Premium vs Inexpensive Grass Seeds | Weeds and First Mow
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Premium vs Inexpensive Grass Seeds | Weeds and First Mow
Scotts Kentucky Bluegrass Mix
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BRINLY 270-Pound Water Filled Lawn Roller
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Park Avenue Turf - Blue Rye Lawn Seed
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Dude ive been waiting for this video more then any other video on RUclips! I sowed some midnight a few day’s ago but I’m worried about this heat wave we got coming in Chicago:( fives days of 90+ temps.. where are you located and did it get that hot while you did this project?
I feel your pain :( I'm in IN and my grass looks so bad from this summer's abnormal heat.. and I had it looking so good over the spring. Just be sure to keep the seed moist and I'm sure it will pull through.
We have mild summer temps here but we did get temps in the 90’s on the third week, just like JC said as long as you keep those seeds moist you’ll be fine. Did you put down a layer of peat moss?
Kabayan? Kumusta ka na?
Ang galing mo talaga..
@johnas ayz lang 👍🏼
ShortCut Lawn yup put down the peat.. they just started popping up today and the heat wave starts in the morning:/
I think what you are going to find is that the KBG color will catch up to the Rye eventually and possibly surpass it. KBG is known to be slower to reach maturity. Weill be interesting to see as it progresses. (and I have no dog in this fight, I'm a St Aug man, these are just my thoughts) 😅👊
The Lawn Care Nut - “the short cut lawn” made a video yesterday showing freshly grown kbg and perennial rye. The prg was way darker then the super elite kbg’s but like you said, I’m extremely curious how the color will evolve over time
@LCN Lol 👊🏼😁 it’s true these kbg’s are still on its “neon” stage, It will darken eventually specially that Mazama, but we’ll see if it can surpass rye? I have a 2 year old elite kbg and rye in my back lawn and that darn rye is just way too dark, it looks like polka dots in some areas 😁
ShortCut Lawn lol I didn’t even realize I was commenting on the very same RUclips video I was talking about!
Where do you live ? What kinda temps are you seeing that the rye can handle? I’ve been mowing low and just detached my lawn in preparation for core aeration and a 3 way blend of Midnight, bluebank and bluenote all KGB seed. I like like the KBG Bec I hope it will get dark green and also bec of the rhizomes.
This is all I needed to make my decision. I'm doing my front yard with perennial rye grass. The color is just too pretty. Thanks for doing this series!
It’s too dark it’ll probably save you $ on iron app 😁👍🏼
What type of PRG did you decide to go with?
@@lukehibner8189 going with a mix of Ryan knorr and Ben sims grass types.
The mow and weed pulling had to be so satisfying to finally arrive!
Oh yeah 🤓
@@ShortCutLawn with the distinct lines of types, prepare for even more people to ask if it's fake. 👌🤗
Lets see another update!
We want an update 🙂👍🏻
That RYE is so dark green
It's so cool when you step on the board and you see the grass bounce back up
I know people worry about weed seeds in cheap grass seed, but can’t they come from literally anywhere? Bird droppings... top soil... cultivation of existing soil... the wind!
neighbors weedy grass that is right next to his lawn. all the same weeds he was picking
Yep, and the gardener's lawn mower. Gotta overseed to fill up the space with more grass, the thicker the lawn grass, the less weeds can get in
Yep. Even core aerating your lawn creates openings for weed seed that's dormant in the soil to pop up
Update! Update! Update!
That was a great experiment and the results were awesome. What kind of RYE/KBG mix did you use in the last plot, it had amazing color.
In his last video it shows that it is Park avenue seed, which he purchased from a local store. He mentions it is 95% perennial rye and 5% KBG
What he said 😎👆🏼
@@ShortCutLawn can't find this grass anywhere..HOME DEPOT was selling it but nothing available online.
@stevica may not be available in all states :(
Nice work Albert. I’ll be starting my year long seed projects in a month or so. In the search for a true drought tolerant mix for us transition zone folks. Keep up the good work my friend.
Nice, I’ll be tuning in 👍🏼
🌞Enjoyed watching even though I will never have KBG. Great video!🌞
Same here, I can only dream of having a bermuda lawn unless I relocate 😞
Did you used tenacity when you seed that lawn?
Yup just half of the test plot.
Nice!!! I saw you bring out the rotary and was like seriously why not the reel and then the reel came out and was like 👏 but its looking really good the ryegrass pops with that deep green that's what I liked about the ryegrass and the tttf also when I had it in two different locations it was the color that made it stand out. And pulling those weeds not to many people like it but I find it relaxing and satisfying lol good job on the experiment 👍
Nice new logo bud! 😎👍🏼 completely agree with the weed pulling, i enjoy it more in the backyard where i know no ones watching 😂
@@ShortCutLawn thanks and lol😂😂😂😂the neighbors probably think your crazy but they just dont understand 🤷♂️ but we do
lol 😁
Beautiful. Nice Job.
Ill say.....scotts isnt cheap. Its actually more $ than buying from other places....especially with tax.
I also tried rye last year on a overseed. Beautiful color....awesome turf, However most of it died in the Heat of South Jersey.
Yes, was a tough year here, but KYB is much more resilient.
You do Nice Work. You should be Proud.
The KBG color should darken a lot more with time, Rye is just a fast starter. How long will this experiment run?
Im sure it will, it’s still on its neon green stage. Maybe at least spring next year.
I enjoy hand pulling weeds when I see them. 😁 awesome mow job!
😁👍🏼
I love hand pulling but the best part is when you pull the whole root out very smoothly.
J M love it! Makes my day! 😎
The local grass where a weed like dandelion is pulled immediately becomes stimulated and spreads out a bit within a day or so, as long as there is water and good temperature. Those weeds suck up so much soil resource- you don't appreciate it until you've pulled and carried an entire garbage can of them and it's your property.
Someone should do an actual study on it.
from the looks of your neighbours lawn I'm not sure they can say much about your mowing height!!
The Scotts seemed to look pretty good. I may have to try a bag before end of summer here in the northeast.
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Did you keep watering 2-3 times a day once you started to see some grass seeds germinate? I have some bare spots still so I'm still watering a lot
I do for another week then slow taper. What grass type and how long since you seeded?
@@ShortCutLawn I used the Scotts kbg mix. I seeded about 500sq ft 19 days ago
That’s about 3weeks, I would reseed any bare spots right now 👍🏼
@@ShortCutLawn ok thanks for replying. Will do that this weekend
Boy I bet you couldn’t wait to finally put a mow on it. Awesome work, keep it up 👍🏻
How the hell do you get that thick of a yard in 30 days lol, especially KPG.
Beautiful lawn. I’m a newbie here what reel mower are you using? Just laid some Tiffway Bermuda in my backyard and would love to get it to a clean low cut. 👍
I was using my Swardman on this video. 👍🏼
I’ve planted grass and worry about cutting too much on the first cut. Does it not hurt the grass to mow to 1”, from the height it was before mowing?
It will likely stress out the grass but it won’t kill it. It will bounce back.
That Rye/KGB is lit. Love the dark color
Hey man!!! You did a great job. Have a nice day. 👍
Thanks for doing this video and the other two. It must have been painful watching those weed come up and not being able to pull them early just to give a better idea for us viewers. Kudos.
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Which ones feels softer to walk on
They all about the same.
@@ShortCutLawn what's a good grass for a shady area. Any private area grass that feels nice barefoot? Loved your videos!
Nice video man. Watching in 2022 and love it 👍🏽
That last section by the sidewalk is super nice!
Yeah it was the Ryegrass 👍🏼
That’s a transition! PRG being darker than super elite KBG.
Yup, but it’s too early for the kbg, it’ll get darker but I don’t think it can match the rye without any iron app.
Very cool experiment thanks
Thanks for taking the time to document your work. I find your videos really relaxing.
Thanks David 👍🏼
If you did it again, would you do tenacity or just deal with weeds?
I’ve been using Tenacity and I will continue to use it. It’s ability to suppress weeds is just amazing.
Crime scene tape. Hahaha
This makes me even more excited that I have a Monostand of PRG getting ready to germinate today or tomorrow 😁. Very Dark!!
Which mono are you using? I’ve had great results with MVS PRG cultivars in my reno.
@@mags219_81 I went with Slugger 3GL. On day 10 and I've already mowed it with the manual reel mower!
Josh Rossman, sweet, how did you obtain a mono?
I went with Ewing Eagle (Fastball, Grand Slam, and Charismatic) last year, then will overseed with the 2020 Eagle (Grand Slam, Fastball, and Stellar)
@@mags219_81 Seed Superstore!
Josh Rossman Haha, of course.
What was soil temp at seeding?
I didn’t get to record it, my best guess is between 75-80°f
Isn’t it about time for an update?
Can I apply fungicide two weeks after seeding or is it too late? Also, I wanted to put down starter fertilizer two weeks after seeding but the KBG grass is less that half inch tall, is it safe to walk on it? Thanks
Fungicide is safe to apply during the process. 1/2” is a little too short to be walking on, i’d wait for a few more days. Thats the downside to applying fert two weeks after seeding, depending on where you’re at seedlings might be too fragile to walk on at that point, but as you can see i typically don’t have that issue, at 17days it’s about 1-2” already.
@@ShortCutLawn Thanks a lot, I thought it would be still fragile but since it's rye/kbg mix, some ryegrass is developing second leaf already and I wanted to put down the fert but I'll wait.
So a Scotts Moss EX product is ok to apply while the seedlings are establishing? Former owners did nothing about their moss around the yard perimeter. I mechanically removed most of it before overseeding, but there is some in select areas.
Removing the weeds by hand. Now that’s dedication. Kudos to you sir.
Honestly if you have a yard under 4k square feet handpulling is better. Chemicals may be safe but there is no way they aren't affecting your lawn somehoe
What is going on with the neighbour's lawn (getting yellowish)? Is it heat or fungus?
He just don’t maintain it, hardly gets any water, it’s a mixture of all kinds of weeds, kikuyu, fescue, hybrid and common bermuda. 😑
@@ShortCutLawn that could be the source of your weeds
I bet you have the voice of an angel and speaking would destroy our ear drums because we can't handle such thing. Just kidding, love the videos.
Aside from the rye grass which isn't really comparable the KBG all look the same. The 3rd Bluegrass even had slower germination and seedlings than the scotts did.
Maybe they are more drought resistant but what cultivars are in the scotts blend? Sometimes they are decent
May be an obvious question, but what was your watering cycle like? Definitely like that PRG/KBG mixture
19 dislikes are from your neighbor using clone acc because your lawn is better then their lawn
wow... the amount of weeds compared between treated and untreated is crazy...thx for sharing
It looks like the cheaper grass did very well plus that one at the end looked great and on the thick side. Would like to see how they are coming along if they all needed reseeding or not
Thank you for posting this video, very nice results.
Neighbors should look at your grass and up their lawn game!
Great comparison! Loving that PRG! Thanks for the video!
Thanks for the work, really enjoying the experiment.
Nice work! Great results
Can’t wait for the next update!!
Well done vid. Thank you for posting.
Are you pleased with applying Tenacity at time of seeding?
Oh yes, I usually apply it within a couple of days of seeding. Works really well as you can see half of the plot has virtually no weeds.
Looks great, can’t wait to get started on my yard. Thanks for the inspiration.👍👍
Great video, btw how did the tenacity section germinate? Seems like it was a little slow to germinate but it did and filled up nicely.?
Thanks, i pointed those out on the second video. It was an even germination across but the section with tenacity slowed down after it sprouted, but I only noticed it on the Scotts side, Mazama and Bluebank continued to grow evenly.
Nice!
Can't wait to ressed my lawn and get the dark green back in to it.
Very good bro.
Thanks Adan 👍🏼
that was a great series. nice job
Great video. You cant beat the color of the rye grass.
I agree ☝🏼
Loving this series! Where are you located?
Central Coast of California 👍🏼
We're a month away from putting down the PRG here in AZ.
Best of luck Raul 👍🏼
Your neighbor must hate you. That contrast!
He don’t care 😁
Thank you!
For the last two seasons I've been using Scotts. Results, meh. Bought a cheap bag, half the price, almost double volume and it's amazing.
Cheaper than Scotts?
Scotts is the most expensive here from the big box stores.
Awesome video series! Last year I overseeded with 80% Midnight KGB + 20% Grand Slam PRG from SSS. Gotta say, the PRG looks darker and Im contemplating killing everything off and doing a mono of PRG.
Nice, I’ll never overseed prg over kbg again, prg is too dark and create these dark spots all over the lawn.
ShortCut Lawn yep, that’s exactly what happened to me.
I have mono "4th Millennium" TTTF in my backyard and mono "Grand Slam GLD" PRG in my front yard (I'm in New Jersey). While I love the rich dark green color that the PRG holds almost year-round, it is MUCH more finicky than my TTTF and requires a lot of babying. If I get off my watering or mowing schedule by a day or two, the PRG shows it. If I had to do it over again, I would probably go all elite mono TTTF. I'd give up coloring slightly, but it would be close enough and I would get back a lot of time and money. Just thought I'd share to keep in mind.
Nice!
Interesting.....Bluebank isn't as dark green as I thought
Think it takes longer. Year 2 maybe even
My front lawn is pure bluebank and its on its second summer, i had to push it with GreenMax just to get good color, but it is the best kbg imo when it comes to cutting really low, it resembles a low cut bermuda.
They all come from.the same supplier and are just rebranded
I wouldn’t be surprised.
The difference in color of that 1st plot is amazing... was that the most expensive seed? They all looked great for being 30 days old,? After weeding and mowing all looked great, nice job
Vincent Stivali The dark green is most likely from the perennial rye grass.
@@jasonstevens6877 thx for the info, reseeding soon, will definitely try perennial rye, it has great color
Yes it was the perennial ryegrass, I might convert one section of my lawn to it next year.
@@ShortCutLawn absolutely beautiful, did u buy it in a big boxstore?
Yup HDepot, “Park Avenue Turf - Blue Rye Lawn Seed”
After that mow. I’m impressed. I wished I could use a regular mower on st Augustine. I have to use an ex mark commercial 30 to get clean cuts with clippings that turn the dust. What was the thing you used at the end. Would that stripe a st Augustine yard
Shouldn't not be leaving clippings on Buffalo/St Aug promotes more fungus issues. Like over watering does.
It would but you probably want to cut higher than it goes.
It’s a Swardman reel mower. I think there’s a guy in Australia that cuts his stAug really low, but im not hundred% sure.
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This comment is for the rye grass.