How to fix an Ugly Lawn, Tenacity herbicide challenge. diy tenacity pre emergent
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- How to fix an Ugly Lawn, Tenacity herbicide challenge. diy how to use tenacity pre emergent
Products Used in Today's Video
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Yard Tools
🛒 Chapin Hand Held Sprayer 2 Gallon w/ Fan nozzle
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🛒 Chapin 24V Battery Powered Backpack
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Herbicides
🛒 Tenacity (Crabgrass and annual grass control)
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Domyown (PAID LINK): tinyurl.com/y2go983a
🛒 Non-ionic Surfactant (to be purchased with Tenacity)
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Domyown (PAID LINK): tinyurl.com/y653upkf
Micronutrients
🛒 Best Brand Ammonium Sulfate 21.0.0
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🛒 12-12-12 Fertilizer
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Soil Conditioners
🛒 Gypsum for ph above 6.5
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🛒 Lime for ph below 5.5
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🛒 Granular Humates
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Ginja’s Favorite Lawn Products
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Fertilizer
🛒 Propeat Fertilizer
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Yard Equipment
🛒 Sun Joe Scarifier and dethatcher (REQUIRES 12Gaugae Extension Cord)
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🛒 12gauge 100ft extension cord
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🛒 Thatch Rake
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🛒 Spyker hand held spreader
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🛒 Levelawn
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🛒 Rain Gauge 10 pack
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🛒 Thermometer (Taylor digital thermometer)
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🛒 FlowZone Typhoon 2V
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🛒 FlowZone Storm Backpack Sprayer
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🛒 Solo Handheld Sprayer 2 Gallon w/ fan nozzle
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Bug Sprays
🛒 Demand CS (Great to control most pests inside and out)
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Domyown (PAID LINK): tinyurl.com/v133017a
🛒 Transport mikron (Great for ant control and general pest)
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Today is my followup on my tenacity lawn challenge. I found the biggest turd in my area to shine.
Last fall we did a tenacity app with an overseed. We applied some 12.12.12 fertilizer, gypsum and humate soil conditioner, and sprayed tenacity over the top with some micro nutrient fertilizer mix.
Here we are spring of 2019 and it's go time.
Today we talk about calibration with our chapin 24 volt backpack sprayer and get down to business.
Today I chose to spray tenacity with speedzone and a non ionic surfactant. Too many weeds that will eventually choke out the new growth we received from the overseed last fall. Calibration is key.
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Thanks for watching today's video. Check out the description to see the products I used today. If you're looking for the best treatments for your lawn, check out my favorite products:
Fertilizer
🛒 Propeat Fertilizer
(Home Depot): tinyurl.com/vfmrs480
Yard Equipment
🛒 Sun Joe Scarifier and dethatcher (REQUIRES 12Gaugae Extension Cord)
Amazon (PAID LINK): amzn.to/2MPTHQG
🛒 12gauge 100ft extension cord
Amazon (PAID LINK): amzn.to/2MQ7hn3
🛒 Thatch Rake
Amazon (PAID LINK): tinyurl.com/rimz6luc
🛒 Spyker hand held spreader
Amazon (PAID LINK): amzn.to/3jAMP6V
🛒 Levelawn
Amazon (PAID LINK): amzn.to/31Ry6e9
🛒 Rain Gauge 10 pack
Amazon (PAID LINK): amzn.to/3dWEoQU
🛒 Thermometer (Taylor digital thermometer)
Amazon (PAID LINK): amzn.to/30fvZ7v
🛒 FlowZone Typhoon 2V
Amazon (PAID LINK): amzn.to/3rH6ncR
DoMyOwn (PAID LINK): tinyurl.com/423najqv
🛒 FlowZone Storm Backpack Sprayer
Amazon (PAID LINK): amzn.to/3aTOeSt
DoMyOwn (PAID LINK): tinyurl.com/53g8qmog
🛒 Solo Handheld Sprayer 2 Gallon w/ fan nozzle
Amazon (PAID LINK): amzn.to/2O2ApHy
Herbicides for Cool Season Grass
🛒 Speedzone (For hard to kill weeds)
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Domyown (PAID LINK): tinyurl.com/y3emhy5a
🛒 T-Zone Herbicide (For hard to do weeds)
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Domyown (PAID LINK): tinyurl.com/y4tqhy3o
🛒 Tenacity (Crabgrass and annual grass control)
Amazon (PAID LINK): amzn.to/2L9xzP0
Domyown (PAID LINK): tinyurl.com/y2go983a
🛒 Non-ionic Surfactant (to be purchased with Tenacity)
Amazon (PAID LINK): amzn.to/2LduNIk
Domyown (PAID LINK): tinyurl.com/y653upkf
🛒 Methylated Seed Oil Duo Stick (Purchase with quinclorac products like drive xlr8)
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🛒 Drive XLR8 Quinclorac (annual grass killer / crabgrass killer)
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Amazon (PAID LINK): amzn.to/2ZWZI4N
🛒 Quinclorac 1.5L (annual grass killer / crabgrass killer)
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Domyown (PAID LINK): tinyurl.com/m48nud7m
Herbicides Warm Season grass types (READ LABEL FOR GRASS TYPE / WEED TARGET)
🛒 Weed Free Zone (general weed killer)
Amazon (PAID LINK): amzn.to/3aPRdeB
Domyown (PAID LINK): tinyurl.com/4tlraqeq
🛒 Dismiss NXT (annual grass killer)
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Domyown (PAID LINK): tinyurl.com/10xoaovn
🛒 Certainty (annual grass killer/crabgrass killer)
Amazon (PAID LINK): amzn.to/3d0Lt4c
Domyown (PAID LINK): tinyurl.com/14o52u3i
Bug Sprays
🛒 Demand CS (Great to control most pests inside and out)
Amazon (PAID LINK): amzn.to/2muP9Ue
Domyown (PAID LINK): tinyurl.com/v133017a
🛒 Transport mikron (Great for ant control and general pest)
Amazon (PAID LINK): amzn.to/2ntfDW8
Domyown (PAID LINK): tinyurl.com/2de4vs6f
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Hey I sprayed about two weeks ago. A lot of the weeds turned white. And some didn’t change at all. Should I hit it again with another coat? Please any help you can give me
Do you have any thing to kill cow grass root? I have tried ternacity, and round up grass and weed killer but seem it come back a week àter. Thanks
just stumbling upon the world of lawn care and you're videos are GREAT! this one def helped on understanding my sprayer and calibration.
You're welcome! I appreciate the support
I am almost ready to use the 8 Oz bottle I bought. I was searching vids just an hour ago looking for a proper mixing ratio. You da man! Thanks for all your help and links you sent me! So excited for Spring here in Ohio!!!
Awesome! Good luck bro!
Great videos Ginga! Wichita, Kansas here and needed some great advice for a customer’s lawn. I’ve been trying for years to get him to let me fix his troubled lawn and finally he said YES! Just found your channel and it was perfect timing! Thanks for the entertaining vids! Keep up the great work! Btw thanks for the beautiful views!
Thanks and you're welcome cheryl!
Cheryl, look up on Google - Lawn Care Academy and there is some great info for various types of grasses and lawn care. It's a great starting point for beginners (which definitely includes me) and you can find exactly what you're looking for in concise information packages. I've read almost every page, and now I'm also the newest subscriber to this channel because this Ginja guy is one of the only long-winded guys on UA-cam that fills the air time with more useful information versus useless chatter, which I appreciate. There's not much I hate more on UA-cam than someone posting a 20 minute video with about 5 minutes worth of information. I've seen about half a dozen of the Ginja videos and I'm learning a lot, and he keeps the useless chatter to a minimum from what I've seen thus far.
Good update. Nice to see that lawn again. You are definitely throwing it all down!
Even the kitchen sink hahaha
Looking forward to seeing this lawn makeover. Looking to start my own lawn makeover this year (seeding in the fall). I’ve been told by one company that if you have less than 50% grass they suggest killing off everything in yard with a non-selective herbicide like glyphosate and starting over from seed after tilling.
Yes. That's the easy route as long as you can water.
Thank you for the education. I have subscribed and hope to learn more from you. We spent too much money last year to get nothing to come back this year. We live in Northeast Kansas. Appreciate you sharing your knowledge.
Thanks for watching Jim! Glad I could help
Man I love seeing my home town mountains in your videos, great work!
Thanks for watching and supporting
Super nice video with some slick 90s dance tune 👍here in ireland we don't have tenacity that I'm aware of... I do use Dicophar for broad leaf on the lawn...Your rocking it hope your busy making the next one 😁👌👍
Ireland! I may have a bit if Irish blood in me 😉 thanks for the support and watching my videos
Good to see ya Ginja!! 👍🏼 luv your videos been waiting for them
Thanks! Compliments like this keep me going. Had a 55 hour work week plus the video hahaha.
Great information on your channel. Keep the vids coming!
Thanks Phil! Appreciate the encouragement. Its busy season with work and the vids take time too.
Just found your channel it’s really good .?i put down Pro diamine today. I am from Rochester New York and I we be looking forward to your next post I am a LawnCareNut but you are just as good keep up the good work bro
Thanks Sam! Really appreciate you watching
Been watching your videos this year and after seeing the mountains just realized you are local :D
That's awesome!
Thanks Ginja! You da man on lawn care tips!
Glad to help
Thank you yet again. I walk too fast, just hard wired that way. Gotta learn to chill and dance along like the Ginja. Until then I focus on getting the label rate of product onto the correct sqft of turf by adjusting my amount of water. 1200 sqft = one gallon of spray for me.
Good stuff wade! It's all about calibration.
oh my. what a beautiful backyard view.
Thank you!
Hey Man, from Colorado and I am trying to get my backyard into shape and I have heard nothing but good things about Tenacity. I'll order some tomorrow and I have some compact soil issues as well I'm working on to get my bluegrass going again.
Nice! You'll love tenacity for what it is
Love watching your channel, live in Ft Worth Texas
Thanks charles!
That back yard has the most amazing view ever. So jealous of you mountain men lol. I'm sitting here in Wisconsin with the most boring topo map you've ever seen :D
With regard to the lawn, this one should be fun to see the final outcome. I think it has a worse weed problem than me, which gives me some confidence that I'll be able to whip my lawn into shape since I have the budget planned for it this year. I battled most of the broadleaf weeds last year to great success, I just put down my pre em this morning, and we are getting an afternoon shower right now, couldn't have been more perfect timing on that! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the herbacide, great idea mixing the tenacity.
You're welcome. It's already soo much better than it was.
I have those same thoughts when I see the views from these Utah UA-camrs. Those views are amazing.
If you like the view of the buildings nearby.. the view of the mountain peaks are nice.. but I would have to move due to the buildings ruining the views.
Springfield Oregon is in the house! Literally. We can’t go anywhere cause of this corona. Consequently the lawn has never looked better.
Love it! keep slayin away
great stuff Illinois is heating up ground temp is 53 deg just put down tenascity on Sunday
Love it!!!! sounds like you're right on track!
I'm In Indiana Thanks for your videos man Big help I have my grass looking good from watching your videos Thanks man Spray on my friend keep up the great work
Thanks Rodney! Slay that Lawn!
With that Combo of herbicides you going to see some serious results! Gonna look good once the grass really takes off. 👍🏼
I sure hope so!!! fingers crossed
I am up in Nova Scotia Canada still got awhile before soil temps are high enough checked it today 38-40 just waiting for warmer weather
Almost there!
I have been able to spray and pray with Tenacity. I do get a little white on my Tall Fescue but like dye on hair it grows out and then gets cut off. It's some amazing stuff.
Love it! It's been a fun project
Great video. I’ve been looking to try tenacity myself this summer when I seed some Bermuda. Birmingham, Al and 82° today.
Unfortunately Bermuda is not a recommended use grass unless its dormant. It has the potential to cause severe damage.
Well. Never mind. Thanks for your reply. I eventually would have discovered that before my purchase but now I can start planning a different direction. Thanks!
@@markstonewall8985 your welcome! Nothing worse than lost time. Best of luck
Great video Ginja. I'm a Ginja myself located in Western Wash, and really value your input because of your more western location which has similar timing to my climate. I used Tenacity with Speed Zone just over 2 weeks ago, and have seen no adverse effects. Funny story, I'm new to lawn care even though I'm an old Ginja, and after seeing your Fall video I used Tenacity on a back yard where I knew I had some grassy weed issues. Imagine my surprise when 3 weeks later 70% of the area had turned white because there were so many weeds!! Killed the rest and putting in a new lawn this season.. :-)
Thanks awesome Ralph!!!! Shocked you used speed zone as well hahaha. Great minds think alike. It's fun seeing the weeds and grasses go white. Little scary too hahaha.
gold coast Australia 😎thanks for vids just needed some motivation to get my mow on
Hey Ben! Thanks for the support!
Get ya tenacity on son.
I’m in northern Indiana, I put tenacity down for the first time 10 days ago. My nutsedge, crabgrass and other assorted broadleaf weeds are turning nice and white. I can’t believe how little of that stuff will kill so much. I used laser dye in my mixture to make sure I had good coverage. My next step is the second application after my 3rd dethatch of the year, then a heavy aeration, followed by an overseed topped with some peat moss. My lawns going to look ridiculous next year!
Rad! Sounds like you sprayed and slayed! Well done!
Awesome, you know your stuff. I actually sell the products your using. One of the things I stress to my landscapers, is calibrate, calibrate, calibrate!!! That, and PPE. I use the Tenacity, myself. I have a severe case of “creeping bent grass”. Applied 3 times as per label instructions, spaced 10 days apart. It appears to be coming back along the edges of my lawn, and a few areas in the center. I used blue dye to assure good coverage. (Fall of 2018). Looks like I’ll be at it again. Sure does take a lot of work keeping your lawn looking nice. Looking forward to moving out of the PNW and down south to AZ. 2 more years, and I can say goodbye to lawns. Anyway, thanks for your educational videos, really good stuff.
Thanks!!!! PPE and calibration is a BIG deal. Doesn't work if it doesn't go down correctly
Great video, I've always been a spray and pray kind of guy and I think that it shows in my lawn. Good information.
That's awesome! Glad to hear you found value! I have a whole video on calibration as well.
Good stuff Ginja! I’m testing tenacity on a spring bluegrass seeding, let ya know how it goes!
Sweet bro!
Great video Ginja!!
Thanks trax!
Great video - Okay - After I kill all the weeds, what is the next step - Assuming my lawn is level etc - top soil/sand? and also put whatever type of grass i want - Perrenial rye, kentucky blue etc?? thanks!
I just hit the order button on Amazon. Getting Tenacity and Speed Zone. I too overseeded in the fall and i'm now seeing some weird weeds i have never seen before on my lawn.
Dont forget the non ionic surfactant. Wait to apply so we can be sure theres no adverse reaction to the speedzone. I dont anticipate any after reading the label but let me be the Guinea pig ; )
@@pestandlawnginja oh yeah u are right. I forgot the non-ionic surfactant. I hold on the app.
I finally bought tenacity I will be putting it down today I have lots of nutsedge and clovers fingers are 🤞
you'll do great!
Man what an awesome view at that home. I'm here because I'm trying to figure out what I need that mixes well with other chemicals and I won't be waisting my money. It's all so confusing to me. I live in Louisiana and I'm looking to kill large amount of clover and other basic weeds. What's a good plan off attack. The grass looks weak and it's a newly established neighborhood (few years old). Willing to try anything
I so don't need the music overly. Not her for a music video. Your knowledgeable content is enough to keep our attention. Keep up the great work.
thanks for the feedback.
@Pest and Lawn Ginja hey man, thanks a lot for uploading this one. It came right on time for me!
Before actually asking you what I need to know I just wanted to thank you for your last season's advice. I did a water test and it turned out that all the bare and yellowish areas on my lawn perfectly matched some spots with poor irrigation!
Now, back to the point, about two weeks ago my lawn started to come out of dormancy. So I decided to mow it as soon as I noticed some areas were getting tall enough, after which I gave it a boost with some spring fertilizer, plus I overseeded with Tall Fescue (the kind of grass is predominant on my lawn, the other one is KBG). So far so good, except for the fact that even though the lawn is getting greener and greener every day, I now have a whole bunch of weeds (95% clover and 2-3% dandelion)!!!!!!!
My question is, should I go ahead and use our equivalent to Tenacity (2 4 D - it covers both clover and dandelion)? This considering that I overseeded 8 days ago and I have not even one sprout yet and the fact that I don't even know for how long I should not water the lawn after applying "tenacity" and this could potentially mess up my watering schedule to keep the seeds moist.
I'm literally going nuts every morning seeing how the clover is thriving and suffocating my poor tall fescue!
Thanks a lot!
I forgot to mention I live in Europe, with temperatures currently ranging from low 50's to upper 60's.
Unfortunately you'll need to hand weed. No herbicide including tenacity for 90 days from the time you put the seed down. You don't want to stress the germination. I've seen fescue germinate in 10 days and bluegrass in 3 to 5 weeks. Just pick 10 weeds everyone you go it the door.
If your super careful you could spot spray herbicide.
@@pestandlawnginja Really thanks for clearing that out for me. I've seen other people recommending the use of tenacity even on newly seeded grass but I've always been sceptical about using any kind of herbicide on such fragile stage for the grass.
@@pestandlawnginja So, let's say I manage to spot spray some of the bigger weeds. After they finally die, will I be able to dig them out without compromising my new grass or without making my lawn look like a war zone? 🤣🤣🤣
Heya, Ginga! Perfect timing! I'm in North Idaho, about two weeks behind your weather.
I watched your other vud-joes with this lawn not two days ago, and was thinking it's about time for an update. If your ears were ringing, blame me.
So, are you spraying the tenacity this time for pre-emergent? Will it be watered in? I'm assuming that's the case because of the other stuff you put on the lawn. Quick tip I saw somewhere else....putting that thick goo into a bottle or jug with some water makes it easy to start mixing before it goes into the sprayer.
Another great job from the Ginga! Thanks.
Heard you loud and clear tin! I put down the tenacity as a foliar and it will be watered in this week by the rain. Per the label we have 10 days to water it in. Tenacity challenge baby!
Worked awesome for weeds, Thank you, My new seeds seem to be sprouting white instead of green though, Is there something that can be done or is it doom? Thank you for any help.
Sounds like you went a bit heavy on the application. Time will tell. Fingers crossed
Thank you great video man 🙌
Glad you liked it!
Been waiting for this one. I put down tenacity a week ago allready seeing some dying off.
Nice! I like the product
Trevor are you getting the bleaching?
@@Brettsgrasscapades only in the weeds so far. Nothing on the grass yet.
@@D3adaim84 you must be doing it wrong 😂😂😂😉
Hi Ginja, Great channel and information thanks for sharing! :) I live in Denmark (Northern Europe) and am redoing my lawn after having had builders destroy it with heavy equipment. We can't hire aerators in Denmark (Just dethatchers)so I would love to hear any other alternatives to aerating a lawn. Also I was thinking of leveling some very uneven areas of the lawn with some extra topsoil I have, should I remove the existing turf or is it not necessary?
Remove the turf for sure. Ultimately it will start molding. As for your lawn. Make a compost tea and start increasing carbon. Quickest way to fix a lawn. Love you guys from Denmark!
Good job thanks
Welcome 😊
You are the best. New York love you. 💕
Thank you!!!
Ohio here great vid man very informational
thanks Josh! Great to have you
Hello Ginga..
Very educational video..
Can you tell me when can I water my lawn after applying tenacity?.
if you want post emergent control wait 16 hours. if you want pre emergent control water immediately with .15" of water
Man!!! you live in a beautiful area!!!
Pest and Lawn Ginja thanks for the great content man. I'm in Maryland and my yard is primarily TTTF. Finally got my Tenacity in the mail due to C19. I'm afraid to use Tenacity at this point in the season. I'm planning to aerate and seed in the fall with TTTF and Rye grass. I also plan to overseed in the spring next year but the weeds have really taken over my yard it's very green and extremely neat looking but a closer look shows clover and lots of other unwanted weeds. My question to you is should I treat with tenacity before the aeration or wait until spring.
Md here too, crabgrass has taken over this year. Looking into tenacity
I would recommend using it after the aeration so the spray goes into the holes
You can turn the sprayer on and shoot it back into the opening to get agitation. I noticed this helps with some of those WDG that take a little longer to mix up than a simple “shake and bake”.
Great suggestion!
Pest and Lawn Ginja I have the same sprayer so I know the hose and wand are long enough. I do wish there was an option to self agitate so you could let it turn while doing other tasks. Unfortunately I can’t find this in a DIY grade electronic backpack sprayer.
It's true. Having a product that would agitate would be awesome
Another awesome video
Thanks Tim!
Enjoy the videos what precautions do you use with bushes and trees in the vicinity. I see in the videos you are spraying relatively closely to bushes. Was wondering how hazardous that could be thanks.
As long as you don't spray it directly on the bushes and are careful not to spray when its windy you'll do just fine. I have yet to kill anything with tenacity other than the weeds.
Thanks from Mobile Alabama
Your welcome. Thanks for the comment
Aussie First😁. Great information on treating the lawn. Thanks for sharing.👍👍PPE lovers doesn’t include that Moustache Wearing Mountain man from Utah does it ?
Hahaha. Touche.
Where in australia mate im from adelaide south australia.
Rockhampton, Central Queensland.😁
@@trevormuggeridge4560 love it!!!
You know it's kinda funny how people don't understand how much knowledge is needed in the trades. My career started out as a laborer in construction. I then became a plumber, then maintenance director and finally an IT Director in charge of 3 physical servers and 18 virtual servers and all the things associated with running an enterprise network. Along with some 600 workstations, printers, and the rest of the ancillary equipment. I have had the opportunity to work with a vast array of individuals with different educational backgrounds. Hell, my sister has 2 master and a Ph.D. The knowledge is different, the amount is not that different. It's a different subject matter. Much like talking with a real estate agent would provide a different set of criteria for their trade. IT'S JUST DIFFERENT KNOWLEDGE.
My friend your knowledge is astounding. I hate to say it might be under-appreciated by some fools, but it none the less, extraordinarily
One of the issues I had was buying the fertilizers and doing it myself, it was actually more costly than hiring a service. The other problem was, hiring a service wasn't reliable. They would not show up at the intervals that promote good lawn care. I actually fired two companies because of this.
You have given me hope that maybe I can do this.
Thanks for the love! appreciate it. I have learned soo much over the last 18 years.
It is difficult to find a trusting company these days. I can appreciate your concern. It gets frustrating to say the least.
Great video as usual Ginja! Your knowledge and content rocks! I'm from Atlanta, GA and the daytime temps are mid 60s-mid 70's. I had put down an application of Lesco 19 0 7 Dimension on my annual ryegrass on February 1. As it is ending it's life cycle I core aerated yesterday pulling 3-4" cores and then applied Lesco 18 24 12 starter fert with Titan RX TTTF seed. I realize I risk not having a great germination rate with approx 8 weeks after Pre M treatment, but just wanted your opinion on what I've done thus far? I had 1/2" - 3/4" rain last night after applying the starter fert and 4 lbs of TTTF seed per 1K.
Thank you for ALL your informative and entertaining videos. It's evident you know what you're doing! Love your channel!
Happy subscriber in GA!
Your results will be spotty. It was a good idea to aerate for sure. Fingers crossed the water you received will wash out the residual dimension. Overall I think it'll work.
Thank you for your reply. I had the seed that needed to be used so I knew I was taking a risk. Have a great Sunday!@@pestandlawnginja
Thanks rodney! You too!
My bottle is on the way! How long should I wait to apply after use of weed & feed? Put that down before I found this stuff and I know I'll need to put more down lol.
Any suggestions for a common "Big box" Organic Soil Enhancer? Everything I see is more catered to gardens/potted plants. Not seeing anything out there that is more designed for lawns. Much appreciated!!
I recommend the compacture cure by next products. its a spray on though and the only thing available to ship direct.
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Hey bro love your video am from Jamaica
Jamaica!!!! Love it! Thanks for watching
Here in lower Michigan, for the first time ever, I had a lot of large bare spots in the early spring. In those spots was a woody fine stems. I pulled those tufts of stems but couldn't get them all. Turns out they were spurge stems, and soon enough they came alive and filled in. Then as it seems almost overnite the entire lawn turned to crabgrass. I lost all my dark green grass to light green fully thick crabgrass. I absolutely hate it, but it's all uniform crabgrass. One part of me says to attack it with dynamite sticks, the other part says, well at least it filled in consistently, and it's green. We live on 4 acres, and now it's fully crabgrass. We don't have an irrigation system, and always bragged we do nothing to the grass, and it looks great, as it mostly was Kentucky bluegrass, some rye, fesque, with mixed in weeds, but when it was mowed it looked great. Now we are in crabgrass up to our... well butts! If I spray Tenacity twice almost 100% of the lawn is lost. How did crabgrass take such q quick hold on the lawn? It seemed like just a few weeks that we were taken over.
Crabgrass is an annual grass. Must have been a high seed year for you u unfortunately
Great intelligent fun horror...I mean humor! Oh ya great info for I guy who hates to buy sod and lives in Utah. Thanks! I also love to spray and pray but this time I will resist!
👊😂 Slay that lawn!
We met you at a home show about a month ago in Sandy. I had no idea I was already subscribed to your channel. Lol Thanks for the tips.
Awesome! Glad its helping.
Ginja!! Just the video I need, temps getting warm here in PA and I need to find a way to bring some life into my brown yard. And have to get ahead of a major grub problem I found out last fall (thanks to your vids!). I’m trying to find a good supplier in my area for fertilizers and but in a bind can I use those fancy marketed home improvement store brands until I find something else? Please keep the videos coming!
Yes you can. Just analyze the n p k. I like to avoid urea as the primary source and stick with ammonium nitrates.
Pest and Lawn Ginja What about Ammoniacal Nitrogen?
@@rapfreak7797 perfectly fine.
Thatched the lawn heavily then reseeded last year. The lawn looks great this spring except for the poa anual in spots. Should I be treating the whole lawn annually early spring and late fall with Tenacity to keep in weed free?
I only use tenacity for curative post emergent or pre emergent for overseeding. For preventive poa I use dithiopyr or prodiamine pre emergents early spring before the ground temps reach 50 degrees
Thank you 💓
Anytime!!!!
It looks like yellow wood sorrell, or yellow oxalis. Both names (as well as the weed) are pretty common here in MI. It's Sept. and I'm doing reno with extensive lawn problems. Stump grindings pulled out a few weeks ago (sifted with a 1/2 inch x 1/2 inch wire screen on a 5 ft x 2 1/2 ft wood frame) tip the frame at about 45 -50 degrees and dirt falls through chunks and anything bigger stays up front to get pushed away to the mulched areas. Just aerated and gonna scalp it as short as my nearly bald head, bringing it down the past couple weeks. Now that the weather has cooled a bit, I think the tenacity challenge is on here. I've got an overseeder to scarify since the front is about 4800 + 2000 ft^2 in back. Just rained today so I'm going out tomorrow... with tenacity seed and a bit of pete moss top dress. I'll be putting starter fert in about 5-7 days. Gonna read tenacity label and watch a few more vids... and get the app rate /pace right. Thanks for the entertaining way you teach. (ps loved the wonder woman-ish spin into PPE.)
Thanks Paul! It was a fun little series. we get a lot of oxalis here and that chunky woody bit is a cousin but not the same. I found the name and for the life of me remember what it is. Sounds like you have a solid reno plan. glad to hear you're out there slayin lawns!
You're killin it bro! I like the fact that you took the time to let us see the view! what mountains are we looking at?
Wasatch mountains
beautiful! I thought it looked like northern Utah. Did a lot of camping and travelling around those parts. Not necessarily that area but a lot of Utah, Colorado, and Arizona (4 corners) Thanks again for sharing
Killing it... As in killing the weeds. LOL
Northern ky by Cincinnati oh. Great video
Welcome! Thanks for watching
Hey, loving the videos, I can’t figure out what which issue I’m having with my lawn, I would say all of them! I’m from the UK! So the weather is not great, I would love for you to check out my lawn and diagnose what’s wrong with it!
Send me some pics through Facebook and I'll see what I can do for you.
Great video!!! Was just wondering what’s with all the waving back and forth with the wand. So much over spraying....Why don’t you just use a fan tip nozzle and follow the grid from the mower. Use a fan tip that sprays the width of your mower lines and just follow that. You’ll actually use less product and be way more accurate. Anyway great info.....
Thanks for the advice. I've been a certified techician for 17 years. The overlap technique I'm doing is far better and accurate than the spray and pray you guys do with the dye. The problem with your idea is that one way or another there is overlap. If you do it your way you'll have a nice 2" to 6" line that has more product than every where else. Pays to overlap properly and get your equipment calibrated and understand the pace. Using less product makes no sense. If you use less product you won't have an effective herbicide, use too much and you potentially burn. Stay on pace my friend.
Central Ohio. Wild violet is getting out of control. Getting ready to spray down some Triclopyr plus some tenacity.
Awesome Allen! Good luck
Hi Lawn Ginja. I enjoy your channel. I have a question I am hoping you can answer. I recently used tenancty across my whole lawn to address some weeds and prevent some throughout the season. I have used it before. This time a lot of my lawn has turned white, and the white is more than just the tips, is the entirety of the grass all the way own to the roots. The majority of the lawn is good grass and I am concerned that it may be killing the good lawn. Do you think the white will go away or is it possibly killing my lawn?
From my experience itll go away. Dont sweat it.
Thank you for your lessons! Question, After using Tenacity to kill the crabgrass do I need to go in and pull out all the "bunches" left behind?
depends on the situation. they don't disolve quickly like the commercials make it appear. so if you're not willing to be patient or if you want a fast fix you'll need to remove them.
Watching from PA!
Awesome! Thank you!
Did the challenge last year and it worked beautifully. Last week, I reseeded and also a tenacity treatment in about 70% weather. Next two days were 80%’s, so I put down like 20 bags of top soil and compost and raked it in down to the soil. Then, the next two days had an inch and a half of rain each day. Do you think the tenacity washed out, and do l need to do the tenacity again, and would it hurt the seeds l planted days before?
I wouldn't be too concerned to be honest. it is a lot of rain but spread out over a few days it's not horrible.
Thanks for the great videos. How long after applying tenacity is it safe to seed the lawn? I'm reading that 2 applications of it are recommended.
I'm thinking of hydroseeding or slit seeding it myself.
2 applications are highly recommended. I also recommend spacing them 10 days to 14 days apart. I commonly add a weed killer like speedzone on the first application and only tenacity on the second when I drop the grass seed down.
@@pestandlawnginja Thanks!
Hey Ginga when spraying tenacity as a pre emergent are you supposed to use surfactant? I know you do for post emergents.Thanks man great videos very informative
You dont have to use the surfactant of you're only worries about the pre m properies
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Thanks
You're welcome! Love the canadians!
I just ordered tenacity for the first time... i live in Tacoma Washington and we are pushing 70+ degrees now. is that too hot to apply tenacity? I also ordered liquid chelated iron. i was hoping i might be able to do both at the same time? i'm trying to kill some crab & dandelions. I haven't used Scotts for 2 weeks so i think i should be good? for some reason this is the first time in 7 years that i've had mushrooms start popping up everywhere also...
If you mix Tenacity and Speed Zone, do you dose both per bottle instructions, or do you use less of each, since you’re applying both at once?
New York, yesterday i did my first treatment of tenacity on the grabgrass and other weed. The blue dye i can't see it no more.
Nice! Congrats
I’m digging your show man! I’m in Oklahoma City. I’ve moved in with my daughter at her house and the year was a mess. Thinking about this Tenancity product. A bit problem we have I think is the clay soil. I could just dig it all up and make some pottery or bricks but I don’t think the neighbors would dig that too much. What do you suggest?
Clay's fine. Condition it with hu m.j tessers and calcium. Itll help. Just remember it all starts with water
Thank you for the great video. I’m in the Northern Ca. foothills of the western Sierras. I’m looking to use this product to stop crab grass growth. We just bought this house, and it was in serious need of thatching. I finished the thatching yesterday and will be doing some core aeration to get the soil ready. Should I wait until Fall to over-seed, or do you think I can manage to seed in the first weeks of March?
It's all about the soil temps. I prefer to seed early spring or early fall. Just know you will deal with some weed issues. Tenacity is a great product for these types of projects. I would do an app asap and then do a second app with the over seed 10 to 14 days later. Then do another app 6 weeks after
@@pestandlawnginja Awesome! Much appreciate the reply. Keep up the great videos..
You're welcome!
Villa Park IL baby....so wait I shake and then bake it?? Or bake it first?? Should I pre-heat the oven?? Just trying to be a good UA-cam lawncare disciple and take every word verbatim....LOL. Nicely done as always brother.
Bahahaha it's always shake then bake 😉😂😂😂
To get "desirable effects" its best to use Tenacity in several applications depending on the condition of the lawn obvious. Space 2-4 weeks out between each application.
so true!
stunning view
Thanks dennis
Ginja, what spray nozzle are you using on your Chapin? Also, is there an advantage to the back and forth wand movement vs. holding the wand stationary while spraying? Thanks! Enjoying your channel!
I like to di a wet edge and feather the spray to give proper overlap. I use the cone vs fan. The fan wasn't allowing the thicker concentrate to come out smoothly.
This is my second year using tenacity. Have had great results in upstate south carolina. But requires more than one application. Use as a pre emergent and post emergent. Used Barenbrug RPR ryegrass and SPF 30 hybrid bluegrass blend applied in the fall. Folks, if you want to beat the weeds give them a chance, when you over seed put down seed, lots of seed, over power the weed seeds.if you want a great lawn. Mine looks like a rug now, I cut the grass long 3.5 inches and use lesco products from Site One, no I am not affiliated with them but they have great products, prices and service.. And keep your mower blades sharp, real sharp . A great lawn requires a continuous education, lots of money and time. It is a journey not a destination.
Love this review. Well written.
Thanks for all your help I did my 3way app last week starting to see the results via wilting. I am planning to do a spot spray follow up within a week or so. Should I go with the same rate as my broadcast rate of 1.5perK or go with the lower 1.1perK rate since the spray would be more concentrated? Anything the 3way doesn’t touch I have tenacity (generic) to tackle via spot spray as well. Hoping to have all my spraying done by end of April beginning of May that’s when my second round of pre m is going down to. Knoxville TN.
Thanks
First found your channel by researching tenacity can’t wait to see this lawn in the coming weeks for the green up.
LTD! Thanks for commenting. Great questions. I commonly go inbetween the high and the low when I broadcast. Some lawns I'll go the high rate when I'm not worried about tip burn, which goes away in a few weeks anyway. Calibration is key to everything. If you are all calibrated and not afraid of some tip burn go for it.
Yes you helped me get calibrated with the chapin 24v. I think if you haven’t done one yet a video on what is proper cover for spraying would be greatly useful. I don’t know if my broadcast spray is too heavy or light. Meaning light mist or full foliage cover. Thanks for your help again.
@@ltdlawnservice4586 I got yah. I'll put it in the ideas document. Great suggestion. I prefer a point where the droplets are just above a mist
I have a couple of questions o great sage! Can I safely throw down 12 12 12 after putting down a crabgrass/fertilizer? Can I throw down humic any time of the growing season? Prodiamine is going down this week! Checked my ground temps and they just finally reached 55 - 60 degrees here in Michigan. I thought I still had a bag of prodiamine left but have to order it, hopefully a few days wont hurt me.
Depends in the rate and the type if fertilizer. Try not to exceed 1lb N. Factor in urea volatizing
Here in Oklahoma, all the grass is Bermuda. It would be impossible to change it out to a different variety of grass. Are there any other grasses I can put with Bermuda to have a greener lawn in the winter time? I doubt there is. Bermuda goes dormant in the winter so in some yards there is a mixture of green grass and dormant brown Bermuda.
Yes. Kentucky bluegrass will work perfectly. I prefer using a species called barvette
Ginja, another great video! I'm up in Kaysville UT, and I have some grassy weeds not sure if orchard grass or Johnson grass. Can I shoot you a pic and get your opinion?
Sure. Hit me up on Facebook.
Hello again, i have a grass that came up in my new lawn; not quack has no rizones, leaves are smooth both direction only wrapping around the shaft half way, seeds are tight to the shaft with hairs and what look like six seeds on each side of the shaft and over 26 clusters. how do i determine what tribe this grass is and will tenacity and/or 24d control this in my lawn; and is there a chart and way to identify this weed grass. Thank You, Brian
Hey Brian. Check weedalert.com
I'm new to your page. I had a lot of crabgrass and other weeds last year. Can I do the same Tenacity and SpeedZone mix? Or it could kill some grass? Because I don't know the kind of grass I have.
I've neglected my fescue lawn for a year or so and really getting into making it look great from here out. I have a pro annua infestation in my fescue. Lots of it. Being it's April now, what should I do now to treat it? I'm seeing that killing it in fescue is not possible without killing the good grass. Thoughts/suggestions? (North Carolina btw!)
It's all about the ore emergents with poa. Tenacity does well with poa from my understanding.
I'd consider spring and fall applications
Hi ninja I’ve been seeding my bare spots in the lawn with KGB July, August and the first week of September even. I’m i’m planning on a full fall aeration in a reseeding of my lawn this week. My question is when to use the tenacity? Do I put down the seed and spray the tenacity over it or spray the tenacity and then lay the seat down? Also is it OK to put Pete Moss over the tenacity and seed? Will the watering wear out the tenacity affects? Lastly will the tenacity hurt the new seedlings that are about two weeks old?
So I started a project on this called the ugly lawn project in my youtube playlist. It doesn't matter the order you put the seed down before or after the tenacity imo. I put it down after the seed just out of preference. as for the peat moss, put it down after you do all the solutions.
Tenacity is awesome stuff!
Totally!
Does it smell worse than Triad select?
@@princevillekauainorthshore736 nope. Not very smelly
Thank you for the informative video. How do you care for your clothes after a treatment? Just normal wash? Thanks.
Great question. I wash them separate with nothing else in the washer. I just wash with normal washer soap
Thank you.
Hi Ginja! How do you check compatibility of tenacity (or generic meal 4 sc) with other weed controls (I.e. like speed zone you’ve mentioned)? For example, can I add weed b gon concentrate (since I have a lot of it already) to the mix?
its a simple test. you take small ratios of each product and water and put it all together in a jar. If the solutions gum up then you know they are not compatible.