I've just started my Reno down in Tassie, I'm doing it on the cheap and so far I've used the dethatching rake on 150m2 of lawn, all to save $50 haha Ive manually cored it before but I think I'll hire a machine again this year
I tired aerating last year to try and fix my problem of water retention, which did not work, but brilliant idea to remove plugs and sand the lawn, I'm definetly trying that this month, thank you.
Greet vid, always easy advice and tips on how to get the job done. I’ve done my whole yard on these vids so thanks for the great content week after week.
Haven't started my Reno yet. Still waiting for the weather to be clear for a few days lol. It's intense the amount of water around at the moment a few years ago we where talking about drought and now it's floods. Crazy!
I’m in Bathurst and waiting for temps to be a little bit warmer. It’s my first Reno so I want to play it safe haha. Plus with a baby due any day now I don’t want to get caught out with a mid reno hospital trip lol
Great job as usual Ben. Love the corer and the depth it goes down. I am desperate to scarify and dethatch but it has been too wet here in Carluke, South Lanarkshire, I was on a golfing holiday with the guys and missed good weather. But hopefully get a break soon. Robbie gave you a wee shout out in Premier lawns, you both have similar attitudes to lawn care, brilliant.
It only has stolons not rhizomes like green couch and kikuyu so if you cut too far into the stolons (the above ground runners)it takes a lot longer to repair and come back. Whereas green couch or kikuyu recovers very quickly because they also have rhizomes.
Another great vid Ben. I think you may have touched on applying pre emergents prior to core aeration in another vid which I haven’t seen? Would love to know your experience with this or perhaps a link to vid if able? Thanks
Yea was thinking the same. The blue was more of a barrel rolling action, this was a more vertical punching corer. This one should have done a better, deeper core
Doing my first ever lawn renovation. Local supplier has top dress mix which is supposedly sand, loam and chicken manure. Just wondering if this is suitable for a reno as I have dethatched and scalped. I haven't scalped excessivley. Just worried about burning what I have left.
G’day Ben how long can you go from core aeration and scalp to top dress and fert? I’m in Melbourne and have been caught out with the rain and free time🤔
Personally I did it over a two weekends here in Chelsea, Melbourne, finishing last weekend when we had the great spring weather..... I did a scalp, dethatch, core aerate and then top dress. But I had been hitting it with a liquid fert mix plan for 2 months or so and the lawn was in a good state of growth when I did the above, especially now that the temps are up and being kikuyu, so it's already bounced back really strong in the last week alone especially with the rain wed-friday.
I'm curious why you say that a prime reason to use an aerator is that it allows oxygen into the root subsystem. Plants and particularly grass don't use oxygen they use carbon dioxide, secondly they take it through their leaf system not the root. Aeration is good for so many reasons, but I don't think getting oxygen into the grass roots is one of them.
Hey mate, Grass still needs to take up oxygen in the root system. The carbon dioxide is used for photosynthesis and the oxygen in the soil is used for the plant to breathe. That’s what I learnt in tafe and I’m sure if you do some googling you can confirm 👍🏽
Hi mate, I'm sure this will be in next week's vid, but is there a watering plan I should be following after top dressing with sand or just water as normal?
Hi Ben, if i am planning on a scalp top dress ect on my lawn, that is not quite all qld blue couch, but i also wanted to overseed, should i apply pgr before the Reno, in order to get it to be the dominant lawn type ? Could you advise on the time frame & amount times needed, if you think that it would require pgr to do the best job ? Thank you.
Hey mate great vids been watching your channel for a long time I'm getting ready to do a Reno down in geelong area now I have 1 question, I had Kikuyu turf laid about 16 months ago and I want to level it. should I scarify and core it or should I be a bit more careful when it comes to turf it seems to have a bit of thatch but not too bad I'm more concerned about the level far too many bumps for my liking cheers for any help keep up the good work
What to do about buffalo lawn thats gotten too spongy. Guessing thatch but then you say you can't scarify and dethatch buffalo, so whats the process for buffalo then.
This guy’s knuckle deep in the couch at 9:00 mark. Good job lad.
I was waiting for this comment
That machine is the best aerator I've seen, a beast!
I've just started my Reno down in Tassie, I'm doing it on the cheap and so far I've used the dethatching rake on 150m2 of lawn, all to save $50 haha Ive manually cored it before but I think I'll hire a machine again this year
How you have the energy to type a comment is beyond me. Dethatching rakes on any more than 20m2 is a nightmare!
Lol dedication just like the work he did. Good on him but man that would be a hella day of work I tell you.
This rain... It feels like yesterday we were here talking about Stage 6 water restrictions. Madness.
9:30 Your brief breakdown of the reasoning for using sand was very nicely done.
Last Aussie 😁. Ben, great job on the Reno. Will be good to see the end result on the Lawn Ranch. 🤠
I tired aerating last year to try and fix my problem of water retention, which did not work, but brilliant idea to remove plugs and sand the lawn, I'm definetly trying that this month, thank you.
this dog..... sooo cooooooool!
Greet vid, always easy advice and tips on how to get the job done.
I’ve done my whole yard on these vids so thanks for the great content week after week.
Haven't started my Reno yet. Still waiting for the weather to be clear for a few days lol. It's intense the amount of water around at the moment a few years ago we where talking about drought and now it's floods. Crazy!
Yep all because these ridiculous weather modification systems the Govt are running
That aeration is the secret sauce
Perfectly relevant vid, thanks bud! 💪🏻
Awesome vid mate! I had an awesome idea, remove the Kikuyu and chuck it on the tee boxes or fairway maybe for the Par 3 and BRING BACK THE RYE!!! Yew!
That aerator is a beast!
I love my old rusty side shoot utility mower pretty sure I can use it as a stump grinder. Nothing stops that old girl
Yes man perfect vid. Just woke up just about to go out and start my Reno after brekkie 👌🏼
I always love as we begin to wrap our season up you are just getting going. Hope you have a great season
Thanks mate!! Bit of an odd feeling when it flips seasons on the other side of the world!
I’m in Bathurst and waiting for temps to be a little bit warmer. It’s my first Reno so I want to play it safe haha. Plus with a baby due any day now I don’t want to get caught out with a mid reno hospital trip lol
The edit, zooming in and out did my noggin in early. Another bloody good episode though.
That is such a nice machine. Wish I could rent a Billygoat in my area.
Looking good so far cant wait for it to bounce back and the weather to sort itself out so you can get back to the golf course build
Thanks mate. Hope it dries out soon 😢
That grass looks great. Now come and have a look at the grass at my house and then you would have a challenge.
Another awesome clip. Cheers mate.
How good is Big Bob 💪🏼
Great job as usual Ben. Love the corer and the depth it goes down. I am desperate to scarify and dethatch but it has been too wet here in Carluke, South Lanarkshire, I was on a golfing holiday with the guys and missed good weather. But hopefully get a break soon. Robbie gave you a wee shout out in Premier lawns, you both have similar attitudes to lawn care, brilliant.
So for my lawn i need the same machine and absolutly the same dog!!
Love the front yard stuff! I’m missing the backyard course build videos! When are you posting another?
Once the rain slows down so I can get equipment back on there 🥲
It’s pretty moist in Australia right now 😂
my daschound looks just like that one
Hey Ben,
I was surprised when you said not to scalp Qld Blue too hard. I cut back to dirt at reno time and it seems to handle it fine.
Peter
Definitely still can, just need to be a bit more careful.
@@LawnTips careful of what
It only has stolons not rhizomes like green couch and kikuyu so if you cut too far into the stolons (the above ground runners)it takes a lot longer to repair and come back. Whereas green couch or kikuyu recovers very quickly because they also have rhizomes.
Another great vid Ben.
I think you may have touched on applying pre emergents prior to core aeration in another vid which I haven’t seen? Would love to know your experience with this or perhaps a link to vid if able?
Thanks
In a video you did about wetting agents 3 years ago, you were given a white check valve by Simon Rice, do you know where you get it from?
QUESTION: if your lawn is on sand, do you need to use the aeration approach to create the holes which you fill with sand ?
Should I scalp St Aug?
What a legend I was gunna do my yard by hand but I just followed John on insta so im going to get him onto it when this rain stops 😅
Hopefully that’s sooner rather than later!
Hi Ben, what are your throughts on qld blue couch, scalp and scarify every year?
That corer is so much better than the brutal blue hire one. #chiropracticapproved
👍🏼😆
Yea was thinking the same. The blue was more of a barrel rolling action, this was a more vertical punching corer. This one should have done a better, deeper core
Doing my first ever lawn renovation. Local supplier has top dress mix which is supposedly sand, loam and chicken manure. Just wondering if this is suitable for a reno as I have dethatched and scalped. I haven't scalped excessivley. Just worried about burning what I have left.
@0:46 😳😳 OLD??? hahaha Ouch 😂
What's the recommendation on aerating a dense buffalo lawn? I think in your last video you said scarifying isn't a good idea for buffalo.
G’day Ben how long can you go from core aeration and scalp to top dress and fert? I’m in Melbourne and have been caught out with the rain and free time🤔
Personally I did it over a two weekends here in Chelsea, Melbourne, finishing last weekend when we had the great spring weather..... I did a scalp, dethatch, core aerate and then top dress.
But I had been hitting it with a liquid fert mix plan for 2 months or so and the lawn was in a good state of growth when I did the above, especially now that the temps are up and being kikuyu, so it's already bounced back really strong in the last week alone especially with the rain wed-friday.
You can do it the same day or a few weeks apart like I am here due to the weather
I'm curious why you say that a prime reason to use an aerator is that it allows oxygen into the root subsystem. Plants and particularly grass don't use oxygen they use carbon dioxide, secondly they take it through their leaf system not the root. Aeration is good for so many reasons, but I don't think getting oxygen into the grass roots is one of them.
Hey mate,
Grass still needs to take up oxygen in the root system.
The carbon dioxide is used for photosynthesis and the oxygen in the soil is used for the plant to breathe.
That’s what I learnt in tafe and I’m sure if you do some googling you can confirm 👍🏽
My god can u imagine manually aerating all that area with a garden fork? Wow no chance😂😂
Hi mate, I'm sure this will be in next week's vid, but is there a watering plan I should be following after top dressing with sand or just water as normal?
Hey mate, what type of sand are you using to top dress? Would this apply to all turf types? Cheers!
What sand from bunnings would be ideal for top dressing?
What up mate
Yoooo
Hi Ben, if i am planning on a scalp top dress ect on my lawn, that is not quite all qld blue couch, but i also wanted to overseed, should i apply pgr before the Reno, in order to get it to be the dominant lawn type ? Could you advise on the time frame & amount times needed, if you think that it would require pgr to do the best job ? Thank you.
I meant that I'm planning on overseeding with qld blue couch. 😐
Good vid
Hey mate great vids been watching your channel for a long time I'm getting ready to do a Reno down in geelong area now I have 1 question, I had Kikuyu turf laid about 16 months ago and I want to level it. should I scarify and core it or should I be a bit more careful when it comes to turf it seems to have a bit of thatch but not too bad I'm more concerned about the level far too many bumps for my liking cheers for any help keep up the good work
Hello mate…….what’s your main filming camera?
You cut that grass soo low, I can now see your dawg's belly when he stand up.
I aerated my lawn a year ago and the holes still haven't filled up... Not sure what that means.
Did you topdress afterwards? If you did, what with and how much?
Might be time for a self propelled utility mower mate 😂
Is it worth coring SWB lawn?
What mower is that for scalping
The supa swift big bob 👌🏽
Can I have ya cores to patch me lawn up bud?? Hahaha
Have you got a website?
Hey mate, sure do. It’s lawntips.net/
Finally
Gday my8
you know your camera constantly zooms in and out a tiny bit?
It’s the autofocus. I need to adjust some settings by the look of it
Maybe a Panasonic GH5? Seen that happen with them before
Nah it’s a Sony A7SIII
Realised I had the aperture cranked wide open by accident which is what was causing that weird zoomy effect
The auto zoom is messing with me.
Fixed it up, had the lens aperture too wide open 😅
*slap dat* 😂
I’m only a lot angry, as opposed to absolutely furious, that I’m about to head to GIE/EQUIP expo and I’m not going to see your beautiful face there.
I was only thinking about the GIE the other day! Bummed we don’t get to hang out bro 😢
@@LawnTips
We will do our Aus trip soon
Second
Who the hell can afford all of that equipment ?
What to do about buffalo lawn thats gotten too spongy. Guessing thatch but then you say you can't scarify and dethatch buffalo, so whats the process for buffalo then.
Yes mate….fixk yes mate….