As a new lawn owner, I truly appreciate all of your work and content. I've even got to teach my dad some things. Excited to start this process in the next month or so!
They truly are astronomical. They're double the rate at my local garden center which has 99.73% pure seed and 85% germination, and the mix is specifically formulated for my area of the state. It's also in-line with the recommended mix from my local extension office. Support your local garden center & look at their product before you buy!
I'm doing a reno now. Watch out for the ants stealing your seed, lol. I saw one tonight walking away with a sprouted one as well! Love the content and progress on your reno!
Any tips on how to deal with this? I'm looking at doing a practice renovation on my front lawn which is small enough to mess up, be a good place to figure out the ant issue should I need to.
Thank you for your honesty by stating you received that rye grass seed free of charge. I found your video useful and the seed information was good to know.
Just got my 3 bags of Jonathan Green Black Beauty Ultra today to over seed my front yard. I have mostly KBG and want to get some TTTF mixed in to get better rooting and drought tolerance. I also got tenacity to kill off the invasive grasses before I seed. Instead of core aeration I’m going to hit the front with RGS and AIR8. I just cored it a few weeks ago since we have been getting hammered by rain here in PA and the ground was soft. You guys and your videos! Now I’m obsessed with grass.
Wilhelm Shultz Black Beauty is great stuff! Used it last fall to over-seed and it took beautifully. It definitely helped with drought tolerance this summer. I’m going to do it again this fall myself. Good luck!
Jim Casterton Great question. I'm in Pennsylvania & I think I have mostly fescue with rye and kbg which was planted for this climate. I have shade and sun & the jonathan green black beauty takes well in either. I'm hoping to convert it to mostly kbg over time. Check out their web site for detailed information for your area. Good luck!
I just ordered tenacity! I just got a house that's side yard is COVERED in weeds, like very little grass there anymore lol spraying this down, going to dethatch, aerate, overseed, and fertilize. Hopefully next spring/summer it will look a million times better. Just have to decide on a seed mix for cool season area
I went pretty heavy handed with the Tenacity had zero issues with damage to turf. Yea it works slower killing weeds but the stuff is amazing. You are going to be glad you used it. Probably also wanna mention frequency of watering. Where I live the soil is extremely sandy so my timer is set to every six hours 10 minutes each watering. It's also still pretty hot where i live so thats another reason.
ntep.org Maybe highlight this website as well. It's amazing. Science backed results for different types of turf grass. This website put me on to Regenerate which is the best TF for my area. Regenerate has been a beast. The dark green is unreal. Looks like I am running Iron on the regular.
currently in the middle of my second application of Tenacity myself. I had a terrible problem with Bentgrass. It is mixed in about 50 percent in my lawn. I was going to kill the whole lawn like you and start over but the tenacity is going to save me from that and I can just heavily overseed. Excellent product. you'll love it
How did the tenacity work out for you? I’ve been using it all summer with little to no success. The tips of some grasses get frosted by it but it all seems to grow right out of it. It also does very little to kill crabgrass.
Going to overseed for the first time. We moved into our house 4 years ago lawn is a little thin. Went with the seed super store sunny mix. So excited to see the results this fall and for sure next spring. Love your videos keep up the good work.
Plato Dimitriadis over seeding can be tough. 90% fail because they do not water it enough. Also if you are over seeding the same area every year, there might be something wrong with the soil in that area.
Nice info on this video! I can vouch for the peat moss. Last fall with over seed, I had some bare spots to fix and topped those with peat moss. After about 1-2 weeks, I noticed that the areas covered with the peat were doing a lot better than other areas with just seed. I went to Lowes and picked up several more bags of the peat and top dressed the entire lawn. Please don't ask how much it cost, LOL. But, it was definitely worth it!
Ryan. I used Tenacity once to control crabgrass and oh it was wonderful. But now this fall I want to overseed my 40 year old lawn, I'm on 4 acres of lawn grass, but will only do 1 acre. Yet, I don't have a sprinkler system. How do I get grass seed to germinate w/o sprinklers? I am in lower Michigan, greater Detroit area? I will overseed in mid September. THUMBS UP!!
Usually you have to use seed blankets or some kind of product that sticks the seed in place. I think grass daddy had a video about it for his renovation?
I bought that bottle of tenacity. get an accurate syringe to measure the product. I used a little too much and turned my lawn white. It survived but looked terrible for a few weeks.
@@ryanknorrlawncare yeah, certain types of fescue are going to whiten up in my experience. The white patches everywhere for a few weeks isn't ideal either. However, it's minimally toxic, yet it's very deadly to the yellow sedge and smooth crabgrass (and everything broadleaf) that is the predominant issue here in NY. Two applications at a medium strength knocked out 90% of a backyard neglected for decades that was at least half sedge and crabgrass. It did not kill the bentgrass infestation however. The scotts granular product is awesome too. Gives you a solid 4-6 weeks of pre-emergence for just about everything.
I started over seeding my lawn but I also put down fertilizer at the same that had weed killer in it. I see a few buds coming in but I'm not sure if I should put more seed or fertilizer. What do you think? Any suggestions?
Ryan, I know you have heard this before dude. Wouldn't this be the best time to put in ground sprinkler's, lol. Just saying. I have watched every video that you have put out and love them. I also have warm season grass here in South Carolina and would not make it in the lawn without in ground sprinkles. If your doing an entire renovation and putting down seed which needs to have water, water, and more water on it. In ground might help bro...
Of course it would. However I don't have the time right now and all the companies are booked out until next year. My system is essentially an in ground set above the ground and is set in place to water it and I've had good luck with that. I want an irrigation system for sure it just can't happen at this moment.
Have you considered Jonathan Green for new grass seed. Its a mix of rye, blue and fescue, waxy, dark and drought resistent. I have reseeded with this and it looks fantastic. Thanks!
I know this is an older video ... but I need help, I just bought this home and there is NO grass in the back yard ... just hard dirt and wood mulch ... my dog NEEDS grass and so do I ... I live in N. Calif and it is hot here and we are in a drought ... but I have to have a lawn otherwise I hate my yard. ... how do I get started with just hard dirt?.
We just bought a house in Athol, Idaho. I have about 1.5 acres that I want to make a nice lawn out of the almost 5 total acres. The problem i have is the grass or lack there of is mostly pasture land and weeds. I was thinking of using a 2,4 D product from North 40 or a local feed store. The ground is also hard as a rock. Should I do a soil loosening product first and then follow it up with something else a couple days after? Then overseed with a tall fescue or something that won't require alot of watering. Its hard to water the entire portion in a day.
Hi Ryan - Great videos. Joe from CT here. We live in a new construction home and my builder put down Pennington Contractors mix which is Perennial & Annual Ryegrass. He put it down at the end of may and right now I've been mowing it but I really don't like the look or texture. There's tons of dirt patches here, very hard clay like soil and some areas have no grass at all. I want to start over but don't want to spend a ton. Should I try to do the complete overhaul as you have or just aerate, thatch, and rake? The goal is really to just have that dark green lawn. I want KBG but I feel that might be difficult to get it to spread through this ryegrass and i'll still have to mow. I plan to do "something" right around labor day, i just dont know what that full plan looks like yet. Again great videos!
Thanks for another great video! However, I'm a little confused with the order for reno during this time of year. Should it be in your opinion, Tenacity (lots of existing weeds but not looking to do a complete kill off now) > Scalp > Dethach > Aerate > Top Dress > Seed > Peat Moss > Starter Fert?
How successful were you with tenacity? I’ve used it all summer with little to no success. It has very little effect on crabgrass for me at the recommended doses.
It's a shame you have that disaster next door. I'm doing the same thing, but moving toward TTTF and letting it grow long for less watering. I had a bad case of fungus or drought intolerance in the beautiful KBG I planted last year, some of it was just decimated.
I started a new lawn recently. I removed the sod/thatch layer with down to bare soil, brought in quality topdressing, smoothed it out, used a quality fine fescue mix, and used a straw layer over the raked in seeds. I seeded first week in August (minnesota) Unfortunately, mostly only weeds came up (quackgrass, dandelions, purslane), with only patches of the the fine fescue, which isnt doing so well. I think some of the mistakes that I made were seeding too early (its been hot here for the last few weeks), and that the underlying seedbed of weeds needs to be killed. Im thinking of using a glyphosate mix like in your video to nuke the new lawn and start over. I have a few new trees I planted recently in the area. Can you think of any issues I should be aware of? Thanks
Hi Ryan. I enjoy your videos and thank you for posting them. I’m in se wisconsin so somewhat similar to where you’re at. This year I’ve applied drive xlr8 for killing crabgrass. How long do I need to wait before overseeing? I’ve been told anywhere from 1 week to 4 weeks.
I don't personally like those 3 in 1 products just because it feels like a lot of filler and not much seed but for spots if you want something easy I guess that should work. Most have a fertilizer mixed in but you would have to check that specific product. Good luck!
Thanks Ryan. I am in the process of reseeding now . I am renting an overseeder machine that slices the soil. Do I still need to cover with something like peat moss?
Have any quick advice for those of us that just got new 'builder grade' tall fescue sod? All my builder said was to "water the hell out of it and over seed."
That's probably about true. Haha Sod is just tough for a while and requires a lot of water. Probably get starter fertilizer going on it and humic acid as well.
Great video Ryan. I’m going with Jonathan Greene Black Beauty Ultra this year. I’ve had really good luck with it in the past. Hey Rainbird! Give Ryan a sponsorship and me too! :)
I’m renovating my lawn in the fall. I’m going to kill off the grass and level out the ground with compost I’m going to get delivered. To also add nutrients back into the ground ...then seed and maybe add a thin layer of peet moss to cover it. Is compost a good idea or should I just regular top soil with a fert ? What about peet Moss. Is it over kill since I’m adding the compost?
Thanks for this informative video Ryan, much appreciated and I am sure we all are appreciative for the amount of work you put in to their production. Is the new lawn to the left of your driveway going to be a kind of "Test Plot" and therefore, if it is successful, will you eventually replicate this with your front and front left side lawn? BTW, in my geo area I have two great sources of supply, one is a long time garden center called Treeland in Bridgeport, CT and Site-One in Stratford. Both have friendly staffs who have a wealth of knowledge and are great listeners as well. Keep up the good work.
Yes I'm using it as a small area to see if I want to replicate that to the front yard in the future. Glad to hear you have some great options near you and thanks for watching!
Ryan - I currently have a patchy tall fescue front yard. Do I need to kill it off completely or can I overseed it in the fall? Appreciate your time & great videos.
Great Video Ryan!!! Hey, my lawn is completely overrun by crab grass. Can i follow the steps here to renovate my lawn because in your case you had more grass than weed? My case is the opposite. Do i have to detach the dried weed completely before seeding when i kill it or just level it with the lawn mower as long as the weeds are dead to the root? Tnx
I dont have a lawn. I have some grass but most green is weeds. Clover, mugwart, ect. Can i use all veg killer, then use a rototiller and plant? How long until i can plant grass seed after?
Hi Ryan, love these videos - I just laid down Jonathan Green Ultra, starter fert and peat moss on a mix of over seed and grub damages areas. But first, I put down Dilox on some areas to kill the grubs. It’s a been a week with no real germination. I was told Dilox won’t affect the seed but am concerned. Have you ever used this? Thanks
Hi Ryan - great videos. i am from MN as well - i have been watching your videos to help fix my lawn. i plan to reseed my backyard this fall and fix a few dead/dry spots, when is best time to start?
Just bought a house and the yard needed some TLC. Raked up the bare spots (heavy clay) and dropped some seed and milorgamite. I still see some some seed and fertilizer on the top. Should I rake it back in? I laid this 6 days ago and don't want to mess with any germination that has already started. Seed type high fescue and Zoysia.
If things are already germinating I'd probably leave it alone but if you can safely rake it again then that's fine too but you don't want to do more harm than good.
Ryan, I’m thinking about doing my entire lawn this fall and trying to level it as well. I saw you cut the lawn down to the dirt in another video, if I do that would you recommend this same plan in this video?? Thanks for the videos
Sadly, I have a Septic Tank in my Back Yard with Risers, for easy location for Pumping... As we all know, gases do excape from the Riser Lids, and harm the Grass, and allow Weeds to grow. What can I do to fix this? As I reside in Zone 8B (Olympic Peninsula of Washington State), what Grass Type would be the BEST for my 70% Full Sun/30% Partial-Full Shade Lawn? My 1/3 Acre gives me Approximately 7,500sqft of workable Lawnspace. I have a couple Flowerbeds in the Corners to make Mowing easier, and a Raised Vegetable Garden, a ~25' Dogwood Tree, and about 9 Thunderhead Flowering Plum Tree's (planted 2008). I've attempted to speak to local Professional Landscapers, but they just opt for Herbicides, that I don't want to use... I'm "trying" to go ALL ORGANIC, without financially going BROKE! Any recommendations are welcome! Thanks. 😎 Take care, 🤓 -Thomas Western Washington State
regarding your septic vents, I had the same in my yard. I cut mine down to below surface and capped each with 4" PVC cap with drilled holes for venting. Then dug a little around each and put in round utility/valve boxes - flush mount to the surface with the dark green landscaping lids. Looks so much better than before and I don't have to mow around them and trim. Just thought I would share that little project. (There may be something in local code here that prevents doing this since nobody else has done it - but I am not too concerned)
That would be a perfect idea. I don't know if I can currently because mine is still slightly stressed from heat and drought. Otherwise yes I would plan on it.
Hello Ryan, Just got a new home and I’m excited to turn my backyard into spring/summer hot spot for my family. I not so recently placed down so Scott’s turf builder in my yard after mowing. I’d followed the instructions on the bag on how much to apply and I’ve been watering the seed twice a day for 3weeks but haven’t got one blade of grass to grow. What did I do wrong?
Ryan - Do you recommend putting down Milorganite when overseeding, as well as starter fertalizer about a week later? In MA what kind of seed do you think would be best....I have heard that both Tall Fescue and Ryegrass work well.
You can do milorganite at any time and usually I add starter fert just before grass should be germinating (depending on the type) when I overseed. What grass seed you use kind of all depends on what you want for looks. Check out some photos of bluegrass, ryegrass, and fescue and see what you think.
M&C Lawn Care I was thinking of using GCI’s tttf this year to overseed my bluegrass mix in my back yard to be more drought tolerant. It gets full sun and I don’t have an I ground irrigation. I used lesco tttf seed last year in my front yard and it came in great. Just wondering if Pete’s mix will be dark like the blue grass. I feel like the lesco tttf seed is a shade lighter than my blue grass. Have you used it and if so are the blades dark and not super broad? Thanks
This is a great series, and timely because I am currently doing the same, to a more extreme level on heavily compacted soil overgrown bushes were and renovating what was left of the existing lawn... Wish was 70% wild violet and crab grass. I've looked it was with Glyphosate... But in the bare areas where Grass never grew and the soil is like concrete in going to till about 4 inches. Any thoughts on tiling? What's the best depth?
I've tilled before but ran into a lot of weed problems. I think I probably would have let the weeds grow for a few weeks and then sprayed it and then seeded along with using tenacity. I don't know for sure the best depth but anything that breaks it all up and smooths it out should work.
Love your videos Ryan. I live in your area and with the crazy hot spring or you can call it "no spring" we had this year my new sod (just go laid last year) has been looking terrible. I have some bare spots and a lot of brown spots. My lawn service (not going to mention their name) is recommending me to aerate and reseed this fall. They are charging me $245. Do you think that is too steep of a price? Just looking at this video I think I can do the reseed myself and maybe just have them aerate only. What are your thoughts?
Ryan. Is it to late to start this project for my home? I live in Michigan. Bought a house last summer and I have been fighting a battle with my yard that I am not winning. I am ready to start all over and renovate the entire thing.
Do you think I would need to put a bunch of top soil down over the whole yard to get good results on a reseeding? I'm going to be core aerating. Should I just give the whole lawn a dusting of peat most? Its only 2k sq feet.
If you're core aerating then just let the cores dry out and then break them up. That will be a decent amount of soil on top now and you can seed into that and cover with peat if you can.
I have thick patches of crabgrass along the edges... I've killed it off and waiting two weeks... Do I need to dig it out first? Or will the grass seed fill in with re-seeding?
I'd say preferably I would dig it out and then add a little soil back in if you have to. That will give you great results on having the seed grow in nicely.
Hi Ryan , my grass is dead , I’ve scalped it, right now I’m using my electric scarifier to break up the dry clay and my top soil is on it’s way . But I can’t decide whether to go with a rye grass/ fescue mix or KBG which is now available in the Uk. What’s your recommendation? I have clay soil but it doesn’t water log but it does get very dry in periods of no rain . I’m hoping to seed this weekend coming
It really all depends on what you like for looks. Bluegrass takes more water to keep it looking good when it's dry but at the same time it survives going dormant very well. I personally have never liked fescue as much as far as looks but there are some nicer varieties now too that I would consider it.
Are you going to work the ground prior to seeding? Doing a small renovation myself and wondering if I should work ground up prior to seeding or just throw it on over the dead grass.
You can throw it over dead grass but the soil has to be soft enough to roll it in with a roller. I am adding soil over everything mainly in an effort to try to level the yard as much as possible.
I'm planning on doing a core aeration this fall with an overseed. Do i need to start training my grass by cutting it lower? So the seed has good seed to soil contact? Should i Dethach right before my overseed. Thanks and keep up the great work!
You can but sometimes if you shock it a little but cutting it lower all at once that's not so bad either since you let the new grass seed come in while the existing is lagging behind a little. The first few times I overseeded I was probably around 2.75 inches on the grass so it wasn't super short and it still worked fine. I would dethatch if you can. The more thinned out it is the more chance you have for new seed to find its way to the soil.
Ryan Knorr Lawn Care dethacher with the metal tine or the power rake with the metal blade things? I got a dethacher off amazon and it came with those two attachments. Thanks
Wow , I'm sure the superseed store has great quality seed but those prices are outrageous.
@@juzoli and customer service is basically non existent - they are rude and very unprofessional.
Zoltan can you share the store name? I am in Connecticut and SSS is super expensive...
As a new lawn owner, I truly appreciate all of your work and content. I've even got to teach my dad some things. Excited to start this process in the next month or so!
The seed prices at seed super store are criminal.
They truly are astronomical. They're double the rate at my local garden center which has 99.73% pure seed and 85% germination, and the mix is specifically formulated for my area of the state. It's also in-line with the recommended mix from my local extension office.
Support your local garden center & look at their product before you buy!
I'm doing a reno now. Watch out for the ants stealing your seed, lol. I saw one tonight walking away with a sprouted one as well! Love the content and progress on your reno!
I'll be on the lookout!
Any tips on how to deal with this? I'm looking at doing a practice renovation on my front lawn which is small enough to mess up, be a good place to figure out the ant issue should I need to.
@@kippert1987 I didn't address it. There was enough seed that it wasnt a problem. Crazy to watch as they walked away with it.
Thank you for your honesty by stating you received that rye grass seed free of charge. I found your video useful and the seed information was good to know.
Just got my 3 bags of Jonathan Green Black Beauty Ultra today to over seed my front yard. I have mostly KBG and want to get some TTTF mixed in to get better rooting and drought tolerance. I also got tenacity to kill off the invasive grasses before I seed. Instead of core aeration I’m going to hit the front with RGS and AIR8. I just cored it a few weeks ago since we have been getting hammered by rain here in PA and the ground was soft. You guys and your videos! Now I’m obsessed with grass.
The obsession only gets worse with time!
Wilhelm Shultz Black Beauty is great stuff! Used it last fall to over-seed and it took beautifully. It definitely helped with drought tolerance this summer. I’m going to do it again this fall myself. Good luck!
bob tobia what’s the grass type ratios? I have a mixture of shaded grass where KBG is thriving well, but some areas that get hammered in the heat
Jim Casterton Great question. I'm in Pennsylvania & I think I have mostly fescue with rye and kbg which was planted for this climate. I have shade and sun & the jonathan green black beauty takes well in either. I'm hoping to convert it to mostly kbg over time. Check out their web site for detailed information for your area. Good luck!
You definitely put a lot of time and energy into your lawn/videos. From your aerial video it looks like you live next to the clampetts LOL
I just ordered tenacity! I just got a house that's side yard is COVERED in weeds, like very little grass there anymore lol spraying this down, going to dethatch, aerate, overseed, and fertilize. Hopefully next spring/summer it will look a million times better. Just have to decide on a seed mix for cool season area
I went pretty heavy handed with the Tenacity had zero issues with damage to turf. Yea it works slower killing weeds but the stuff is amazing. You are going to be glad you used it. Probably also wanna mention frequency of watering. Where I live the soil is extremely sandy so my timer is set to every six hours 10 minutes each watering. It's also still pretty hot where i live so thats another reason.
I'll be talking about watering once I have seed down but yes very good point as well.
ntep.org Maybe highlight this website as well. It's amazing. Science backed results for different types of turf grass. This website put me on to Regenerate which is the best TF for my area. Regenerate has been a beast. The dark green is unreal. Looks like I am running Iron on the regular.
currently in the middle of my second application of Tenacity myself. I had a terrible problem with Bentgrass. It is mixed in about 50 percent in my lawn. I was going to kill the whole lawn like you and start over but the tenacity is going to save me from that and I can just heavily overseed. Excellent product. you'll love it
Great to hear. Bentgrass can be a tough one from what I've heard. :(
How did the tenacity work out for you? I’ve been using it all summer with little to no success. The tips of some grasses get frosted by it but it all seems to grow right out of it. It also does very little to kill crabgrass.
That’s the most I’ve ever spent on seed so I’m hoping it’s asa good as you (and others) claim.
My lawn is proof enough for me. Never looked anywhere close to what if does now until I upgraded to the best seed I could get
Going to overseed for the first time. We moved into our house 4 years ago lawn is a little thin. Went with the seed super store sunny mix. So excited to see the results this fall and for sure next spring. Love your videos keep up the good work.
Great! Good luck with everything.
You will enjoy the tenacity. Perfect product (expensive) but perfect. Looking forward to your next step! Keep up the good work!!!
I have never had luck overseeding even after aerating the grass last year
That strange. I've done it many times with great success.
Plato Dimitriadis over seeding can be tough. 90% fail because they do not water it enough. Also if you are over seeding the same area every year, there might be something wrong with the soil in that area.
Sweet video !! Was looking forward to this!
Thank you
I'm following this Ryan. Keep going. I live in warm season grass land but I am stubborn and want a cool season. I am paying attention.
Glad to have you!
Nice info on this video! I can vouch for the peat moss. Last fall with over seed, I had some bare spots to fix and topped those with peat moss. After about 1-2 weeks, I noticed that the areas covered with the peat were doing a lot better than other areas with just seed. I went to Lowes and picked up several more bags of the peat and top dressed the entire lawn. Please don't ask how much it cost, LOL. But, it was definitely worth it!
I know it's not super cheap but I completely agree that it makes a difference.
Real good video with lots of useful information. Cannot wait to see how it all comes together. Getting my supplies ready for my overseeding.
What were the results?
I’m ready to renovate now!
Instead of peat moss I really like to use coconut coir. Its a little more expensive, but it works amazingly well.
Ryan. I used Tenacity once to control crabgrass and oh it was wonderful. But now this fall I want to overseed my 40 year old lawn, I'm on 4 acres of lawn grass, but will only do 1 acre. Yet, I don't have a sprinkler system. How do I get grass seed to germinate w/o sprinklers? I am in lower Michigan, greater Detroit area? I will overseed in mid September. THUMBS UP!!
They told me that fungus problems are related to a bad soil ph. I sprayed a solution of arm and hammer a couple time and it solved it.
Can’t wait to see what your going to cover your seed with. I’m thinking a thin layer of triple screened compost for my overseeding next month
Peat moss. :)
Great video Ryan, informative as usual , covering all subjects today. Thanks for taking the time to put this video together.👍👍
You're welcome!
Tips for renovating a piece of land on a hill? What products will prevent seed from washing downhill.
Usually you have to use seed blankets or some kind of product that sticks the seed in place. I think grass daddy had a video about it for his renovation?
Great video! Very helpful content. Look forward to the upcoming videos.
Ive had great luck with Southern States Cooperative seed. Would highly recommend and more the competitive with “premium” brands.
Great informative video
I'm looking forward to how you are going to level the ground before seeding... My lawn is a bumpy mess
Coming up soon. I don't know what the outcome will be but the only way we learn is with experience.
This is great info! Thanks! I have a 500sqft area I'm redoing right now so it's great timing.
Good luck!
Great step by step Ryan! About to start my reno. with Pete's TTTF mix! Excited to see how it does compared to the Pennington Seed I used last year!
I am excited to see the results. Good luck!
I like the LCN shirt in this video. I also like your new into.
Thanks!
I bought that bottle of tenacity. get an accurate syringe to measure the product. I used a little too much and turned my lawn white. It survived but looked terrible for a few weeks.
From what I have heard even the right amount can temporary turn the grass white but it should recover.
@@ryanknorrlawncare yeah, certain types of fescue are going to whiten up in my experience. The white patches everywhere for a few weeks isn't ideal either. However, it's minimally toxic, yet it's very deadly to the yellow sedge and smooth crabgrass (and everything broadleaf) that is the predominant issue here in NY. Two applications at a medium strength knocked out 90% of a backyard neglected for decades that was at least half sedge and crabgrass. It did not kill the bentgrass infestation however. The scotts granular product is awesome too. Gives you a solid 4-6 weeks of pre-emergence for just about everything.
Great video Ryan, keep it up!! Can’t wait to see the final product!
Great information. Im ready!
I started over seeding my lawn but I also put down fertilizer at the same that had weed killer in it. I see a few buds coming in but I'm not sure if I should put more seed or fertilizer. What do you think? Any suggestions?
Ryan, I know you have heard this before dude. Wouldn't this be the best time to put in ground sprinkler's, lol. Just saying. I have watched every video that you have put out and love them. I also have warm season grass here in South Carolina and would not make it in the lawn without in ground sprinkles. If your doing an entire renovation and putting down seed which needs to have water, water, and more water on it. In ground might help bro...
Of course it would. However I don't have the time right now and all the companies are booked out until next year. My system is essentially an in ground set above the ground and is set in place to water it and I've had good luck with that. I want an irrigation system for sure it just can't happen at this moment.
Someone help Ryan get an in-ground sprinkler system please!! 😂 you’re too cool dude! -FresYES Lawn Dude
Yeah that would be nice!
Connor Ward and LCN could help with the sprinkler project and film the project. Good viewing for all us out here in youtube land.😎
Attitude seed bank is Bueno as well
Have you considered Jonathan Green for new grass seed. Its a mix of rye, blue and fescue, waxy, dark and drought resistent. I have reseeded with this and it looks fantastic. Thanks!
Hey Ryan. I enjoy your videos and I have a few questions
I know this is an older video ... but I need help, I just bought this home and there is NO grass in the back yard ... just hard dirt and wood mulch ... my dog NEEDS grass and so do I ... I live in N. Calif and it is hot here and we are in a drought ... but I have to have a lawn otherwise I hate my yard. ... how do I get started with just hard dirt?.
We just bought a house in Athol, Idaho. I have about 1.5 acres that I want to make a nice lawn out of the almost 5 total acres. The problem i have is the grass or lack there of is mostly pasture land and weeds. I was thinking of using a 2,4 D product from North 40 or a local feed store. The ground is also hard as a rock. Should I do a soil loosening product first and then follow it up with something else a couple days after? Then overseed with a tall fescue or something that won't require alot of watering. Its hard to water the entire portion in a day.
Awesome job. You have covered so many things I'm think of doing with my yard. Keep up the good work.
Raintrain for watering!!
Man, your lawn is making your neighbors lawn look like $#&@! Great job man.
Can I use Scotts Starter Fertilizer with Mesotrione if I pregerminate the bluegrass seed?
Hi Ryan - Great videos. Joe from CT here. We live in a new construction home and my builder put down Pennington Contractors mix which is Perennial & Annual Ryegrass. He put it down at the end of may and right now I've been mowing it but I really don't like the look or texture. There's tons of dirt patches here, very hard clay like soil and some areas have no grass at all. I want to start over but don't want to spend a ton. Should I try to do the complete overhaul as you have or just aerate, thatch, and rake? The goal is really to just have that dark green lawn. I want KBG but I feel that might be difficult to get it to spread through this ryegrass and i'll still have to mow. I plan to do "something" right around labor day, i just dont know what that full plan looks like yet. Again great videos!
Here's what I've been looking at, front lawn is very sunny: SS5000 Sunny Mixture or SS1100 Bluegrass Blend
Thanks for another great video! However, I'm a little confused with the order for reno during this time of year. Should it be in your opinion, Tenacity (lots of existing weeds but not looking to do a complete kill off now) > Scalp > Dethach > Aerate > Top Dress > Seed > Peat Moss > Starter Fert?
Yeah you can spray tenacity ahead of time and then the other process you mentioned will work fine.
How successful were you with tenacity? I’ve used it all summer with little to no success. It has very little effect on crabgrass for me at the recommended doses.
It's a shame you have that disaster next door. I'm doing the same thing, but moving toward TTTF and letting it grow long for less watering. I had a bad case of fungus or drought intolerance in the beautiful KBG I planted last year, some of it was just decimated.
Not a bad idea. I think tall fescue is getting better than better over time.
I started a new lawn recently. I removed the sod/thatch layer with down to bare soil, brought in quality topdressing, smoothed it out, used a quality fine fescue mix, and used a straw layer over the raked in seeds. I seeded first week in August (minnesota) Unfortunately, mostly only weeds came up (quackgrass, dandelions, purslane), with only patches of the the fine fescue, which isnt doing so well. I think some of the mistakes that I made were seeding too early (its been hot here for the last few weeks), and that the underlying seedbed of weeds needs to be killed. Im thinking of using a glyphosate mix like in your video to nuke the new lawn and start over. I have a few new trees I planted recently in the area. Can you think of any issues I should be aware of? Thanks
Hi Ryan. I enjoy your videos and thank you for posting them. I’m in se wisconsin so somewhat similar to where you’re at. This year I’ve applied drive xlr8 for killing crabgrass. How long do I need to wait before overseeing? I’ve been told anywhere from 1 week to 4 weeks.
Do you water the peat moss ?
Ryan, do you recommend Scott's Thick'r Lawn? For seeding. Which is a 3 in 1. And if I put this down, do I still need a starter fertilizer?
I don't personally like those 3 in 1 products just because it feels like a lot of filler and not much seed but for spots if you want something easy I guess that should work. Most have a fertilizer mixed in but you would have to check that specific product. Good luck!
Thanks Ryan. I am in the process of reseeding now . I am renting an overseeder machine that slices the soil. Do I still need to cover with something like peat moss?
Will the Scott's starter fertilizer with weed control kill full grown weeds if I throw it down every 3 weeks?
I would spray for best efficiency
Do you use Hydretain?
I’m in Pennsylvania, what do you think about a mix of Kentucky Blue Grass and Rye grass for my lawn next year?
Have any quick advice for those of us that just got new 'builder grade' tall fescue sod? All my builder said was to "water the hell out of it and over seed."
That's probably about true. Haha
Sod is just tough for a while and requires a lot of water. Probably get starter fertilizer going on it and humic acid as well.
Great video Ryan. I’m going with Jonathan Greene Black Beauty Ultra this year. I’ve had really good luck with it in the past.
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Question.. about how much peat moss do you use per 1000ft²?
I’m renovating my lawn in the fall. I’m going to kill off the grass and level out the ground with compost I’m going to get delivered. To also add nutrients back into the ground ...then seed and maybe add a thin layer of peet moss to cover it. Is compost a good idea or should I just regular top soil with a fert ? What about peet Moss. Is it over kill since I’m adding the compost?
Thanks for this informative video Ryan, much appreciated and I am sure we all are appreciative for the amount of work you put in to their production. Is the new lawn to the left of your driveway going to be a kind of "Test Plot" and therefore, if it is successful, will you eventually replicate this with your front and front left side lawn? BTW, in my geo area I have two great sources of supply, one is a long time garden center called Treeland in Bridgeport, CT and Site-One in Stratford. Both have friendly staffs who have a wealth of knowledge and are great listeners as well. Keep up the good work.
Yes I'm using it as a small area to see if I want to replicate that to the front yard in the future. Glad to hear you have some great options near you and thanks for watching!
Thanks for your videos! Do you have a way to estimate peat for a lawn reno?
Ryan - I currently have a patchy tall fescue front yard. Do I need to kill it off completely or can I overseed it in the fall? Appreciate your time & great videos.
Great Video Ryan!!! Hey, my lawn is completely overrun by crab grass. Can i follow the steps here to renovate my lawn because in your case you had more grass than weed? My case is the opposite. Do i have to detach the dried weed completely before seeding when i kill it or just level it with the lawn mower as long as the weeds are dead to the root? Tnx
I dont have a lawn. I have some grass but most green is weeds. Clover, mugwart, ect. Can i use all veg killer, then use a rototiller and plant? How long until i can plant grass seed after?
You have a Ron Popeil type sprinkler system?
Hi Ryan, love these videos - I just laid down Jonathan Green Ultra, starter fert and peat moss on a mix of over seed and grub damages areas. But first, I put down Dilox on some areas to kill the grubs. It’s a been a week with no real germination. I was told Dilox won’t affect the seed but am concerned. Have you ever used this? Thanks
You aerating + overseeding? Or using the liquid aeration instead of mechanical?
For my front yard I'm aerating with a machine and then overseeding.
Hi Ryan - great videos. i am from MN as well - i have been watching your videos to help fix my lawn. i plan to reseed my backyard this fall and fix a few dead/dry spots, when is best time to start?
As soon as you can. As you know, MN winter is not far away. :)
if i am going to lay a rich topsoil / compost mix before seeding, will i need to use much fertilizer in addition to seeding?
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How soon should you water after seeding? Same day or no?
Same day is fine
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Just bought a house and the yard needed some TLC. Raked up the bare spots (heavy clay) and dropped some seed and milorgamite. I still see some some seed and fertilizer on the top. Should I rake it back in? I laid this 6 days ago and don't want to mess with any germination that has already started. Seed type high fescue and Zoysia.
If things are already germinating I'd probably leave it alone but if you can safely rake it again then that's fine too but you don't want to do more harm than good.
Is it necessary to scalp a lawn every Spring? And how often should thatch be removed
I don't really scalp mine but do cut it shorter in the spring. Thatch just depends on how much it builds up and your grass type.
Thanks for the advice
How many days before putting down seed do you recommend applying Tenacity?
Same day as seeding
Ryan, I’m thinking about doing my entire lawn this fall and trying to level it as well. I saw you cut the lawn down to the dirt in another video, if I do that would you recommend this same plan in this video?? Thanks for the videos
Yes. I did something similar last year (renovated my side lawn). I posted a video with step by step instructions.
Sadly, I have a Septic Tank in my Back Yard with Risers, for easy location for Pumping...
As we all know, gases do excape from the Riser Lids, and harm the Grass, and allow Weeds to grow.
What can I do to fix this?
As I reside in Zone 8B (Olympic Peninsula of Washington State), what Grass Type would be the BEST for my 70% Full Sun/30% Partial-Full Shade Lawn?
My 1/3 Acre gives me Approximately 7,500sqft of workable Lawnspace. I have a couple Flowerbeds in the Corners to make Mowing easier, and a Raised Vegetable Garden, a ~25' Dogwood Tree, and about 9 Thunderhead Flowering Plum Tree's (planted 2008).
I've attempted to speak to local Professional Landscapers, but they just opt for Herbicides, that I don't want to use... I'm "trying" to go ALL ORGANIC, without financially going BROKE!
Any recommendations are welcome!
Thanks. 😎
Take care,
🤓 -Thomas
Western Washington State
regarding your septic vents, I had the same in my yard. I cut mine down to below surface and capped each with 4" PVC cap with drilled holes for venting. Then dug a little around each and put in round utility/valve boxes - flush mount to the surface with the dark green landscaping lids. Looks so much better than before and I don't have to mow around them and trim. Just thought I would share that little project. (There may be something in local code here that prevents doing this since nobody else has done it - but I am not too concerned)
@@TheCthompson310 Great Idea & EASY to do!
I'll look into this! 😺
What do you think about applying a PGR on existing grass before overseeding?
That would be a perfect idea. I don't know if I can currently because mine is still slightly stressed from heat and drought. Otherwise yes I would plan on it.
Hello Ryan, Just got a new home and I’m excited to turn my backyard into spring/summer hot spot for my family. I not so recently placed down so Scott’s turf builder in my yard after mowing. I’d followed the instructions on the bag on how much to apply and I’ve been watering the seed twice a day for 3weeks but haven’t got one blade of grass to grow. What did I do wrong?
Very hard to say...check out my seeding video to see if it looks similar to what you did ruclips.net/video/T6ZLVkpf10I/видео.html
Ryan - Do you recommend putting down Milorganite when overseeding, as well as starter fertalizer about a week later? In MA what kind of seed do you think would be best....I have heard that both Tall Fescue and Ryegrass work well.
You can do milorganite at any time and usually I add starter fert just before grass should be germinating (depending on the type) when I overseed. What grass seed you use kind of all depends on what you want for looks. Check out some photos of bluegrass, ryegrass, and fescue and see what you think.
Great video .Any thoughts regarding Jonathan Green tall fescue seed ?
I've been hearing really good things about it this year. I haven't use it personally but many have told me it's good stuff.
Pete's seed at GCI Turf is one of the best turf type tall fescue blends available hands down
M&C Lawn Care I was thinking of using GCI’s tttf this year to overseed my bluegrass mix in my back yard to be more drought tolerant. It gets full sun and I don’t have an I ground irrigation. I used lesco tttf seed last year in my front yard and it came in great. Just wondering if Pete’s mix will be dark like the blue grass. I feel like the lesco tttf seed is a shade lighter than my blue grass. Have you used it and if so are the blades dark and not super broad? Thanks
This is a great series, and timely because I am currently doing the same, to a more extreme level on heavily compacted soil overgrown bushes were and renovating what was left of the existing lawn... Wish was 70% wild violet and crab grass. I've looked it was with Glyphosate... But in the bare areas where Grass never grew and the soil is like concrete in going to till about 4 inches. Any thoughts on tiling? What's the best depth?
I've tilled before but ran into a lot of weed problems. I think I probably would have let the weeds grow for a few weeks and then sprayed it and then seeded along with using tenacity. I don't know for sure the best depth but anything that breaks it all up and smooths it out should work.
Ryan Knorr Lawn Care when should tenacity be used? At the time of seeding or after the grass is fully grown?
Love your videos Ryan. I live in your area and with the crazy hot spring or you can call it "no spring" we had this year my new sod (just go laid last year) has been looking terrible. I have some bare spots and a lot of brown spots. My lawn service (not going to mention their name) is recommending me to aerate and reseed this fall. They are charging me $245. Do you think that is too steep of a price? Just looking at this video I think I can do the reseed myself and maybe just have them aerate only. What are your thoughts?
That seems a bit steep on price to me! What type of grass do you have?
I believe it’s bluegrass? I live in the the new Timberview West neighborhood in Adel
Also can you spike it with 2-4-D
I personally wouldn't mix them
Ryan. Is it to late to start this project for my home? I live in Michigan. Bought a house last summer and I have been fighting a battle with my yard that I am not winning. I am ready to start all over and renovate the entire thing.
It's not too late but it's getting close.
What soil temperature are you targeting for seed down
I'm not really waiting on soil temp because it will be too late by the time things cool down. Heat is actually ok as long as I keep it watered.
Do you think I would need to put a bunch of top soil down over the whole yard to get good results on a reseeding? I'm going to be core aerating. Should I just give the whole lawn a dusting of peat most? Its only 2k sq feet.
If you're core aerating then just let the cores dry out and then break them up. That will be a decent amount of soil on top now and you can seed into that and cover with peat if you can.
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I have thick patches of crabgrass along the edges... I've killed it off and waiting two weeks... Do I need to dig it out first? Or will the grass seed fill in with re-seeding?
I'd say preferably I would dig it out and then add a little soil back in if you have to. That will give you great results on having the seed grow in nicely.
What Blades do you have for your Toro TimeMaster
The stock ones that come on them now. It's a high lift mulching style.
What do you think of gator blades
Hi Ryan , my grass is dead , I’ve scalped it, right now I’m using my electric scarifier to break up the dry clay and my top soil is on it’s way . But I can’t decide whether to go with a rye grass/ fescue mix or KBG which is now available in the Uk. What’s your recommendation? I have clay soil but it doesn’t water log but it does get very dry in periods of no rain . I’m hoping to seed this weekend coming
It really all depends on what you like for looks. Bluegrass takes more water to keep it looking good when it's dry but at the same time it survives going dormant very well. I personally have never liked fescue as much as far as looks but there are some nicer varieties now too that I would consider it.
Are you going to work the ground prior to seeding? Doing a small renovation myself and wondering if I should work ground up prior to seeding or just throw it on over the dead grass.
You can throw it over dead grass but the soil has to be soft enough to roll it in with a roller. I am adding soil over everything mainly in an effort to try to level the yard as much as possible.
I'm planning on doing a core aeration this fall with an overseed. Do i need to start training my grass by cutting it lower? So the seed has good seed to soil contact? Should i Dethach right before my overseed. Thanks and keep up the great work!
You can but sometimes if you shock it a little but cutting it lower all at once that's not so bad either since you let the new grass seed come in while the existing is lagging behind a little. The first few times I overseeded I was probably around 2.75 inches on the grass so it wasn't super short and it still worked fine. I would dethatch if you can. The more thinned out it is the more chance you have for new seed to find its way to the soil.
Ryan Knorr Lawn Care dethacher with the metal tine or the power rake with the metal blade things? I got a dethacher off amazon and it came with those two attachments. Thanks
What do you recommend to completely kill your existing lawn before starting on a new lawn project? Thank you.
He has a video explaining everything but basically anything similar like roundup
@@ocroyal6688 Ok. Thank you for responding.
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@@ryanknorrlawncare Ok, thank you, Ryan.