Turn Your AVERAGE LAWN into a GREAT LAWN With These 4 Steps!!
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- Turning your average lawn into a great lawn is really not that complicated. In this video, I will explain the 4 Steps that anyone can do to achieve this. If you follow these 4 steps, you will turn that average lawn into one of the best lawns on the block, guaranteed!
This video is mainly geared towards beginners or the average homeowner looking to transform their lawn. These tactics include mowing your grass frequently, watering your grass with the right amount of water, fertilizing your lawn at the right time of year with the right amount of fertilizer, and weed control.
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If you want to know the steps I take to get my grass DARK GREEN - watch this video! ua-cam.com/video/wFAsVWEBJYc/v-deo.html
@@steveo6685 use some type of stripe kit, or a reel mower like his short grass, that has a roller as part of it.
Love it brother! Always great content, always to the point!!! Keep going.
Thanks. I'm just starting my lawn journey. I've already made my house one of the prettiest in town. Now I want my lawn to be beautiful as well. Thanks for the videos.
Can't stress these pointers enough...especially mowing if you want good looking lawn!! Another solid video!
Thanks for taking the time to watch man! I truly appreciate it!
Awesome video! This is exactly the steps I tell people to follow, simple and concise. Many professionals try to make this sound so complicated when it really isn't. I'm forwarding this to everyone I know. Thanks!!
Thanks Larry! I feel the same way. Lawn care for beginners can be very simple but somehow turns into rocket science. I appreciate you dropping the comment and spreading the video!
Good video, lots of info in one stop. 👍
Great video. Thank you for the insight
I am right there with you! Strips make mowing easier.
Good tip about soil types! It took me a while to figure out my sandy soil doesn't take to the deep and infrequent strategy all that well.
I wasted a lot of water before I figured it out!
Clean, professional and very informative video. You just earned my subscription. Good Job!
Thanks for subscribing!
Just God tier production value. Great advice as well.
Can't heart this comment enough. Thank you!
BY FAR THE BEST VIDEO ON LAWN CARE ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍🇨🇦
Thanks Dave! I appreciate the compliments. Hope the video helps you out!
Thumbs up! Validated much of what I suspected is best for lawns that I have needed validation on.
Awesome. Glad I could help you not second guess yourself. Let me know if you have any questions man!
Wow! Useful content is exactly what this is. 👌 Thank you.
Glad I could help! Thanks for watching!
Great video, follow this advice and see great results. Thick lawns keep weeds out.
First Aussie 😁. Another great informative video here . 😎👍👍
Really high quality video and graphics work for a newer channel. Good work!
Thanks for the compliments man. Hopefully I can improve even more in the future!
Lawn looks great!
Thanks Jason! I appreciate it man!
Wow just found this channel. Great job man. Awesome videos. Subscribed and hit the bell
Sorry for the late reply Beast. I definitely appreciate you tuning in and subscribing! I'm checking out your channel now!
Thank you
Thanks
Great video! You talk about putting down a preemergent in the fall. I am wondering, if I plan to over seed in September, when do I apply the preemergent?
I've always been the guy who weeds and feeds, then wondet why my lawn looks like crap. I'm retired now, and my son has a new house. I have a lot of time to figure out how it all works.
The things I saw in this video, some I knew. My biggest problem? I learned something. The best thing, for me, not wasting a lot if retirement money doing stuff that never fixes my lawn.
I am kind of new. My son is certainly, new. I can be comfortable knowing a lot of things I did were right. But, what I liked most, I learned things I was doing wrong.
I had a 30 year career in professional broadcasting. Detroit Tiger Baseball. Run DMC music videos. This video was extremely easy for me to watch. Well Done!!!
Hey Ken, I'm glad you were able to learn and confirm a few things from this video. I appreciate the compliments on the video! I would love to see some of your work if you have it online? Hopefully I can help you and your son out with some of my future content. Let me know if you have any questions with the new lawn this year.
You mention not over fertilizing in the spring. So how many apps and how much is recommended? I think you've said slow release nitrogen in the spring in other videos
Hi, what do you recommend as a fall pre-emergent for crabgrass? Thank you
Thanks for such a helpful video. When we mow, should we mulch or bag it? I have cool season grass…
There's no right answer with this. Mulching will leave clippings that will supply micronutrients and nitrogen to the soil, but if you don't like the way if looks you can always bag. I would say do what you feel comfortable with.
Great video so I subscribed. When taking your front yard grass from long to short did you overseed your grass and change from fescue to KBG or Perennial rye?
I have never overseeded my yard. It is mostly KBG and thickened up by itself. Thanks for the sub!
ON THE MONEY! I mow every 2 to 3 days min, especially during the growing months.
And because of that, I bet your grass is on point! Thanks for watching man!
Are in favour of mulching as opposed to baggage your lawn clippings? We have a number of flower beds. Do those get watered the same amount? I’m in Saskatoon in Central Saskatchewan. We often get long stretches of hot weather. I normally water early morning. Is that what you suggest? Thanks!
This video is like an owners manual for your lawn that you were never given!
This is my favorite comment so far! Thanks for taking the time to watch man, I really appreciate it! If you need help with anything else or have ideas for topics just let me know!
@@LAWNLIFE You bet! I actually made my wife watch it as well, she paused it multiple times to take notes. It answered a lot of our questions we have had as beginners. I haven't dug through your back-log of videos to see if you have covered it yet, only recently stumbled on your subscription, but our next voyage is to figure out the differences in fertilizers, it is overwhelming right now. What, when, how much to use.
@@mattnelson1366 that is awesome to hear! I'm really glad I am helping you guys out!
As far as fertilizers go, I have a video but it's more advanced. For your guys case, it really depends on how far down the rabbit hole you want to go. If you truly want to get very serious about lawn care, I would suggest getting a soil test and seeing what nutrients you are lacking in vs. what you may already be abundant in.
If you want to go the easy route, Scotts has a 4 step program that is pretty easy to follow by following the directions on the bag. Same with Milorganite or any other fertilizer out there.
Fertilizer is fertilizer for the most part. Sure, there might be different small additives to the fert like iron (to get your grass darker) and stuff like that. But the big thing they're selling is the Nitrogen. And nitrogen is just nitrogen. There's not a better nitrogen than another, if that makes sense.
I know it can be overwhelming with all the different brands and kinds, but just think of them as basically the same thing and try to find the best price for how much square footage it covers. The numbers on the front of the bag don't matter that much, it's really how much square footage you can cover per dollar amount.
I hope this is a good starting spot for you guys. I could sit here and write you a book if I had the time. Lol.
@@LAWNLIFE Thanks for the info. We are on the 4-step from our local IFA, so sounds like we are probably ok until we decide to voyage down the rabbit hole :). Looking forward to your future videos, and checking out your past ones. Keep it up!
First Aussie Trevor Muggeridge sent me. Your lawn is amazing. You have been subbed by Striperman and 1 sub closer to 1k. )
Thanks bro! I follow you on Instagram, your lawn is on point also! Thanks for helping me get there! 💪
Striperman, we have found a great channel here , more lawn therapy for me to watch when I’m not on the lawn myself . 😎
I really like your videos. Lots of information. My question is 30 days after I lay down speedzone to kill clovers. I live in NY area Can I re-seed then fertilizer days after.
You're going to want to wait to seed until fall time. New seed won't make it through the summer
You help can be seen in my lawn-thanks. How soon after the fall pre-emergent can I spread my fescue seed?
If you are going to put down fall pre-emergent, you are not going to be able to overseed. You usually have to pick one or the other because the pre-emergent will stop the overseed from germinating. Glad the videos are helping!
I have cinipede grass that looks good and it's thick but looks like a lot thach underneath. Just got a Greenworks dethacher and tried a test strip and it sure looks like a lot of green grass coming out. Any tips on using this detacher. Also any thoughts on using Ironite.
I'm not sure what the issue is with your dethatcher, you may have it on too strong of a setting.
I talk about iron in this video: ua-cam.com/video/wFAsVWEBJYc/v-deo.html
I don't know if he mentioned it or not, but these steps are geared towards "Cool Season Grasses". Well, steps 1,2, and somewhat 4 are the same for both warm and cool season grasses, but the step 3 fertilizing for warm season grasses is about the opposite of whats described. Let's say you have bermuda you would want to spoon feed your lawn 1lb of nitrogen every month from April to Sept. Spoon feed means split your monthly app into 2 or 3 smaller applications in shorter time frames.
Thanks! Easy peasy, others trying to sell there snake oil. Not you. 👍👍
Gotta stick to the fundamentals sometimes!
Great video. Will you tell me more about feature. Just bought some. Do you water this in? Do you use a surfactant with it? Also, can I spray it with some AS 21-0-0? I know the AS needs to be watered in asap so can you give some input here? For example can I spray both with out watering in? Would you always recommend some nitrogen with feature? Tnext is next on my list. Glad I found I channel Thanks in advance.
Hey Heather, I have a video on how I use feature here: ua-cam.com/video/wFAsVWEBJYc/v-deo.html
You don't want to water FEature in for at least 4 hours (I have only used it as a foliar application, you may be able to water it in..I'm not 100% on this). You definitely can use a surfactant with it. If you are using AS with FEature, I would only use a max of 0.2 lbs of N per 1000 sq ft or you will risk burning without watering it in and I would still water it in after 4 hours. You don't need to always have nitrogen with feature, you can spray it alone if you would like. I like to add it to my mix because I'm already spraying, so might as well put it in. But if you want to be cautious about burning with AS you can skip it. Hope this helps!
Just found this channel, awesome content!!!!
Your lawn looks unreal. Look forward to more of your content.
Thanks John! I really appreciate it. More coming soon..I've been on vacation for the last week.
When it comes to the research on weeds im looking for you haha. I could do it but id rather watch a video about it.... just me
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Any close ups of the lawn be great...
Every lawn enthusiasts wants to see the detail in slo-mo!
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From 🇬🇧 btw!
I got you! There's some close ups in this video: ua-cam.com/video/pAzs9zzwAlc/v-deo.html
Thanks for the sub from way overseas! I truly appreciate you tuning in!!
Wanting to level my lawn. Your thoughts on using compost or just sand
Compost will break down fairly quick and you'll end up in the same position. If you're going to go the compost route, I would mix it 50/50 with sand so your leveling sticks around and doesn't break down as fast. If you're planning a renovation in the future at all, I would wait to level until you start that project and then use 100% sand after that project. Once you start sand you gotta stick with it for all of your leveling or you'll create layers.
Ha! I use to mow every 15 days. Now I see my mistake. thanx.
What type of pre and post emergents would you recommend for a cool season lawn ( I think it's Kentucky blue ) in Alberta, Canada?
My lawns are doing pretty good this year but I want to take it to the next level and get rid of some crab grass etc in spots and just make the lawns look that much better. I do iron and nitrogen feedings, fertilizer and lots of water. I should cut it a bit more often, like you stated. But it still looks good. Can I use tenacity?
I use prodiamine and it works great. If you get the granular stuff you dissolve, it's expensive up front but will last you close to the rest of your life unless you have an insanely huge yard
@@LAWNLIFE thanks for the info. And when should I put it down and how often? Just once in April or May after the snow melts and once in the fall?
Step 5 to having best lawn is have you over to do it
Wish you could make a video on nutsedge. Especially a big area where it one may have a problem and when to attack it
I'll try to hunt some down and make a video on it.
Thank yoi
does anyone know specifically what blend of grass he has? KGB PRG blend?
Mazama, Everest, and Bluebank 100% kbg
Just found your channel, wanna know what grass are you growing cool or warm season?
Cool season. Kentucky Bluegrass. Thanks for watching!
Is it okay to add topsoil to grass seed that seems to just be sitting there not doing anything? I'm in the southeast.
When you put seed down you want to make sure it is pressed into the soil. Also you need to keep the grass seed moist at all times to get it to germinate (start growing). That means lightly water every few hours during the day if possible
Hi Just a question. Which time of the year shall I use the weed control product? I have lots of clover weeds.
Now is perfect, just spray in the evening. NOT in full sun or heat!
I head you say Creeping Charlie that stuff is a nightmare our neighbors had it and it took over there whole lawn and started coming on to ours I deal with it ever year I kill it before winter and starts creeping back in right before summer from there lawn again.
Just found your channel and have a watched a couple videos. Nice work. I think it would be helpful to note which type of grass you have. I live in the south and have bermudagrass. I suspect you have a cool season grass.
Sorry about that man. I definitely need to start mentioning that at the beginning of the video. I get so caught up in what the actual video is about topic wise that I forget the little things. I'll be better about that in the future
And I realized that I didn't even tell you what I have. Lol. Yes you were right with the cool season grass. Kentucky bluegrass
@@LAWNLIFE lol cool... thanks. Again, really nice work on your videos. Information delivered that's easy to follow. Lawn looks great.
@@Matt-rj2vj I really appreciate that man. Thanks for taking the time to comment and watch the videos, seriously means a lot.
What about hand watering with the hose
I’m struggling, just bought my first home 2 months ago and it’s my first lawn ever. I’ve UA-camd remedies and so far nothing has really worked except now instead of dry dead patches they’re overgrown with weeds and still sandy lol. Definitely wanting to give up and install sod to start over but I’m afraid my soil is just garbage so it’ll be a waste anyway? So far I’ve done a humic acid treatment an aeration treatment, a liquid iron treatment and I water twice a day early morning and around 1730-1800. I’ve done EZ patch and it grows in some areas, and in others it just sits. Any specific tips or suggestions from anyone?
At the end of summer ortho spray the whole lawn with ortho weed killer. After 2 weeks, scalp the lawn as low as you can with the mower, then aerate, fertilize and overseed. consider applying a top dressing to increase germination rates. Continue to feed the new grass with milorganite
What about using tenacity
I applied Prodiamine at the recommended amount and temperature. It rained a half inch the following day. Well, it needed to get watered in so that was ol. Two days later it rained an inch, and now it seems like it's all diluted, wasted, and now it's too warm two weeks later. Should I apply Prodiamine again past the 55 degree mark?
No you'll be good. The prodiamine creates a layer in the soil. It didn't go anywhere with the rain
I try to do my best with every step but water, i have a well and dont want to stress it so i have to hope on the rain
I wish I had a well! Free water!
I do have a question on a fertilizer and weed preventer mix I purchased months ago. I'm worried about using it when I have a lot of gorgeous plants in beds all around my lawn. Will this mix kill my shrubs and plants too? How to do I use it w/o killing my plants?
Can you give me the product name you're using? I don't want to give you any advice without knowing what the active ingredients are first.
@@LAWNLIFE Expert Gardener Weed & Feed Lawn Fertilizer & Weed Control
Taking your advice mowing mowing mowing
I think you should put out a guide brother.
Thanks man. That may be a possibility in the future. Focus is on growing this channel first. Baby steps. Haha. Thanks for tuning in!
Where you at....am Idetecting northern Illinois or southern Wisconsin? Also, what type of grass are you working with and what HOC? Thanks!
Sorry I keep forgetting to add this information in my videos and I really need to start. I'm located in the suburbs of Minneapolis Mn. I'm currently cutting at 5/8ths and my grass type is KBG.
Great content. Thanks for doing these videos. I am in the northern suburbs of mpls. New to reel mowing, where do you get your greensmaster sharpened/serviced?
@@JB-5151 send me an email and I'll give you their contact info. lawnlifewithjesse@gmail.com
How often should I be cutting my grass
Once. Every. 3. Days.
Help HELP😬…this is my 4th year fighting ?spotted spurge? In my lawn…it just keeps spreading. Treated 4 times this year. Each time 2 wks apart as directed. Two dif. Products. Yes Dicamba is in each. But help not killing it😩Do u know how to get rid of it? On a good note I got rid of morning glory and dandelions🤞🏻
did you find a way to combat the spurge?
@@judymiller5154-first time in 32 years I used a pre-emergent (twice) a month apart. So far so good but it really explodes in August. Fingered crossed🫣
diesel def is 37% Urea and water, less than $5 a gallon.
I mow often but my gosh the neighbors everywhere I've lived "scalp" their lawns! First of all it's ugly when you see dirt and the grass turns yellow and second how can they even fathom the grass to constantly try and recoup?
That's what most people do because they do like cutting the grass...and it shows!
I was in a band named "Super Sandy"...
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I have San Agustin I mowe it once a week it look good but I will consider doing it twice a week thanks
Pre-emergence? Can you explain further?
Pre-emergent is a chemical that stops crabgrass and Poa from germinating before it grows into a weed. You're preventing the problem before it begins. There are many types of pre-emergents on the market. "Weed and Feed" is one that you have probably heard of.
In one of your videos you mention your spraying Nitrogen in the summer. This videos you mentioned you don't????
If you spoon feed it, it's fine to do. You don't want to hit it hard with crazy amounts of nitrogen in the summer. When I'm spraying nitrogen in the summer it's around 0.1 lbs per 1000. This is more of a beginners video. I don't suggest spoon feeding nitrogen until you have the basics down.
What if you cut it every week but don't cut it extremely low?
The more you cut, the better it will be for the grass no matter what your height of cut is.
How about Mowing every other day would that be good or should I just wait and do it every 3 days I have Bermuda celebration
The more you can mow, the better. So if you can mow every other day - definitely do it. I wish I had the time to mow everyday to be honest. Just not possible for me though.
@@LAWNLIFE yeah I have a small front yard about 1000sf so it don’t take much time to mow right now Since it’s new sod I’m just mowing it with the California trimmer at the highest setting but little by little I’ll be mowing it shorter so if u have anymore advise for me let me know I’m new to this so I’m just learning as I go lol
@@rickeya4340 that's awesome. Yeah I would just do what you're doing. Take a down just a little at a time. You shouldn't have too many issues. If you do happen to scalp at some point, just bring it back up for a week or two to let it recover and then bring it back down. Mow that thing everyday if you have the time! It'll look great!
@@LAWNLIFE alright for sure thanks a lot appreciate the help
With all that work I would my lawn would feed me too. Hardly seems worth it otherwise.
Where is your new content! Spring is right around the corner.
We have 3 ft of snow in my front lawn still. I actually just drove to Iowa yesterday to make some content. Be on the lookout in the next week or two!
@@LAWNLIFE it's all good. 😎. I'll get the notification when you post new stuff.
Once every 3 day's???😳😳😳
U crazy
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keep in mind that your lawn is not green when you are not looking at it. it is bland and colorless.
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If you're going to invest that much time and money to make your yard look like artificial turf why not install artificial turf? People will really look at you funny when you're out there shampooing your yard.
People really look at you funny when you're out in your yard talking to two different cameras also. My neighbors already think I'm a psycho, I'm past that part. 😂
Being completely honest though, it's about taking pride in your work. A very small percentage of the population can keep a great looking lawn thriving throughout the year. There are many challenges and obstacles when it comes to a great stand of turf and hearing people walk by and asking if it's fake is a great feeling.
You might still think it's dumb and that's ok. To each their own.
@@LAWNLIFE LOL people think im nuts too o well
What type of lawn you have??
yeah that what I want to know- I didn't see any more info on any other videos
Great video. Thank you for the insight
Just God tier production value. Great advice as well.
Thanks bro! I truly appreciate the compliment. Now if I could only figure out how to talk 😂😂
@@LAWNLIFE thought you were pretty good at that part as well.
Great video. Thank you for the insight