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scarifying, reseeding and covering with compost
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- Опубліковано 13 сер 2024
- In this video I carry out a partial lawn renovation on a lawn in a shaded spot
I carry out the following:
Lawn scarification - multiple times using a Stihl scarifier machine
Overseeding - using a mixed general amenity seed
Topdressing - using multipurpose compost within my Landzie spreader.
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Hi what brand off soil i need for owerseed grass in uk? Whats its best in uk? Thanks
@@simonaskubilius3732 hi. I use any multipurpose compost..verve from b and q in purple bags is alright
@@LawnRight thanks
It ok to reseed lawn on march?
@@simonaskubilius3732 hi.. only if temperatures are over 7 or 8 degrees and only if theres no frosts predicted in the 3 or so weeks after seeds have been put down..a frost can kill them
Hi Shaun thanks for the videos. The more I watch your processes the more confident I'm becoming. I was always a bit nervous about lawn renovation but now feel I can handle it ?? Hopefully 🤔 👍👍
That's great to hear, and is the ultimate compliment for me. Take your time, know your plan and go for it. Feel.free to comment on any video at any time
Well done Shaun!
Really need to see a video of a serious thistle & dock problem!
We built the house & moved in last year, had a landscaper lay the lawn but it froze for 2 months between April & May last year & while I’ve done everything an amateur could do to bring the grass on, the whole lawn (an acre) is absolutely ravaged with thistle. From the road it looks like the moon with craters of thistle everywhere!
Hi Robbie, yeah it can be a pain when things pre exist under your nice new lawn and then come through all singing and dancing! Some professional products can handle these so may be worth asking someone to spray for you with a knapsack sprayer. A little harder with domestic products but the roundup one here amzn.to/35Wsmaq is claimed to handle thistles. However it will also kill grass if any gets onto it. You might want to decant some in a bowl and use a brush to lightly brush a couple of leaves of each thistle and hope you dont get any on the lawn. You could use knapsack sprayer with a spray drift guard on and accept you'll also kill a section of lawn around each thistle then need to reseed. However I think the knapsack option would be far less laborious.. heres s thistle guide www.agrigem.co.uk/agronomist/article/how-to-control-thistles but remember commercial stuff should only be applied by a licenced operator
I'm on a mission to fix my lawn. You motivated me!
Thanks!
Me too!
Field compost products are great I use them for soil improver, manure, top dressing, bark, everything I need.
Yes I agree.. my first go with them lat year was abit of a downer as I had 100 bags delivered wet through but all been good since
Shaun brilliant as ever, going to use Compost for the first time this season perhaps next week as the weather is warming up now. Hope your back gets better soon, keep safe mate.
Cheers mate. Yes, lets hope that's the last of this rubbish weather!
I’ve been looking at other channels and yours is the one for me great job as always the black Birds was After the grubs and worms that the scarifier churning up. The pigeon or dove was After the seed. I bet small of the back your pain. Im a steel fixer if so I know what you’re going through not nice at all, wishing you better mate and thank you 🙏👍
Ahh thanks Stephen! Very much appreciated. Tablets are helping.. it's when I forget I get a reminder... agh
I've watched quite a few of your videos and picked up some really good tips. If I didn't live in another country I'd be having you round!!! Can you give some tips on how to renovate a lawn with two dogs in the house?
Hi.. thanks! Fence off the lawn.. or most of it to allow the renovation and a good 4 to 6 weeks after to allow the grass to establish..although even after this it's best to minimise going on it.. roots are shallow even though it looks nice on top so it wont take much to damage it again... not easy.. turf would make more sense to speed things up if I'm honest if you wills struggle to keep them off... right now my own lawn is fenced off for this reason
@@LawnRight Thanks for replying. I'm looking at fencing off about a third and doing that first, I'm going to rotavate it and start from scratch. I find the ground in spots is very compact and in other places is soft - but the whole lot of it holds water (which is weird since we're on the side of a hill.) I'll probably do one third and about ten weeks later do the second third and the remainder can wait until next year, it's a split level lawn so it's not so bad. thanks again for getting back and for all the tips I've picked up.
Hi mate great video as always.
Just done mine today. You can never get fully rid of general weed grasses.
So annoying.
Keep up the good work, and keep the
videos coming, we really appreciate them 👍
Hi.. you're welcome. Thanks for commenting 💪👍😁
Great advice. Thanks
Thanks 😊
Well yesterday I did my scarifiying, over seeding and topdressing, now let's see if I have good results. Bought the Landzie spreader absolutely great purchase saves a lot of time.
😊😊😊 I'll happily come over and stay in the glorious Spanish sunshine for a few weeks and water it for you 😊😊🙏🙏🙏🙏
@@LawnRightafter covering the seed with compost or topsoil, I suppose you don't recommend walking over it untill it's fully grown?.
@@Souto71 ideally yes that's right, although sometimes cant be helped.
@@LawnRight thanks Shaun.
Nice one Shaun. Looking forward to doing mine next weekend. Looks like 18 degrees plus here in Midlands end of week.
Now that's what were talking about. 18 degrees looks great! Whereabouts in the Midlands are you from? I'm Mansfield born and bred myself
Sutton Coldfield nr Birmingham
Bit further south lol
Great video as usual Sean. If you have a large lawn which you can't reach with a regular hose sprayer, is it ok to walk on the lawn as the seeds are growing? I guess that's better than not watering them at all.
Hi yes it's OK but try not to drag the hosepipe over the lawn as it can move seeds, and lift feet up 😊👍
I've got a scarifying rate now. Great round those path edges and manhole covers 👍
Nice! Yeah great bits of kit. Need one now where I press button, sit down and someone else does it for me 🤣
@@LawnRight don't we all 🤣🤣
Sorry to hear about your bad back, nothing worse. If it doesn't get better soon I suggest going to see a physiotherapist, it did the trick for me a few years ago.
Thanks Lynne.. will seriously do that in a week or so if no improvement
Shaun great video, thanks
🙏😊👍
use the leaf grabbers to put the waste into a ton sack then empty the ton sack into individual bags at a higher level like the van? just a thought
Good idea!
Hi Shaun, another great video with all the steps and great information. One of my lawns is looking in a poor state at the moment and that's after sorting out the moss, scarifying (electric), overseeding and weedol lawn treatment about 5 weeks ago. I'm planning on scarifying again tomorrow as I'd made a beginners error of using the spring tine cassette first time around 🙄, although I did also use a manual scarifier to tease out a lot of thatch. The moss has gone and it's looking weed-free at least but I seem to also have a lot of weed grasses, that silvery looking stuff in clumps, so I'm wondering if I should try a different technique? Or just heavily scarify those bits before overseeding and top dressing? I've also got a load of patches which don;t seem to want to grow, but could be a few things causing that like the heaps of birds around here or the fact I'd made another schoolboy error and used top soil instead of compost over the seeds and maybe smothered them by mistake in those places. Every day's a school day and I've gathered an arsenal of tools this year so if it doesn't work out I'm thinking complete kill-off and renovate next spring as I'd also be able to sort out those lumps and bumps too! Any advice you can offer would be evry much appreciated but I can see you're a very busy man. Keep up the great videos 🙂👍
Can I just ask did you apply the weedol close to the seeding/Scarifying? If so it would have affected the germination rate of new seeds.. usually get any weedspraying done then give it around 4 to 6 weeks before doing anything with seeds.. so now you've done the weeds.. you should be good to do the rest again soon .. ie scarify..aerate..seed then cover the seeds with a thin layer of soil or compost.. firm inthen keep damp for a few weeks
@@LawnRight thanks for getting back to me. My 3rd attempt at seeding the same patches was 8th June and I then applied Weedol on 9th July, so just over 4 weeks, as the largest and worst patch had good growth by that point but the other smaller patches are still showing no signs, so something is up there. Heavy dew this morning stopped the scarifying today so I'll have another attempt at the weekend. I'd already aerated after the electric raking/scarifying attempt in April, but do you think it's worth doing again as I was only doing it every 6 inches or so with one of the two-pronged corer types? The weather and my work routine is now just getting in the way of making further progress at any sort of speed!
Wish I could see the results
Would be good to see an after update video!
Hi yep I'll def be popping back in the near future and will get some footage thanks
Hi Shaun, thank you for your videos. After watching your great videos I’m about to renovate my own lawn but i have a quick question if i may? Along with moss i have daisy’s and lots of plantain’s. Am i best to apply a weed and lawn feed first to rid the weeds and then scarify? Or scarify, weed and feed and then again scarify after? Thank you for your help! Steve
Hi Steve. With it being the hottest few months I'd suggest thinking about delaying the scarifying etc till perhaps September if you are able to. That way you can get a feed and weed on now to tackle the weeds.. if you really have no choice then do the renovation work now but forget about tackling weeds for at least 4 to 6 weeks
@@LawnRight your advice is very much appreciated. You have given me the gardening bug much to the delight of my other half. Thank you for the time and effort you put in to your videos!!!
I'm doing this tomorrow. The compost I have is wet because it's been hanging out in the rain at garden center for a while. I am worried that the compost will stick to my roller or my boots. What can I do?
It is awkward and does make it harder. You could dump a few piles around the lawn and after a bit of time it should dry out a bit and make it easier to spread.. or open the bag and let it dry out before spreading it
Hi Shaun, been busy catching up on scarifying last couple days after the poor weather and sods law my back playing up as well!! The machine you use to spread the top dressing to expensive to justify me buying, but guessing that the top dressing you used today would be fine enough to just hand spread over the lawn?
Hi yep it's very fine quality so will spread great. Incidently its spreads just as well by hand as regular multipurpose compost. Hope you feel better soon!
Good video! Wondering why no aeration in this video? Was it due to lack of access? Is it too late for me to do this to my lawn now?
Hi..! Yes the access was too narrow to aerate sadly..my newèrasrator may make it but wasnt used on this video...its def not too late if you want to have a go 😊👍
Great work Shaun. I am going to do my first bit of maintenance soon and buy some of the tools you recommended. We have a Labrador so usual issues there, but also never watered during last year’s hot summer. That’s left me with bumps and hollows. What would be your suggestion for improvement?
Hi Colin.. depending on the number of humps and bumps you can fill them in with soil and then reseed. Not sure what you'll be doing on the rest of the lawn but you can scarify and aerate, potentially tislly oversees and dress those.. then fill in the dips then seed the whole thing.. or you can work with the dips bit by bit, a cm or 2 of soiling the dips.. just brush it around so it doesnt smother the grass, but rather falls down in between the grass blades.. repeat every couple of weeks.. so you would be making dips shallower bit by bit maybe 4 cm a month.. in time this will get it level. Thanks
@@LawnRight thanks for the swift reply Shaun. Can I ask what I should use for top dressing? Soil is clay here.
@@colingray2422 multipurpose compost would be best.. any brand will do thanks
I need to get one of those landsie compost spreader. It’s going to save me so much time. Can I ask when you fill it with compost or topsoil how many meters does it do before needing a refill?
Hi not that many.. with regular multipurpose compost maybe 2 x 5 metre runs.. so a 10 metre length at whatever width the spreader is.. so maybe 7 or 8 sq metres. If you use a finer material it comes out faster so you get a thicker covering and it doesnt go as far
@@LawnRight thank you, that’s very helpful. I will get one ordered.
I always struggle to price topsoil and compost especially with bigger lawns.
@@lawnguard3017 If youre Uk based you may consider my affiliate link www.gardenimports.co.uk/product/landzie-compost-peat-moss-spreader-24/?ref=566 but no probs if not - he may ship overseas not sure.. may be able t find them on amazon or ebay also
Thought you was going say this particular lawn is in shite 😂 but you said shade 😃🤣🤣🤣
Ahem.. erm
.. 😮😮😮🤣🤣
I have lots of weeds in my lawn. Should I kill them/weed them out before doing a renovation?
Hi you can do and thatll reduce the number of weeds post renovation.. or just accept the weeds and apply a weedkiller later in the year.. I'd def try to get the big one sout or apply a total lawn killer and then renovate 1 to 3 weeks later
Hi what time of year to do this thank you great video
Him. Best times are spring or autumn.. if its a shaded garden then spring
Hi Shaun! fantastic video as always,can you recommend composit that is available at B&Q, WICKES OR HOMEBASE? Thank you
Hi I've used b and q verve, purple bags, and wickes.. but the wickes was wet as was stored outside.. hard to spread
@@LawnRight Thank you Shaun and keep these videos going!!👍
I have a 300 square meter lawn. Based on your experience, how much compost would i need to top dress?
Hi it depends on sizes of bags used and to what depth but a typical 40 litre bag can do in the region of up to 10 sq metres so 400litres approx 100 sq metres, and 1200 litres for about 300 sq metres. B and q and wickes do 100 litre bags so maybe go with 10 of those and see how far it goes.. around £12 a bag.. might be able to get loose compost cheaper in tonne bags somewhere
@@LawnRight Thanks a million for getting back. That helps a lot. I had to concept of a ball park amount.
Great video . Hope your back feels better. I scarified a few weeks ago but now have a hollow tine aerator. which I did not have then. Is it ok to do it now. Thanks Shaun
Hi mate.. yep it's a great time to aerate the lawn. Yeah I sneezed about 2 weeks ago while leaning over kitchen counter.. something just and its been awful last 2 weeks. Riding through the pain on a nurofen train at minute. 🤣
Thanks again and hope the Nurofen does the trick.@@LawnRight
Is there a best compost to top dress with ? Many Thanks
Hi field compost field number 4 from fieldcompost.co.uk is very good..but anything nice and fine is great.. I usually go for a multipurpose compost. I've used wickes.. b and q verve and growmoor from home bargains..all willhave some bits in
@@LawnRight Many thanks, i really appreciate your videos, you make it entertaining and simple, so much so, because of you, i have bought a roller compost spreader, and a lawn leveling lute, and a airator you recomended, sadly i couldnt get Landzie products, as no stock in the UK, many thanks again, your a star
Excellent video again. I've taken your advice to cover lightly the seeds I put down last weekend. However I didn't use a compost as what I saw in B&Q confused me with how each pack described its use so I used lawn top soil. I used a big sieve and sprinkled the top soil and it came out very lightly, probably about 3mm thick. Since its been peeing down every day I've not watered it after the dusting of top soil. I will however water it tomorrow if no rain has fallen. Also the last few days we've had frost in the morning.
Is what I've done ok? And with the weather being as its been will my seeds be ok and grow?
Hi Syd, I'm fairly confident your seeds will be just fine. Mine have germinated mostly so fa, and I seeded over 3 weeks ago and we had frosts since then. Topsoil is perfectly fine. I remember one I did a few years back with all topsoil and it came through just fine
@@LawnRight thanks for your reply m8, much appreciated. Fingers crossed the part of lawn will grow.
Hi Shaun just wanted to ask where / which compost do you use and can we get it too?
Hi matt its field 4 from fieldcompost.co.uk thanks
@@LawnRight cheers mate
How about ye, hope the backs getting better, 👍
What about ye! 🤣🤣 top man.. thanks.. plodding along!
Hi, I have recently scarified my lawn and seeded and after found this video. What compost would you recommend to cover the seed with, my garden is about 80M2. Thanks
Hi Brian.. so.. the growmore from home bargains is fairly good.. a sis the b and q verve in purple bags.. youd get anywhere from 5 to 10 sq metres per 40 litre bag approx thanks
@@LawnRight Thanks Shaun, very helpful.
How does compost compare to peat moss for top dressing seed?
Pretty similar but peats being withdrawn over here as its limited and has been overfarmed
@LawnRight oh okay. My local county has a good deal on purchasing compost and I was considering that option for my next tip dressing. I bought 12 cubic feet of peat moss a few weeks ago and it cost me over 100 USD. And I still couldn't cover even half my lawn. I ended up seeding only the portions closest to my home.
Would be nice to see 6 week progress on these, but very seldom happens.
I often go back to many lawns with an update. I agree it's best if in the same video but not always possible
Is compost or specialised lawn and top dressing best?
Hi..multipurpose compost works great. prices increased a lot this year so instead of going to pick up 100 bags of compost I got 190 bags delivered from a company called field compost. It's just more refined with almost no twigs etc. It was the same price as regular compost and delivered to my door. So in answer.. to me there no difference in how good it is..but you'll find more twigs etc in the shop bought stuff but I've happily used that for years
Hi, thank you for your videos they’re awesome, how many m2 was this lawn for 5 bags of your regular compost? Cheers 🍻
Maybe 70 I think
@@LawnRight thank you 🙏
Do you always use compost instead of topsoil?
Nowadays I'd say yes most of the time. However I did used to do it with soil with equally good results. Compost just adds organic matter which helps the soil biology
@@LawnRight thanks did the back garden two weeks ago and starting to get some germination which given the weather pretty pleased about. The top soil was full of stones unfortunately so will probably be using compost on the front
What do you think of A1 hard wearing grass seed?
Hi honestly never used it. Sorry 😊 I know they have good reviews so sound slike it should be pretty good.. however nothing is indestructible against dogs and kids and shade sadly
Can you recommend any Seed at all I can purchase via amazon or b and q etc? I was thinking about getting a big garden sieve and putting compost through it to cover my seeds when I do it? Is this a good idea
Hi. Yes you can certainly seive it for a finer dressing.. and it is a good idea.. but in the same breath Ive literally done dozens of renovations without seiving that were fine. I created a shopping list here: lawnright.co.uk/diy/freebies/shopping-list/ that shows off the productsIm using this year on my own lawn. In my opinion for 99% of domestic lawns a typical domestic grass seed blend(amenity) is absolutely fine unless youre going for a specific look for your lawn..
Sorry to be a pest mate. I've seen your videos last few weeks and your putting seed down. Is it warm enough for the seed to germinate if I sew seed this week and scarify etc? I've got time off finally and wondering if it'll be safe to do this weekend! Cheers buddy
@@Lewis-te6re hi not a problem at all... I seeded mine about 4 weeks ago and most of it's already come through. You'll be fine even if we get a couple of light frosts. A deep prolonged frost would be an issue but otherwise go for it
Where is the result?
Hi I'll be popping back there in the next few weeks thanks
never seems to go back to film the result of his reseeding
Hi I will..I promise. I've number of videos sat on laptop now waiting for me to go back and do a follow up.we are just so incredibly busy at the moment.
nowt worse than bad back in our game mate😭
I know! It was just a sneeze as I leant over the kitchen worktop.. 2 weeks now dosed up.. oh well.. keep smiling