I agree but there is a few other good ones some a bit more humor more fun Ryan Knorr is a good 1 and a funny fella yard Brah .. this channel gives off a bit of a heavy medicated valium type of vibe..
@@baims8367 yard brah got in touch last year via email to tell me I’m his inspiration and he hopes to be as good as me one day, thinks my works amazing etc etc,
Poa Annua heaven this year. Such a wet winter a lot of the ryegrass struggled leaving the ground bare early season. Then the moisture ensured great germination of the Poa.
My wife asked me where all the money had gone. I said I spent it on lawn feed. She said what about feeding the kids? I said the lawn was more important. I'm now writing this from heaven.
Dan, you are worth listening to, my lawn was really spongy last year and when cutting the lawn it was ripping the grass out even though the mower was set on a higher setting than normal. After watching your videos I realised it was all down to the thatch and it had been growing underneath the lovely green surface growth, when I peeled back the grass there was loads of thatch. I followed your videos and cut the lawn short, then raked/scarified, then put some top dressing on with seed and it's much better so far, still got a long way to go, your video's are very educational.
Yeah i see what you mean alot in my career, the soil level is well below the layer isnt it, a rye grass lawn will always be at soil level if taken care off, peters lawn is so firm under foot
Love your step by step process Dan, unfortunately so far for me this damn awful weather is ruining my spring start! Looking at may now for me that's the latest I've ever renovated!
Great vid. I remember meeting Iain Dowie in summer 2000 when he was at QPR. Last day of primary school and our teacher knew QPR were using the local sunday league team's pitch (Watts Blake Bearne in Kingsteignton Devon) for their prep before a pre-season match with one of the local sides - probably Torquay, Exeter or Argyle. Think Peter Crouch was there too. Nice bunch of blokes. Still got the signed school shirt somewhere!
So so good Dan, fully deserve your success, proper grafter!💯Gotta admit, the way you talk about parts of your life with such honesty and being so matter-of-fact is quite refreshing and always creases me🤣keep strong brother💪💪💪👍👍👍
Thanks i do like to tell stories and be more personal than just doing lawn vids like to show there is a person behind the channel, glad you like that aspect of it
Pitch black. I watched on Sky news and it was awesome, in the truest sense of the word. The sun is completely obliterated, so no light and no heat, so the temperature drops really fast. During totality, all you can see is the corona - the gases given off by the sun at 1 million degrees. We can't normally see the corona due to the brightness of the sun. Truly extraordinary scenes last night. 😀@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert
Great comprehensive demonstration on lawn renovation. and thanks for the close ups and explanation of the weed grasses, despite a new lawn I've got large patches of it all over. Was your award winning, lawn of the year the same rye grass mentioned here and would it be ok to apply the wetting agent by watering can? Thanks Dan.
It was but i been digging them out over the last few years and because ive kept the lawn in great condition over the winter they havent had chance to come back so havent got many now
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Thanks, what I meant to say was did you use the same seed (extreme dwarf rye grass) here on your award winning lawn? Could this be made available in smaller quantities than 5kg?
if you have just some small bare spot sin the lawn and you want to seed it, can you just use that roto tiller tool then spread the seed over the bare spot?
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert thanks for a prompt response Dan. I will look into this if chemical expert needed., presuming this is not a diy task. Really enjoy your YT videos. Keep up the inspiring work.
I used that new tool on Sunday and you’re not wrong it’s hard going. Does a great job though. Awesome video this one great for me to share with people who struggle with their grass.
@@alanmorrison470 you will have to work harder as your pushing more slits in the ground with same force spread over bigger area so alot of the exertion is lost
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert I didn’t even consider it. I have a physical job and I’m fairly fit but my sides hurt a wee bit even today. It’s a strong tool though to take the force. It’s a good time for it with the rain we’ve had I imagine it will be tough going in a few weeks.
Just goes to show how much you are influencing people, the seed slotter has sold out on eBay!!! fantastic channel, thanks very much for all the advice Daniel.
I'm not at all good at growing grass, weeds yes 😅. This a practical guide, it takes intelligence and experience to remove the unnecessary information and to include the useful simply. Now to get off my lazy chair and get weeding.
I agree, i really enjoy and keep learning, and yes Mr. Hibbert you are 100% right, i've got creeping bentgrass, and to keep it nice and crisp, i have to dethatch it like crazy and feritilize like a nutter.. i also have Rye grass(Barenbrug golf RPR), which i recommend friends and neighbours... :) hmm seems like we(Denmark) got the shitty rain weather from the UK, keeps raining here :) ooh btw Man City uses Rye RPR for their pitch .. and no i'm not into football :)
Nice video Dan, I'm a new subscriber and really enjoying the videos. I've just priced up for a lawn top dressing today, so your video has come just in time. 😂 All the best mate. Andy
Dan. I experimented two years ago and used fescues and bents on front lawn and 40% dwarf rye with creeping red fescue, chewings fescue, strong creeping red fescue and a small amount of bents on the back. Yes front lawn..very hard work. Weed grasses also showed up in the front which made it look worse than the back. I am gradually converting the front to match the back so mixed ⅓ of grass seed I used on the front with ⅔ of seed from back to overseed a few days ago. Next year I will sow the same as the back. Probably done everything wrongly but we shall see..I will share results when it becomes little established.
Super video Daniel!!! The best lawn expert on RUclips by a country mile!! What is your recommended watering schedule after a renovation like this? Thanks in advance!!!
Brilliant video Daniel thank you, and perfect timing for me as I'm looking to scarify my lawn in the next week having applied iron sulphate a week ago to kill the moss. I am in Sussex so the weather maybe a degree or two warmer than Bolton - however I am a little concerned the temperature will not be warm enough for the seed to germinate, and I understand the seed could rot if we continue to have rain every other day with lower temperatures. You are clearly not fazed by this though..!? Please keep posting, really enjoy your content - fabulous!! Cheers 🙏👍😀
That's fine job. I don't know about fescue, I have a lawn shaded by my house, it gets no direct sun between mid October till mid March and even then it's for few hours. I don't think anything other than fescue would survive in it. It still thins out during winter but over the years I managed to keep it healthy.
I wish I could get on with scarifying but if I got the machine on the lawn I think it would sink or leave the lawn a muddy patch. I have hollow tined to try and get some air into the lawn but it just keeps raining. 😢
Great job Dan but no mention of the super Bolton result against Bristol Rovers? Simon Jordan tells an interesting Iain Dowie story too including taking him to court.
Dan, what would you say is the best type of seed for back gardens you want to look good but also able to have kids playing on/some foot traffic. I assume dwarf rye would get hit hard with playing children?
Lucky you get to do all the fun stuff like vericut and aerate and dethatch. I would be so happy with a matchbox lawn. You can really do crazy amounts to it with so little.
Hi Danny, how long would you expect the dwarf rye to germinate this time of year? Seeded 9 days ago and followed the process you do on the videos and it’s had plenty of water/ rain but no sign of anything yet and getting nervous. 😅 thanks in advance, keep up the good content
Great video mate. I moved into a new build in Preston 5 years ago with a large garden. Its a mud bath with bold patches everywhere. Id love for you to come and take a look at it
I did renovate last year but didn’t put any week killers down. Now grass is full again. Before l start to renovate again can l use a weed moss killer or something as spending all that money and just end up with weeds again
You can buy a liquid moss remover or use a fertiliser with iron sulphate in He uses a commercial weed killer which is a once a year application it is bloody good but expensive …. No comparison to the crsp weed n feed in shops
Hi Dan I’ve noticed you seem to use individual bags of field 5. Is there a reason you do this and not get a dumpy bag? We have 100sqm to cover on a bumpy lawn.
You should get the EZback handle tool attchment. It can attach to any handle and will help to protect your back and will help you with that special seeding tool of yours.
Hi Dan. I have just top dressed a really wet boggy lawn. We had the ground levelled last spring and turfed shortly afterwards. The lawn did well for the summer and autumn but suffered really badly from compaction over the winter resulting in bare ground and waterlogging in the shady area of the lawn. This week i have aerated with a core aerater by hand, taking out 25mm holes down to 4" and also hand scarified and removed a lot of thatch. Today i have set up the cement mixer put in 50 ltrs of compost to 25 litres of top soil and pre mixed the seed into the mixture. The ground had settled badly in some areas so there were a lot of low spots. I have levelled it all off, some areas to a depth of 25mm in depth. Any pointers going forward or things which i may have done which might not help the lawn to regenerate. I have used A1 lawn seed. I am keen to establish the ground in this second year and hopefully have a more flat and stable standing for the lawn which i can then start working on properly. Love the videos.
I am using an electric lawn rake it’s picking up in the bag some of the loose grass but leaving more on my lawn than in the bag. Is it normal for a turf lawn just 12 months since the turf was laid to need raking so soon
If some annual meadow grass is your worries, well shit I’d say y’all are living the good life then. My guy has a fork going about “forking” out some annual meadow grass 😳🫢😂😂🤦🏼
many thanks for this walkthrough, it's really useful. Do you have any advice on preventing the bleached patches we get from our dog wee please? Is there a particular treatment or grass type that withstands this? Thanks in advance.
Lovely Lawn. I destroyed my lawn last year. Won’t tell you what l did. Anyway it’s now full of all kinds of weeds and moss (80% weeds now) is it too late for me to try and fix it? I’m on a low budget and live on the east coast, My garden is mainly a shaded English country garden. Can l put down a weed and moss killer or is it too late to renovate?. I have pets that are always on the grass what can l do? Thanks.
Hello! Please help! After applying sand top dressing (half m3 /100m2) and smoothing it with a leveling rake, I noticed that no matter how I try to level the area, there remain tender, thin and weak horizontally lying blades of grass under the sand. Should I worry about them, or will they come out after a few days? They emerge as a result of a water jet (or water sprayed from half a meter away), but this slightly erodes the effect of leveling because it re-excavates the area filled with sand between the larger clumps of old grass, and can also displace upturned seeds and fertilizer particles. So far, I have applied only half of the planned amount of top dressing, I don't dare to spread more, I would like to wait until the grass grows a little (I cut it into short pieces before aerating the lawn). At the same time, I don't think I can wait too long, because I sowed fast-germinating seeds, and once the new grass comes, it shouldn't be necessary to loosen the soil. What do you advise?
My lawn is still suffering from all the rain we have had in Bury. Will it be to any detriment to the lawn by scarifying, seeding and top dressing much later than usual when we get some dry weather ?
That is ironic. Thanks for the reply. Gig lane pitch is a disaster this year, they are going to lay 3G pitch this summer, don’t suppose wanderers have that problem.
Hi Daniel thoroughly enjoyed the video as always, very informative and entertaining. Did I get you right, should I hold off putting any fertilizer down when overseeding until the new seedlings are coming through? Cheers
My plan was to renovate soon but I’ve just noticed there’s loads of slender Speedwell all over one side of the lawn. The weed killer I used a few weeks back has somehow made it worse!🤦♂️ Might wait till I’ve killed it off to renovate!
Really great video! I need to get a seed slotter but my shed is packedd to the ceiling lol. I'm making a lawn right now. it's about 55-60% rootzone sand and the rest is mostly dark fenland silt. Is that a good texture for grass to grow in? I purchased sand and silt separatly as thats all i could get delivered ewithout having a stack of pallets i can't get rid off. It's interesting to see their pure state but mixing it with a rake for 10 hours straight for 4 days is not fun.
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Ahh good idea.. It will be too late to change it by then but I can get a goot idea if root depth etc. Also it could be a fun test to see how it grows in pure silt. I'm finishing the last third (2 inches) in about a week and may increase the sand a little bit as surface drainage will allow the water to go down to the roots a little better. I'm not sure if thats a good idea of just stick to water I have been doing.
My neighbour recently had a visit from their lawn contractor and they used an powered aerator, not sure I have seen you mention those, what’s your opinion on them?
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By far the best Lawn channel on youtube . Absolute brilliant content information and attention to detail. Thank you Dan
Nice comment thanks
I agree but there is a few other good ones some a bit more humor more fun Ryan Knorr is a good 1 and a funny fella yard Brah .. this channel gives off a bit of a heavy medicated valium type of vibe..
I like the channel but youll never convince me theres someone better than the mustache man connor ward
@@JFTB-i8y whats this a pile on?
@@baims8367 yard brah got in touch last year via email to tell me I’m his inspiration and he hopes to be as good as me one day, thinks my works amazing etc etc,
Poa Annua heaven this year. Such a wet winter a lot of the ryegrass struggled leaving the ground bare early season. Then the moisture ensured great germination of the Poa.
No better learning than from a master of his craft 👍
My wife asked me where all the money had gone. I said I spent it on lawn feed. She said what about feeding the kids? I said the lawn was more important. I'm now writing this from heaven.
Yep i have a few like you
lol 👍
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpertbet she put his ashes to good use
Dan, you are worth listening to, my lawn was really spongy last year and when cutting the lawn it was ripping the grass out even though the mower was set on a higher setting than normal. After watching your videos I realised it was all down to the thatch and it had been growing underneath the lovely green surface growth, when I peeled back the grass there was loads of thatch. I followed your videos and cut the lawn short, then raked/scarified, then put some top dressing on with seed and it's much better so far, still got a long way to go, your video's are very educational.
Yeah i see what you mean alot in my career, the soil level is well below the layer isnt it, a rye grass lawn will always be at soil level if taken care off, peters lawn is so firm under foot
Daniel,,, It just keeps getting better, you are a star 😁 You must walk about 10 miles a day, Great job once again, keep up the good work
Think more somedays
Thanks Dan great advice. I got my order through this week from you so ready to get started - thanks.
After your previous use of the lawn spiker/slotter I found one on FB market place and got it for fiver. Will be putting it to use this week.
Hi, great videos. 11 months ago, you done a video called “Expert in his field”. Has there been a follow up video? I cannot seem to find it.
Really good video, showing simple steps. Thanks for all your help Dan.
Love your step by step process Dan, unfortunately so far for me this damn awful weather is ruining my spring start! Looking at may now for me that's the latest I've ever renovated!
Anyone needing a scarifier the screwfix basic one does an adequate job
Great video, can't wait to get started...
Great vid. I remember meeting Iain Dowie in summer 2000 when he was at QPR. Last day of primary school and our teacher knew QPR were using the local sunday league team's pitch (Watts Blake Bearne in Kingsteignton Devon) for their prep before a pre-season match with one of the local sides - probably Torquay, Exeter or Argyle. Think Peter Crouch was there too. Nice bunch of blokes. Still got the signed school shirt somewhere!
Good guy as some are pretty mean
So so good Dan, fully deserve your success, proper grafter!💯Gotta admit, the way you talk about parts of your life with such honesty and being so matter-of-fact is quite refreshing and always creases me🤣keep strong brother💪💪💪👍👍👍
Thanks i do like to tell stories and be more personal than just doing lawn vids like to show there is a person behind the channel, glad you like that aspect of it
On the aeration tool, I've seen people put a couple of weights down the pole, to help it dig into the turf
We were right in the middle of the solar eclipse. Rochester NY. To cloudy to see but it became dark like night time at 15:20(3:20pm) EDT.
Really did it? How dark?
Pitch black. I watched on Sky news and it was awesome, in the truest sense of the word. The sun is completely obliterated, so no light and no heat, so the temperature drops really fast. During totality, all you can see is the corona - the gases given off by the sun at 1 million degrees. We can't normally see the corona due to the brightness of the sun. Truly extraordinary scenes last night. 😀@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert night time dark. Neighbor had fireworks
That Honey I shrunk the Kids comment had me chuckling.
15:10 - 16:33 Thanks for this I never knew that. I will consider a purely rye grass seed mixture for next time.
Me too.
Your videos are fantastic. Great tips and advice. Just wish u showed the final result of ur work. Cheers
Great comprehensive demonstration on lawn renovation. and thanks for the close ups and explanation of the weed grasses, despite a new lawn I've got large patches of it all over. Was your award winning, lawn of the year the same rye grass mentioned here and would it be ok to apply the wetting agent by watering can? Thanks Dan.
It was but i been digging them out over the last few years and because ive kept the lawn in great condition over the winter they havent had chance to come back so havent got many now
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Thanks, what I meant to say was did you use the same seed (extreme dwarf rye grass) here on your award winning lawn? Could this be made available in smaller quantities than 5kg?
@@sparty328 sorry no thats johnson premier pitch the BBL lawn this is Extreme seed on this, i dont deal with Johnsons so its not something i can do
Great video, covers so much and answers so many questions 👌
if you have just some small bare spot sin the lawn and you want to seed it, can you just use that roto tiller tool then spread the seed over the bare spot?
Another great video Dan, I’m learning every week. Thanks
lovely little back garden. although for some reason i keep getting these feelings like i need to buy rattan furniture.
Just very overlooked by the neighbours 😮
Dwarf rye grass I'll give that a go this spring.
Any tips on recovery from leather jacket attack over winter, and with lots of bare patches plus very wet ground. I applied nematodes twice
Get a lawn treatment company to spray chemical theres no evidence to say the nematodes work reallyp
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert thanks for a prompt response Dan. I will look into this if chemical expert needed., presuming this is not a diy task. Really enjoy your YT videos. Keep up the inspiring work.
@@gaycha6589 no you need a licence to buy and spray
I used that new tool on Sunday and you’re not wrong it’s hard going. Does a great job though. Awesome video this one great for me to share with people who struggle with their grass.
One of the lucky ones who found it in stock?
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert I ordered it right after your last video. I got the bigger one though.
@@alanmorrison470 you will have to work harder as your pushing more slits in the ground with same force spread over bigger area so alot of the exertion is lost
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert I didn’t even consider it. I have a physical job and I’m fairly fit but my sides hurt a wee bit even today. It’s a strong tool though to take the force. It’s a good time for it with the rain we’ve had I imagine it will be tough going in a few weeks.
Nice video cheers Daniel 👍🏻 I am new to lawn renovation! hoping to make my back garden lawn at least presentable this year 😅👍🏻
Just goes to show how much you are influencing people, the seed slotter has sold out on eBay!!! fantastic channel, thanks very much for all the advice Daniel.
I'm not at all good at growing grass, weeds yes 😅. This a practical guide, it takes intelligence and experience to remove the unnecessary information and to include the useful simply. Now to get off my lazy chair and get weeding.
I agree, i really enjoy and keep learning, and yes Mr. Hibbert you are 100% right, i've got creeping bentgrass, and to keep it nice and crisp, i have to dethatch it like crazy and feritilize like a nutter.. i also have Rye grass(Barenbrug golf RPR), which i recommend friends and neighbours... :) hmm seems like we(Denmark) got the shitty rain weather from the UK, keeps raining here :) ooh btw Man City uses Rye RPR for their pitch .. and no i'm not into football :)
Nice video Dan, I'm a new subscriber and really enjoying the videos. I've just priced up for a lawn top dressing today, so your video has come just in time. 😂 All the best mate. Andy
Nice one welcome aboard mate, hopefully you have better weather where you are
Dan. I experimented two years ago and used fescues and bents on front lawn and 40% dwarf rye with creeping red fescue, chewings fescue, strong creeping red fescue and a small amount of bents on the back.
Yes front lawn..very hard work.
Weed grasses also showed up in the front which made it look worse than the back.
I am gradually converting the front to match the back so mixed ⅓ of grass seed I used on the front with ⅔ of seed from back to overseed a few days ago.
Next year I will sow the same as the back.
Probably done everything wrongly but we shall see..I will share results when it becomes little established.
Very informative, thank you but I can’t find the link for the spiked roller thing??
Super video Daniel!!! The best lawn expert on RUclips by a country mile!!
What is your recommended watering schedule after a renovation like this? Thanks in advance!!!
Keeing the seed moist at that time
I’ve been putting down your summer granular fertiliser once a month since mid Feb. Still works amazing ❤
Glad your getting good results
Brilliant video Daniel thank you, and perfect timing for me as I'm looking to scarify my lawn in the next week having applied iron sulphate a week ago to kill the moss. I am in Sussex so the weather maybe a degree or two warmer than Bolton - however I am a little concerned the temperature will not be warm enough for the seed to germinate, and I understand the seed could rot if we continue to have rain every other day with lower temperatures. You are clearly not fazed by this though..!? Please keep posting, really enjoy your content - fabulous!! Cheers 🙏👍😀
It wont rot away would have to be fully submerged for a long time
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert good to know.
That's fine job. I don't know about fescue, I have a lawn shaded by my house, it gets no direct sun between mid October till mid March and even then it's for few hours. I don't think anything other than fescue would survive in it. It still thins out during winter but over the years I managed to keep it healthy.
Hi, thank you for your videos. Do you have one for fine fescues?
Rewatch the vid just as im about to seed
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert I thought it is the one. Thanks
Great upload Dan, special thanks for the discount code. I’ve just saved £18
I wish I could get on with scarifying but if I got the machine on the lawn I think it would sink or leave the lawn a muddy patch. I have hollow tined to try and get some air into the lawn but it just keeps raining. 😢
Great job Dan but no mention of the super Bolton result against Bristol Rovers?
Simon Jordan tells an interesting Iain Dowie story too including taking him to court.
great work. thanks for posting. wish i could sell this service to my customers. they dont want to pay for a good lawn
Dan, what would you say is the best type of seed for back gardens you want to look good but also able to have kids playing on/some foot traffic.
I assume dwarf rye would get hit hard with playing children?
Lucky you get to do all the fun stuff like vericut and aerate and dethatch.
I would be so happy with a matchbox lawn. You can really do crazy amounts to it with so little.
As I’ve got old I’m going back down the scale to small light mower. The Atco is much to heavy to move around these days.
Hi Danny, how long would you expect the dwarf rye to germinate this time of year? Seeded 9 days ago and followed the process you do on the videos and it’s had plenty of water/ rain but no sign of anything yet and getting nervous. 😅 thanks in advance, keep up the good content
Love your videos great for amateur gardeners 👏🏻
Brilliant
Great video mate. I moved into a new build in Preston 5 years ago with a large garden.
Its a mud bath with bold patches everywhere. Id love for you to come and take a look at it
What’s the best product to kill creeping buttercups and clover.
Just a lawn weedkiller
Tried to buy on tonight….. you’ve sold um all out..😊
That ebay link is back in stock now but 50 sold in past 24 hours.
i wish my lawn was that even, i have so many wormcasts every autumn/winter made out of clay.
I feel your pain we dont have many here in the back we do in the front
Worm casts are great! Way better than concrete clay. Natural aeration and available nutrients for the grass!
@@chasingthefish9042 yeah but there we so many i could not mow my lawn or it would be a giant mudflat. atleast it drains the water faster.
My scarifier has spokes or blades attachments - which should I be using each type for ?
Hi Dan what was the reason you stopped using jacks magic? In your opinion is it still ok to use for top dressing a lawn?
I did renovate last year but didn’t put any week killers down. Now grass is full again. Before l start to renovate again can l use a weed moss killer or something as spending all that money and just end up with weeds again
You can buy a liquid moss remover or use a fertiliser with iron sulphate in
He uses a commercial weed killer which is a once a year application it is bloody good but expensive …. No comparison to the crsp weed n feed in shops
@@linoleumbonypart385 I’m worried for the pets putting down this stuff
@@goldengoose4985 ok once dried il go find the product for you ….
Hi Dan
I’ve noticed you seem to use individual bags of field 5. Is there a reason you do this and not get a dumpy bag? We have 100sqm to cover on a bumpy lawn.
How does amg seed grow when the seed must fall on top of the soil but to sow grass seed you nèed to make grooves/cover it in soil ?
@@lloydunett206 already there probably
is the compost availible for guys from German , maybe on amazon ? maybe you have an link, or is its also possible to topdress with sand at the end
Love the channel, where is your rake from? I can’t seem to find one with a flat back!
Groundwork/landscape rake. Screwfix
Hi Dan.
When would you perform the first cut after this treatment?
Loving the videos as always 👍🏻
Hi Daniel ,does grass seed have a shelf life thanks
Once opened it deplete efficacy by 20% a year
You should get the EZback handle tool attchment. It can attach to any handle and will help to protect your back and will help you with that special seeding tool of yours.
Its less than 15 quid on amazon
This is genuinely top stuff. Thank you. Your man's run out of stock, so I'll have to find another way... would a heavy rake work to mark for the seed?
Nar mate i dont think it would
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert will keep looking then. Cheers chap
What was your reason for not covering over?
I would love to be able to get that compose in the US
What’s the liquids spray??
Hi Dan.
I have just top dressed a really wet boggy lawn.
We had the ground levelled last spring and turfed shortly afterwards.
The lawn did well for the summer and autumn but suffered really badly from compaction over the winter resulting in bare ground and waterlogging in the shady area of the lawn.
This week i have aerated with a core aerater by hand, taking out 25mm holes down to 4" and also hand scarified and removed a lot of thatch.
Today i have set up the cement mixer put in 50 ltrs of compost to 25 litres of top soil and pre mixed the seed into the mixture.
The ground had settled badly in some areas so there were a lot of low spots.
I have levelled it all off, some areas to a depth of 25mm in depth.
Any pointers going forward or things which i may have done which might not help the lawn to regenerate.
I have used A1 lawn seed.
I am keen to establish the ground in this second year and hopefully have a more flat and stable standing for the lawn which i can then start working on properly.
Love the videos.
It's been so wet and I have been itching to try to get this next season started on a better footing hopefully I haven't buggered it up 😊
Seed mix is
50% Dwarf Perennial Ryegrass
50% Strong Creeping Red Fescue
Great job 👏
I am using an electric lawn rake it’s picking up in the bag some of the loose grass but leaving more on my lawn than in the bag.
Is it normal for a turf lawn just 12 months since the turf was laid to need raking so soon
Hi Daniel, could you tell me where you get your garden trousers from? Im looking for some new ones . Thanks
Ace safety wear i think they are beeswift bottle green work trousers
Great thanks Daniel, any link to where you can buy the trousers?
Ah it's okay I have found them . Thanks again
Evening Daniel. Like the latest spring tips, Thanks👍
However , I like other subscribers, cannot find the eBay link ? Please advise.
Its deffo on there as ive updated it its out of stock so im told anyway
What type of rye grass did you say you used? Did you say dwarf rye?
Do you have to keep on water in the lawn for the grass seed to grow through. Or do you just leave it at this time of year👍
If some annual meadow grass is your worries, well shit I’d say y’all are living the good life then.
My guy has a fork going about “forking” out some annual meadow grass
😳🫢😂😂🤦🏼
Where did you get the airator from
Great video again mate
many thanks for this walkthrough, it's really useful.
Do you have any advice on preventing the bleached patches we get from our dog wee please? Is there a particular treatment or grass type that withstands this?
Thanks in advance.
Nope theres nothing you can do other than keep the dog off
Lovely Lawn. I destroyed my lawn last year. Won’t tell you what l did. Anyway it’s now full of all kinds of weeds and moss (80% weeds now) is it too late for me to try and fix it? I’m on a low budget and live on the east coast, My garden is mainly a shaded English country garden. Can l put down a weed and moss killer or is it too late to renovate?. I have pets that are always on the grass what can l do? Thanks.
You can renovate like me but pets are your nemesis
Anyone know what the approximate cost is of something like this
Hello!
Please help!
After applying sand top dressing (half m3 /100m2) and smoothing it with a leveling rake, I noticed that no matter how I try to level the area, there remain tender, thin and weak horizontally lying blades of grass under the sand. Should I worry about them, or will they come out after a few days? They emerge as a result of a water jet (or water sprayed from half a meter away), but this slightly erodes the effect of leveling because it re-excavates the area filled with sand between the larger clumps of old grass, and can also displace upturned seeds and fertilizer particles. So far, I have applied only half of the planned amount of top dressing, I don't dare to spread more, I would like to wait until the grass grows a little (I cut it into short pieces before aerating the lawn). At the same time, I don't think I can wait too long, because I sowed fast-germinating seeds, and once the new grass comes, it shouldn't be necessary to loosen the soil. What do you advise?
Why not use a lawn leveller over a rake for the soil spreading, or at least finish with one, for a better finish?
Nothing wrong with my finish thank you
The KLF said It's Grim Up North, fortunately for us they never saw your work.
Hi, i have just purchased some equilibrium , how often should i use it
Every 6-8 weeks
That’s the name wetting agent that you advise using please
H2go on my website link in description
Hi
I’ve laid new turf and it has developed brown patches
I’ve applied your products aswell as equilibrium
Anything else I can do?
Cheers
My lawn is still suffering from all the rain we have had in Bury. Will it be to any detriment to the lawn by scarifying, seeding and top dressing much later than usual when we get some dry weather ?
Is your lawn the gigg lane pitch?
No you will prob just ironically have to water more
That is ironic. Thanks for the reply. Gig lane pitch is a disaster this year, they are going to lay 3G pitch this summer, don’t suppose wanderers have that problem.
Hi Daniel thoroughly enjoyed the video as always, very informative and entertaining. Did I get you right, should I hold off putting any fertilizer down when overseeding until the new seedlings are coming through? Cheers
Yep
Thanks a lot@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert
Thanks Daniel.
I want to do a similar job to my small lawn but dont have the spray equipment, what could substitute this?
Watering can
My plan was to renovate soon but I’ve just noticed there’s loads of slender Speedwell all over one side of the lawn. The weed killer I used a few weeks back has somehow made it worse!🤦♂️ Might wait till I’ve killed it off to renovate!
It wont if made it worse thats how it works it attacks the plant will grow to try to fend off the attack but it will get it eventually
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Ah ok, I’ll give it a bit longer then!👍🏻
Really great video! I need to get a seed slotter but my shed is packedd to the ceiling lol.
I'm making a lawn right now. it's about 55-60% rootzone sand and the rest is mostly dark fenland silt. Is that a good texture for grass to grow in?
I purchased sand and silt separatly as thats all i could get delivered ewithout having a stack of pallets i can't get rid off. It's interesting to see their pure state but mixing it with a rake for 10 hours straight for 4 days is not fun.
Why not grow some on your window sill see what happens in the mixture?
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Ahh good idea.. It will be too late to change it by then but I can get a goot idea if root depth etc. Also it could be a fun test to see how it grows in pure silt. I'm finishing the last third (2 inches) in about a week and may increase the sand a little bit as surface drainage will allow the water to go down to the roots a little better. I'm not sure if thats a good idea of just stick to water I have been doing.
My neighbour recently had a visit from their lawn contractor and they used an powered aerator, not sure I have seen you mention those, what’s your opinion on them?
I would love to actually be able to even get on the lawn but sadly it’s still sodden from this horrible climate we have
Can you use just normal topsoil by Westland for the dressing?
Wouldnt myself or i would be, to many weed seeds in these top soils as they freshly dug so not weed seed treated
Great video mate do you have a link for the slotter?
Surely the scarifying grooves would have been good enough for the seed bed?
They get closed up more often than not with the mower
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert thanks for advice
Great video as always!
Guys, what herbicide can i use to kill off my grass to start again? ]
Roundup but the grass and whatever you kill will just rejuvenate so gotta also remove the top section
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert When you say the top section, you mean like the top 3" or so that has roots in?
@@WayneJones-dk1ez yes
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Thanks Dan! 👍
How deep do you scarify?
Today prob 5mm in the ground