Neighbor here, 16:40, and yes, we are enjoying that our grass is looking better than yours at the moment 😂👍🏻 Thanks for all of the tips, trix,support and lending of equipment for shaping up our lawn.
Dang Sam! Good luck keeping your kids of the lawn during germination. I hope you get faster germination than I have. It has taken a month or two to get my new grass area sort of thickened up enough where I can mow and walk around on it without too much worry. I look forward to seing your progress!
Hey Peter, it was actually very hard to find, I finally found a supplier on US Amazon that had reasonable shipping rates, so I ordered it there. The ones we have available in Sweden are soooo expensive for some reason, don't understand why actually.
Man you're even doing the accelerated lawn kill. I've been giving my hill 2-3 weeks between apps of glufosinate...then again I need temps up regularly in the 80s to have any chance at getting my buffalograss to take so i dont feel rushed yet. Good luck with your seeding!
Hi Sam. Looking forward to sharing your journey on this one. It will be worth all the hard work. What was that clear liquid you added to the Roundup?. Have fun. 👍☔
Hey Ray, hopefully it will be mate, IF I can regrow everything again :D I added a surfactant, to make the roundup stay on the leaves, not sure if it makes a difference to be honest, but it feels better that you tried everything to make it more efficient.
Sam, good luck! I am tuned in and ready to see how you will manage weeds while seedlings germinate. In Canada here and I have always been afraid to seed a whole lawn, always airing on the side of caution with sod due to the same chemical control you have.
Hey Matthew, thanks man, let's hope it turns out good, I am a bit worried about weed pressure but so far I haven't found that much. I had some poa surviving two apps of roundup for some reason, that's the only thing I can see for now. But man that poa, If I had some wishes, I mean world peace... suuuure, but the death of all poa in the world would be very close to the top on that list haha
Thanks for your content. As a homeowner myself, I like the non expert approach. Weather wise I will be doing this in Sept. how long did it take to scarify and bag up the debris. Myself, I was think of using the power rake, then the scarifier.
Hey Seth, thanks a lot mate. It took me at least an hour, such boring work :D If you are scarifying then I wouldn't bother with power raking before that, when scarifying you are basically doing the same thing but going deeper into the soil and getting to that thatch layer.
I just started using pelargonic acid yesterday. It seems to work well with weeds and has less environmental and human health dangers than glyphosate. Supposedly 🤔 It's been used in France for a long time - it's not a systemic herbicide like glyphosate so probably won't kill roots.
Hey man, oh you also just used it! It does the job, even if it's not as effective as glyfosate, it works good enough for me to be a bit more friendly to the environment
Another great video Sam. I would have thought you might use the rotary lawn mower on the lowest setting to get right down to soil level. (Just a thought) I’m also thinking of killing my lawn off, I’ve got soooo much poa in it this year, it’s driving me crazy digging it out each few days when I spot some more... Keep up the great work man 👍
Hey Steve, yeah that would have been a great way to scalp it and make it more suitable for the seeds and soil, only problem is that I don't even own a rotary mower :D Hopefully it will still work, since it is a low spot, I just assumed the soil will cover it all anyways. That poa, it drives me crazy too, not much you can do about it, but as you say, if it has taken over the entire lawn then maybe a total reno is needed. You can always do it in sections and not take everything at once like I am doing. Thanks for watching mate, appreciate it
Hey Peter, sorry for the late response, just got back from Greece. We call it Vätmedel. Hope you can find it easier in Denmark than in Sweden, it's really hard to find surfactants that are "cheap" and available for the consumer market.
@@SamsLawn thanks man. In Denmark I think we call it "Afspændingsmiddel", which basically are what you fill in dish washers to make sure the water runs off. I can see that some are experiencing with using that for the lawn.
@@petermuhligchristensen6588 Adam from Denmark here. I have been looking for a cheap wetting agent as well. It looks like Herbinass could be a viable alternative (non-ionic surfactant/alcohol ethoxylates) to the very expensive wetting agents that are used by the professionals. It even claims that it's biodegradable. As I understand it the professional products both help with penetration and moisture retention whereas the cheap ones only help with penetration. But I'm an amateur "grasshopper" so I'm willing to be corrected on this.
Dang Sam! Good luck trying to keep your kids of the lawn during germination! I hope things are better for you than me. My little newly seeded area has taken about 2 months to grow in to a point where I am comfortable walking and mowing it. Have some wine ready for frustrated wife in july when you are still trying to walk the edge of the lawn to get to the jacuzzi ;)
Haha thanks dude! Already had them walking on the lawn and getting the evil eye from me 😅 Let's see where this will end up. Fortunately enough my wife has adapted to my many quirks and hobbies after 18 years 😅 What grass type did you plant?
@@SamsLawn I just planted a small 20 sq.m. patch behind the house with Granngårdens Villafröjd. The rest of the lawn is a mess of clovers and weeds, with occasional grass. Also, we live on a rocky patch of land, so very undulating and lots of bedrock, so we keep a big area completely wild for the bugs to enjoy. I asked my wife if I wanted to buy more garden stuff for the summer, and I guess I dont want it .. So I will contain myself and perhaps try for a big overseeding this fall.
@@KristianHerner Understand the challenge, but I have to tell you, those kinds of undulating landscapes with some bedrock look the coolest if you can get a really nice lawn around it. I would 100% much rather have that than a perfectly flat lawn. Take it in patches and fix one area every season :)
Hei Masse inspirasjon å hente fra siden din☺️ går og tenker på en full renovasjon av plenen min og. Har et kanskje dumt frågor, men den farge balandingen du bruker, kunne en like så godt brukt «konditorfarge» eller karamellfärg som dere sier i Sverige?😅
Tjena, va kul att du hittat till min kanal och att du hittar inspiration, gör mig väldigt glad att höra! Ingen dum fråga alls! Det går jättebra att använda färg som man vanligtvis använder för bakning tex. Enda du ska tänka på är att sån färg innehåller ganska lite "färg" så du kan behöva använda en del för att få effekt, men absolut går det bra, du kan använda vattenlösning målarfärg också som barn använder, funkar också! Håll mig uppdaterad kring dina planer, vore kul att följa hur det blir med din renovering, om du nu bestämmer att göra den, och har du frågor så är du alltid välkommen att fråga mig, jag hjälper gärna till om jag kan! :)
@@SamsLawn I could no longer find the pills I used but in your country I might look for pond or fountain dye, or colours made for the water industry where they add a strong but safe dye to water, to find leaks. I saw advertising for packets of powder that were also protected in a foil envelope. Also tablets of water dye in a variety of colours! You cöuld have $am's special blend...!
Hi Sam. Serbia : Sweden 1- 0 Sorry. Joke :-) Thank you for every good video, I watch them all. Your lawn look amazing. I mean not now ;-). Only thing I need to suggest you, is to do the edges arond the stone and grass around the house. All the best from Serbia.
Hahaha you just had to rub it in Marko!!! We already didn't qualify for the world cup, cut us some slack dude! :) Thanks mate, appreciate it. I am actually struggling with the edges, can't decide what I want to do, but I have some suggestions, we will see if I get to it this season, then you can say which one you like the best :)
After you killed the grass, you should've mowed the dead lawn at the lowest setting with a bagger. Then dethatch / power rake the rest of the dead debris, then scarify the lawn. Two passed would've been like butter and cleaner.
Hey Scott, probably would have been a good way to do it, but with the spring we had and everything being pushed closer to summer AND the grass refusing to die haha, I just wanted to get it done. Turned out ok though :)
I can't find any information on geranium acid. When I search for it, i get a lot of results for pelargonic acid but none of the results say that they are the same thing. It's like as if geranium acid doesn't even exist.
Neighbor here, 16:40, and yes, we are enjoying that our grass is looking better than yours at the moment 😂👍🏻
Thanks for all of the tips, trix,support and lending of equipment for shaping up our lawn.
Hahaha enjoy 😂
AND the bushes are still alive 🥳🤙🏼
Sam, as I was watching this video I think it was the first time I was cheering for green grass to turn brown. Awesome video !!!!
haha thanks a lot Seth, first time for me too, thought we should be growing grass not killing it :)
Dang Sam! Good luck keeping your kids of the lawn during germination. I hope you get faster germination than I have. It has taken a month or two to get my new grass area sort of thickened up enough where I can mow and walk around on it without too much worry. I look forward to seing your progress!
All the best. Looking forward for the next step.
Hey Yasser, thanks a lot mate, hopefully the next step can bring back the lawn :D
Where did you get the color to mix with the glyphosate?
Hey Peter, it was actually very hard to find, I finally found a supplier on US Amazon that had reasonable shipping rates, so I ordered it there. The ones we have available in Sweden are soooo expensive for some reason, don't understand why actually.
Man you're even doing the accelerated lawn kill. I've been giving my hill 2-3 weeks between apps of glufosinate...then again I need temps up regularly in the 80s to have any chance at getting my buffalograss to take so i dont feel rushed yet. Good luck with your seeding!
haha yeah, summer heat is coming, really wanted to get going. We'll see if this was a mistake or not :D
let's see who gets to the finish line first ;)
Hi Sam. Looking forward to sharing your journey on this one. It will be worth all the hard work. What was that clear liquid you added to the Roundup?. Have fun. 👍☔
Hey Ray, hopefully it will be mate, IF I can regrow everything again :D
I added a surfactant, to make the roundup stay on the leaves, not sure if it makes a difference to be honest, but it feels better that you tried everything to make it more efficient.
Sam, good luck! I am tuned in and ready to see how you will manage weeds while seedlings germinate. In Canada here and I have always been afraid to seed a whole lawn, always airing on the side of caution with sod due to the same chemical control you have.
Hey Matthew, thanks man, let's hope it turns out good, I am a bit worried about weed pressure but so far I haven't found that much. I had some poa surviving two apps of roundup for some reason, that's the only thing I can see for now. But man that poa, If I had some wishes, I mean world peace... suuuure, but the death of all poa in the world would be very close to the top on that list haha
Thanks for your content. As a homeowner myself, I like the non expert approach. Weather wise I will be doing this in Sept. how long did it take to scarify and bag up the debris. Myself, I was think of using the power rake, then the scarifier.
Hey Seth, thanks a lot mate. It took me at least an hour, such boring work :D
If you are scarifying then I wouldn't bother with power raking before that, when scarifying you are basically doing the same thing but going deeper into the soil and getting to that thatch layer.
@@SamsLawn . Thx. And that just saved me another hour. 😀
@@sethi100 Awesome man :D
I just started using pelargonic acid yesterday. It seems to work well with weeds and has less environmental and human health dangers than glyphosate. Supposedly 🤔
It's been used in France for a long time - it's not a systemic herbicide like glyphosate so probably won't kill roots.
Hey man, oh you also just used it! It does the job, even if it's not as effective as glyfosate, it works good enough for me to be a bit more friendly to the environment
@@SamsLawn yeah it seems to work well!
Another great video Sam. I would have thought you might use the rotary lawn mower on the lowest setting to get right down to soil level. (Just a thought) I’m also thinking of killing my lawn off, I’ve got soooo much poa in it this year, it’s driving me crazy digging it out each few days when I spot some more... Keep up the great work man 👍
Hey Steve, yeah that would have been a great way to scalp it and make it more suitable for the seeds and soil, only problem is that I don't even own a rotary mower :D
Hopefully it will still work, since it is a low spot, I just assumed the soil will cover it all anyways.
That poa, it drives me crazy too, not much you can do about it, but as you say, if it has taken over the entire lawn then maybe a total reno is needed. You can always do it in sections and not take everything at once like I am doing.
Thanks for watching mate, appreciate it
Hi man. What is suffactent called in Swedish? Im from Denmark and can't directly translate it?
Hey Peter, sorry for the late response, just got back from Greece. We call it Vätmedel. Hope you can find it easier in Denmark than in Sweden, it's really hard to find surfactants that are "cheap" and available for the consumer market.
@@SamsLawn thanks man. In Denmark I think we call it "Afspændingsmiddel", which basically are what you fill in dish washers to make sure the water runs off. I can see that some are experiencing with using that for the lawn.
@@petermuhligchristensen6588 Adam from Denmark here. I have been looking for a cheap wetting agent as well. It looks like Herbinass could be a viable alternative (non-ionic surfactant/alcohol ethoxylates) to the very expensive wetting agents that are used by the professionals. It even claims that it's biodegradable. As I understand it the professional products both help with penetration and moisture retention whereas the cheap ones only help with penetration. But I'm an amateur "grasshopper" so I'm willing to be corrected on this.
Dang Sam! Good luck trying to keep your kids of the lawn during germination! I hope things are better for you than me. My little newly seeded area has taken about 2 months to grow in to a point where I am comfortable walking and mowing it. Have some wine ready for frustrated wife in july when you are still trying to walk the edge of the lawn to get to the jacuzzi ;)
Haha thanks dude! Already had them walking on the lawn and getting the evil eye from me 😅
Let's see where this will end up. Fortunately enough my wife has adapted to my many quirks and hobbies after 18 years 😅
What grass type did you plant?
@@SamsLawn I just planted a small 20 sq.m. patch behind the house with Granngårdens Villafröjd. The rest of the lawn is a mess of clovers and weeds, with occasional grass. Also, we live on a rocky patch of land, so very undulating and lots of bedrock, so we keep a big area completely wild for the bugs to enjoy.
I asked my wife if I wanted to buy more garden stuff for the summer, and I guess I dont want it .. So I will contain myself and perhaps try for a big overseeding this fall.
@@KristianHerner Understand the challenge, but I have to tell you, those kinds of undulating landscapes with some bedrock look the coolest if you can get a really nice lawn around it. I would 100% much rather have that than a perfectly flat lawn. Take it in patches and fix one area every season :)
Hei
Masse inspirasjon å hente fra siden din☺️ går og tenker på en full renovasjon av plenen min og. Har et kanskje dumt frågor, men den farge balandingen du bruker, kunne en like så godt brukt «konditorfarge» eller karamellfärg som dere sier i Sverige?😅
Tjena, va kul att du hittat till min kanal och att du hittar inspiration, gör mig väldigt glad att höra! Ingen dum fråga alls! Det går jättebra att använda färg som man vanligtvis använder för bakning tex. Enda du ska tänka på är att sån färg innehåller ganska lite "färg" så du kan behöva använda en del för att få effekt, men absolut går det bra, du kan använda vattenlösning målarfärg också som barn använder, funkar också! Håll mig uppdaterad kring dina planer, vore kul att följa hur det blir med din renovering, om du nu bestämmer att göra den, och har du frågor så är du alltid välkommen att fråga mig, jag hjälper gärna till om jag kan! :)
Dye is available as a tablet, this would be light to ship and safe if the container ruptures.
Hey Wayne, did't know there was dye in tablet form, sounds much more convenient, where do you get those?
@@SamsLawn I could no longer find the pills I used but in your country I might look for pond or fountain dye, or colours made for the water industry where they add a strong but safe dye to water, to find leaks.
I saw advertising for packets of powder that were also protected in a foil envelope.
Also tablets of water dye in a variety of colours!
You cöuld have $am's special blend...!
@@wayneessar7489 haha THAT would have been something dude! Get your own bottle of Sam's special blend!
@@SamsLawn Or sell it on the blue market...!
Hi Sam. Serbia : Sweden 1- 0 Sorry. Joke :-) Thank you for every good video, I watch them all. Your lawn look amazing. I mean not now ;-). Only thing I need to suggest you, is to do the edges arond the stone and grass around the house. All the best from Serbia.
Hahaha you just had to rub it in Marko!!! We already didn't qualify for the world cup, cut us some slack dude! :)
Thanks mate, appreciate it. I am actually struggling with the edges, can't decide what I want to do, but I have some suggestions, we will see if I get to it this season, then you can say which one you like the best :)
After you killed the grass, you should've mowed the dead lawn at the lowest setting with a bagger. Then dethatch / power rake the rest of the dead debris, then scarify the lawn. Two passed would've been like butter and cleaner.
Hey Scott, probably would have been a good way to do it, but with the spring we had and everything being pushed closer to summer AND the grass refusing to die haha, I just wanted to get it done. Turned out ok though :)
I can't find any information on geranium acid. When I search for it, i get a lot of results for pelargonic acid but none of the results say that they are the same thing. It's like as if geranium acid doesn't even exist.
I tried to google and find a translation, but the Swedish word for it is actually pelargonic acid, maybe that is closer.
@@SamsLawn I see, so they must be the same thing. Pelargonic acid is showing up as a secondary ingredient in many herbicides in the USA these days.
Hello
Hello på dig själv :)
Glassbilen!
hahaha du hörde den? Jag undrade om någon skulle anmärka på det 😂
It must suck!
hahaha it REALLY did :D