. I have a Toro Timemaster for my .65 Acre. I do not want a rider at my age of 56. Anyway, I cut my lawn(mainly tall fescue and Perennial Ryegrass) at 3.75" to choke out weeds and to reduce wheel ruts. Yes, I alternate mowing direction each cut.
BTW, this video has great advice!
Food for thought, great topic
In Florida ...st.augustine has ti be watered a LOT!
Great information. Thank you!
Thank you sir. That was very helpful
This has been one of the best videos I found to give me some information I was looking for. I would really like to talk to you more about my grass type. I’m looking at changing my lawn up this year but I torn between a few different grasses. Please get back with me if you have time thank you.
So glad to hear comments like this. I can offer minor help in comments like this (I do it all the time) but for more substantial assistance I offer paid consults in 20 and 50 min increments. No pressure but the sign up is here: turfmechanic.com/book-a-call/
They sell annual blue grass seeds down here in Atlanta...at both the Home Depot & Lowes.. during the fall
Fish emulsion and liquid kelp are great to grow healthy roots and feed the soil. It may smell for a while but is a great benefit for the lawn.
I like to use morgnite but I was thinking of doing a spray on compost tea most granulated fertilizer use salts why im not sure I think its a binding agent.
I think a decompose matter adds what soils need and its going to make the microbs happy if you need nitrogen then clover but clovers been treated as a weed its actually very healthy for the lawn.
Plus as a ground cover there are some pretty types and flower colors.
Im in Charlotte,tall fescue,love it,got some creeping Charlie going on,tried some liquid herbicide,still em 2 weeks later,, maybe i should re spray some more?
I am starting a weed garden. It's low maintenance and wildflowers are free. Dandelions are nutritious. 😋
Very useful, thanks.
Amen to the deck height!
Great content as always. All good info.
Thanks a bunch for the feedback Lance! Ad thanks for your views as well! :)
What do you recommend for “feeding the soil”?
I love this delivery. And the nonsense idea.
Ok sounds great. But warm weather like St Augustine in Tampa Florida in many areas has a heavy clay base under minimal soil and the sand how do you fix it? Removal is not an option per HOA.
Learned a few things myself Brian thanks!
Never stop learning George! :D Always love seeing you stop by btw
Listen man ..I'm a regular person.i am in Florida ..I hate to say I didn't know this but you really explained it well.i hope you beat these I hesitate people....hit em hard scalped
I have a question about the soil amendments section. I agree that fertilizing alone is not the answer. But, can someone detail what it means to do "soil amendments" process. To me it means "ADDING" more soil, peat, or something which to me is stating adding more "HEIGHT" to a lawn. Which I have a current problem with the fact that my current yard feels like it's higher all the way aound the house. How do I ADD more stuff to the lawn yet prevent dirt from migrating up my house?
This is your best video to date, lots of good information. Bravo Zulu!
Dude, what a cool compliment. Here I was worried about the simple edit and how it would be received. Thanks Douglas!
I live in Canada what is a good product to use to get rid of clover???
I use humic acid... best, most effective thing I've done for a great lawn
Good stuff. Subscribed.
What would you recommend for the soil?
Excellent video
I have a question I hope you will answer.
How soon can you water liquid firt after putting it down? Thanks in advance.
Thx Brian
Great info! Appreciate the video. Sub'd.
As a bermuda guy... the only thing that applies is soil. But I can see where the average person will get good info.
I've never understood those who cut their lawns so short. It deprives habitat for so many beneficial insects. Tall native grasses all the way!
Great information. How do you amend your soil and how often do you recommend mowing your lawn? 😊
Studying this boss rn, so many people have been talking about touching it
Great info!!! Although I wonder if I missed how do you amend the soil when the grass is already growing . Just spread amendments on the top or do you need a special tool? Thank you!
Spreading amendments over the top works but doing it immediately following core aeration is best practice as more amendments get into the root zone right away. I also like to advise doing a little amendment more often then a lot of amendments infrequently, hope that makes sense
Thank you!
I am also thinking of reseeding with clover, since (I am in No CA zone 9a) and it stays green with less water. Do you recommend throwing the seed on top of the existing lawn but waiting till the rainy season? Obviously I am pretty new to this. :))
Wow, I knew seven out of the nine things. That's two more than last year! Great video, keep um coming. 😎
Alright; maybe I'll have to make a part two to this sometime and see how much weird stuff I can drum up off the top of my hand to stumps some of the diehards out there. :) Do you know the difference between an auricle and a collar? :D
@@TurfMechanic Nope.
@@canonwright8397 😃 nobody but botonists do...and I read up on it too so I guess that puts me in the minority 😆 one day I'll make a video on it, unfortunately topics that narrow will get minimal views but that's the game from my side of the curtain. 🤷♂️
@@TurfMechanic Well, I'm just glad that you share what you do know in a clear and understandable way. Thanks to you, Alen, that Lawncology guy, Lake house lawn care, and many others, for getting my lawn looking realy good. Thank you and may your lawn always be green and weed-free😁.
I've been a golf course superintendent for thirty years and I always noticed people and landscape people start out at the beginning of the season cutting the grass way to high starting out. Should cut it low as long as you can and as temps get hotter and as your grass starts to look a little brown after about 3 to 4 weeks raise your mower up one notch higher and keep doing that and your grass will stay beautifully green all summer and survive the hot summer as the grass is cut a little taller every few weeks. I mow my own yard every other day and it looks like thick green carpet and with very little watering. Just keep up with the preemergent and fertilizer.
You mow your yard every other day? Who has time for that? One a week is normal.
@@Redtopper02Who has time for that? A golf course superintendent, apparently.
I like your channel. Although my lawn is green and healthy, I have a problem on how high or short I should be cutting it during spring, summer, and fall. I have an inground irrigation system that I run on odd days. This was put in in 2018 and I am starting to see that I don't need it to run every other day. I end up mowing the lawn every three days, One issue I have is grass laying over on top of itself. It will kill the grass below it and my Greenworks Pro 80V battery operated lawn mower doesn't have enough power to lift the grass for an even cut. In some spots, I have to rake it up in order to get a better cut. Frustrating!
Set your mower at 3.5
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I've tried many settings and have my mower set at its highest. I'll drop it down one notch to see if it will lift the grass.
Great video. Especially the fertilizer part! I’ve had my mower set to 3.5” even though it goes to 4”. Just a bit better for me. I find that mowing taller as you say, sometimes the grass goes to seed itself, free over seeding. I have a customer who insists on watering every day at 7pm… which I’ve tried saying multiple times that it’s not good to water that often.
3.5" here also. Saves the lawn in the hottest days of summer. Also, regarding watering, 7pm isnt good. Allows for fungus growth. Best to water lawn early in the AM and have it finished by 8-9AM. I start mine at 3:30AM. Some may think that is too early but during summer, whatever is on surface by 10-11AM will be burned off.
When the grass goes to seed, those seeds aren’t fertile yet so you’re not getting free over seeding.
Good stuff!
love this channel
How would the carbon out gas if dug up? Is it not converted to a sugar or solid during photosynthesis?
A question I have that doesn't seem to get much attention is how much can a tree effect the lawn? I have a tree that is bigger than the lawn. My neighbors tree in the joined yard is bigger than the lawn. How much does this affect the soil? I've been using Humic and Kelp. The instructions on the fertilizer says "every 4-6 weeks". At 6 weeks the lawn looks like I'm not fertilizing at all. At 4 weeks it looks OK, but not really healthy, then I apply fertilizer and within 3-4 days it looks better, has a good week, has an OK week and then begins to decline until I repeat the cycle. I did a two week application and the lawn went nuts, it grew faster than it would in the hot summer and because there is urea and a shot of iron, it turned a beautiful green.
The lawn is very resistant to animal urine. The spots repair very quickly or aren't visible at all. Any damage to the lawn has it bouncing back quickly. I'm mowing every 2-3 days, to cut the tips off. I have KB, Perennial Rye and Fescue. Should I keep and advanced schedule for fertilizer despite the instructions? I figure we will see when the grass visibly fall off and try that schedule. I am probably looking at three weeks. I am applying the humic and kelp between. BTW I had two dry spots I tackled with baby shampoo and got them to go away. I haven't aerated in a few years.
Leave the clippings on your lawn. Mow it a LOT. In the fall get all your neighbors leaves and spread them over your lawn and chop them up. Healthy dirt is good. Tall grass is a mulch.
? 👍 Thank you!!! Learned alot. Where do I go to ask/find out what's the best grass for the area I live in. (lawn & garden& Building homes etc.supplys have NO IDEA WHAT specific PLANT,TREES,DIRT,COMPOST,
etc., they will use their cell phones or ask someone else.
The soil here is like cement!!
where do you live, city/state, I can give you a good start
@@TurfMechanicTY 😊 wadsworth,Ohio/Medina county
Oh man. Number 8. I was just about to take my deck down a notch because I'm getting seed heads a day or two after mowing. Now I don't know haha.
Okay just re-watched your video on seed heads and I feel better now haha. Gonna leave the deck where it is.
What is considered to low? I feel like the highest setting on my cub cadet rider (6) still cuts lower then the grass would like.
Good points. New sub
Dont know if you would agree with me on this but along with cutting grass twice a week if a mulching mower is used then the cut grass actually feeds the soil and no need to dispose of any cuttings,
Thanks! What’s your water bill down there compared to what it was in Oregon? Maybe I should ask this in the summer
ask during the summer, we've had a very mild winter and spring and so much rain that I haven't had to irrigate hardly at all. Also, a few weeks ago I found a somewhat major leak in our irrigation lines that I'm getting repairs on so hopefully that will keep the bill down a bit. For me I'm all about using as little water as possible so I'll keep everyone informed as irrigation season really takes off. For the record, In OR I was on a well so there was no water bill...but even still I used as little as possible due to the west coast drought.
We have a summer sprinkler program with the sewer department in Ohio. I still think they don't do the bill accurate or go up come fall.
How much compost I should put on my yard.
So have Augustine and have a ring maybe more like a band where it’s practically dead the crop circle will not go away
Any idea?
Tried a grub solution didn’t work…
Aaron Rodgers on lawn care!
And now on to cameras. Not everyone knows this, but most cameras have manual focus, which can be used to prevent focus 'breathing.'
Cameras also often have manual exposure to override the default metering which may not be ideal.
Good video
Will Kentucky blue grass grow in NE FL
what is the best way for enriching soil
Great video.
Thanks a lot Marco! This one I conceptualized, outlined, filmed, and edited all in about 4 hours! Sometimes simple is better appreciate you watching and commenting.
@@TurfMechanic Wow, all that only took you about four hours huh? That helps explain a lot
Well here's the thing about fertilizer. If you have a bare spot (and I've had a LOT of them), sure, there might be soil issues, and probably are. But if you can get grass to grow there using fertilizer, and the grass takes root, then the process has been started in that location. You can then amend the soil by mulch cutting the grass (grass clippings have a significant amount of nutrients). The average homeowner is not going to amend their soil *manually, by using some bag-of-stuff (edit). For that type of homeowner, the most important things are, as you have said, "mowing high", overseeding, overseeding, overseeding (did I mention overseeding?) because weed control is about crowding out weeds, and, if necessary, using fertilizer to get grass plants growing everywhere you want it. Edit: Also, don't kill weeds using herbicide. We don't know what that stuff does to us. Dandelions are your friend - they restore ph balance and aerate the soil.
How do you feed your dirt?
I've gotta say, I actually agree with most of what you said, especially about feeding the soil. When soil chemistry is balanced, nutrients become available to the plant. I used to aerate and seed lawns in the Fall and made all of my fert apps in Fall as well. In VA, cool season turf grows most of it's roots in Fall. I got away from Spring apps for a couple of reasons. Fertilizers all used P when I started out. Back in the '70s, I heard it at every pesticide recertification: P is one of the main reasons for algae in our waterways. Algae uses the oxygen in the water and eventually kills the fish. They kept telling us, if we kept using P in the Spring, they would regulate it. After 40 years, they did.
Another reason I don't fertilize in the Spring: weeds, broadleaf and grassy. Why fertilize Poa Annua? The best way to manage Poa is to not fertilize it.
Many people put down fertilizer with pre-emergent for grassy weeds or with a broadleaf weed killer. Herbicides prune roots. What do we need in the drought times? Roots.
Spring fertilizing causes excessive top growth. Excessive top growth causes what? Root pruning.
Grass already grows like crazy in the Spring! Besides, when you mow properly, the clippings contain nutrients that microbes break down for the plants to reuse. Microbes become more active in the summer. If I used anything in warm weather, it would be organic because it is low N and microbes break it down.
I know it works because that's how I did it, and it is environmentally friendlier.
Thank you for making a video I can be proud to share!
Guy is like a Sheppard you keep asking questions with that bobble head.
Exception; poa is an annual grass that becomes a perennial in irrigated turf.
I'd love to learn more about poa annua in locations that never get truly hot to see how long each plant would stay alive but I also know that once outside air temps get regularly up into the mid 80's the annua plants start dying off. Certainly irrigation comes into play but so far I don't know of any good literature stating poa annua can live multiple seasons without dying and reseeding.
If I mow my yard on the highest height setting, I'll get a letter in the mail from the city. How many inches do you suggest?
Most new mowers cut way too low.says 4" ...skins it down . Hard to find a good one anymore.
So, our lawn used to be fully green and thick, with no weeds. Now our lawn is overrun with weeds. Have sprayed weed killer and the weeds went away in some areas but grew in others.... Any suggestions? California, as high as 104° in the summer and as low as 29° in the winter. We also have a huge tree 🌳 in the middle of our lawn, it has grown over the years, and it drops seeds all over the lawn.
Do you run fescue or a warm season grass? If you run warm season grasses look into certainty herbicide, it'll slowly work on the weeds through the summer, cool season grasses like fescue you have to hit them hard when temps are low under 85 usually on the cooler days of the summer in the early morning. I've used Triad Select myself but Speedzone is another excellent option.
Just found out that I don't know nuthin'. Thanks!
It is a city thing. I PO my neighbors.
I hated mowing when I was a kid. Still do. I had other things to do. Cultivating, cleaning out the chicken coop, harvesting, etc.
Oh and I know how to make grass grow without Scotts, Home Depot and the City Enforcement Department and the self appointed HOAs.
Soo I cut the front down to 2 inches. I don't water. I don't Chemlawn. I don't bag. If it turns brown. It turn green when it rains. Meets regulations.
The back 5 inches. I also let the toughest grass win. That is where the dogs like it. In the back yard. Oh and those tall dark green spots in my lawn? IN the back yard.
I wonder how they got there. Well? I also don't pick up dog poop in the winter. I don't bag fall leaves. I just run over them until they get ground up.
I look out the windows and I have dozens of birds pecking around in both yards.
The Chemlawn and paper bag lawn. Across the street and birds? No birds.
I guess bird poop on the 19th putting Green is also no no.
But the just suck me. Water Department and Gas lines had to be replaced. Back hoed and water drilled to the other side of the street.
The next spring I let the new grass grown from the city seed grow until it went to seed. Yep the HOAs complained.
My response was farmers do not go to a university to learn farming. The go to a university to learn business and tax regulations.
Most likely they are farming land that has been used that way by the same family longer than there was a agriculture department in the university.
Farmers are not known for playing stupid games more than once. The last time a government played that? Moa's 4 Pest Great Leap Foward.
Be warned the US Government is experimenting with enforced farming methods.
But do not worry. Your lawn will be green.
Watering once a week, for how long? I’m in Utah high desert I do 45 min 2 times per week but we our the second driest state.
Depends on how much water your system delivers per hour. Check that with coffee cups or tuna cans then shoot for an inch per week all at once, inch and a half if you are running kbg most likely though. Also, depending on how thick your lawn is will affect how infrequently you can water as well as what irrigation patterns you have, how much wind you have, and what products you apply to the lawn. My most recent vid about watering better is here: czcams.com/video/oLXN8oQhYm0/video.html - I should point out in 100+ degree weather in Klamath Falls, OR he past two seasons I wasn't able to stick to once a week at peak summer, had to settle for every 4-5 days in the worst of our dry heat waves.
Thought this was a video on smokeable grass. Laaame
Ha! 🤣