@@richardsmith1161 use organic fert to add the nutrients. If your soil is really sandy in the first place, it shouldn't really have too many bumps anyway. The rains will flatten it right out.
As a zoysia owner who scalps and levels multiple times a year in south Texas, I was wondering why you didn’t scalp first....makes sense! I didn’t battle torpedo...I had common Bermuda. After two years, I’ve eradicated it. 100% zoysia now with ZERO WEEDS like you said.
Always used sandy loam for leveling as it’s sort of a sandy dirt, rather than straight sand, which can cause burning in sunny areas if you don’t water frequently. Similar to greens burning up on some golf courses since they have such a high sand content and are obviously cut very low. You can also mix some fine sand into regular topsoil in a wheelbarrow and spread. Prefer to have a much higher soil content than sand. Different in different areas of the country and also depends on grass type.
I have a Meyer Z52 zoysia lawn. One night, there was a fight at my neighbors house. The police were called. One of the policeman said to me “This may not be the best time to ask this question, but what kind of grass is this? Your yard is amazing.” I took pride in that.
I've not heard anything bad yet about the my4sons but yes it does look a little off. I had a menards gift card so snagged the 4gal battery operated chapin and tightened up hose clamps before ever using. Has been good thus far! Not sure I need to get anything other than the stock tip as I'm a newbie and probably can't tell the difference lol.
Plugs are so hard to get established. I am in Florida, in The Villages and most people just want it to look good. A lot of the customers are from up north and are not even familiar with grass year round. But more than anything most people never even heard of an irrigation systems. Lol. All I can do is educate what I have learned trial on error for 7 years in the villages, but they truly don’t understand the time and patience it takes to establish a lawn.
Worked for TruGreen as well. Very frustrating job as a lawn guy with experience. All about numbers with them. Quality is second. So many mad customers with weeds that I convinced to stay and that I would fix their yards and do it right. Then they would switch my route after establishing relationships and making promises. Manager said I spent too much time talking and wasn’t hitting enough accounts per day. Explained that nearly every yard I came to hadn’t been taken care of properly and was trying to keep his customers from leaving. Their salespeople also “undermeasure” properties to give customers a lower price, which basically throws the applicator under the bus. Pull up to a yard that they sold as a 1/5 acre when it’s actually a full acre. Then they wonder why it took so long. Terrible business philosophy and would never recommend them.
As part of the mower review, would you please check how full it can get the bag, and how well it work as it gets close to a full bag? I've had some mower that barely get the bag 2/3 full but can remember my Dad's old Snapper HiVac would pack that sucker completely full.
@@Thelawncarenut it recovered really fast much faster then my st Aug has. I started leveling at the beginning of June and it still hasn't fully grown in.
Always appreciate your information. I see the invasive problem you encountered. I’m up here in Western Pa. We do have ample amounts of masons sand available. Would you recommend following your process - except bring it up slower? Also we are in the midst of a bit of a drought (although my watering is bringing back the green). The majority of the yard isn’t brown/hibernating. Is leveling safe to to now or should I hold off a bit?
I wish people would do short version first and long story after. I just want to hear the mistake and advice. But people go on and on and on about all kinds of stuff for ages.
I'm in So Cal near Disneyland. My lawn has a mix of St. Augustine, Kentucy bluegrass, Red Fescue and Dallis grass. I want to buy seed to start filling in all bare areas in. What Type of seed should I buy? Also, I have some low areas and was going to use sand to level. How deep of a hole can I use sand in?
I don’t know which one is worse, torpedo grass or Bermuda in my st Augustine. There both an absolute nightmare. I’m considering killing everything off and replacing with some palmetto st aug.
@@johnlong9494 that’s actually what I meant to say! Appreciate it! I couldn’t get provista at the time but we might be able to now here in southern Louisiana.
Did you kill it? At the 20:25 mark you had an unidentified weed, it looks like Virginia Buttonweed which I understand impossible to kill. Did you get rid of it and if so, how?
How can I fix the ring of grass death in my front yard? The grass has decided it it will not grow properly inside a 12-15 foot almost perfect circle diameter. The rest of the grass is perfect! Thank you!
Atrazine in proper application is friendly to most Southern lawn types, but will kill Bahaia. Recommended applications of Scott's Bonus S Weed and Feed for southern lawns should correct the issue. Make your application determination after being 100% what grasses you are dealing with, and the size and weed density of the affected area(s).
What kind sand Is It? I see that like fine beach Sand, Is that correct? I do not know if I can use synthetic sand since we do not have this available, only synthetic and black soil that we use during soding. Other thing Is that my emerald Zoysia took like 6 months to achieve 3-4", some sods aré not growing, only stay Green at 1" So I dont know if leveling Will chokeout those parts.
Hey there Allyn, was wondering if (when you have the time) you would consider doing a video on how grass seed is actually harvested n prepped for sale???
One notch lower? Grass needs to be 2 to 1.5 inches tall otherwise it won't work down to the soil level. One notch on the Toro might have gotten you to 2.75. watering it was a bad idea as well. Then it clumps and doesn't get down between the grass blades.
Suppose the only way to avoid opening the ground, would be to level the lawn gradually instead of trying to get it in one go. Looking forward to seeing future results.
My thought exactly. Not sure why someone would want to smother the grass and lose the lawn appeal only to and wait months for it to fill in again. Gradually fill it in over that same time frame and have a great looking lawn throughout the whole process. To each there own.
When ur goin through the lawn, i feel my heart drop. Like the feeling of...did i just ruin the only one thing i care about?!?!...now...not to that extent...but u know what i mean lol
1979 as a high school kid, my dad ordered the Z plugs from our Sunday Parade magazine. Lol you brought back some painful memories. I believe it was touted as some exotic miracle weed killer grass.We painstakingly plugged our entire 1 acre yard in In the Chattanooga Tn area. We still own that house and the yard still looks amazing in 2020 with minimal care. I live in central Florida and have St Augustine and wish I had a Zoysia yard, that grass is wonderful in my experience.
Scalp it to dirt and deal with the Torpedo with Quinclorac... that's how I deal with it. Torpedo is the worst of the worst here in Florida. The Zoysia will get SOOOOO thick and dense when it's mowed low.
I’m a fan of using soil or loam rather than sand for leveling. I have a spot in my front yard where we removed a tree 🌲 and it keeps settling every year…I level it with loam before my fall overseeing and it seems to work well. Hopefully this is the last year I need to level it! 😆😆
Do you have a source that will help identify what different grasses look like? I want to identify the grass in my yard and start working to have grass type only over time. Thanks!
Take some blades to your local extension office or nursery. They should be able to help you identify your grass type. If its thriving rite now then you know its warm season at least. Hope that helps.
You could have used spray paint to mark the sections that you needed to level. And the marks would have shown you the exact areas that needed to be adjusted? Love your channel.
I just did a bit of leveling today too. right before it hits spring here in Australia. I had a lot of winter grass grow this over the winter and its the first year that we have been in this place and this time I mowed the lawn I cut it as low as my new toro mower would go to get rid a lot of that winter grass and help the summer grass grow once it starts to warm up in the next few weeks, I needed up using a good lawn soil from a hardware shop and that has worked a treat over this first year to sort of level the lawn but it really just gives it a massive growth spurt and I think next pay I might even put a few pegs in the ground and string line it just because its on a hill and slopes up to down and right to left I want to make sure there is no high spots.
I love zoysia grass .. I have zeon for my front yard and it's the best. Cut at .75 hoc and looks freakin awesome .. I gonna build you a reel mower that cuts at 2 to 4"..
im in chicago area and is going to do the pre-emergency in Mid-April. I also want to level some lower spot. Should I do it before the pre-emergency or after pre-emergency? Also, whats the benefit of using sand than top soil in cool season grass area? and when can I start mowing again after putting down the sand? how many days later I meanThank you so much
The Lawn Care Nut That’s what my research has told me but gotta ask the authority anyway. ProVista would be nice but at around 8k sqft it’s a tad cost prohibitive especially since the lawn is less than 1 year old. Keep up the great content and thanks for the reply!
@@Thelawncarenut If the alternative is (other than ProVista brand St. A) glyphosate and resodding, is there any glimmer of hope that multiple lower doses of quincholorac might work and not kill the St. A at the same time? Maybe contain that torpedograss at least? Torpedograss is a b*tch
Get the grass thick by proper feeding, sun and water and mowing often (2, even 3 times a week if you can get it growing right). Once thick, you're ready to fight. Start mowing tall (4-5"), and pulling carefully and religiously by sections, if not just scouring your yard and hand weeding before every time you mow. You'll get the hang of it, developing an eye and a feel when pulling (so that you get the whole thing-- or a lot more of it), and then decide if the progress is worth the work (it's a lot of work). I've rid most my 5k' lawn of it. There's not enough I really feel bothered by it anymore, and I know what to do and what it will take if and when I care. We'll see what happens this spring.
I'm in New Jersey with a zoysia back yard and a turf type tall poa trivialis front yard 😅. I call the zoysia happy grass because of the way it grows all over itself.
Hey Allyn, have you reviewed the newest model of EGOs mower? I saw the older model, but was curious your view on the newest. I am looking for a good mower for my house that is preferably not gas since I do not have a shed or garage to store it in, and chaining it up outside is sketchy and it might got stolen while I sleep, so I was debating electric so I can store it inside. I'm torn between the electric toro or the ego.
Mr. Hayne. I have a couple of questions that maybe you can answer. I live in Southern California about 60mi east of Los Angeles, The weather is hot and dry for most of the summer, routinely reaching in the triple digits, and no rain. I currently have a lawn that I inherited from the former owner, and I have been watching your channel for a while. My back yard has no lawn just concreat and a retaining wall that holds a hill back. My front lawn is small. Roughly 2600 square feet. I have numerous problems with watering mainly there was no sprinkler control, and I ended up replacing all the valves and installing a controller. Now that I have had the sprinklers working for the last 3 months, my lawn is nice and green, with LOTS of weeds. Also I have some "big" dips and valleys in the lawn that the former owner has never taken care of. so I need to continue to work on the sprinklers, they have sunk down, below ground level have nice little circular holes and need to be pulled up again, and the weeds need to go, and the ground needs to be leveled. Should I just kill off what I have and plant Zoysia? Would Zoysia be a good choice? Should I really battle it out and save what I have and start weeding. I love the look of your lawn, Wish I had it here at my home. Thanks for your answer.
@@johnlong9494 it did to a certain extent. It was all green until winter came. I think that the grass is dorment right now so I am going to spray for weeds in a few weeks using off the shelf products following the directions on the labels. I used a brodcast weed and feed that worked well but to get that really nice lawn I will have to start applying specific fertilizers I have seen in his previous videos. I am still considering ripping up the lawn and fixing the sprinklers but that is a really big project. I have other projects that will come first.
I feel like I already know your going to say throw’er down but I have to aerate and overseed in a few weeks. I’m due to throw some milorginite down. This might have been discussed but a thought crossed my mind. If I drop milo down tomorrow and overseed in 2 weeks, would there still be a decent concentration of nitrogen? Would I have to consider this when picking a starter fert to drop with my seed?
I think i put to much triple action southern turf builder on my lawn today for the first time, the setting on my spreader was set on a 8 🙁 i think i mess up bad right? 🤒🤒🤒🤒🤒🤒🤒
I appreciate it i just put down liquid aeration because im in Texas! Can I put the raw organic humic acid down after and when should I put it down!!! I really appreciate your videos 💪💪👍👍
I am on my third lawn care company in nearly 9 years of living here in Florida. Lately since they changed their tech, I’m finding that my st Augustine is now suffering from areas of fungus and also sod webworm plus broad leaf weeds area appearing on areas where the at Augustine was solid and lush. At my wits ends, as it appears most the lawn care firms near me start well but then after a year decline with their service. I don’t expect miracles for my yard, just would like to keep what I have.
Great video as usual. I'm thinking of leveling some spots in my front yard. I'm in Georgia and have bermuda grass. Is the best time to level in the spring? If so, when is the optimal time to do so, also taking into account that pre-emergent will also be going down in the spring?
So AL, I plan on leveling this weekend and in the video you say to level with sand. I get that,but my soil (up here in Michigan) is loam. Should I use straight sand or do a 80/20 mix? I'm thinking I need to keep the same soil composition ?
The long dormant brown phase is the only reason I don't go with a warm season grass. Then again I have brown cool season grass for 2 summer months. Transition zone problems. 🥴
Also just got a new concrete and paved street. Really weird things growing and had tons of grasshoppers my dad scalped the lawn and left mulched waste now over half the lawn is dead
Moles and badgers have been working my lawn over for several months now. Walking on it, it feels like a WWI battlefield in miniature. They clearly held off their attack until I had just got the lawn looking good.
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More on lawn leveling and why I DO NOT recommend using top soil ruclips.net/video/OFDE-5aU6YM/видео.html
What should I use to level my clay filled yard in the Midwest/illinois
Mason sand
G14 classified...that's good!
You also threw in a Billy Madison "quote", nice.
How about Green or red sand? I’d like to add some nutrients also. Living in Florida do you really need to add more sand?
@@richardsmith1161 use organic fert to add the nutrients. If your soil is really sandy in the first place, it shouldn't really have too many bumps anyway. The rains will flatten it right out.
I picked zoysia for my lawn after watching many of your videos. It’s an alpha grass and I look forward to enjoying its benefits for years to come.
As a zoysia owner who scalps and levels multiple times a year in south Texas, I was wondering why you didn’t scalp first....makes sense! I didn’t battle torpedo...I had common Bermuda. After two years, I’ve eradicated it. 100% zoysia now with ZERO WEEDS like you said.
did you use quinclorac? I've found that with surfactant it does pretty well.
The Lawn Care Nut I would like to know, also. Bermuda in my Zoysia will be the death of me.
Always used sandy loam for leveling as it’s sort of a sandy dirt, rather than straight sand, which can cause burning in sunny areas if you don’t water frequently. Similar to greens burning up on some golf courses since they have such a high sand content and are obviously cut very low. You can also mix some fine sand into regular topsoil in a wheelbarrow and spread. Prefer to have a much higher soil content than sand. Different in different areas of the country and also depends on grass type.
I have a Meyer Z52 zoysia lawn. One night, there was a fight at my neighbors house. The police were called. One of the policeman said to me “This may not be the best time to ask this question, but what kind of grass is this? Your yard is amazing.” I took pride in that.
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I’m freakin dead 💀 😂
I've not heard anything bad yet about the my4sons but yes it does look a little off. I had a menards gift card so snagged the 4gal battery operated chapin and tightened up hose clamps before ever using. Has been good thus far! Not sure I need to get anything other than the stock tip as I'm a newbie and probably can't tell the difference lol.
Love the Billy Madison call back
Well there ya go. Healthy Zoysia in warm season areas, allowing lower chemical inputs. Win win.
Agreed 🤘👊
Plugs are so hard to get established. I am in Florida, in The Villages and most people just want it to look good. A lot of the customers are from up north and are not even familiar with grass year round. But more than anything most people never even heard of an irrigation systems. Lol. All I can do is educate what I have learned trial on error for 7 years in the villages, but they truly don’t understand the time and patience it takes to establish a lawn.
thanks Alynn i've been trying to level lawn up in the northeast(Rochester) with straight top soil. Has really pan out great. thankyou.
I agree with the one guy, Bermuda grass sucks!!! I can never keep it out of my tall fescue
one man's weed is another man's turf. what a wonderful world 🙃
I love my Bermuda.
Worked for TruGreen as well. Very frustrating job as a lawn guy with experience. All about numbers with them. Quality is second. So many mad customers with weeds that I convinced to stay and that I would fix their yards and do it right. Then they would switch my route after establishing relationships and making promises. Manager said I spent too much time talking and wasn’t hitting enough accounts per day. Explained that nearly every yard I came to hadn’t been taken care of properly and was trying to keep his customers from leaving. Their salespeople also “undermeasure” properties to give customers a lower price, which basically throws the applicator under the bus. Pull up to a yard that they sold as a 1/5 acre when it’s actually a full acre. Then they wonder why it took so long. Terrible business philosophy and would never recommend them.
Just by seeing the few seconds of that sprayer review, I’m so glad I went with the field king... even if I have to refill it 5 times 😂😂😂
I will do a full review for sure! I have the Field King too - it's very well made.
The Tools make everything look easy and fun
As part of the mower review, would you please check how full it can get the bag, and how well it work as it gets close to a full bag? I've had some mower that barely get the bag 2/3 full but can remember my Dad's old Snapper HiVac would pack that sucker completely full.
Awesome shades dude!
I’m looking forward to your review of the Greenworks.
Thanks bro !
When is that review of the 25 inch mower coming out?!
Where did you get that rake from?
I totally looked for this video around the time they posted theirs.
I had to wait to let my Zoysia recover lol
@@Thelawncarenut it recovered really fast much faster then my st Aug has. I started leveling at the beginning of June and it still hasn't fully grown in.
Always appreciate your information. I see the invasive problem you encountered. I’m up here in Western Pa. We do have ample amounts of masons sand available. Would you recommend following your process - except bring it up slower?
Also we are in the midst of a bit of a drought (although my watering is bringing back the green). The majority of the yard isn’t brown/hibernating. Is leveling safe to to now or should I hold off a bit?
10:56 "Look how flat it is" [gopro with fisheye effect laughs at your futile attempts to show a straight line]
You still have the best looking grass🙂
thank you!
Did you ever do the review on that Greenworks mower?? I cant find it if you did
That Toro LCN hat is awesome. Lawn Tools guys are fun to watch.
Yeah I love their creativity
Bermuda or zoysia. Which would you say is a thicker grass?
I wish people would do short version first and long story after. I just want to hear the mistake and advice. But people go on and on and on about all kinds of stuff for ages.
I'm in So Cal near Disneyland. My lawn has a mix of St. Augustine, Kentucy bluegrass, Red Fescue and Dallis grass. I want to buy seed to start filling in all bare areas in. What Type of seed should I buy? Also, I have some low areas and was going to use sand to level. How deep of a hole can I use sand in?
I don’t know which one is worse, torpedo grass or Bermuda in my st Augustine. There both an absolute nightmare. I’m considering killing everything off and replacing with some palmetto st aug.
If you're going from scratch, that's your chance to consider Scott's Pro-Vista.
@@johnlong9494 that’s actually what I meant to say! Appreciate it! I couldn’t get provista at the time but we might be able to now here in southern Louisiana.
Thanks for the info. I always take something from your videos.
Did you kill it? At the 20:25 mark you had an unidentified weed, it looks like Virginia Buttonweed which I understand impossible to kill. Did you get rid of it and if so, how?
Love the Billy Madison reference! LOL
Great for southern climates but NO WAY I am going to use sand in Colorado to grow suburban grass at 6,000 feet elevation. Doesn't work.
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How can I fix the ring of grass death in my front yard? The grass has decided it it will not grow properly inside a 12-15 foot almost perfect circle diameter. The rest of the grass is perfect! Thank you!
A perfect ring? Maybe a fungi infection?
We need that hat, are they available anywhere?
G-14 classified - my fav movie
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Is that zenith zoysia
Ever wonder why old lawnboys had a staggered wheel ... Anti scalp
..fun fact for ya...
Do you.have video.on.getting rid of.bahaia.grass
what kind of grass is your primary?
Atrazine in proper application is friendly to most Southern lawn types, but will kill Bahaia. Recommended applications of Scott's Bonus S Weed and Feed for southern lawns should correct the issue. Make your application determination after being 100% what grasses you are dealing with, and the size and weed density of the affected area(s).
I’ve been waiting for a few years for you to make this vid Allen. “Leveling” St Aug isn’t well documented
But what is the way to do it? He showed us how not to do it, but I don't even know which part was wrong, or what the right alternative is.
What kind of shirts do you wear they seem confortable
Columbia fishing shirts. Comfy and protect my skin from the sun.
So will you be able to get rid of this torpedo grass now that it has made an appearance? 😱
I'm going to use quinclorac and knock it down
LOVE YOU VIDEOS, THANKS, Ga Mad Mike Said That.
Good times, good times. Glad it all filled in and I have full faith the zoysia will choke out the torpedo grass before long 👍🏼
Those tools did ok I guess over by der 😂👍🏼
Chopper Style 😁👍🏼
What kind sand Is It? I see that like fine beach Sand, Is that correct? I do not know if I can use synthetic sand since we do not have this available, only synthetic and black soil that we use during soding. Other thing Is that my emerald Zoysia took like 6 months to achieve 3-4", some sods aré not growing, only stay Green at 1" So I dont know if leveling Will chokeout those parts.
Hey there Allyn, was wondering if (when you have the time) you would consider doing a video on how grass seed is actually harvested n prepped for sale???
One notch lower? Grass needs to be 2 to 1.5 inches tall otherwise it won't work down to the soil level. One notch on the Toro might have gotten you to 2.75. watering it was a bad idea as well. Then it clumps and doesn't get down between the grass blades.
Suppose the only way to avoid opening the ground, would be to level the lawn gradually instead of trying to get it in one go. Looking forward to seeing future results.
My thought exactly. Not sure why someone would want to smother the grass and lose the lawn appeal only to and wait months for it to fill in again.
Gradually fill it in over that same time frame and have a great looking lawn throughout the whole process.
To each there own.
I no longer have a lawn to take care of, so I’ll have to dream and watch your videos until I get another house
I enjoyed the freedom from home ownership for 10 years but I loved coming back to it.
I'm here for you bro!
I understand filling in low spots, but how would one reduce high spots?
Would love to know this too
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When ur goin through the lawn, i feel my heart drop. Like the feeling of...did i just ruin the only one thing i care about?!?!...now...not to that extent...but u know what i mean lol
One day I’m going to sit with you in your lawn and smoke a cigar and drink beer . On yes one day I will
If you burn his grass... 🔥
1979 as a high school kid, my dad ordered the Z plugs from our Sunday Parade magazine. Lol you brought back some painful memories. I believe it was touted as some exotic miracle weed killer grass.We painstakingly plugged our entire 1 acre yard in In the Chattanooga Tn area. We still own that house and the yard still looks amazing in 2020 with minimal care. I live in central Florida and have St Augustine and wish I had a Zoysia yard, that grass is wonderful in my experience.
That's probably the worst leveling video I've ever watched !
Cool story bro!
Why?
Try a leaf blower next time. Worked way better than expected in my lawn!
what about keeping dogs from crapping in your yard? I got some neighbors with dogs that love to come over and do their business in my yard.
I think you may need to have a talk with your neighbors on that one
Torpedo grass is awful. You should leave Florida and move up north where it won't get you!
You need to call back the guy who did your drainage work....
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Scalp it to dirt and deal with the Torpedo with Quinclorac... that's how I deal with it. Torpedo is the worst of the worst here in Florida. The Zoysia will get SOOOOO thick and dense when it's mowed low.
Non lawn related question: What's the name of the Costa sunglasses you're rocking in this video?
Rincon. They also have a version that is a little smaller called "Rinconcito"
Always looking fresh
Maybe you’ve covered it before, what’s the recommendation for leveling tall fescue? My test level did not go well at all.
I’m a fan of using soil or loam rather than sand for leveling. I have a spot in my front yard where we removed a tree 🌲 and it keeps settling every year…I level it with loam before my fall overseeing and it seems to work well. Hopefully this is the last year I need to level it! 😆😆
I needed this Al! I have a super bumpy KBG over clay in Michigan and am about it aereate then level come September and I'm nervous!!
How did it go?
Do you have a source that will help identify what different grasses look like? I want to identify the grass in my yard and start working to have grass type only over time. Thanks!
Take some blades to your local extension office or nursery. They should be able to help you identify your grass type. If its thriving rite now then you know its warm season at least. Hope that helps.
I woukd definitely have taken the slower approach. Used a leaf rake and water in increments
You could have used spray paint to mark the sections that you needed to level. And the marks would have shown you the exact areas that needed to be adjusted?
Love your channel.
I just did a bit of leveling today too. right before it hits spring here in Australia. I had a lot of winter grass grow this over the winter and its the first year that we have been in this place and this time I mowed the lawn I cut it as low as my new toro mower would go to get rid a lot of that winter grass and help the summer grass grow once it starts to warm up in the next few weeks, I needed up using a good lawn soil from a hardware shop and that has worked a treat over this first year to sort of level the lawn but it really just gives it a massive growth spurt and I think next pay I might even put a few pegs in the ground and string line it just because its on a hill and slopes up to down and right to left I want to make sure there is no high spots.
To Level the lawn, the lawn has to be max 20 mm. The lawn in the Video is much to large for this
I love zoysia grass .. I have zeon for my front yard and it's the best. Cut at .75 hoc and looks freakin awesome .. I gonna build you a reel mower that cuts at 2 to 4"..
Why do you always wear so much clothing? In some of the clips you dress as though you are the invisible man. Also great video.
So he doesn't get sunburned?
So, the zoysia will choke out the torpedo without putting something else down?
couldn't you just put a bunch of mesotrione down the same time as the sand?
Excellent question. The torpedograss is already there as rhizomes so there is no seed to germinate so meso wouldn't work.
true video -only thing true- u r a sales man not a turf pro, and that ego is junk 4 st aug
take a shot everytime he says torpedo grass
Interesting bit about zoysia in Chicago. That explains my neighbors lawn that is still dormant.
im in chicago area and is going to do the pre-emergency in Mid-April. I also want to level some lower spot. Should I do it before the pre-emergency or after pre-emergency? Also, whats the benefit of using sand than top soil in cool season grass area? and when can I start mowing again after putting down the sand? how many days later I meanThank you so much
Any suggestions on getting rid of the torpedograss in St Aug? Bought a new house with a new lawn and it’s spreading like wildfire now.
There are no chems available. You have to just live with it, or get ProVista.
The Lawn Care Nut That’s what my research has told me but gotta ask the authority anyway. ProVista would be nice but at around 8k sqft it’s a tad cost prohibitive especially since the lawn is less than 1 year old. Keep up the great content and thanks for the reply!
@@Thelawncarenut If the alternative is (other than ProVista brand St. A) glyphosate and resodding, is there any glimmer of hope that multiple lower doses of quincholorac might work and not kill the St. A at the same time? Maybe contain that torpedograss at least? Torpedograss is a b*tch
Get the grass thick by proper feeding, sun and water and mowing often (2, even 3 times a week if you can get it growing right). Once thick, you're ready to fight. Start mowing tall (4-5"), and pulling carefully and religiously by sections, if not just scouring your yard and hand weeding before every time you mow. You'll get the hang of it, developing an eye and a feel when pulling (so that you get the whole thing-- or a lot more of it), and then decide if the progress is worth the work (it's a lot of work). I've rid most my 5k' lawn of it. There's not enough I really feel bothered by it anymore, and I know what to do and what it will take if and when I care. We'll see what happens this spring.
I'm in New Jersey with a zoysia back yard and a turf type tall poa trivialis front yard 😅. I call the zoysia happy grass because of the way it grows all over itself.
I thought I was the only one with that kind of mix here in Charlotte North Carolina zoysia in the back TTTF in the front
Hey Allyn, have you reviewed the newest model of EGOs mower? I saw the older model, but was curious your view on the newest. I am looking for a good mower for my house that is preferably not gas since I do not have a shed or garage to store it in, and chaining it up outside is sketchy and it might got stolen while I sleep, so I was debating electric so I can store it inside.
I'm torn between the electric toro or the ego.
How can I get rid of torpedo grass in my st Augustine grass lawn?
I want to know how he corrected it here in the Zoysia. What does it look like now (getting better?).
Mr. Hayne. I have a couple of questions that maybe you can answer. I live in Southern California about 60mi east of Los Angeles, The weather is hot and dry for most of the summer, routinely reaching in the triple digits, and no rain. I currently have a lawn that I inherited from the former owner, and I have been watching your channel for a while. My back yard has no lawn just concreat and a retaining wall that holds a hill back. My front lawn is small. Roughly 2600 square feet. I have numerous problems with watering mainly there was no sprinkler control, and I ended up replacing all the valves and installing a controller. Now that I have had the sprinklers working for the last 3 months, my lawn is nice and green, with LOTS of weeds. Also I have some "big" dips and valleys in the lawn that the former owner has never taken care of. so I need to continue to work on the sprinklers, they have sunk down, below ground level have nice little circular holes and need to be pulled up again, and the weeds need to go, and the ground needs to be leveled. Should I just kill off what I have and plant Zoysia? Would Zoysia be a good choice? Should I really battle it out and save what I have and start weeding. I love the look of your lawn, Wish I had it here at my home. Thanks for your answer.
Hi, what did you end up deciding? I know it was over a [California] winter, but did the lawn make any progress?
@@johnlong9494 it did to a certain extent. It was all green until winter came. I think that the grass is dorment right now so I am going to spray for weeds in a few weeks using off the shelf products following the directions on the labels. I used a brodcast weed and feed that worked well but to get that really nice lawn I will have to start applying specific fertilizers I have seen in his previous videos. I am still considering ripping up the lawn and fixing the sprinklers but that is a really big project. I have other projects that will come first.
Can you mix Saint Augustine with zoysia Grass
I would not recommend it. They don't play nice.
Was the grass too long to try and level it?
I feel like I already know your going to say throw’er down but I have to aerate and overseed in a few weeks. I’m due to throw some milorginite down. This might have been discussed but a thought crossed my mind.
If I drop milo down tomorrow and overseed in 2 weeks, would there still be a decent concentration of nitrogen? Would I have to consider this when picking a starter fert to drop with my seed?
Nice looking Toro hat.
Thank you! I complained to them that The Lawn Tools had better merch than me so they sent me a whole box lol
Does anyone know if you can sand level Turf Type Tall Fescue?
I think i put to much triple action southern turf builder on my lawn today for the first time, the setting on my spreader was set on a 8 🙁 i think i mess up bad right? 🤒🤒🤒🤒🤒🤒🤒
be sure to water alot and hope for the best!
I appreciate it i just put down liquid aeration because im in Texas! Can I put the raw organic humic acid down after and when should I put it down!!! I really appreciate your videos 💪💪👍👍
11:02. How long it took me to realize this is a collab with The Lawn Tools.
Flip flops in Florida? I wore mine once, my ankles and legs were covered with fire ant bites.
Man i love when its zoysia day on lcn. Because that's what I seeded in spring and I love to learn about it from you.
I love it so much. More content coming now that we are coming into the final growth push!
Up here in Michigan and I just reminisce by watching lcn from years ago when he was cool season cool
Please Hayne, never ever show that sad excuse for a mower again. I think an Office Space bat montage is in order homie...
😂😂😂
love your videos alan . i have a very thick st augustine lawn that mainly keeps the weeds out
sweet!
I am on my third lawn care company in nearly 9 years of living here in Florida. Lately since they changed their tech, I’m finding that my st Augustine is now suffering from areas of fungus and also sod webworm plus broad leaf weeds area appearing on areas where the at Augustine was solid and lush. At my wits ends, as it appears most the lawn care firms near me start well but then after a year decline with their service. I don’t expect miracles for my yard, just would like to keep what I have.
Great video as usual. I'm thinking of leveling some spots in my front yard. I'm in Georgia and have bermuda grass. Is the best time to level in the spring? If so, when is the optimal time to do so, also taking into account that pre-emergent will also be going down in the spring?
So AL, I plan on leveling this weekend and in the video you say to level with sand. I get that,but my soil (up here in Michigan) is loam. Should I use straight sand or do a 80/20 mix? I'm thinking I need to keep the same soil composition ?
The long dormant brown phase is the only reason I don't go with a warm season grass. Then again I have brown cool season grass for 2 summer months. Transition zone problems. 🥴
always a challenge in the transition zone for sure!
Also just got a new concrete and paved street. Really weird things growing and had tons of grasshoppers my dad scalped the lawn and left mulched waste now over half the lawn is dead
Does sand work to level heavy clay soils? Someone told me clay+sand=cement
sand plus portland cement is how you make concrete. Not clay plus sand. That person told you incorrect info.
Moles and badgers have been working my lawn over for several months now. Walking on it, it feels like a WWI battlefield in miniature. They clearly held off their attack until I had just got the lawn looking good.
Im sorry did that receipt say that the leveling rake cost $143 before tax and shipping?!