WOW, OMG! This lawn looks ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! I love watching this channel! I try to learn. I live in Texas, so some of what I pickup from learning is (according to labels) not recommended for my location / type of grass. But, I'd so love to follow along and learn!
I think you did a good job with your explanation of Debris VS Thatch --- I was ignorant about this topic. I had an email with Scott's about some stuff and in their advise to me, they mentioned to Power Rake. -- I had no idea what a power rake was -- so that led me into the thatch realm --- Again -- you did a good job with your explanation.
I live in Boise Idaho, temps are over 100 right now, in July. I know I have to wait for it to cool down before I use my dethatcher but man I can't wait. I have a big lawn that faces out to a golf course. I need to make it look like it blends into the golf course haha. Hardest part is waiting for cooler weather. I did do a test section and it's funny it allowed new grass to sprout already even during the heat so I know it's going to work.
I've done my midwest tall fescue lawn previously, and plan on doing so again this fall. Cut at 2" , and dethatch it several times, aerate it several times, over seed with United seed tall fescue, water. And pray, lol.
How did the thatch get that bad in the first place? Shouldn't microbes be eating all of that up? Was there something preventing this process from happening? Amazing before/after pics! You really did a great job. I can't wait to see how it looks in a couple more months in Fall.
This lawn is probably 35 years old. Lack of late fall short mow was a lot of the issue. Tons of snow mold from last winter. Coupled with the grasses natural tendency to die out is the issue. Our elevation is just below mile high and the microbes do not help the same as they do at sea level
@PestandLawnGinja Nice. I'm from NYC, so I appreciate scenery like that. Just bought a home in NJ and I just followed your steps. I scarified and added new seeds. Do you know how long it will take to see so.e results? My yard looks a little beat up right now after the process.
Awesome job! Do you ever put peat moss down when you overseed an existing lawn? Do you ever rake the seed in or roll it? Are those steps necessary with an already established lawn? Seems like they weren't with this lawn.
I have in the past. With thing lawns I don’t use it. Pears Soo expensive these days. The slits the scarifier makes are awesome. But the peat or a slight topdress does help and have benefits but not always necessary
and you forgot to mention that these Dethatchers / Scarifyers do a much better job than the $2000 dollar rental machines ! and its cheaper to buy and use 2 times than it is to rent one . the rental machines beat the livin hell out of your lawn
Thanks for all the detailed videos, I live in zone 7B. I have 1 and half year old sod layed in my yard. I do have 60% of my yard with same brown/ dead grass now. Is it fine if I dethach my law this time of the year? Begining of May when temperature is about 70-75F ?
Pro tip, you can open almost any lawn fertilizer or mulch bag without a knife like a bag of chips. pull the top apart from both sides and you'll have a perfectly even opening that doesn't trap material on the way out.
It’s gotta get worse… before it gets better..!! So true…going Through the process is never fun.. But in the end.., de thatching and Scarifying is always rewarding..!!
Hi. First, thanks for your video :) Question: after seeding and fertilizing, do you put anything to cover it ? Peat moss? Pro mix ? Thanks for your inputs and have a great weekend
I’m going to overseed with KBG but will have some bare spots due to leveling. Would adding 25% perennial rye help get some quick germination and ground cover while waiting for the KBG to come in?
How often would you detach and use the scarifier per year? Illinois I live and have mainly 85 percent different types of fescue and rest Kentucky blue grass.
Question??? Once you cleaned up the thatch. After scarifying. You applied fertilizer the next day. Then followed up with reseeding. Apparently, the fertilizer did not affect the reseeding process. I always thought the fertilizer would affect the seeds. Special type fertilizer? About to experiment with my yard this year. 2024. And how early can I do the dethatching, scarifying, reseeding, and fertilization. Live in San Antonio, Texas. Where we are freezing at 40 degrees, layer up, shelves go empty at grocery stores, schools shut down, and anti-icing goes down on bridges. That is south Texas for you. Great videos. Very educational.
It's the amount of fertilizer. My area is already super deficient in nitrogen so I can get away with a bit more than most areas. I do recommend 1/8thlbs of nitrogen per 1000 ft2 for the majority
Can the scarifer be used an alternative to aerating for an area that has hard spots under 3 rd year cool season sod? I also want to do a Scott's lawn soil application with a peatmoss spreader and then sand level too. The lawn looks amazing except in the problem spots. Is it too aggressive? Thanks!
Yes and no. The scarifier is great for dethatching. Aeration does that too. Where it won’t help is if you have compacted soil. Which I don’t find super common if you’re watering properly. All in all I think this is a great alternative to lawn aeration
@@pestandlawnginja sorry last question - any recommendation on setting/depth of the dethatcher and then also for the scarifier? Will be first time scarifying
This was an awesome video. I watched a few of these, but by far my favorite. question for you. I bought a detacher from green works and didn’t realize until I opened the package and assembled it that it did not have the option to add a scarifier attachment. Would I still get similar results Just detaching and overseeing? Any suggestion?
@@pestandlawnginja thanks! kicking my self for not getting the dual attachment one. Is there an adorable way you can think of to scarify? Really don’t want to get a whole new machine haha
@@Gymdadfitnessreviews I made the same mistake a few years ago hahaha, its terrible. i believe greenworks now sells a version that includes the scarifier as well.
I have a similar issue, is there certain times of year to do this? I'm located in high desert in western CO, so it gets pretty hot in the summer and very low humidity.
I had to pause within the first minute and ran to my wife in excitement when I saw that Ryobi now had a dethatcher tool. Already owning a Sun Joe in your opinion since you used it is it better? Would be great to not have to deal with a cable cord when doing this and I already have a bunch of Ryobi tooling already and batteries
It feels fantastic. I did a video on it the video before this one. It’s dethacher was better, the scarifier wasn’t as good since it doesn’t go as deep but it still performed!
I'm actually starting in a couple of weeks (I live in Chicago) because it seems like the temps are going to be on the milder side for August so I want to take advantage and give the new grass the maximum amount of time to establish before winter. Last year I waited until mid September and the temps dropped dramatically and my new grass didn't have enough time to grow good roots to survive the winter. Plus this year I have good irrigation so even if we get a hot temps I should be able to ride it out. My process for overseeing an established lawn is 1) Mow short 2) Dethatch (maybe scarify) 3) Top-dress a few of the bare, low spots 4) Put down Scotts starter fertilizer with weed control (has the same stuff a tenacity in it) 5) seed 6) Rake seed in lightly 7) Roll 8) Light coat of Peat Moss.
Here’s my 2c. The grass doesn’t care as long as it’s growing. I dethatch monthly on average. The sooner you get the debris out the sooner it repairs. When it comes to scarifying I do three times per season. Spring, as the heat hits and late summer / fall
Question my Brother Ginja. I bought one of the SunJoe's from another video. I have Zoysia that's thick and 99% weed free, but the lawn won't take iron and green up for the past couple years. My 0-0-7 has iron (at times). My 16-4-8 has iron. My Milorganite (when I use it...that's a lot of N for Zoysia) has iron. Heck, even my ironite has iron. Really? Who knew? My soil test said the Fe should be between 2-4, and with the love above, my Fe is only 1.3. I've not dethatched with the SunJoe in ~18 months, and have not aerated, but I DEEP tilled and seeded 4 years ago. After calling the Bishop and fasting, what is next? Core aeration, or beating the crud out of my lawn by dethatching and scarifying heavily? Then come back and apply ironite? I'm not sure which would be the best bet to get the iron down to the roots. Is the thatch blocking it, or perhaps compact soil? There is a slight (very slight) angle for runoff to the edge of the road, and the area here is greener, so I'm wondering if the iron is just not reaching the soil (and maybe the nitrogen), and it's running down before soaking in. I know I'm going to have to "embrace the suck", but I'm not sure which direction to go...or all 3? I'm assuming after all that beating it would be wise to throw down some pre-emergent too? Heck, you'd almost think I'd been paying attention to all that stuff in your videos, right?
Love the fasting idea 💡 😄 😆 🤣 First and foremost the soil tests give us an idea of what the soil has in it. Try not to get to worried about "fixing" the soil. The tests help us understand what is best to use to feed the lawn. Which sounds like you're doing great. I would plan on a monthly iron treatment. I have to do mine as well. Small doses every two weeks would be best 👌
My dethatcher just arrived about five minutes ago via Amazon so I'm boning up here on correct methods. But I want to lay down weed and feed after because I'm going to have a lot of dandelions soon at this time of year. If that ok versus just putting down fertilizer?
My issue: Thatch problem. Way too thick and spongy. I'm planning to dethatch the crap out of it in the next couple of weeks. I have a mix of rye, kbg, and fescue. Question: Knowing that it's so thick and thatchy, should I dethatch and scarify and call it a day, or do you recommend overseeding, like you did? Or, let the lawn fill in on it's own? By overseeding, am I promoting a thatch issue down the road?
this is a fantastic question. so...... few things. we need to understand if its thatch or if its just the grass deciding to run on top with minimal root activity. if this is the case the grass will tear out when you dethatch it. there's not much you can do other than tear it, thin it out, aerate or scarify it and over seed it to establish new grass and a new rooting system. if the above is not the case and its really spongy thatch the quickest thing you can do is this, dethatch it a ton. meaning 5 plus passes. scarify it 3 times over, aerate it, remove the plugs and top dress the entire lawn with sand. do a classic aerification. this will put sand into the thatch layer and speed this process up 10 fold. hope that helps.
@pestandlawnginja yep and before you clean up your own mess and that motorcyclist drives through it? That's like me saying yeah I swept some nails in the road, but I'm gonna clean it up..
Hey 👋 Aeration disrupts the soil profile. This device actually hits and Thomas out the thatch layer and doesn’t go lower than 1/4” into the soil. I actually prefer the latter
Hey Ginja! I've got 11,000 square feet of lawn (sandy soil, cool season grass). Because of that, I am planning to do the power rake and then the scarify separately. Plan is to power rake within the next week and then 2 to 3 weeks later bust out the scarifier to remove the excess thatch. Do you think I'll be okay with this 2-step process? If so, should I feed the lawn a recovery fert after the power rake or wait and feed it after scarifying? Or both? Thanks Man!
Here’s my 2c. Cleaning up the debris with the dethacher first is great. It helps to thin out the topical debris so when you use the scarifier it has less resistence and in my opinion helps prevent some ripping or live matter. With that said when it comes to super gummy debris and thatch as shown in this video it would have been fine to start with the scarifier and would have saved me a ton of time.
I have just enough time to watch this video before Thursday Thirsty Stream starts at 9pm. Will you be there? Matt Martin is extremely educational and helpful. Hope to see you there.
When I paid attention to my lawn for the first time in May (we moved in last Nov and had lots of house issues) I had already missed pre-emergent and by June I had more weeds than grass ... and noticed *lots* of thatch and bad spots. Decided to wait on thatch and build the lawn with little more than frequent mowing at the middle setting on my mower. I did hit it with some weed 'n feed once. I started bagging and then did most of the summer mulching. Today I saw 5 dandelions for the first time since June. Fargin' bastages! ruclips.net/video/bYiow8qNL8Y/видео.html.. If heat/rain caused more growth than I could mow late summer, I bagged and dumped clippings over a fence to mitigate weeds at the fence line. The results have been good except for all the crabgrass and creeping charlie I never treated. Now it's Sept and back to bagging to keep the surface cleaner and start cutting lower. I might not be able to thatch until early Oct but that'll still be OK I think. And then immediately on to the fall treatments. That's my plan, hope it works.
@@wiktorpoliszczuk1372 grass that isn't decomposing is not compost its a weed barrier. which is why you should scarify the lawn. to remove this non composting layer. then with proper mulching you can take advantage of the nutrients mulching has to offer
@@pestandlawnginja grass that isn't decomposing --spray it with urea to boost composting process , the brown grass is your proper mulch ,isn't it???,,work with nature , please
Have a question...just bought my first house...there are patches of bad tall fescue. I think it's called Kentucky 31....I've seeded 4 times this year and I have been seeding with tall fescue and seeding so many times and watering i got a mold....gonna do the dethqtching process like you just did....will this take care of of the bad Kentucky 31....or will that ken31 come back...I've been trying to grow the Ken 31 out by seeding....and it's working. But can I use this process to grow this bad grass out....help. Mick in columbus
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Thanks, I am in my second season with my Sun Joe after watching you use it. It has made a world of difference, got same results you have
best device for a home owner hands down!
I really like it when you do a before and after video. The results better speak for themselves. keep it up Ginja! Keep slaying!
Appreciate it!
WOW, OMG! This lawn looks ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! I love watching this channel! I try to learn. I live in Texas, so some of what I pickup from learning is (according to labels) not recommended for my location / type of grass. But, I'd so love to follow along and learn!
Nice!!! Warm season grass paradise here you come!
I think you did a good job with your explanation of Debris VS Thatch --- I was ignorant about this topic. I had an email with Scott's about some stuff and in their advise to me, they mentioned to Power Rake. -- I had no idea what a power rake was -- so that led me into the thatch realm --- Again -- you did a good job with your explanation.
@@jackdraper2849 thanks! Glad I could help
I live in Boise Idaho, temps are over 100 right now, in July. I know I have to wait for it to cool down before I use my dethatcher but man I can't wait. I have a big lawn that faces out to a golf course. I need to make it look like it blends into the golf course haha. Hardest part is waiting for cooler weather. I did do a test section and it's funny it allowed new grass to sprout already even during the heat so I know it's going to work.
I've done my midwest tall fescue lawn previously, and plan on doing so again this fall. Cut at 2" , and dethatch it several times, aerate it several times, over seed with United seed tall fescue, water. And pray, lol.
How did the thatch get that bad in the first place? Shouldn't microbes be eating all of that up? Was there something preventing this process from happening?
Amazing before/after pics! You really did a great job. I can't wait to see how it looks in a couple more months in Fall.
This lawn is probably 35 years old. Lack of late fall short mow was a lot of the issue. Tons of snow mold from last winter. Coupled with the grasses natural tendency to die out is the issue. Our elevation is just below mile high and the microbes do not help the same as they do at sea level
That view of the mountains is CRAZY! Who cares about the grass. LOL
Good call
I said the samething. Like where do you live sir 😂
@@leewolf7096 Utah
@PestandLawnGinja Nice. I'm from NYC, so I appreciate scenery like that. Just bought a home in NJ and I just followed your steps. I scarified and added new seeds. Do you know how long it will take to see so.e results? My yard looks a little beat up right now after the process.
@@leewolf7096 depends on the seed type. Between 10 days and 3 weeks
This makes me feel a lot better after doing this to my back yard! Looks thin and horrible! Just like yours! Before i move to my front yard.
easy fix! slay that lawn!
Really nice turnaround!!
Thanks!!!!
Your videoed are so amazing!!! I'm in NJ Zone 6B. I guess I should wait till the 2nd or 3rd week August to dethatch.
You can dethatch anytime during the growing season. Sooner the better in my opinion
Ginja cut the beard and put out another banger! Way to go bro; your videos are always super informative
Appreciate the comment!
Love your videos! Will you detatch and scarify again in Fall after the snow? Need to do both every year?
I will dethatch in the next week or two. I’ll scarify early fall or late summer
I was skeptical of the SunJoe at first, but I must say it's an incredible little machine. I was blown away by how well it works.
Right!? Little workhorse
This literally saved my yard. Wish I could attach a before and after picture.
Rad! It's my favorite tool for sure
Awesome job! Do you ever put peat moss down when you overseed an existing lawn? Do you ever rake the seed in or roll it? Are those steps necessary with an already established lawn? Seems like they weren't with this lawn.
I have in the past. With thing lawns I don’t use it. Pears Soo expensive these days. The slits the scarifier makes are awesome. But the peat or a slight topdress does help and have benefits but not always necessary
Wow!!! What a view!!!
Right!?
Love this format. Taking a lawn from "rags" to "riches" ;).
More to come!
@Pest And Lawn Ginja,
If you could only choose one tool, which would it be? Kbg grass.
1-dethatcher
2-scarifier
3-verticutter
I would rate them 1,3,2
Do you water every other day after scarifying and fertilizing? Thanks!
I personally prefer up to 4x per week with compact clay
and you forgot to mention that these Dethatchers / Scarifyers do a much better job than the $2000 dollar rental machines ! and its cheaper to buy and use 2 times than it is to rent one . the rental machines beat the livin hell out of your lawn
I have the RocknRocker and that thing is a beast for the price
It’s a great machine. Still getting to know it. So far so good
Wow- very impressive looks awesome great work sir
Thank you very much!
Thanks for all the detailed videos, I live in zone 7B. I have 1 and half year old sod layed in my yard. I do have 60% of my yard with same brown/ dead grass now. Is it fine if I dethach my law this time of the year? Begining of May when temperature is about 70-75F ?
Pro tip, you can open almost any lawn fertilizer or mulch bag without a knife like a bag of chips. pull the top apart from both sides and you'll have a perfectly even opening that doesn't trap material on the way out.
Those draw strings can suck a duck
What do you think of the pull behind dethatchers?
It’s gotta get worse… before it gets better..!! So true…going
Through the process is never fun..
But in the end.., de thatching and
Scarifying is always rewarding..!!
Love these machines!
Hi. First, thanks for your video :) Question: after seeding and fertilizing, do you put anything to cover it ? Peat moss? Pro mix ? Thanks for your inputs and have a great weekend
Only on the bare spots. I've had great luck otherwise
I’m going to overseed with KBG but will have some bare spots due to leveling. Would adding 25% perennial rye help get some quick germination and ground cover while waiting for the KBG to come in?
For sure. Rye germinates Soo fast and it will help keep the seed in place
9:35pm. What can you tell men about Dethatching a fescue blend lawn?
Works great. The difficult part is slowly lowering the height of your lawn down to 2" so you don't get scalp damage
How often would you detach and use the scarifier per year? Illinois I live and have mainly 85 percent different types of fescue and rest Kentucky blue grass.
I use the scarifier spring and late summer. I use the detached 3 times or more
Question??? Once you cleaned up the thatch. After scarifying. You applied fertilizer the next day. Then followed up with reseeding. Apparently, the fertilizer did not affect the reseeding process. I always thought the fertilizer would affect the seeds. Special type fertilizer? About to experiment with my yard this year. 2024. And how early can I do the dethatching, scarifying, reseeding, and fertilization. Live in San Antonio, Texas. Where we are freezing at 40 degrees, layer up, shelves go empty at grocery stores, schools shut down, and anti-icing goes down on bridges. That is south Texas for you. Great videos. Very educational.
It's the amount of fertilizer. My area is already super deficient in nitrogen so I can get away with a bit more than most areas.
I do recommend 1/8thlbs of nitrogen per 1000 ft2 for the majority
I did a lawn renovation last year. Do you think it is safe to dethatch this year?
💯
Why not top dress along with the fertilizing since you scarified it?
never a bad idea. just didn't need to
Can the scarifer be used an alternative to aerating for an area that has hard spots under 3 rd year cool season sod? I also want to do a Scott's lawn soil application with a peatmoss spreader and then sand level too. The lawn looks amazing except in the problem spots. Is it too aggressive? Thanks!
Yes and no. The scarifier is great for dethatching. Aeration does that too. Where it won’t help is if you have compacted soil. Which I don’t find super common if you’re watering properly. All in all I think this is a great alternative to lawn aeration
Impressive.. great job 👍🏻
Thank you!
When is the best time of year to do this? Should I do it now before we get into spring
Anytime during the growing season. If you're only doing it once a year late summer is best but if you have an issue as soon as possible is best
I’m in Alberta , snow just coming off , I see snow in the mountains behind you. What was soil temp when you started?
45
@@pestandlawnginja thank you
I'm in North Carolina when is the best time to dethatch in the Charlotte area. What temp should it be outside?
As long as the grass is actively growing you’re good. I like to dethatch minimum every 8 weeks
After I seed how long should I wait till I give it the first cut?
Ipersonally don't wait at all. But here is what is taught. wait 3 weeks but if the grass reaches four inches I cut it.
Do you pick up the dead grass/debris in between the two or after both the dethatch and scarify?
I did pickup between each pass. I prefer to do it that way. Takes much longer
@@pestandlawnginja Thank you! I plan to scarify at the end of the summer and overseed - should i also dethatch or is it one or the other?
@@brandonrogers4415 I prefer to do both but i'm an over achiever lol
@@pestandlawnginja ha ha I’ll probably do the same- thank you!
@@pestandlawnginja sorry last question - any recommendation on setting/depth of the dethatcher and then also for the scarifier? Will be first time scarifying
The recommended product is no longer available on Amazon. Do you have another recommendation from a corded perspective?
Sun Joe 15"
What is the best grass seed you recommend for coalville area. Currently doing Kentucky blue
Depends on your goals. Bluegrass is best for drought tolerance. I like tall fescue for hardiness and deep roots.
Wow what a difference! How would i find out the best grass seed for my area? I've looked up some stuff and Pa says tall fescue?
Google is great. “Grass types in city, state”
Then decide what you feel is better. Rye and kbg are fantastic on the feet 🦶
@@pestandlawnginja you da best man! keep up the good work =D
This was an awesome video. I watched a few of these, but by far my favorite. question for you. I bought a detacher from green works and didn’t realize until I opened the package and assembled it that it did not have the option to add a scarifier attachment. Would I still get similar results Just detaching and overseeing? Any suggestion?
Dethatch helps a ton but it's the scarifier that exposes the dirt to get seed to soil contact.
@@pestandlawnginja thanks! kicking my self for not getting the dual attachment one. Is there an adorable way you can think of to scarify? Really don’t want to get a whole new machine haha
@@Gymdadfitnessreviews I made the same mistake a few years ago hahaha, its terrible. i believe greenworks now sells a version that includes the scarifier as well.
@@pestandlawnginja lol damn well at least it was not just me. Got so pumped watching this video pulled the trigger a little too quick.
@@Gymdadfitnessreviews ahhh man, sorry about that. i think i put a pin or something in the description about the sun joe being better. my bad
I have a similar issue, is there certain times of year to do this? I'm located in high desert in western CO, so it gets pretty hot in the summer and very low humidity.
i prefer spring and late summer
Is it ok to do the dethatch and scarify in the summer heat? Or better to wait till fall (cool season grass).
Totally fine to do. Just make sure your watering is even and sufficient
@@pestandlawnginja thank you!
Another great video. What setting did you use for the seeding?
the lowest on the scarifier cartridge.
@@pestandlawnginja sorry, I meant on your spreader setting. Thanks
I had to pause within the first minute and ran to my wife in excitement when I saw that Ryobi now had a dethatcher tool. Already owning a Sun Joe in your opinion since you used it is it better? Would be great to not have to deal with a cable cord when doing this and I already have a bunch of Ryobi tooling already and batteries
It feels fantastic. I did a video on it the video before this one. It’s dethacher was better, the scarifier wasn’t as good since it doesn’t go as deep but it still performed!
Why is the lawn dingy color?
Question: Do I dethatch / scarify in September? Followed by fertilizer and seed. I live in the Midwest where it starts to get colder in October.
I'm actually starting in a couple of weeks (I live in Chicago) because it seems like the temps are going to be on the milder side for August so I want to take advantage and give the new grass the maximum amount of time to establish before winter. Last year I waited until mid September and the temps dropped dramatically and my new grass didn't have enough time to grow good roots to survive the winter. Plus this year I have good irrigation so even if we get a hot temps I should be able to ride it out. My process for overseeing an established lawn is 1) Mow short 2) Dethatch (maybe scarify) 3) Top-dress a few of the bare, low spots 4) Put down Scotts starter fertilizer with weed control (has the same stuff a tenacity in it) 5) seed 6) Rake seed in lightly 7) Roll 8) Light coat of Peat Moss.
Here’s my 2c. The grass doesn’t care as long as it’s growing. I dethatch monthly on average. The sooner you get the debris out the sooner it repairs. When it comes to scarifying I do three times per season. Spring, as the heat hits and late summer / fall
Question my Brother Ginja. I bought one of the SunJoe's from another video. I have Zoysia that's thick and 99% weed free, but the lawn won't take iron and green up for the past couple years. My 0-0-7 has iron (at times). My 16-4-8 has iron. My Milorganite (when I use it...that's a lot of N for Zoysia) has iron. Heck, even my ironite has iron. Really? Who knew? My soil test said the Fe should be between 2-4, and with the love above, my Fe is only 1.3. I've not dethatched with the SunJoe in ~18 months, and have not aerated, but I DEEP tilled and seeded 4 years ago. After calling the Bishop and fasting, what is next? Core aeration, or beating the crud out of my lawn by dethatching and scarifying heavily? Then come back and apply ironite? I'm not sure which would be the best bet to get the iron down to the roots. Is the thatch blocking it, or perhaps compact soil? There is a slight (very slight) angle for runoff to the edge of the road, and the area here is greener, so I'm wondering if the iron is just not reaching the soil (and maybe the nitrogen), and it's running down before soaking in. I know I'm going to have to "embrace the suck", but I'm not sure which direction to go...or all 3? I'm assuming after all that beating it would be wise to throw down some pre-emergent too? Heck, you'd almost think I'd been paying attention to all that stuff in your videos, right?
Love the fasting idea 💡 😄 😆 🤣
First and foremost the soil tests give us an idea of what the soil has in it. Try not to get to worried about "fixing" the soil.
The tests help us understand what is best to use to feed the lawn. Which sounds like you're doing great. I would plan on a monthly iron treatment. I have to do mine as well. Small doses every two weeks would be best 👌
would you aerate before seeding?
Works great
How long after snow has melted should I dethatch?
I did mine yesterday. ground can be slightly damp grass needs to be dry
My dethatcher just arrived about five minutes ago via Amazon so I'm boning up here on correct methods. But I want to lay down weed and feed after because I'm going to have a lot of dandelions soon at this time of year. If that ok versus just putting down fertilizer?
totally fine.
What did you end up doing with all that dead grass?! I have to paper bag all that, that's a ton of work!
Took it to the green waste
I'm in Denver, CO, when can I dethatch?? It's fall. Also, do I scarify as well? If so, when?
anytime during the growing season for the dethatcher. i recommend scarifying beginning of april and mid to end of august for your area.
What? No compost spreading after seeding? Looks great without it!
Right! Skipped it and still slayed
you had me at "shine this turd"
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My issue: Thatch problem. Way too thick and spongy. I'm planning to dethatch the crap out of it in the next couple of weeks. I have a mix of rye, kbg, and fescue. Question: Knowing that it's so thick and thatchy, should I dethatch and scarify and call it a day, or do you recommend overseeding, like you did? Or, let the lawn fill in on it's own? By overseeding, am I promoting a thatch issue down the road?
this is a fantastic question. so...... few things. we need to understand if its thatch or if its just the grass deciding to run on top with minimal root activity. if this is the case the grass will tear out when you dethatch it. there's not much you can do other than tear it, thin it out, aerate or scarify it and over seed it to establish new grass and a new rooting system.
if the above is not the case and its really spongy thatch the quickest thing you can do is this, dethatch it a ton. meaning 5 plus passes. scarify it 3 times over, aerate it, remove the plugs and top dress the entire lawn with sand. do a classic aerification. this will put sand into the thatch layer and speed this process up 10 fold.
hope that helps.
Why didn’t u put tenacity down when seeding?
The window for crabgrass germination already passed so I wasn’t worried. Filmed may 31st
Nice video for a blue grass lawn. What is your advice for a fescue grass lawn?
This works great. If the lawn is getting sparse you'll need to over seed
I’m dethaatching and scarifying my lawn today. However trying to stay organic and natural for fertilizer. Any guidance?
Aged cow manure is great 👍 runs hot so be sure it's aged well and in a compost form.
Milorganite is also an alternative. It's human 💩
What's the best time of year to do this? (I'm in Cache Valley)
August 15
The views of mountains which city is this
Looks like lindon or Orem, Utah.
Drop seeder to fertilize???
It’s Scott’s drop spreader
@PestandLawnGinja right i know. That explains the lines.
@@fabrones49 lines are fungus and the ride on lawn mower his company used to mow the lawn, has nothing to do with the spreader. new video to come.
Did you dethatch in the summer?
May 31
holaaaaay recovery and GRASS!
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Fast considering how much I beat it up!
Kentucky Blue FTW!
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Them motorcyclist love you blowing grass clippings in the road
some of us clean up our messes
@pestandlawnginja yep and before you clean up your own mess and that motorcyclist drives through it? That's like me saying yeah I swept some nails in the road, but I'm gonna clean it up..
Amazing as always. Did you just spread seed. Or seed and moss?
Only topical spread
Should have used tenacity with overseeding.
the majority of seed germination already occured. wasn't necessary
OOPS --- I'm sorry -- my comment was supposed to go to a different video. --- But yours is good too !~
No problem. Have a great day
555th Like! I'm a number nerd - sorry! Doesn't aeration do the same thing but it's a 2 in 1 solution over just dethatching?
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Aeration disrupts the soil profile. This device actually hits and Thomas out the thatch layer and doesn’t go lower than 1/4” into the soil. I actually prefer the latter
Question: how often do you dethatch & scarify?
I personal scarify March and August and dethatch monthly throughout the growing season
Hey Ginja! I've got 11,000 square feet of lawn (sandy soil, cool season grass). Because of that, I am planning to do the power rake and then the scarify separately. Plan is to power rake within the next week and then 2 to 3 weeks later bust out the scarifier to remove the excess thatch. Do you think I'll be okay with this 2-step process? If so, should I feed the lawn a recovery fert after the power rake or wait and feed it after scarifying? Or both? Thanks Man!
Fuck the grass. That background scenery! 🔥🔥🔥
It's pretty awesome
Why not just use the scarifying attachment in the first place?
Here’s my 2c. Cleaning up the debris with the dethacher first is great. It helps to thin out the topical debris so when you use the scarifier it has less resistence and in my opinion helps prevent some ripping or live matter.
With that said when it comes to super gummy debris and thatch as shown in this video it would have been fine to start with the scarifier and would have saved me a ton of time.
I have just enough time to watch this video before Thursday Thirsty Stream starts at 9pm. Will you be there? Matt Martin is extremely educational and helpful. Hope to see you there.
Sounds fun! I may drop in for a sec
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Watch numbers pile up
Numbers?
When I paid attention to my lawn for the first time in May (we moved in last Nov and had lots of house issues) I had already missed pre-emergent and by June I had more weeds than grass ... and noticed *lots* of thatch and bad spots. Decided to wait on thatch and build the lawn with little more than frequent mowing at the middle setting on my mower. I did hit it with some weed 'n feed once. I started bagging and then did most of the summer mulching.
Today I saw 5 dandelions for the first time since June. Fargin' bastages! ruclips.net/video/bYiow8qNL8Y/видео.html..
If heat/rain caused more growth than I could mow late summer, I bagged and dumped clippings over a fence to mitigate weeds at the fence line. The results have been good except for all the crabgrass and creeping charlie I never treated.
Now it's Sept and back to bagging to keep the surface cleaner and start cutting lower. I might not be able to thatch until early Oct but that'll still be OK I think. And then immediately on to the fall treatments. That's my plan, hope it works.
I see that EGO… makes me a proud owner to know the pros use one too
It’s been a good product!
What happened to the beard???
Mowed it!
@@pestandlawnginja 😂😂😂 touché. I would have also accepted “scalped”
Never ever Scarify your lawn !!!
I do 3x per season. Works fantastic
@@pestandlawnginja brown grass is free compost in your grass that is why I do not do it
@@wiktorpoliszczuk1372 grass that isn't decomposing is not compost its a weed barrier. which is why you should scarify the lawn. to remove this non composting layer. then with proper mulching you can take advantage of the nutrients mulching has to offer
@@pestandlawnginja grass that isn't decomposing --spray it with urea to boost composting process , the brown grass is your proper mulch ,isn't it???,,work with nature , please
@@pestandlawnginja ''I do 3x per season. Works fantastic'',in my opinion ,you make many mistakes taking care for your lawn
Weeds
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Have a question...just bought my first house...there are patches of bad tall fescue. I think it's called Kentucky 31....I've seeded 4 times this year and I have been seeding with tall fescue and seeding so many times and watering i got a mold....gonna do the dethqtching process like you just did....will this take care of of the bad Kentucky 31....or will that ken31 come back...I've been trying to grow the Ken 31 out by seeding....and it's working. But can I use this process to grow this bad grass out....help.
Mick in columbus
Shine this turd! 😂
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Why didn't you aerate before seeding?
Because I used the scarifier. Much more effective