Hey George, thanks for dropping by mate! I hear you, people ask me all the time why I spend so much time in the garden, it's not all about having the best lawn but as you say it's therapy, taking your mind off everything, very therapeutic indeed!
Hey Raymond, I really did enjoy it, love the colour and as you say it was so soft to walk on. Let's see how it makes it through the harsh Swedish winter though.
Hey Anthony, thanks mate, lawn care should be about enjoying yourself I mean a hobby should be that right? So just take things slow and easy and enjoy yourself :D Thanks for watching mate 🙏
I try to aerate anytime the lawn needs it. That can be before after or in the middle of my winter. Of course we have no snow on the ground. I feel that if it is compacted at any time then at any time it will do it beneficial to be aerated. That's at least my theory.
I agree fully, aerating is one of the things you can do multiple times during a season, give the roots room to spred and grow, let all the good stuff get down into the soil and deeper into the roots. I prefer to do it at least twice, that's a minimum but more often is better.
Hey John, thanks mate, lawn lute, will try to remember that! :) thanks for watching and say hello to Manchester for me, been there once on my way to Scotland, really liked it, nt too big and very friendly people in the pubs :)
Hey Thom, thanks mate, I always welcome feedback, music is so hard to get right, so any feedback regarding that is particularly appreciated, are the latest videos also too loud? Thanks alot mate 🙏
As a fellow obsessive/hyperfixator you have good insight into the need to take a step back, relax and enjoy it. I'm renting right now but about 130-150m2 lawn and I want to enjoy it'd. Got lots of clover, moss and weeds and very spongy to walk on in places. Some patches nothing is growing not even weeds I think its super compacted that or fungus? So far done liquid aeration and feed and weed granules. When autumn comes will scarify (thinking Ryobi one) then over seed. Sandy soil as right on the beach. BTW how to determine pH of soil? Cheers subbed 👍
Hey Peter, thanks for the sub! Appreciate it 🙏 I would say it sounds like it's compacted, so hollow tine aeration would be the way to go IF the the problem is indeed compaction, hard to say without knowing the lawn. Don't think scarifying alone will solve it and liquid aeration is a process you need to stick to for months and months, if not years. I explain that a little bit in my thatch video. If you have sandy soil as right on the beach then your soil lacks nutrients, sand has none of that. So add some regular soil and compost to the mix. If you have too much weeds, over 50%-60% i would just recommend starting over, killing everything off, getting the soil mix right and seeding. I will be starting over with my lawn next season so just do what I do :) I will also be doing a soil test and showing how you can check your PH levels. But basically order a soil test and follow the instructions. Let me know if you have any other questions my man, and do keep me updated with any progress with your lawn.
What helped me over seeding a bare area of my lawn was the use of garden fleece to cover the area, I did all the things you did but I covered the seed with a thin layer of compost, watered it and then covered it with this fleece material, pegged the edges down to prevent the wind removing it and left it for 6 days approx and there was grass showing through. Could I suggest you check out Daniel Hibbert Lawn experts videos where he demonstrates the use of the fleece material. I know pushing top dressing material about is hard work but various You Tubers suggest making more smaller piles rather than one large wheelbarrow load in one place.
Actually tried that when I overseeded last year, where I dug out clover, worked really well, good tip 👍🏼 Yeah, think I'll make smaller piles next time, took a long time for these to dry out, but it worked out and I got som well needed exercise 😂 Thanks for watching mate 🙏
Hey dude, well that depends on what grass you have, I would say for rye 3-4 weeks, fescue 4-6 weeks and kgb 6-8 weeks. If you have a miz of all then you could start mowing with a manual reel mower or something like that, those things don't have alot of weight to them so that's fine. A normal mower just weighs too much.
If u roll the lawn to get soil to seed contact AfTer using the broom, doesn’t it make the existing grass go back under the soil and defeat the purpose of brooming it?
Hey Mate, The grass will fold over on top of the soil and not underneath it so no worries, also as soon as the grass has some water and sun, it will just stand straight again.
Hey my man, great to find this channel of yours as i am starting to get deeper into this passion :). I’ve already watched most of your videos and i got to this one and believe it or not i am going to ask you something that’s related to the very last seconds of the video 😅 : having done everything how much do you really need to irigate ? I mean i have a normal 9-18 work schedule ( not 9-17 because i’m in Romania 😅) so i could leave the hose doing it’s job in the morning before leaving for work but then i’ll be back home around 19 so in this whole time what i am supposed to be doing ? Am i doing all in vain because i won’t be able to water the lawn during this time of the day ? I watched other videos and i understand for this process to work the soil must be moist at all time ? Should i hire someone to care for this while i’m gone for work 😁? Thanks in advance my man. (I do like to watch your videos because i’m doing 2 things at a time : getting knowledge on the lawn care as well as improving my english listening and repeating out loud everything you say 😅. Cheers
Hey Dude, thank you very much for watching my vids, appreciate it! 🙏 and welcome to the lawn nut world :D The seeds need to be moist, as soon as they dry out they might just roast. That's why most people recommend doing any seeding during the fall since we have alot of rainfall to help with that. Take this spring for instance, we didn't have rain for over 3 weeks, and summer is also dry so fall is the best. With that said, ofc you can seed when you want to. Watering during mornings is the best option and then if it's not too sunny out, it wont dry out hopefully until you come home. It can dry out for a bit it wont kill it off just if it's dry for some time, but you would want to keep it moist as much as you can :) keep at it dude and ask any questions you want!
Thanks for the video Sam! I like how you make this enjoyable, instead of just another chore! But I have a question; do you advise top dressing then seeding, or seeding then top dressing. I have seen both ways done on YT videos. Id appreciate and feedback you could Give!
Hey Michael, thanks dude, appreciate it. Hopefully I can inspire people to work more on their lawns without breaking their backs :) I always seed THEN top dress over it and then go over it with a garden roller to get that good seed to soil contact. I have tried it the other way around, but I feel that you get a lot less germination if the seeds aren't covered with top dress or soil.
Hey Pat, for sure, it's a great time to overseed after you have power raked or used the scarifyer, the soil is perfectly prepped for the new seeds then, so go for it! :)
Thanks Arjun, I actually was thinking about it, so time consuming to do it by hand at the moment and Im not getting any younger :D Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching mate.
Hey Lawrence, it's an AL-KO, pretty common cheap brand here in Sweden, it's pretty much the same price as the Greenworks and the Sun Joe, alot of plastic and electric. It also comes with the same two attachments as the Sunjoe. I would guess there all made in the same factoryin China somwhere and just rebranded. I know the sunjoe is made in China at least. But they do the job for us average joe lawn nuts :)
You could, but I find you get worse germination rate without having top soil on the grass, and it will also be harder to keep it moist since you don't have the top dress or soil to keep the moisture.
😢 i am so sad! i watched over 500 videos. i had a national turf company for last 4 years … its 1 st week in March 23. i had grub infestation that national company ignored. i just want to over-seed this spring and level a couple of areas. i have tall fescue grass! Is there anyone our there than can point me to a video. Grubs are taken care of and will be in late summer. My basic question… ? can i over seed with sand and mulch this Spring and keep learning? i am begging for 1 -2 3 steps to get started! please help some one! i have been watching videos since Sept 2022
Hey Philip, don't worry mate, lawn care is a long term game and grass is very resilient, it will all be fine. So first things first. You want to do some over seeding and also level some areas this spring? Not sure I understand what you mean when you say you are overseeding with sand and mulch? If you overseed, you are better off to throw some top dress, peat moss or compost over it, to keep moisture. I'll try to hel you along as best as I can dude, no worries.
Hey Lucian, doing it this weekend, have cooler temps incoming, so hopefully I can show you the results in a few weeks, good results this time..... I hope 😁
Hey Jim, hmm not sure I would use fescue in Texas, I mean it could work but you would need to really be vigilant about watering and having proper irrigation during summer. I would probably opt for just warm season grass types. Aeration 1/year is one of the best thing you can do for your lawn. Keep thatch in check, allowing space for roots to grow and your key ingredients, water, air nutrients to reach the soil. So if you can do it 1/y go for it.
I'm up late watching this video. It's horrible in that the music is TOO LOUD and will wake everybody up! But then when you talk it's so quiet that I cannot hear you. I'm afraid that I cannot watch this video. Please be careful with volume levels in the future. Music should not be louder than voice!!!
Hey Bill, thanks for the feedback. I actually had some issues early on, accidentally hit some kind of button to use only one audio channel so I couldn't adjust the music. Haven't done this even a year yet so still learning. Thanks for the feedback though, will try to think more about audiolevels
Very informative. Your hard work really shines through. Lawn looks like a carpet!
I appreciate the the difference in the two, I'm not going to lie, I thought it didn't matter. Thanks to you, I know what to do know. 🙏 High five.
Hey mate, glad you found it helpful, big high five back :)
Cutting the lawn has been like a therapy for me. Nice to find your channel and get to learn more to improve mine. Thanks for sharing! :)
Hey George, thanks for dropping by mate! I hear you, people ask me all the time why I spend so much time in the garden, it's not all about having the best lawn but as you say it's therapy, taking your mind off everything, very therapeutic indeed!
Your going to love the perennial rye, nice deep green color and very soft thin blades.
Hey Raymond, I really did enjoy it, love the colour and as you say it was so soft to walk on. Let's see how it makes it through the harsh Swedish winter though.
Very interesting about the clover. I have that problem.
awesome video. i was laughing a lot around the top dressing part
man Sam, you might be able to pull off stand up comedy, my friend. "my neighbors must be wondering what the hell i'm doing" lollllll
haha thanks Paul. I don't know man most of my jokes are so cringe 😅But at least I know ONE guy that enjoys them, worth! :)
Exactly.... Take Breaks, enjoy, drink a cold one! Good video!
Thanks Brian :)
Thanks for the vid! I really relate to this! Just Like you I am an average lawn enthusiast!
Thanks alot, appreciate you watching :)
You make a ton of sense. Thanks man!
Hey Steve, thanks man, glad you found it helpful. I wish my wife could say I make a ton of sense when I start talking about the lawn 24/7 😂
Great video doesn't take thing's to seriously very entertaining and l learnt a few things a good result
Hey Anthony, thanks mate, lawn care should be about enjoying yourself I mean a hobby should be that right? So just take things slow and easy and enjoy yourself :D
Thanks for watching mate 🙏
I try to aerate anytime the lawn needs it. That can be before after or in the middle of my winter. Of course we have no snow on the ground. I feel that if it is compacted at any time then at any time it will do it beneficial to be aerated. That's at least my theory.
I agree fully, aerating is one of the things you can do multiple times during a season, give the roots room to spred and grow, let all the good stuff get down into the soil and deeper into the roots. I prefer to do it at least twice, that's a minimum but more often is better.
Fantastisk arbeid 🙌🏻👏takk for at noen endelig lagte en video det faktisk går an og forstå på en lett måte 😄
Tjena Jon, tack uppskattar det, glad att du gillade videon, försöker alltid hålla det så lättsamt som möjligt, är ju ändå bara gräs i slutändan :D
@@SamsLawn det e jo bare gress🤝🤩men gu så fint det blir
Just use a over seeder your holes after aeration are to deep for see to grow
Hi Sam
That levelling tool is called a lawn lute
Good video
All the very best
John s
Manchester
England
Hey John, thanks mate, lawn lute, will try to remember that! :)
thanks for watching and say hello to Manchester for me, been there once on my way to Scotland, really liked it, nt too big and very friendly people in the pubs :)
Another excellent video Sam. If I may suggest, the music is too loud. It makes it difficult to hear your voice. Please consider adjusting that.
Hey Thom, thanks mate, I always welcome feedback, music is so hard to get right, so any feedback regarding that is particularly appreciated, are the latest videos also too loud?
Thanks alot mate 🙏
As a fellow obsessive/hyperfixator you have good insight into the need to take a step back, relax and enjoy it. I'm renting right now but about 130-150m2 lawn and I want to enjoy it'd. Got lots of clover, moss and weeds and very spongy to walk on in places. Some patches nothing is growing not even weeds I think its super compacted that or fungus? So far done liquid aeration and feed and weed granules. When autumn comes will scarify (thinking Ryobi one) then over seed. Sandy soil as right on the beach. BTW how to determine pH of soil? Cheers subbed 👍
Hey Peter, thanks for the sub! Appreciate it 🙏 I would say it sounds like it's compacted, so hollow tine aeration would be the way to go IF the the problem is indeed compaction, hard to say without knowing the lawn. Don't think scarifying alone will solve it and liquid aeration is a process you need to stick to for months and months, if not years. I explain that a little bit in my thatch video. If you have sandy soil as right on the beach then your soil lacks nutrients, sand has none of that. So add some regular soil and compost to the mix. If you have too much weeds, over 50%-60% i would just recommend starting over, killing everything off, getting the soil mix right and seeding. I will be starting over with my lawn next season so just do what I do :) I will also be doing a soil test and showing how you can check your PH levels. But basically order a soil test and follow the instructions. Let me know if you have any other questions my man, and do keep me updated with any progress with your lawn.
Very good video
Thanks Greg appreciate it mate 🙏
What helped me over seeding a bare area of my lawn was the use of garden fleece to cover the area, I did all the things you did but I covered the seed with a thin layer of compost, watered it and then covered it with this fleece material, pegged the edges down to prevent the wind removing it and left it for 6 days approx and there was grass showing through. Could I suggest you check out Daniel Hibbert Lawn experts videos where he demonstrates the use of the fleece material.
I know pushing top dressing material about is hard work but various You Tubers suggest making more smaller piles rather than one large wheelbarrow load in one place.
Actually tried that when I overseeded last year, where I dug out clover, worked really well, good tip 👍🏼
Yeah, think I'll make smaller piles next time, took a long time for these to dry out, but it worked out and I got som well needed exercise 😂
Thanks for watching mate 🙏
Really useful! How long after this repair before we can cut with the mower? I would like to keep cutting to help control the remaining POA...
Hey dude, well that depends on what grass you have, I would say for rye 3-4 weeks, fescue 4-6 weeks and kgb 6-8 weeks. If you have a miz of all then you could start mowing with a manual reel mower or something like that, those things don't have alot of weight to them so that's fine. A normal mower just weighs too much.
If u roll the lawn to get soil to seed contact AfTer using the broom, doesn’t it make the existing grass go back under the soil and defeat the purpose of brooming it?
Hey Mate, The grass will fold over on top of the soil and not underneath it so no worries, also as soon as the grass has some water and sun, it will just stand straight again.
Hey my man, great to find this channel of yours as i am starting to get deeper into this passion :). I’ve already watched most of your videos and i got to this one and believe it or not i am going to ask you something that’s related to the very last seconds of the video 😅 : having done everything how much do you really need to irigate ? I mean i have a normal 9-18 work schedule ( not 9-17 because i’m in Romania 😅) so i could leave the hose doing it’s job in the morning before leaving for work but then i’ll be back home around 19 so in this whole time what i am supposed to be doing ? Am i doing all in vain because i won’t be able
to water the lawn during this time of the day ? I watched other videos and i understand for this process to work the soil must be moist at all time ? Should i hire someone to care for this while i’m gone for work 😁? Thanks in advance my man. (I do like to watch your videos because i’m doing 2 things at a time : getting knowledge on the lawn care as well as improving my english listening and repeating out loud everything you say 😅. Cheers
Hey Dude, thank you very much for watching my vids, appreciate it! 🙏 and welcome to the lawn nut world :D
The seeds need to be moist, as soon as they dry out they might just roast. That's why most people recommend doing any seeding during the fall since we have alot of rainfall to help with that. Take this spring for instance, we didn't have rain for over 3 weeks, and summer is also dry so fall is the best. With that said, ofc you can seed when you want to. Watering during mornings is the best option and then if it's not too sunny out, it wont dry out hopefully until you come home. It can dry out for a bit it wont kill it off just if it's dry for some time, but you would want to keep it moist as much as you can :)
keep at it dude and ask any questions you want!
Thanks for the video Sam! I like how you make this enjoyable, instead of just another chore!
But I have a question; do you advise top dressing then seeding, or seeding then top dressing. I have seen both ways done on YT videos. Id appreciate and feedback you could
Give!
Hey Michael, thanks dude, appreciate it. Hopefully I can inspire people to work more on their lawns without breaking their backs :)
I always seed THEN top dress over it and then go over it with a garden roller to get that good seed to soil contact. I have tried it the other way around, but I feel that you get a lot less germination if the seeds aren't covered with top dress or soil.
Did you put any starter fertlizer on? If not why not. Great work.
Hey man, thanks for watching. My topdressing already has fertilizer in it so didn't feel i needed anymore than that.
Sam ,can you seed after scarifying?
Hey Pat, for sure, it's a great time to overseed after you have power raked or used the scarifyer, the soil is perfectly prepped for the new seeds then, so go for it! :)
Sam don't break your back, get a landzie spreader, the large one.
Thanks Arjun, I actually was thinking about it, so time consuming to do it by hand at the moment and Im not getting any younger :D Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching mate.
👍 What brand is that power rake/scarifying? How does it compare to Sunjoe?
Hey Lawrence, it's an AL-KO, pretty common cheap brand here in Sweden, it's pretty much the same price as the Greenworks and the Sun Joe, alot of plastic and electric. It also comes with the same two attachments as the Sunjoe. I would guess there all made in the same factoryin China somwhere and just rebranded. I know the sunjoe is made in China at least. But they do the job for us average joe lawn nuts :)
whether I can just seed without top soil?
You could, but I find you get worse germination rate without having top soil on the grass, and it will also be harder to keep it moist since you don't have the top dress or soil to keep the moisture.
When using the hollow tine tool why don't you work backwards so you don't need to stand on the extractions?
Haha good point Stewart, didn't really think about that, forward just felt natural. I'll go backwards next time 😁
😢 i am so sad! i watched over 500 videos. i had a national turf company for last 4 years … its 1 st week in March 23. i had grub infestation that national company ignored. i just want to over-seed this spring and level a couple of areas. i have tall fescue grass! Is there anyone our there than can point me to a video. Grubs are taken care of and will be in late summer. My basic question… ? can i over seed with sand and mulch this Spring and keep learning? i am begging for 1 -2 3 steps to get started! please help some one! i have been watching videos since Sept 2022
Hey Philip, don't worry mate, lawn care is a long term game and grass is very resilient, it will all be fine. So first things first. You want to do some over seeding and also level some areas this spring?
Not sure I understand what you mean when you say you are overseeding with sand and mulch? If you overseed, you are better off to throw some top dress, peat moss or compost over it, to keep moisture.
I'll try to hel you along as best as I can dude, no worries.
Sam how did it turn out
Hey Lucian, doing it this weekend, have cooler temps incoming, so hopefully I can show you the results in a few weeks, good results this time..... I hope 😁
Ohhh wrong video, I thought it was the latest , well the results are visible in videos after that, but it turned out awesome 👌🏼 😊
I have St Aug in Texas. Can I oversees with fescue? Also should I airate?
Hey Jim, hmm not sure I would use fescue in Texas, I mean it could work but you would need to really be vigilant about watering and having proper irrigation during summer. I would probably opt for just warm season grass types. Aeration 1/year is one of the best thing you can do for your lawn. Keep thatch in check, allowing space for roots to grow and your key ingredients, water, air nutrients to reach the soil. So if you can do it 1/y go for it.
@@SamsLawn when do I aerate ?
@@jokrazy2002 early summer for warm season grasses, just as your peak growing season is about to start 👍🏼
It’s called a lute!!
Lute? Hmm, never heard of it, I'll check it out, thanks man :D
I'm up late watching this video. It's horrible in that the music is TOO LOUD and will wake everybody up! But then when you talk it's so quiet that I cannot hear you. I'm afraid that I cannot watch this video. Please be careful with volume levels in the future. Music should not be louder than voice!!!
Hey Bill, thanks for the feedback. I actually had some issues early on, accidentally hit some kind of button to use only one audio channel so I couldn't adjust the music. Haven't done this even a year yet so still learning. Thanks for the feedback though, will try to think more about audiolevels