I have planted several yards. And for the most part I've gotten away quite well without ever turning on a sprinkler. So yes you can get away without watering if you plant your seed the right time of year
Hey Pete, bought some of your seed and planted it last Wednesday. Got about a inch and a half of easy rain Friday-Monday. Tuesday morning in Northwest Ohio I have grass seed coming up after 6 days! Gonna go over it at quarter rate just to make sure nothing got washed away. Awesome seed and service from GCI. Thanks again Pete!
I did something similar to this in my front yard but I laid down Grass Seed Accelerator by Greenview and it helped out tremendously I only had to water about once or twice a day in my area.
Pete, I’d rather watch your content than anything else. I love that you are knowledgeable, yet humble. I love that you are a vocal Christian. You almost make me wanna kill off my Bermuda and plant Fescue. Please keep publishing great content! I’ll definitely keep watching!!!
Thanks for the video Pete. I just done my lawn renovation with Hybrid Kentucky bluegrass here in NE Tennessee. I'm trying something new and hoping for the best.
I'm staying in step with you as my pure KBG went down yesterday and the watering has begun. I'll be interested to see how mine germinates up here in Michigan compared to your's but I realize there are countless differences and factors that will effect it.
I am here in NE GA near the SC line. The builder of our home laid the yard 1/3 sod, 2/3 seed. I water by hand 3-4x a day, takes about 1.5hrs each watering. Dirt is bone dry before each watering. I have a traveling sprinkler coming. Maybe that will help as I can water more often.
This has been really good series of videos mr Pete thanks keep up the good work I'm saving my money now and going to get that sprayer and nosel and all the rgs air8 and everything to start program next spring thanks again
Love this video, excited about your KBG, and your watering demonstration was perhaps the best I've seen, like to see you continue videoing that change and let us know when you found it drying out and if ur still going 20 minutes 3x day and so fourth... very helpful thank you!
I was reading reviews last night on the Tractor Supply Co Ultra Premium Fescue seed I bought and lots of people complained about it not coming up. Some of the complainers showed pictures of the results. The land was as parched, cracked and dry as Moses old bones with nothing but crabgrass everywhere. I couldn't help but laugh. Right now I'm stopped dead in the middle of progress thanks to Hurricane Gordon. Started raining Friday night here in SE Indiana and hasn't stopped yet. My whole yard is under water. Looks like Ryan Knorr sent me his storm. Lol.
Pete, great video and great series of videos too! However, I hope you are not done yet and that you will show the progess and success of the germination of this test plot of KBG. I also hope that the hurricane headed your way will not wash out all your efforts here and on all the other projects that you are working on. Stay safe in those impending storms, Pete. Pete, I am considering buying some of your TTTF grass seed from you. I am wondering, though, what is the shelf life of your grass seed? If I do not use all of the seed that I buy, how long will that seed still be good for if I were to try to plant it later on? Thanks again for a great video series, Pete, and much success with this test plot.
Can't wait to lay some seed, I got Johnathan Greene Black Beauty tall fescue blend. In hindsight I should have saved up enough to rent the rototiller BEFORE buying topsoil, milorganite, lime and Scott's pre-emergent top soil and seed. A little backwards I suppose but September isn't a bad time to start a cool season lawn right?
One of the largest factors I see you talking about is the Micro Climate. Yards on opposite sides of the street can be different in my area because of sun exposure and at what times of the day. Something for folks to think about when planting a variety that they’d love to have. I have Bermuda and a guy across the street from me has fescue bc he gets the afternoon shade from a large tree on my side of the street. #getyourmicroclimateright
Thanks Pete! I renovated my lawn and seeded fescue last week. It's coming up pretty good its maybe an inch tall in the tallest spots and barely poking through in spots. It's rained so much this weekend I've had some seeds wash down the street along with peat moss. The yard is soggy and its still raining. I'm not sure how much it will hurt. I may have to do an overseed when it dries out. Do you think the grass that's already growing will die with all of this rain?
Good stuff Pete. Looking forward to seeing if you can grow KBG well down there. Always had trouble up here on the Jersey Coast, but I think my sandy soil just can't hold water long enough for the shorter KBG roots.
Hope that grass seed is well in there cause its about to get washed away by next weekends Florence. 15-20" of rain for your area Pete. nw-NC Greensboro area
I would like go see that Bermuda soccer field off an update Pete. I have 1.7 acres and am getting a price on a well. I have only 3 small trees. What type of sprinkler would Pete use for a new irrigation system? I want as few as I can get but I want great coverage. I want to get my lawn right....Pete right!
Pete, I have a question. I renovated last Monday. Seed started to germinate in most areas. Now tropical storm Gordon is here all day and there are huge puddles in my renovated lawn. Should I just reseed those areas after the storm passes? I had covered with peatmoss originally. Do I rake lightly, seed and recover? HELP please
this is how I approach this. stop watering for now. let it dry out just a little. take a leaf rake and lightly rake over the yard to smooth out any bumpy areas. If you can visually see where seed is GONE then fix those areas. I would take the chance and wait a little to see what germinates. Once you see sprouts coming up you can then make the call to put down some more seed. Use garden weasel and work the new seed into the dirt. Start watering again right before you notice the ground starting to dry out
@@GCITurf Ok I will see how it looks after drying up. I have decent germination except where the major puddles are. I think a lighter rain early last week might have moved some seed. Is it ok to walk on the newly germinated seeds?
Hey Pete thanks for all the great videos! Just purchased your grass seed and I plugged and over seeded with it. While I was plugging I realized I have a bit of fungus growing. I put down a fungicide about a month ago. Can I apply a fungicide right after over seeding. It would be just a Scott’s disease ex. Thanks again!
so whatr did you find out? As no persons: he, she, shim, schee, they, them ; replied. Just asking, you may have information for all of us, in the community of Lawn Care.
Help! I have been watering my seed for 30 minutes a day. It was fresh tiled, not the best soil so I have to keep it wet at all times NOW I HAVE MOLES MAKING LANDMINES EVERYWHERE!
Well here is the issue. I want a great lawn, can't afford irrigation and me and my old lady both work at 5am to 2pm. How can we water 3 times a day. No time in the morning and only have after 2pm to keep on it.
Thanks Pete! I put down $300 of seed on my yard (Lake Gaston, NC) yesterday and last night we had a huge downpour and I think it all washed away. Oh well.
That's awful. Most important is that you may be hit by a hurricane later this week so batten down the hatches, hunker down and stay safe. There's always plenty of time to start over later. Be well.
I purchased four Melnor rotary sprinklers three years ago from Home Depot and haven't had a problem but I'd noticed that a lot of the products in the boxes were pretty beaten up so I inspected them very carefully before I brought them to the register. I even blew into them to see if they moved. They were only $10.00 a piece and I have two on each zone.
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Shit the human body is built for survival it can sense moisture really well. I use my lips to sense moister in my firewood. I believe they can sense like 0.5% difference in moister.
Pete last couple videos audio hasn’t been as loud I am almost deaf so kinda stinks I watch you cause audio is usually really good not sure if your doing something different Thanks in advance
HOW COME I DONT SEE NOT ONE SINGLE BIRD?!?!? DID YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF SACRIFICE TO THE DEVIL OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE EVERY BIRD IN THE WORLD RIPPED MY FRESHLY SEEDED YARD TO BITS!!!!!😢
I look forward to seeing the grass babies. Good work Pete
This was the exact instruction I was looking for as a newbie with a dirt lawn!!!! Thank you sir!
Thanks Pete. I had my wife and mom watch this with me so they would understand why I am watering so much!!
I have planted several yards. And for the most part I've gotten away quite well without ever turning on a sprinkler. So yes you can get away without watering if you plant your seed the right time of year
Hey Pete, bought some of your seed and planted it last Wednesday. Got about a inch and a half of easy rain Friday-Monday. Tuesday morning in Northwest Ohio I have grass seed coming up after 6 days! Gonna go over it at quarter rate just to make sure nothing got washed away. Awesome seed and service from GCI. Thanks again Pete!
Thank you for all you do Pete. It's greatly appreciated.
I did something similar to this in my front yard but I laid down Grass Seed Accelerator by Greenview and it helped out tremendously I only had to water about once or twice a day in my area.
Pete, I’d rather watch your content than anything else. I love that you are knowledgeable, yet humble. I love that you are a vocal Christian. You almost make me wanna kill off my Bermuda and plant Fescue. Please keep publishing great content! I’ll definitely keep watching!!!
Thank you sir. Praise the Lord!
Hi Pete is a great video I wish I was your next-door neighbor that way I can see the grass grow can wait to see the next step
Keeping you guys in my prayers with the looming threat of a hurricane.
Thanks for the video Pete. I just done my lawn renovation with Hybrid Kentucky bluegrass here in NE Tennessee. I'm trying something new and hoping for the best.
That's a nice sprinkler! I wish I had that good water pressure at my house!
I'm staying in step with you as my pure KBG went down yesterday and the watering has begun. I'll be interested to see how mine germinates up here in Michigan compared to your's but I realize there are countless differences and factors that will effect it.
I will call you in the morning and say "this grass is not growing yet" ....love that customer.
I am here in NE GA near the SC line. The builder of our home laid the yard 1/3 sod, 2/3 seed. I water by hand 3-4x a day, takes about 1.5hrs each watering. Dirt is bone dry before each watering. I have a traveling sprinkler coming. Maybe that will help as I can water more often.
Be safe over the hurricane brother pete. Hopefully your family and friends make it thru fine. And also, your grass.
This has been really good series of videos mr Pete thanks keep up the good work I'm saving my money now and going to get that sprayer and nosel and all the rgs air8 and everything to start program next spring thanks again
I bought your gfi turf grass seed and it germinated in four days but the rain I got also helped a lot and my soil retains water well.
mickee06 I overseeded yesterday with gci seed and it’s been raining since so i suspect quick germination as well.
@@S_Kane I also put starter furt, lime and peat moss.
Good Lecture!
What sprinkler were you using? Thanks
Great video. Excellent tips on how to water seed!
Hey Pete be careful prayers for You and Your family safe from the hurricane Florence
Thank you sir. It’s gonna be a tough one for sure
Very informative video! My new GCI Turf is looking awesome! Thank you!
hi Pete I know North Carolina is a big state I hope you’re not near in the path of the hurricane God bless you
Love this video, excited about your KBG, and your watering demonstration was perhaps the best I've seen, like to see you continue videoing that change and let us know when you found it drying out and if ur still going 20 minutes 3x day and so fourth... very helpful thank you!
Great video. Best of luck with Florence. Not sure if there’s a way to protect the seed, but hopefully you won’t get hit too hard where you are.
I was reading reviews last night on the Tractor Supply Co Ultra Premium Fescue seed I bought and lots of people complained about it not coming up. Some of the complainers showed pictures of the results. The land was as parched, cracked and dry as Moses old bones with nothing but crabgrass everywhere. I couldn't help but laugh.
Right now I'm stopped dead in the middle of progress thanks to Hurricane Gordon. Started raining Friday night here in SE Indiana and hasn't stopped yet. My whole yard is under water.
Looks like Ryan Knorr sent me his storm. Lol.
Thank you, Pete.
Pete, great video and great series of videos too! However, I hope you are not done yet and that you will show the progess and success of the germination of this test plot of KBG. I also hope that the hurricane headed your way will not wash out all your efforts here and on all the other projects that you are working on. Stay safe in those impending storms, Pete.
Pete, I am considering buying some of your TTTF grass seed from you. I am wondering, though, what is the shelf life of your grass seed? If I do not use all of the seed that I buy, how long will that seed still be good for if I were to try to plant it later on?
Thanks again for a great video series, Pete, and much success with this test plot.
about 2 years Mr. Ben if you keep it cool and dry
Be safe in the storm Pete👍
Can't wait to lay some seed, I got Johnathan Greene Black Beauty tall fescue blend. In hindsight I should have saved up enough to rent the rototiller BEFORE buying topsoil, milorganite, lime and Scott's pre-emergent top soil and seed. A little backwards I suppose but September isn't a bad time to start a cool season lawn right?
Morse Code Reviews it’s a great time
One of the largest factors I see you talking about is the Micro Climate. Yards on opposite sides of the street can be different in my area because of sun exposure and at what times of the day. Something for folks to think about when planting a variety that they’d love to have. I have Bermuda and a guy across the street from me has fescue bc he gets the afternoon shade from a large tree on my side of the street. #getyourmicroclimateright
True this. Very true
Thanks Pete! I renovated my lawn and seeded fescue last week. It's coming up pretty good its maybe an inch tall in the tallest spots and barely poking through in spots. It's rained so much this weekend I've had some seeds wash down the street along with peat moss. The yard is soggy and its still raining. I'm not sure how much it will hurt. I may have to do an overseed when it dries out. Do you think the grass that's already growing will die with all of this rain?
ceh1467 shouldn’t
Good stuff Pete. Looking forward to seeing if you can grow KBG well down there. Always had trouble up here on the Jersey Coast, but I think my sandy soil just can't hold water long enough for the shorter KBG roots.
Hope that grass seed is well in there cause its about to get washed away by next weekends Florence. 15-20" of rain for your area Pete. nw-NC Greensboro area
True this
Nice video Pete. May I share this with my clients for watering instructions?
Cool video and very informative as usual. Thanks Pete ... 👍
Another excellent video, Pete :)
I would like go see that Bermuda soccer field off an update Pete. I have 1.7 acres and am getting a price on a well. I have only 3 small trees. What type of sprinkler would Pete use for a new irrigation system? I want as few as I can get but I want great coverage. I want to get my lawn right....Pete right!
above ground or below ground irrigation???
stop being cheap; BUY what is required... "Build it they will come". Huge success, do it correctly
Fantastic info Pete. Thanks for sharing!
Pete, I have a question. I renovated last Monday. Seed started to germinate in most areas. Now tropical storm Gordon is here all day and there are huge puddles in my renovated lawn. Should I just reseed those areas after the storm passes? I had covered with peatmoss originally. Do I rake lightly, seed and recover? HELP please
this is how I approach this. stop watering for now. let it dry out just a little. take a leaf rake and lightly rake over the yard to smooth out any bumpy areas. If you can visually see where seed is GONE then fix those areas. I would take the chance and wait a little to see what germinates. Once you see sprouts coming up you can then make the call to put down some more seed. Use garden weasel and work the new seed into the dirt. Start watering again right before you notice the ground starting to dry out
@@GCITurf Ok I will see how it looks after drying up. I have decent germination except where the major puddles are. I think a lighter rain early last week might have moved some seed. Is it ok to walk on the newly germinated seeds?
as little as possible
Sometime you should do a video series on a Baseball Field project. “How to get Major League Turf”
Hey Pete thanks for all the great videos! Just purchased your grass seed and I plugged and over seeded with it. While I was plugging I realized I have a bit of fungus growing. I put down a fungicide about a month ago. Can I apply a fungicide right after over seeding. It would be just a Scott’s disease ex. Thanks again!
Check out the lawn forum. There is an excellent fungicide guide on it. I had a similar problem and put it down.
Vader should be fine to apply
Thank you!!
Thanks
Pete - in previous video you broadcast peat moss over your seed on your test plot - would this also help w over seeding tall fescue after aerating ?
Yes
Pete for the win! Awesome info
Hi everyone, how long does it take the seed to dry up on a hot sunny day (100°F) ?
so whatr did you find out? As no persons: he, she, shim, schee, they, them ; replied. Just asking, you may have information for all of us, in the community of Lawn Care.
Thanks Pete. Did I miss you using any Bio Stimulates or none used. Sorry. Found it.
Pretty darn cool!!!!👊
Do they make a product that makes grass seed stick to the ground
chris kozub I think it’s called tackifier or something like that
What happens if you get a heavy downpour on top of that and u get pooling and seed floats???
I use a rake and spread it back out
GCI Turf Services thanks for response
Do you not cover the dirt with straw after seeding and fertilizing?
Do you see any straw?
Pete used some peat...
nope sure dont asshole! thats why i asked!!
Straw often times introduces weeds into your lawn.
Help! I have been watering my seed for 30 minutes a day. It was fresh tiled, not the best soil so I have to keep it wet at all times NOW I HAVE MOLES MAKING LANDMINES EVERYWHERE!
Well here is the issue. I want a great lawn, can't afford irrigation and me and my old lady both work at 5am to 2pm. How can we water 3 times a day. No time in the morning and only have after 2pm to keep on it.
Thanks Pete! I put down $300 of seed on my yard (Lake Gaston, NC) yesterday and last night we had a huge downpour and I think it all washed away. Oh well.
Jay Firebaugh this stinks for sure. Did you use a slit seeder??
Just aerated very well w/ core aerator.
That's awful. Most important is that you may be hit by a hurricane later this week so batten down the hatches, hunker down and stay safe. There's always plenty of time to start over later. Be well.
if you have a decent stand of turf already my guess is you will be fine. You may have to do some spot seeding once all the rain is gone
I was going to purchase a fertilizer but the shipping to Texas is more than the cost of the fertilizer 😢
drive over there then, buy it drive back. Lmao!
I need that sprinkler!! Holy crap
Justin MacFarland look in the description
GCI Turf Services thanks, i found it, thanks Pete! I’m sick of the junk sprinklers they sell at Depot and Lowe’s. This will up my irrigation game!!
You can get a really good sprikler of ebay (shipped from china) for 19.99. Its black and green and fits a 1" thread.
I purchased four Melnor rotary sprinklers three years ago from Home Depot and haven't had a problem but I'd noticed that a lot of the products in the boxes were pretty beaten up so I inspected them very carefully before I brought them to the register. I even blew into them to see if they moved. They were only $10.00 a piece and I have two on each zone.
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You're the best Pete
Hope Florence doesn’t wash away all your hard work
hey!
Hey!
I wasted $50 not following these directions last year. This year I have a lush green lawn.
Shit the human body is built for survival it can sense moisture really well. I use my lips to sense moister in my firewood. I believe they can sense like 0.5% difference in moister.
You take tree hugger to the next level.
Lol!
Your going to get some water in a few days,I hope it doesn't destroy all your work.
Pete you better nail down all them seeds because they're saying you are going to get 3 feet of rain in your area. Be careful.
Yes sir. Hope it’s not that bad
Pete last couple videos audio hasn’t been as loud
I am almost deaf so kinda stinks I watch you cause audio is usually really good not sure if your doing something different
Thanks in advance
Southern Thrifters turn the captions on in your RUclips settings
I’m working on it
9 minutes 12 seconds to tell us to make sure you water after seeding.
You really need to turn your mic up bro. WHY TO LOW
Perk your ears up, LMAO!
HOW COME I DONT SEE NOT ONE SINGLE BIRD?!?!? DID YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF SACRIFICE TO THE DEVIL OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE EVERY BIRD IN THE WORLD RIPPED MY FRESHLY SEEDED YARD TO BITS!!!!!😢
“Don’t gage time for that” and that’s when I stopped watching. Why would I take advised from someone who doesn’t put time into showing detail stuff