Hey Mr. Ferguson, take some cloth and stretch it on something, spread the mixture over it and it’ll dry up quickly. Now all moisture goes down and has no ventilation underneath. I mixed pregerminated soggy seed with Millorganate and it absorbed most of the moisture.
I mentioned that with the tarp...but didn't wanna do all that. I can't remember if I left that in the video or not. I was afraid if it dried while I was away, it could blow around and didn't want all that.
Thanks, I get as much out of this as most others on YT. Appreciate you putting this on, it helps me learn. Interested to see what it looks like in May/June. Good luck I'll be witching for the followup.
@@robbobtheplucker3082 lol, well didn’t have any spare saw dust man lol. Far as covering yes, correct, but after a month of no rain it was a surprise nonetheless
@@MrFergusonLawn Yeah no rain here in Md. for a month either. Just got done watering it's 80 degrees here right now. Dats Crazy. Usually, I'm just mulching all the leaves into the ground, but this has been 1 crazy year. But it has given me a chance to do some extra things and the yard is looking good again. Also keep praying for all those in Apalachchchia. A lot of great things are happening up there. Praise our Gracious God!!!!!!!!!
Grab some bags of topsoil compost mix. Mix it together and put it in your bad spots. (Keep in mind the fertilizer you added so you might need to go with a thin layer and be sure to add enough soil. The spots don't look that big. Hand spreading it may be a bit more work than using your spreader but you might get some benefit from the mix
It happens lol. I was tired Saturday night and don't know what the heck I was thinking mixing in the fert...stupidity. That's where I really messed up.
Hey Mr. Ferg! Sorry about your pregermination woes🤦🏽♂️ Did it successfully about a month ago for a friend that had about 5k sqft. After all the videos I watched on it, seems like the most common issues were people either waiting too long to where the seeds actually start sending roots out, or aren’t letting the seeds dry out enough before mixing with milorganite. Since I pregerminated fescue seed, I specifically only wanted to prime it for about 3ish days. I soaked for 24 hours. Then just rinsed the bag every 24 hours. The most important thing to remember is turning the bag multiple times during the drying out process since the water pools up on the bottom. I also placed the bag on top of the brick that I used to weigh it down on day 1. That way the seeds on the bottom weren’t soaking in the water that was draining onto the bottom of the 5 gallon bucket. I turned as frequently as every 6 hours during the day especially during the 24hrs leading up to my planned seeding day. It still left the seed slightly damp (aka it didn’t fully dry up which was good), and I easily mixed it with milorganite. A 2:1 ratio of Milo to seed (weight wise) was enough. It worked like a charm and easily spread with my Echo RB60. Spread evenly and everything. Now my friend has a thicc lawn haha. Hope that helps!
Its too bad it didnt work out... but if you would have used a 25lb bag of milorganite with that small 3lb bag of wet seed it would have effortlessly immediately came out the spreader. It would have easily instantly dried it out enough to spread, i think the recommended ratio is 5lbs of wet seed to 20lbs of milorganite for instant spreadability.
I understand your skepticism with what you just dealt with, but there's numerous videos of it being done. You can visibly see how much milo dries it out and it flowing out of the spreader with ease. The reason why milo is perfect is because it's already a slow release low nitrogen organic fertilizer. It's only a 6-4-0, and a 32lb bag only covers 2500sqft at bag rate, most people recommend 1.5x bag rate for results, meaning you can freely throw down a bunch of it even in the middle of summer without burning your lawn. All that volume, and the consistency of it acts as a sponge to the moisture around the seeds. Just try it out with 3-5lbs, or watch videos about it. I promise you it's not cgi.
Rip to the kbg. Those seeds are more than likely toast. When the dry fast release nitrogen prills touch the wet seed it will probably shock the seed like touching a electric fence.
That's toast. Needed to mix with something like milorganite. You risk burning your lawn. Now that it is wet, the fertilizer is starting to dissolve and you'll never dry it out into prills again.
How bout mix the wet seed/fert with top soil and use your compost spreader/roller? I think it would work on bare areas, not so much on an "overseed" situation. Good luck!
Bless your heart MrFerguson. idk who you watched about pregerminating seed, I sent you a vid. You soak the seed, until you ready to spread it. KBG you soak for 5 days. Then you let it drain, not dry out. While it's damp, not soaking, you mix with milorganite or biochar as a carrier to spread it.
Totally aware man, lol. We messed up with the carrier. I didn't plan it all out well. It's all good man, nothing hurt and no money lost haha. We'll try milo for sure next time when I can better prepare.
Nah, as mentioned...I won't ever mix with fert again, bc of all this. If anything, yes...Milo, but I'd rather do soil conditioner or something not fertilizer for sure.
@@MrFergusonLawni think the conditioner soaks up too much moisture. I used 1 bag of milo with 8 lbs of seed. Worked great, didnt turn soupy or muddy at all cause milo doesnt instantly dissolve. Try again next year brother.
@@nedg3740 Nah, I've had enough of this lol. I only did this because I had the seed on hand, for free. So if it all dies, Im out nothing for it but time and the fert used. And the soaking up of moisture is exactly what I needed lol.
Live and learn with Mr Fergeson….sounds like a UA-cam channel. I agree with not doing the pre germination, IMO you are not saving yourself very much time and risking some sort of FUBAR
I hope that's what people see as well. Patience is a must, but you could exercise that when just throwing it down and watering daily. Much easier in some ways.
Mr Fergy‼️Rest assured that I will never mention pre-germinating again in any of my posts. Sorry Pal. I could not get the Sta Green lawn soil at my Lowe's so ended up with all they had...Scott's.I am going to use my weasel and re-seed certain areas that did not germinate...it sure has been a tough year‼️
Why not just watch another youtuber and see what other people are doing? Wtf. Get some milorganite and mix it. No synthetic fertilizer. That will just burn the new stuff. And should not wait that long. Lol
Suburban Acreage did it with Milo and Kentucky 31 and didn't look to bad.
Live and learn, that’s the best way! Thx for taking us on your journey!
Absolutely
Hey Mr. Ferguson, take some cloth and stretch it on something, spread the mixture over it and it’ll dry up quickly. Now all moisture goes down and has no ventilation underneath.
I mixed pregerminated soggy seed with Millorganate and it absorbed most of the moisture.
I mentioned that with the tarp...but didn't wanna do all that. I can't remember if I left that in the video or not. I was afraid if it dried while I was away, it could blow around and didn't want all that.
Thanks, I get as much out of this as most others on YT. Appreciate you putting this on, it helps me learn. Interested to see what it looks like in May/June. Good luck I'll be witching for the followup.
Should have used the tarp to cover the wheel barrel. Saw dust could help to dry the mixture....
@@robbobtheplucker3082 lol, well didn’t have any spare saw dust man lol. Far as covering yes, correct, but after a month of no rain it was a surprise nonetheless
@@MrFergusonLawn Yeah no rain here in Md. for a month either. Just got done watering it's 80 degrees here right now. Dats Crazy. Usually, I'm just mulching all the leaves into the ground, but this has been 1 crazy year. But it has given me a chance to do some extra things and the yard is looking good again. Also keep praying for all those in Apalachchchia. A lot of great things are happening up there. Praise our Gracious God!!!!!!!!!
You might want to wash the fertilizer off of the seeds, high concentration of fertilizer might kill the seedlings
If it dies, it dies
Grab some bags of topsoil compost mix. Mix it together and put it in your bad spots. (Keep in mind the fertilizer you added so you might need to go with a thin layer and be sure to add enough soil. The spots don't look that big. Hand spreading it may be a bit more work than using your spreader but you might get some benefit from the mix
I’m glad I’m not the only one lol. This is how we learn. Idk how many times I thought something was a good idea and total disaster.
It happens lol. I was tired Saturday night and don't know what the heck I was thinking mixing in the fert...stupidity. That's where I really messed up.
Hey Mr. Ferg! Sorry about your pregermination woes🤦🏽♂️ Did it successfully about a month ago for a friend that had about 5k sqft. After all the videos I watched on it, seems like the most common issues were people either waiting too long to where the seeds actually start sending roots out, or aren’t letting the seeds dry out enough before mixing with milorganite.
Since I pregerminated fescue seed, I specifically only wanted to prime it for about 3ish days. I soaked for 24 hours. Then just rinsed the bag every 24 hours. The most important thing to remember is turning the bag multiple times during the drying out process since the water pools up on the bottom. I also placed the bag on top of the brick that I used to weigh it down on day 1. That way the seeds on the bottom weren’t soaking in the water that was draining onto the bottom of the 5 gallon bucket. I turned as frequently as every 6 hours during the day especially during the 24hrs leading up to my planned seeding day. It still left the seed slightly damp (aka it didn’t fully dry up which was good), and I easily mixed it with milorganite. A 2:1 ratio of Milo to seed (weight wise) was enough. It worked like a charm and easily spread with my Echo RB60. Spread evenly and everything. Now my friend has a thicc lawn haha. Hope that helps!
Probably could have put screen wire over the wheel barrow lay it on it and keep moving it around
Its too bad it didnt work out... but if you would have used a 25lb bag of milorganite with that small 3lb bag of wet seed it would have effortlessly immediately came out the spreader. It would have easily instantly dried it out enough to spread, i think the recommended ratio is 5lbs of wet seed to 20lbs of milorganite for instant spreadability.
That's what I'm hearing, but that's hard to believe. We will have to try it next time with fescue pre germ.
I understand your skepticism with what you just dealt with, but there's numerous videos of it being done. You can visibly see how much milo dries it out and it flowing out of the spreader with ease. The reason why milo is perfect is because it's already a slow release low nitrogen organic fertilizer. It's only a 6-4-0, and a 32lb bag only covers 2500sqft at bag rate, most people recommend 1.5x bag rate for results, meaning you can freely throw down a bunch of it even in the middle of summer without burning your lawn. All that volume, and the consistency of it acts as a sponge to the moisture around the seeds. Just try it out with 3-5lbs, or watch videos about it. I promise you it's not cgi.
Rip to the kbg. Those seeds are more than likely toast. When the dry fast release nitrogen prills touch the wet seed it will probably shock the seed like touching a electric fence.
That's toast. Needed to mix with something like milorganite. You risk burning your lawn. Now that it is wet, the fertilizer is starting to dissolve and you'll never dry it out into prills again.
Life will go on lol
Why not tilt the wheel barrow down so the water can run out rather then waiting for it to evaporate? Just a thought.
Oh I did...even a blow drying. It's like a mud mix man...disgusting mess.
Milo is your friend in this situation
Good ole play sand will absorb the moisture.
Everyone makes mistakes, but not everyone admits their mistakes. You’re a real one!
How bout mix the wet seed/fert with top soil and use your compost spreader/roller? I think it would work on bare areas, not so much on an "overseed" situation. Good luck!
Eh, it's not worth all the effort to me haha.
Just mix more dry stuff with it untill it's spreadable.
I considered that...but bad could go to worse, so I'd rather not risk wasting the fert.
The salt from the fertilizer will just make it harder to dry. Milorganite is the answer
Malorganite worked best for me. Any organic fertilizer will probably work also. No risk of burn.
Lay it out and let it dry worked for the lawn Rebal
Bless your heart MrFerguson. idk who you watched about pregerminating seed, I sent you a vid. You soak the seed, until you ready to spread it. KBG you soak for 5 days. Then you let it drain, not dry out. While it's damp, not soaking, you mix with milorganite or biochar as a carrier to spread it.
Totally aware man, lol. We messed up with the carrier. I didn't plan it all out well. It's all good man, nothing hurt and no money lost haha. We'll try milo for sure next time when I can better prepare.
a bag of chicken feed or alfalfa meal will take care of that problem brother mix it up and it will dry quick. good luck!
Maybe go buy a bag of milo next time. I think biosolids work better, there's no time release coating on it.
Nah, as mentioned...I won't ever mix with fert again, bc of all this. If anything, yes...Milo, but I'd rather do soil conditioner or something not fertilizer for sure.
@@MrFergusonLawni think the conditioner soaks up too much moisture. I used 1 bag of milo with 8 lbs of seed. Worked great, didnt turn soupy or muddy at all cause milo doesnt instantly dissolve. Try again next year brother.
IDK
@@nedg3740 Nah, I've had enough of this lol. I only did this because I had the seed on hand, for free. So if it all dies, Im out nothing for it but time and the fert used. And the soaking up of moisture is exactly what I needed lol.
lol. Tiny yard problems!
Yes! lol...tiny problem as well ;)
IDK... any way your barber 💈 did a great job sir 👍
😂 I appreciate it sir...Sports Clips of Wake Forest NC!
I've failed at more things in my life than I can count. You get some credit for your willingness to document yours so others might not do the same.
Live and learn with Mr Fergeson….sounds like a UA-cam channel. I agree with not doing the pre germination, IMO you are not saving yourself very much time and risking some sort of FUBAR
I hope that's what people see as well. Patience is a must, but you could exercise that when just throwing it down and watering daily. Much easier in some ways.
Its burnt the kbg.
That’s not a good idea 🤔 it will be an overpopulated KGB in one spot.
Maybe, maybe not. I've been watering so it is likely throwing that seed all over. We will see though.
Mr Fergy‼️Rest assured that I will never mention pre-germinating again in any of my posts. Sorry Pal. I could not get the Sta Green lawn soil at my Lowe's so ended up with all they had...Scott's.I am going to use my weasel and re-seed certain areas that did not germinate...it sure has been a tough year‼️
Why not just watch another youtuber and see what other people are doing? Wtf. Get some milorganite and mix it. No synthetic fertilizer. That will just burn the new stuff. And should not wait that long. Lol