Top Dressing your Grass Seed with Peat Moss
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Applying 1/4in peat moss over your grass seed ensures the seed stays moist and germinates quicker. Many have seen higher germination rates when using peat moss. You should use about 1-2 bales of peat moss per 1000 square feet. I spread it around with this rake and it worked great, but others use compost spreaders aka peat moss spreaders.
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Grass Daddy ,great job,I watch all your video's, i have learned alot,i will continue watching, thanks
the one bag of peat moss is dry...thats all
Too cute - your youngest child coming out to watch daddy working, then wandering around like some peat handed godzilla! When my kids watch me, their daddy, i'm mostly saying, "bloody hell" far too much. I have bare earth I cut and am about to topsoil and sow my first grass. Cheers from Oxford, UK!
Haha Haha...those helpers.... awesome.
Grass daddy what brand of peat moss did you buy. Thanks for sharing the rake info and this video. Amazing info. Just would like to know what kind of peat moss you used as there are several to choose from. Some are organic as well.
I'm getting such a kick out of your kids playing in the yard. They are so cute!! More kids need to get out and play in dirt!
haha thanks! they love watching this video too
So am I. Too cute!!😁
The best part was watching the kiddos running around, while you were trying to rake the moss. Awesome job! Thanks for the video. My husband is trying to grow grass as well.
I love to see when kids get interested in what their parents are doing and want to help. They are so smart they will get what you're doing so fast it's incredible.
+i.rodriguez yeah it makes it fun!
Them babies are darlin!
Every time I purchased Pete Moss it was like a brick.
I like the little guys having fun
Came across this. And noticed your babies are no longer babies. Gotta new one baking and just wanna say 1 dad to another that’s the joy of watching something grow. 🤞🏾
I just got my Groundskeeper 2 rake yesterday and it is no joke! It grabs everything it touches and I had no idea how much dead grass I had hidden in my lawn. Well worth the money.
wonderful video, full of dirt, kids, and a great rake!!! Thanks for posting!!!
As soon as Mommy dropped off the two little ones on the step I said, "uh-ohhh." haha Each new bag got them deeper and deeper. And then the rest! Adorable.
It's great to see kids out in the yard playing and having fun. Laughed watching the young one getting dirty and being a kid!
Those are the best times. Those kids are having so much fun. My son used to sit on my shoulders while I mowed the lawn (push mower) 3/4acre and he loved it.
thank you for the video, it was very helpful. You have beautiful children. They made the video so much more fun. Thanks for posting.
Diaper man looked like he was having fun
Had me chuckling seeing the kids get dirty . Nice to see
yeah they had a blast!
lovely, 12 minutes watching someone spread peat moss around
Never mind the great rake, the best of your video are your kids, love to watch them play and get all brown🥰😂👍
If you're a homeowner the Groundskeeper is a must have!
pro's too!
That different bale of peat moss probably occurred when in the extraction process at the peat farm, they hit a vein of perhaps clay or just part of the topsoil if as you say, it was a little harder and had clumps mixed in. Your outcome should be no different. Great prep job as you got the kids to tamp it in for you.
Those kids are too cute! God bless you!
You look like a good Dad. Keep up the good work.
I loved watching your helpers!
Good video. Awesome to see those kids out getting dirty and not playing video games! lol Don't see that much anymore
lol ironically we took their tablets away when they were watching youtube videos without asking. they'll bring it up every birthday and ask for them back but I'm OK with them not having them!
OK, I'm ready for a new rake and some peat moss! How do I keep the yard from filling up with little kids? Is there a spray for that?
I just bought two of those rakes, and emailed the company to mention your video. Man, this is something I've been looking for! I keep buying rakes, and each one is worse than the last. Doesn't sound like much, but I don't really like raking anyway! Good tools always help.
I found pepper spray works well for that, just don't spray them with water or they will never go away.
To keep the kids away, I'd set up a sprinkler in the backyard. Bathing suits required. Except the one in the diaper, he's good to go.
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Leonard Pearlman 😂
If i could give a million likes i would you did an awsome job on your lawn the children had us laughing so hard i used black cow manure an peat moss from walmart great job keep up the good work...
Haha thanks!!
Perfect video and great recommendation on the rake. It was hard to find at a decent price, but I finally snagged one.
The man is "Astro-turfing" while actually turfing. I salute you sir. Congrats on selling more rakes.
Tobias Remy haha nah man they sent me a free rake after I shot the video (a friend let me borrow his) but I dont get paid. I genuinely prefer this rake for peat moss ;)
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Freaky to see!
Your video was very helpful and the peat moss works a lot better than straw to cover grass seeds in the Spring and retained moisture for the grass seeds.
How lovely to see the kids having fun while learning about everyday life. Education by osmosis. This daddy rules!
yes we homeschool and try to get them involved as much as possible!
I know a few city folks cringed when they saw the babies HAVING FUN in the dirt lol
Love your helper tamping down peat moss
I just love these kids!
Look at the little baby...so cute!
You have a lovely family!
The baby in the video added so much to this!!!
Your little helpers are cute!
Awesome! Thanks for explaining the peat vs compost choice. I bought some compost but it was so wet and clumpy.
Your welcome! Yeah the peat moss is a lot easier to spread
My abs hurt just watching all that raking! Nice work
With that rake it was a breeze!
Great vid. GOTTA keep the kids running around in future videos, that was awesome
Haha yeah they always come out when they see me outside
Do the kids grow any faster after they played in peat-moss?? So frikkin funny!!!!!
Grass Daddy The kids playing in the Peet moss and rain is so darn cute!!!
+SmartSavingMama thanks!! they love watching that video over and over hehe
its 2020 Where are they today. Not the Grass but the Pete Moss Kids? Reminds me of my two girls rolling in all my lawn product..lol
Man, your really doing a great job with your channel. Very informative and no fluff. Did you ever work in landscaping?
I'm about to aerate and overseed my lawn in a 2 to 3 weeks. It's been way to hot and dry where I live in Suburban DC so far to do anything yet
+Ousama Abdu thanks! Nah it just became my hobby with 5 kids. I work at a PC all day and need to get outside. This I can do a bit here and there every day in between working and dance dad driving haha
Thankz for the peat moss tip its been a weak n my grass spouted i tried almost everything... N plus it looks good even when first put on the lawn. I work in landscape n nobody has even heard of peat moss so ima spread the word haha thankz again man
Thanks, i got my answer as to how many bags of peat moss i need.
Glad I could help!
loved this video not for your hard work but for the cute kids :-)
That rake is awesome!
yeah it's pure genious!
Question: did put the grass seed down before or after laying down the peat moss?
I kept watching because it was fun watching kids play in the dirt!
Haha we've watched that video as a family over and over. They get a kick out of it every time!
Man, the kids get to have all the fun and we the parents get to clean them up. Youth is a wonderful thing.
I am replanting my yard, too. I've killed and tilled. Going to get a some screened top soil and till that in with the existing soil. I will be planting in the summer. Fortunately, I have an in ground sprinkler system. I'll make any adjustments in the fall. Any tips? I'll take them. Wish me luck.
At the start of the video you remind me of ace Ventura when he is in the fish tank looking at the camera.
Just my own experience; but I found that grass seed needs very little to almost zero dirt/peat over it. I have done the coverage thing and found that the seed did not come up. There is another youtube video that says that grass seed has very little energy in the seed itself and can not push through much topsoil/peat. It can germinate and die without breaking the surface of the dirt... But, I am not an expert...
The lighter colored peat moss is gluten free. ;)
+The Lawn Care Nut I specifically ask for extra glutens! Haha
lawn care nut and grass daddy in one place? :mindblown:
Lawn Care Nut yes Lawn Daddy , not so much.
Well played!
Man if this video is part of a series you should have a link to the other videos in it at the top of your description.
+Karlzbad119 the description should have a link to the renovation playlist
Great idea about spreading peat moss, watching the little helpers made me chuckle, oh wow such a cute video.
Great dad good work, especially when the outside is done and you head in for bath time for the peat moss kids and the youngest one with a load of peat moss in his diaper.
Haha yeah just hose em down before the bath so you don't clog the drain =P
Yea, the youngest had a load. I am not sure if it was peetmoss though.
Why give a bath? Just hose them off and they should be good to go. If you have to do an extra step, give them some soap to rub on. No need to do the same job twice.
thankks for the info ... the kids make the video so much fun
yes they sure do!
Came here for advice and love
Your video. Kids are so cute.
Thanks!
I would like to say I'm enjoying this lawn series very much! It's so fun to see all this hard work come to a beautiful lawn. If I must say, I do have maybe one tip for you not trying to bash you or anything but I feel like all those wired grasses and weeds growing is from excess water. If I remember in the comments from a previous video you said you would water 5 times a day 10 minutes a day but you said your sprinkler put out an inch in an hour. So over the course of the day you watering basically an inch of water a day which is way to much for seed. It's even bad if it's established as well as over the course of the few weeks would drown the roots. In my opinion and from what I read watched grass seeds need to be just moist which means lightly water 2 times a day, 3 max. Maybe if you cut some water out the grass seeds could germinate quicker and you will save lots of water.
It's actually clover :( I didn't get it fully killed before the reno. Thankfully the mesotrione in the starter fert is turning it white. As for watering, I'm monitoring it throughout the day.. On hot sunny days the light sprays help but with the overcast rainy days I've had to turn it off.
I subscribed just because you let the boys be boys. Cheers
I love the look on the baby's face when you open that bag of peat moss in front of him hahahaha
The children are a hoot... they stole the show... to cute
A peat moss roller would have been much easier. But great job with the rake.
I love the babies in the dirt lol !!
The Worcester, MA free compost comes with pulverized plastic and wire pieces. Nothing grows in it.
Old peat moss bales.
Not to sound like a hater but I’m pretty sure it should be a light layer. Guess grass type and results speak for themselves tho!
The best thing about this video is watching the kids playing!
haha at least once a week they ask to watch the video again
Also, I dethached my lawn too low and now i have patches all over the lawn. It looks horrible. I blew off all the thatch, seeded, fertilized And threw down pete moss. I never raked the seed into soil b.c i still have grass. Watering 3x a day 7 min each cycle.
I really enjoyed this video!!! Great father!!!!!!! Awesome!!!!
Beautiful kids💚
Love this video, what a great " Grass Daddy"
A laid down peat moss for my new seed. It rained a couple days ago and the peat moss stayed wet the day after, even with no watering and some sun. Should I keep putting water on it or just let it be, even though it looks wet?
ahaha! Love to watch the kids play in it! So adorable: ) Great job too!
The kids really stole your thunder. They're so cute! Great video!
haha yeah they love helping out. it makes it more fun when they all can help!
Adorable kids too.
A lot of places around here have stopped selling peat moss because of it being a non-renewable resource
Dennis Lubert Ive heard coconut noir works just as well, havent used it personally though
Why "non-renewable"? It's a plant. "In Canada, it has been estimated that new peat bog mass accumulates 60 times faster than the amount harvested each year. " - Wikipedia. I am not a certified peat-moss-ologist.
Nice video Daddy. I imagine by now those kids are growing pretty tall with all that peat moss!!!
I water them daily 😂
Your boys stole the show! Well done! Sorry posted b4 your daughter became the star lol
In what month did you do this thinking about doing the same thing to my yard
a couple things i do know about peat moss is 1. Its a now renewable resource, once they have harvested all the peat bogs, thats it no more. 2. it becomes hydrophobic if allowed to dry out, anybody that has used a peat based potting soil can attest to that. If you water a really dry peat potting soil it runs off the top and down the cracks.3. its acidic, it will move your ph in high enough quantities. that is all for now
I've read that some peat moss is renewable and some isn't. I'm not sure either way but I don't have a problem using it. It does get hydrophobic but it's important to keep the soil moist while seeding. When the peat turns a different color it's easy to see you aren't watering enough ;-)
Have you already put grassseed down before applying the peat moss?
SAMANTHA HAWKINS yes
Mr. Daddy Grass;
We need an update how everything is going with you and the kiddos, you've been super quiet man.
Nice job! How many bails of peat moss did you use, and how many square feet did you cover? Thanks
I used 9 bales. I should have used more for the 5k. The areas I missed didn't really germinate well as it was in direct sun with no peat moss over the top. The areas I went heavy came in real good.
Thank you for the information
Does peat moss contain nutrients like compost that your grass requires?
OMG I love the babies! Got a kick out of all all your "helpers". I am going to go try the peat moss. How does the grass do with all the little helpers on it all the time. There is no way to keep them off of it I assume? lol
I subscribed just to see the kids !!! Hilarious!
How many cubic ft was you bags of peat moss? I have 16,000 sqft to cover and by the calculation for 3 cubic ft bags it would take 111 bags at 1/4 of an in. Each bag costing 23 bucks. Crazy.
Your kids are funny!! good video.
I am watching you use pear moss as a top dressing when overseeding. I am new at this. Do you seed prior to the peat moss or afterwards? Confused in CT
I'm about ready to do this and my question is if you just put peat moss over the grass you don't like or is that just dirt you're putting the peat moss on?
The peat moss goes over the grass seed. It then holds moisture on top of the seed so it can germinate.
This guy lives around the corner from me. I guess maybe I will stop and chat next time I see him! Lawn always looks great
Haha awesome!!
Kids had a blast getting dirty. That is awesome. Did you put the seed down before putting down peat moss or did you spread peat moss and then spread seed?
Peat moss on top of the seed. I've got all the steps I took in this playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLXlWmhRBoMXh6R7rFF3VoHLiObVTmaUxT.html
Did you aerate and overseed?, or did you just lay the seed over the dead grass..then peat moss?
Nathan McLaughlin put the seed down, rolled, and peat moss. If you click the renovation playlist in the description it shows all the steps I took and the order ;)
Barry Levy they have a moss control product you can spray or granules that you can spread over the area. But it may come back due to the area you're trying to control staying wet from lack of sunlight, compacted soil, or poor PH level.
How large was your bales of peat moss? The ones around here are 3 cu. Each one would cover 144 square feet at 1/4 inch.
Why not just use a slit seeder? Jw as I'm doing this in the fall.
the 2 different bags of peat moss must have been from a different batch, probably older stock...id numbers likely be printed on bag itself.
I love seeing the kids romping around. The peat moss will keep them moist. Ha ha. You said you have grass seed down? I don't understand what all the light brown is. Is that the color of your soil? BTW, if that's a Greenskeeper rake it is absolutely a superb dethatching rake. There are videos on using it. I use it all the time, and it does require some muscle or it gets caught, but wow does it work clearing thatch! If you have seed down and are applying peat moss over it there are other opinions that peat moss should not be put on grass seed which you have to constantly keep moist until it germinates, because it actually draws water away from the seeds, and by the time you see the peat moss is dry, the seeds have already been dry sooner than that. If you use water smart (the blue coated seeds), you don't need peat moss. Having said that, I use a very light covering only to keep the seeds in place and on the other hand, the birds away if I don't use coated seeds. Thank you for your videos.
Could you put the name of the rake in the comments? Thanks Was the pete moss organic? Do you recommend it for fixing bare spots? The childern are the stars🌟🌟🌟 great family 👍👍
Anyone in 2019?
I'm in 2020
2016 here! 😂😂
Great video. I put pete moss down a few days ago. Can you put more pete moss down if the birds start attacking the seed? I didnt use as much as you did.
Thanks for the info..great video