Compost Top Dress Level Lawn
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- Опубликовано: 19 апр 2019
- Compost Top Dress Level Lawn
Compost? Sand? Top Soil? Which one? I think they all work for leveling areas in your yard. Just be sure and not go to heavy when using this method and make sure to water it well once you do it.
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Great job with the shout out for our law enforcement! Our military and law enforcement deserve our gratitude and appreciation!
You’re making my heart smile hearing that you’re gonna be reel mowing a section of your yard. Good stuff Pete!
When you pulled out the compost spreader I yelled THAT'S NOT FAIR!! =P
Right
#getyourspreaderright
I use to do this with a wheelbarrow scenario..not no more I'm 54 dav..I pay s1 now..6 yards leaf compost over 5k leave me pick up and deliver a d spread 650 total...get your soil right
6 grand for that thing
Man that bluegrass is DARK!
I appreciate your videos. All this is new and very interesting to me. I have a front yard full of big oak trees that has been severely neglected for years. I have set out on a quest to try and get it as nice as I possibly can. I purchased a bunch of seed and steel racked all the bare spots and threw those down a few weeks back. So far so good. Hopefully in a year or so i will have a nice front yard.
Pete's dominatin' y'all! I just did the compost top dress four days ago. Glad to see I'm not the only one!
Awesome job... I’m having the same 2 desires in my yard this season. Leveling and getting rid of POA.
Hey Pete! I love the content of your videos. They are always very informative. Keep up the good work and God bless you.
+1 to the black cow. I have uses it in areas of my sandy Florida lawn that are hydrophobic with great success. It works great in flower beds and in gardens too.
NJ
NJ here too.
KYB kicking in real nice up here......thanks for all you do Pete.
I hope you find time for updates on your KYB experiment. I am finding mine loves N. and its still slow growing.
I do miss reel mowing at a golf course I worked at. I had to mow approaches and collars at 3/8". That was pretty awesome!
The Black kow compost is great! My grass loves it! I did a mixture of sand, top soil, and black kow just because haha
Awesome timing I'm going to be doing to same thing to my yard this week I took a week vacation to work in the yard
Thank you for your support of law enforcement professionals. We need more people like yourself to vocalize that support. Thank you!
I did this very thing last fall and my lawn has never looked as good! Not only does it look good, but it's holding more water than I can ever remember. I will be doing this every other year!
I really like how this content creator covers all bases. Keep keepin on brother! 💪
I'm glad to see your Kentucky Blue Grass doing so well. I hand pick the weeds from mine every year. It isn't that hard if you keep up with it. And I top with compost, too.
Great vid, thanks. I have a Zoysia yard in Raleigh where I have been trying to decide on he best way to do some leveling- this helps!
Hey Pete, great video and editing. You made me not regret using compost now. Thanks! Thats some nice looking KBG!
Thank you for sharing your time and knowledge. I enjoyed your video~
Over here on the Olympic Peninsula (Way Western Washington) I have Oly Mountain FISH Compast I'm going to apply this Fall for a Topdressing.
Compost is THE BEST WAY to go. Feed the soil, and your lawn will respond!
Take care,
🤓-Thomas
Pete, you have knocked it out of the park with that KBG! I am really hoping it can take the heat of summer.
So glad you've covered this. Topdressing with a excellent quality compost is so important and beneficial to turfgrass.
Yea, I always am amazed people top dress lawn with pure sand.
@@travisedwards9983 According to the Institute of Food and Agriculture at the University of Florida, top dressing home lawns with sand is more harmful than helpful. Experts agree that sand should only be used on a lawn to level low areas, cover exposed tree roots and to fix heavy thatch build up. Even in those cases, it is recommended that you top dress with a rich, fine compost instead of sand. Sand particles cannot retain any nutrients, so applying a layer of sand year after year to lawns actually causes lawns to lose their fertility. Golf courses are built on sandy soil and specialized turf grasses that can thrive in sandy conditions are used on the greens. The grass seed or sod that most people have in their lawn is not the same as the grass on golf courses.
Read more at Gardening Know How: Using Sand For Lawns: Is Sand Good For Lawns www.gardeningknowhow.com/lawn-care/lgen/using-sand-on-lawns.htm
Very timely video for me. Thanks Pete!
thank you! i filled in some bald spots in my St Augustine grass using your techniques and it turned out great.
The KBG area is looking awesome, Pete! Keep up the good work!
Thank you for your support of Law Enforcement, Pete. You're a good man!
Love the channel Pete! God Bless you!
Great info Pete. The kbg is looking great!
Wow this kbg plot is looking great, I cant believe how dark green that is compared to all the other grass around it, and it's not like the rest of your lawn is in bad shape either lol! Impressive color.
Going to get my broom working right now ! Thanks
Love you buddy! I always learn something from your videos. Thank you 😊
Hey Pete, check the lawn leveling rake called the lawn lute. I saved a few $$$ and welded one together myself.
Looks great Pete! Thx for the info!
I used a leaf rake to get my compost in the grass and that worked pretty well.
You have a nice yard,I want my to look like that next year
Great work. Thanks for sharing.
@9:08 is my fav part!! Great haha. Love the vid bro and cant wait to see more! Subbed 😉
Great videos, great shirt! NJSP #1. I salute you sir.
Thanks for sharing the good information!
This past fall I did areating, dethatching, overseeding, and decided to add some compost all over the yard. Got some bad compost I think because I have never had so many weeds.
Love it! Great info and content. Your videos are both informative and educational! Liked and Subscribed!
Bluegrass is looking good Pete! Digging out that annual bluegrass is the way to go for sure!
I’m sure he needs your advise. Stick to selling products
Looking awesome Pete!
I put compost on hard to grow spots where the lawn guy kept cutting too low and ground got hard and grass just died. 😡 After, the compost with seeds the grass is so beautiful and thick and green. The lawn guy was a nightmare he was a recommendation from my neighbor(his cousin) and even he stopped using him as a lawn guy. Smh. So yeah its working for me. Me and my husband did it all by hand. 😫 I'm all for compost. Your grass is beautiful and the color...
As good as the plot of KBG looks I cant help but admire the stripes in the TTTF in the back 😍
Man these spreaders are looking like the way to go, especially if you have a larger yard! Gotta figure out where to find one to rent
hey ma, that crazy neighbor is in the yard again, this time he's using a broom on the grass
LMAO!
And he's talking to himself again! haha
Excellent content and production!
I do like how your videos don't have long drawn out intros
Very informative, thank you! Watering before night time, Doesn’t that promote fungus to move in?
Top dressing/leveling today.
Our local landfill actually has the best quality compost and soil blend at a great price
You can get compost from the landfill????
@@jonathandodd6712 Every municipality is different, but some landfills also have composting programs for yard waste. Call yours up and see if they do it!
Careful. They probably use grass the public brings in. Just imagine the weeds
you should make your own lawn leveling rake! would be a good video subject too
God Bless you from a member of the Pennsylvania State Police
did someone say police ? im out of here ! you gonna give him a ticket for reckless spreading ? lol
Thanks for the great instructional videos you do! Question...I put down Prodiamine 65 wdg April 1st in Ohio. Should have maybe at least 6 months control I believe. To control poa which germinates late August ...should I reapply to insure the effectiveness? I did 1 lb. Prodiamine on my acre already.
PETE!!! Do you read my mind or my posted questions?? Lol! been asking on sites about what to topdress for leveling with all week. Wish you guys could do a friendly debate about what’s best bc no one has the same answer. LOVE your videos- started one of mine yesterday, haven’t uploaded yet- waiting on my 14 yr old to get home to help with that. 🤣🤣 Mentioned you as a top mentor. Googled that spreader yesterday! Looks so cool. Do a podcast if you ever get time . I’m learning from you guys!
I find that a sturdy fork makes the best weed root popper and it doesn't barely cause any damage disturbing the ground around
Happy to see you use Black Kow. I've been using it for about three years now. I use it for planting new seed, leveling, potting soil and around trees. I love the results. Keep the great videos coming!
Randy Greene , where do you buy black kow?
@@Grassology-vs1hn Lowes
9:09 - 9:16 man that was satisfying to watch lol
Ahhh the ease of a top dresser... the plop video was cool
If you haven't, will you post a video on rotary mower blades? How often to sharpen, how to sharpen and when to replace. My grass blades look nasty where they've been cut.
Thanks for taking the time to produce your videos.
Pete I know you’re going to be testing this in the summer with it cut low. Can we also not test it with it cut high too
Thanks Pete. Love getting Information from you.
I cut my KBG at 4 inch here in Canada. Grows super thick. Ive always wanted to try and cut it low but Im scared it wouldnt do good.
You can zip tie a 4 foot long furring strip to your rake and that will keep it more level for you.
Out of the four varieties that you planted, which one is your favorite or looks the best?
Great Vid Pete! I will be sending you a NY State Police Tee very soon, just waiting on 1 of my 3 friends on the force to get me one in 3XXL as its all cotton and will shrink! Peace Brother! Chad Upstate NY
Sir I have laid carpet grass in my lawn..does vermicopost make it good
I dug up my front lawn replaced dirt cleaned some old dirt and planted bent grass still filling in but it’s looks great and different from everyone else’s grass on my block even in my area. Any tips for bent grass to make it nice and healthy also bent grass is a northeastern kind of grass and grows great here.
Last Aussie 😁Great video Pete. 😁👍👍
Can you use Black Kow Compost as a top soil when seeding the lawn?
I think the poa I get enters via fall season wind storms. You had hurricane weather. Then again, notice how your poa was in widely, but evenly spaced single "plugs". Hmmmm, that makes me think it was "other crop" in your seed. And it did seem to be more in that lower end area of yours, might have been in one or two varieties more than others.
My dad would joke about a neighbor "re-dirting" his yard. That neighbor has a nice lawn and now I understand why.
I'm planning on using compost this week to level a few spots to to "enrich" (?) a couple of areas where the soil is compacted from the building process that the grass has always been terribly thin. By the way, where did you find this black gloves you're using. I need to get me pair of those.
I need that compost spreader as well or a place where I can rent it
9:10 through 9:17 was a KitKat commercial 😂
You get a like just for the Police shout out. Also, agree use compost to level. Our area is basically clay so I do as much to rebuild the topsoil as I can.
Interested to see how this turns out as I live in VA and am somewhat interested in a monostand bluegrass. I hope that Black Kow didn't have too many pieces of mulch/wood fibers. Maybe the soil just wasn't broken up, but it did look like some sticks/mulch in there. That could be a problem for a reel mower.
Any idea whether Peet Moss would work better? 1cuft of Black Kow is $5 in my area but 3cuyd feet of compressed Peet Moss is $12. I guess altering the pH is a consideration.
Hi friend .. awesome video .. appreciate your guidance.. I am from north east area and same temperature like Yours area.. just finished 1 inch mow, aerate and detach.. I have different kinds of weeds, uneven levels and empty spots with no grass.. I will be putting Scott seed tomorrow.. please advise should I put soil, sand, compose, moss or milorganite fertilizer tomorrow with the seed? Appreciate your input ..
Good video 😎
Would have been easier to do with a leveling tool like Levelawn. What if lawn is very uneven? Can you put down a bigger layer than 1/4th of inch? Also do you then cover seed with compost light layer? Great content. Thanks.
Lots of videos about leveling up low spots. What can I do for high spots?
Pete throwin down compost like Emeril Lagasse ***BAM***
Pete, what are your thoughts about using a lawn leveling rake instead. That tool is a little larger than your garden rake or broom so it helps to make sure the lawn is being leveled properly while working the material down through the grass. It's a lot of manual labor whatever tool you choose to use, but it should be "butter smooth" and level when you are done.
Also, I understand why not to use sand because when you are done the sand will not hold any nutrients to improve the soil. Therefore, would a top soil and compost mixture be the best choice or should I go with only compost as you did?
I get premium bagged top soil and compost here on Long Island, mostly the top of the line Scott's Hampton Estates. However I find a lot of bits and pieces of twigs and clumps in it, even little pebbles, so I have been straining ( sifting) it myself. You should see how much is left in the sifter and I pretty much press and rub it hard.
Do you think I should forget about straining and allow all those particles to go on my lawn? If I find Black Cow around I may try that if you say it's well strained.
Also, I get poa annua as well, and used to much more but have been putting down a pre-emergent weed killer in the fall. Now 3 years later after doing this, if I find 5 clumps or so of poa in the spring, it's a lot. I want your readers to know that this is an excellent way to stop poa since its seeds set and overwinter which is why it appears so early in the spring.
Can I do this with the compost to fill in holes that my sons dog has dug in my back yard or should I get some topsoil?
Pete thank you so much for backing the "blue team" with the shirts! Keep up the great video's.
Thanks! Love your video🌼
Great job. Since you like challenges so much can I send you my mother in law for a week or 2? She comes with her own broom
My mushroom compost I bought almost looked like mulch. it was stringy and wasnt a fine layer like yours. I put it on a little heavy in some spots, will it kill the grass?
That crazy Connor ward fella seems to be doing well with sand, not sure how good that will mix with your clay soil. I’ve used compost and it’s great bit it also introduced weeds into my yard that I have never had. Extremely annoying weeds too.
Alpha Aquarium THAT’S THE BIG DEBATE!
I know black kow heats there crap to some extreme temp but I wonder if that is before they add other material. I’m afraid of weed seeds as well. Intried black kow in the past and it was very clumpy. Also have tried leveling with top soil as well as black kow with no success
Check your local municipalities. Some have composting facilities to deal with their waste materials. Lexington, NC has one of the best in the state, been using it for years. And an EcoLawn, not fair....
Hi, I live in North Georgia, Our Home Owners Association allows only Bermuda in the front yard, but I'd like to put KBG in the back yard. Will it survive in Zone 7b? If so, do I overseed, or are plugs available? Your KBG area looks fabulous and reminds me of my yard in ILL some years ago.
Advice for doing this with tttf? Can't mow that low
Which fellow troop out there sent Pete the shirt? 👮🏼♂️I haven’t found any other lawn nuts in the NJSP. Troop ‘A’, ‘B’ or ‘C’?
Pete, which pre-m in your opinion is best for Poa Annua for TTTF in the Fall?
Hey Pete, where do you suggest we rent the topdressing equipment? I live on the south side of Greensboro in Pleasant Garden. Ive looked around online but cant seem to find a local place that rents them. Thanks!
Well dang! At first I thought you was going to top dress the old fashion way then you busted out the Top dresser...… LOL I need to get me something like that lugging around bags of dirt is getting old.
Quick question do you do maintenance on lawns in Smithfield nc lol
I got wild onions all over my plot lol chickens have a good time finding them
I commend you for trying a plot of bluegrass.
I've had a soil test and looking good, except my PH is severely alkaline (7.2-8.4) throughout my fescue lawn. I've been adding citric acid to my watering at a rate of 1lb/1000sqft. Its dropped my ph about half a point all around over 5 weeks.
Do you have any tips for assisting a ph drop in this North Carolina (Raleigh) clay? My soil is already rich of sulfur, and relatively balanced. I think my only options without altering much of the soil chemistry are humic and citric acid?
Thanks!