Do Different Grass Seed Varieties Matter?
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Do Different Grass Seed Varieties Matter?
Yes, Different Grass Seed Varieties Matter...but when you enter the realm of the top performing varieties I personally cant see any difference. My test plot has 22 different varieties and it all looks the same. They all get taken care of the exact same way and they are all green and healthy.
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heck yeah seeds make a difference...lucky me I'm 15 minutes away from the shop!!!!ever since I discovered that GCI turf type tall fescue....boooooooyyyyyyy...nothin but the truth....cool blue is amazing too. 😉 I mixed on a couple of customers last year and now they think I'm the man. thanks Pete
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I only buy my seed from Pete now. I also buy it for my dad! I use the Blue Heat KBG and my back yard is small so I’m going to covert that to tall fescue and purchased another 45 pounder just for the
Back! I want in on some of this TTF!!! Ha. I will still keep my front KBG! Best of both worlds.
Thanks for sharing your wisdom. Dang it I need to get my grass looking like yours.
Pete you live in a beautiful neighborhood! Awesome homes!
I didn't get the Fescue but I did get that Alpha elite Bermuda from Pete.
I know this is a lawn video, but I need to get my flower beds like yours
I would have never known you had 5 different brands of seed in that area had you never mentioned it. You can't tell at all. 👍🏻
Nice to learn some history, Pete.
Brilliant. Great idea for this video.
Pete. I’m all in with Your Cool Blue TTTF/KBG. That’s my choice for this year’s renovation in the fall.
Always a great day when Pete releases a new vid
This is the first time I've ever heard that you had five different varieties in there. They look all the same to me as well. When you said you had turf type tall fescue in there I assumed it was all the same variety that you always use. Just pretty interesting.
Very informative video thanks Pete 👍🏼 I like the black beauty ultra!! That’s the popular seed in my area
Very interesting. I did assume it was all GCI TTTF the whole way. Makes me feel better about my plan of over seeding better blends every year.
Can’t wait to see the ball diamond.
I adimer you're work ethic! 💪
Hey Pete from Upstate NY. Much appreciated words. We all need to hear this message. I just ordered your Cool Blue/KGB yesterday and can’t wait to aerate/over-seed this fall. Looking forward to a lawn I can proud of. I have clumps of that kbg31, creeping fescue and annual rye and just not a fan; nothing but fungus issues. Pete, will i have good results with your seed “smoking out” these other varieties?
Thanks again for alway providing honest and good content. Learn a lot from you!
"Smoking off" means killing the grass already there. If you just put new seed down it is not going to overtake and replace the grass already there.
@@jeeves744 Thanks for the feedback. Will it help “choke out”
If that’s the right wording some of the existing grass I have?
@@thurstonr9929 No it really won't. If you want what you currently have gone you will need to kill it.
I feel the same way about humidity that you do about the cold
Pete, just wanted to let you know I planted Cool Blue in the Spring. Wish I could post a photo here. Granted, it gets shade half the day which helps reduce heat stress, but it's still dark green and lush! Was a plot of my woods under pine trees that I renovated in March and seeded in Spring. The seed germinated within 7 days, and I was mowing in mid-May. I couldn't be be happier with it!
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If I blended tttf and KGB here in northern Connecticut, would one of them overtake the other after a few years? Like if during a drought, the tttf may take over the dormant KGB.
Really great video my brother keep up the good work.👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I can honestly say on the close up sections that section 3 struck me as my favorite.
Just wanted to pose the question, is it possible the over-seeding over the years had an effect on the overall look of the turf by diluting the original variety mixes. Now I could be wrong and the varieties are undistinguishable from each other in any noticeable way, but it got me thinking when you mentioned over-seeding with the GCI turf blend and the plot has been around for 8+ years.
Another thing people don't realize is every seed of say Falcon IV is not identical. They aren't genetic clones of one another. If they were they couldn't reproduce.
My mind interprets “GCI Turf” as a company that not only does the maintenance aspect of lawn care but also takes a literal grass roots “science, research and treatments” approach into growing a healthy and beautiful lawn. And that is exactly what you do, even going as far as proving the naysayers wrong with your test plots. Proof is in the pudding, as they say. God Bless you and family.
Amen!
Year 1: Different Blends
Year 2: GCI TTTF
Year 3: GCI TTTF
Year 4: GCI TTTF
Year 5: GCI TTTF
Year 6: GCI TTTF
Year 7: GCI TTTF
Year 8: GCI TTTF
Yeah, I'm not surprised that they all look the same right now.
If they were mono strain we might be able to see a slight difference.
I need to know where you got that shirt.
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I like the Name of your Company, it is concise and memorable 👍👍 AND i like your Videos and how you present them 🤗🤗
Excellent timing!
From my experience where you really see the differences between the cultivars is in the beginning and end of the season. While some of them are awake and growing and others are dormant. This also where blending kbg and tttf becomes more obvious too.
My lawn has tall fescue and zoysia, mostly fescue. The fescue is a mix of Pennington Rebels and Barenbrug Watersaver. My lawn is mowed properly, fertilized and watered when I can. My lawn survives heat and drought better than all of my neighbors lawns, I do water on the weekends and during the week if I have time. The Watersaver actually spreads with rhizomes, It spreads into my garden beds all of the time and repairs it self if there's damage
new camera quality is awesome.
I really like watching your videos.
Thank you friend
The university testing is relevant in every regard. Also, I appreciate your informative videos because I have red clay soil and TTTF lawn. I have learned a great deal from both sources. Thank you.
Cant wait to get my yard looking like that. Mowing a lawn full of weeds is such a drag!
My neighbor is the same, I can not stress enough, START OVER! Burn it, hell scrape it up with skidsteer, level and seed. Don't waste money on weed control and over seeding.
Yeah but I'm working with 110,000 square feet over seating and weed control is my only option because everything else is simply too expensive. I only have a handful of patches of broadleaf weeds and my yard is infested with Japanese stroke grass which can easily be controlled with prodiamine. And I'll just work the soil real good and overseed the crap out of it.
I would like to see the old test plot video Pete! Do you know the title of the video? Thanks for all that you do! I have 135lbs of Cool Blue waiting to be used in the Fall!! May GOD continue to bless you, your family and business!
I wish i had one to give you. I planted the test plot long before I even knew what youtube was
@@GCITurf Thanks Pete! 👍🏽
I love the video brother video quality is amazing also!!$
Pretty cool to switch gears and do a history lesson on your yard. You need to do a KY31 test plot because i know a few people who bought that crap at tractor supply because it was dirt cheap. Could make for a good video. Keep up the good work Pete
I’ll find a patch of 31 and do that sir
Great video, Pete. I bet the 5 strips looked most different in the beginning, and then more uniform as you annually overseeded with the same varieties. It’d be interesting to see photos from the beginning up until now to compare.
I bought your blue heat mix last year which has a different KBG seed mixture than this year but ended up missing my overseeding time frame. I am definitely aerating and overseeding with it this year. I also bought a small bag of midnight KBG to mix in which is in your blend this year. 🤞
What size walk behind you mow your yard with
52”
Man, Pete. You heard me calling. Been craving that gospel lesson in your videos and you delivered! Keep em coming, brother.
Ps too many varieties to remember in my 5 acre lawn and they all blend as you describe. Gotta say though, ain’t nothing as strong as that GCI blend!
I honestly can’t tell the difference In the Lesco seed I used in my front and the GCI in the back both are great however I will always buy from you because you do so much for us and you deserve the business!!! I was just thinking today how cheap your guide is that thing is worth way more than 50 dollars, your the man Pete thanks for everything you’ve done you’ve helped me so much and helped me grow my business, people are amazed at my yard and what I do from them and most of it I learned from you!!!
At 9:11 Those where arborvitae, the ones at the neighbors house to the right are Leyland cypress
First time homeowner here and I'm sure learning plenty from you sir! Great videos and I'm sad that's it's going away but I can't wait for your renovations on your plot.
On the close ups the original GCI looked to be the darkest
shooting to put down 40lbs in my backyard next weekend of gci cool blue
I’m digging the shirt, Pete!
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I don’t think I will buy anything else but GCI Seeds. Sure there are plenty of options but I’m all in with GCI. Thank You for all your time and videos you share with us. God Bless You Brother Pete. 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇺🇸
GCI = Grass CARE Incorporated. Lol
Side note: what’s going on with your yard at the shop? How’s it recovering from the rye grass damage?
I have such a hard time getting that density. My Midnight bluegrass in the front was like carpet until it came down with summer patch. Now it’s pretty much gone. Going to renovate with your TTTF but fungus seems to be such a major issue in my soil even when I seemingly do everything right. 🤷🏼♂️
Hey Pete, are you going to the Turfgrass Field Day next week?
Pete enjoyed that video and the way you relate the difference in all of us and how God has made all of us. I do love those stripes.
Pete, you mentioned that you planted the Water Saver TTTF in one of your test plots. I also have this variety exclusively in my yard. One section of my yard looks awesome but the other does not. The blades of grass are yellow as if the grass is not absorbing nutrients. I did a soil test on this poorly growing section. This is a new construction lawn and the soil test came back with higher phosphorus levels. Everything else is perfect. Do you have any product suggestions that I should be using that can help with the grass color and to lower the phosphorus level? When I put down iron along with fertilizer it helps with the color but it’s only temporary and I think it’s only masking the issues. Thank you for everything you do for the community.
I'm one of those science types and research everything to death but happiness can be found in just keeping it simple. Have a bag of GCI TTTF sitting in the garage waiting patiently for overseeding and back yard renovation. Just going to follow Pete's advice and keep it simple, now that he's done all the hard work by choosing the varieties, and see how it goes.
Pete, I'm not sure if it's possible with your new camera or not but if you shoot your video in higher resolutions than 1080 you can upload them in higher resolutions as well and for people with monitors or people who watch this on their tv that have 4k screens, it will look even better. Just something to think about is all. Can't wait til Fall.
I shoot the vids in 4K now
There is a big test going on and they have tests all around the country and publish grass seed ratings.... That is how I found my grass seed for Virginia , near DC. Closest test was Landover Maryland. If I saw the GCI seed I probably would have bought his because it was much cheaper and really good. Yes seed matters. Make sure you get 0% weeds as the bag will say the weed %
I imagine you cant see differences because you have overseeded for the last 8 years. I dont recall you saying you continued putting down the 5 different types of seed like when you first planted it.
I say that but I am assuming you have overseeded that area like you do your main yard.
Exactly. Those plots probably received a 10lbs/1000 seeding of the different blends 8-9 years ago and then 5-8lbs/1000 overseed of CGI TTTF for the next 7-8 years. That's 40-64lbs/1000 total of CGI seed vs 10lbs/1000 of the different blends. Of course they are going to look the same now.
Pete, had you continued to overseed with the 5 varieties, we would probably see a little color variation, but your point is well taken. The difference in a “quality” seed is slight. The years of overseeding with one variety has harmonized the test plot, but section 3’s color is noticeably better at close range imho.
Petre- your trees are getting huge!
All I know is the seed TTTF I bought from you "IS" night and day 1,000,000 times better than the stuff that was here when I originally moved! Man you're making me want to smoke my whole property just to get a full yard of that fescue!
I was thinking of doing the same thing (smoking it off) to my 'nature strip' (the strip of grass between the street and footpath). Anyway, your camera is real sensitive; tends to adjust the exposure a lot: lighten, then darkens a bit, then back to light. It does it when you move around a bit. You might need to ask Ryan Knorr (Lawn Care) for some tips.
Hey Pete, enjoy your videos. I hear you talk about smoking off your lawn ( killing the lawn)
I don't recall you mentioning what product to use, and how long after using it should you wait to reseed. I have so many different grass seed textures in my lawn it doesn't look uniform
I want to reseed it with your GCI TTTF or Blue heat please reply thanks.
Any glyphosate herbicide will do. Follow the instructions on the label.
Where’s you get the Dad shirt?
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Year 1: Different Blends
Year 2: GCI TTTF
Year 3: GCI TTTF
Year 4: GCI TTTF
Year 5: GCI TTTF
Year 6: GCI TTTF
Year 7: GCI TTTF
Year 8: GCI TTTF
Yeah, I'm not surprised that they all look the same right now.
I wonder which strands are now dominant. I wouldn't be surprised if one or two have taken over by now, even if there are still technically over 20 varieties incorporated.
If I remember correctly, you had a video earlier in the year talking about a section in one of your test plots of a new variety TTTF you were testing and if all turns out well that you maybe adding another blend to the GCI Tall Type Fescue. You mentioned in this video that you were going to make a whole new video TTTF Elite assuming the new TTTF. Is this new variety going to be available for us to use next month for seeding? Thanks Pete!
What is living in your attic, Pete? 😳
Bah ha ha ha. It’s no telling bro!
What kind of camera did you get? Looks great!
Sony alpha a7iii
Cool deal. Will see see 5 different sections of bluegrass?
Nope. Great question
How many times have they been overseeded? Did you overseed that whole area with one type of seed or did you actually overseed each section with their original blends?
I have a section seeded with Jonathan Green BBU and other sections with Barenbrug RTF and there is a very huge difference between the two based on color, texture, heat and drought tolerence.
They say it just grass, not to us brother.
First Aussie 😁. Nuked and the new lawn journey begins. Another great video Pete. 😎👍👍
Section one definitely looks darker to me.
You keep that grass clean cut, but not you hair lol. When we gonna see you get you ears lowered ?
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HA! I’m wearing that same shirt today.
😔 sod givaway🤣
Don’t do it! Donate that lawn it’s amazing 🥲. Cut it out and make sod, and make someone happy…just saying god bless
I was thinking the same thing. Actually, I was thinking about driving down to Pete’s place and offering to take the lawn off his hands and relocating it to my yard. 😏
@@rodneybosco7376 lol, what a waste...
A former local golf turf pro told me something similar once. After about 2-3 years they all basically look the same. Ha! 👍
Love that shirt man
Dayum cool shirt!
Do they all react to disease the same? I have many lawns that I'm throwing out multiple applications of fungicide on and it gets expensive. Also as a former collegiate ballplayer and a local, I'd love the chance to come take a look at your field
Yyyyyyyeeeesssss baby!!!! You know I love that intro music. Thanks so much for your teaching. So true Pete many types of fescue make up lawn brother just like many members make up the body of Christ. Have a great day! For me "GCi turf" also means "God's Creation Industries" turf.😎😉👍
What do you tell ur barber to get the hair cut you have? I wanna cut mine. I’ve been growing my hair for like 6-7 years. What should I tell a barber?
Lol. Pony tail. That’s what I’m shooting for! I gotta do it ONE time before I die 😂
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Sorry man, blend or brand names of seed bags don’t mean much. It’s just marketing. You just named all the major brands plus yours.
Year 1: Different Blends
Year 2: GCI TTTF
Year 3: GCI TTTF
Year 4: GCI TTTF
Year 5: GCI TTTF
Year 6: GCI TTTF
Year 7: GCI TTTF
Year 8: GCI TTTF
Yeah, I'm not surprised that they all look the same right now.
Hi Pete!
Maintenance and Care > Variety
True this
Additionally, I thought you smoked all that off already.
It’s dead as a hammer right now. I filmed all this before I went on vacation
@@GCITurf ahhh. I get it. 👍
I thought it stood for "God Can Incorporated"! :)
Amen 🙏🏼 brother. Love your grass knowledge as well.
First?
You win
Yep
I just wanna know where George Poppa is?
Oh Im here bro. 🤣🤣🤣
@@Lawnvolution I was starting to worry about ya bro!
So what are you saying Pete? The big box seeds are just as good?
pete dont every cut your hair. that thang back there is sweet.