The BIGGEST mistake you can make overseeding your lawn
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- The BIGGEST mistake you can make overseeding your lawn. Do you have questions about how to overseed your lawn, in this video I will show you how to overseed your lawn properly, with out wasting your time or grass seed!
Overseeding a lawn is one of the best ways to thicken up your lawn and keep it healthy and weed free
00:00 intro
00:09 The first step in any lawn renovation
00:30 Should you scalp the lawn before overseeding
01:28 Always do this before starting any project on your lawn
02:09 Don't waste your money doing this
03:24 Choosing the right grass seed
03:48 Never use this type of grass seed
04:53 When is the best time to overseed
06:17 Don't miss the important step
06:56 Do you need to feed your lawn afterwards
08:00 What should you cover your grass seed with
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Thank you very much for sharing with us all you experience about lawn.
Hi Robbie, I just wanted to say thanks for all your advice and guidance, it`s so helpful. Please keep up the great work!
Thanks! Glad you are finding it helpful
Grass looking great. I've learnt so much for all of the lawn experts on UA-cam. Shaun, Daniel and yourself. Thank you.
Thanks!
Thank you! Liked, subbed and commented! Always nice to see people with passion!
I used to have difficulty getting new seed to take in the past Robbie but since I've been following your channel I've had loads of success and lush looking lawns 💯 thanks for all the tips and advice 🙏🏾
So nice of you, thanks!
Good job I've watched your other videos so I know contact with the soil is important and top dressing with compost helps keep the moisture in. Your lawn certainly didn't look too short.
Peter, it was amazing. I was sure it was going to go yellow!
Good advice very detailed so many people miss out one or more of the stages leading to poor results. Thanks for taking the time share. All the best Pete 👍
Thanks Pete 🙂
Thank you,you simplify the process very well 👍
Happy to help 👍🙏
great video. not sure what the typical soil is in Ireland, but I live in northeastern U.S.A. and we have a lot of class soil, which is terrible for growing a nice lawn. in that case, amending the soil with gypsum (calcium), greensand (if you can find it), and lots of compost will do the trick, but you will want aerate the solid before hand. aerators are very expensive so yo'll likely either rent one or pay a landscape business to do it for you, but it will allow those amendments to get into the soil & for water to as well.
Thanks! Great tips for me as I'm about to prepare for overseeing Bermuda grass
Hi Robbie. Just wanted to drop you a quick line to say thanks. Really enjoy your videos. This year I followed your advice and bought myself a proper scarifier. I also made a DIY dragmat as per your instructions. On the first weekend in September I scarified the lawn and took out so much thatch it was unbelievable (my lawn is 25 metres by 15 roughly). I overseeded then top dressed with top soil and overseeded again for good measure. The game changer this year was the dragmat. If anyone hasn't made one yet then they should do as this has helped enormously. So much so that 3-4 weeks later I have really good growth and after it's first light cut it looks fantastic. Thanks again !
Hey Chris, Happy to help. The amount of feedback I have recived about the drag mat has been great!
It's nice to show people that they can have a great lawn without spending a fortune
One of the best and informative guys on here. Thanks so much.
Happy to help 😁
When I'm over seeding even with a broadcast spreader set at around 15/20 my lawn eats through grass seed. I thought a 20kg bag of grass seed would be plenty. My lawn is around 300m2. does that seem normal? Thanks
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I didn't know grass seed had a shelf life. I have a huge partly used bag of nice fescue from the local farm supply here in S. Delaware, second year now so I better use it up. Useful and instructive, thanks!
The big one is also making sure to keep the lawn watered for moisture, not damping it too much.
Good advice thanks, will be overseeding the lawn this weekend
Great stuff, good luck with your lawn 😁🙏
Thanks for clarifying good time to overseed the lawn.
Great video Robbie
Great video really useful - thanks. What did you use instead of the roller, is it a heavy rubber mat or something similar? any other tips on what you can use to drag along the grass that you might have lying around at home?
I use my mower's bagging capability to vacuum up debris after dethatching/scarifying. Sometimes dethatching before mowing such that the passes with the mower are double-duty: cutting and vacuuming.
I think the big mistake is that you mentioned aerating the lawn with a fork you didn't actually do any areating, although, some say that using a scarifier is a form of aeration as the blades cut slits into the soil. I also think that it is worthwhile top dressing the lawn after over- seeding and before matting-in as it would improve seed-to-soil contact, prevent the seed being eaten by the birds or blown away by wind or washed away by rain.
Just commenting to help you out. Nobody in the states does a job like you do and if you were here you’d be my dude.
Seeding has to be the most frustrating thing I do. 2 plots side by side. One flourishes. One looks like my mother in law. Just random success.
I do not scarify but try to aerate. I don’t roll the turf but try to walk and pound with the side of a metal groundskeeper rake.
Do you try to cover the seed with anything? I’ve tried light peat moss, light compost, fine topsoil. Not any noticeable differences.
I truly believe it boils down to luck. That perfect storm of moisture, temperature, and sun.
If we make it to Northern Ireland I want to treat you to a beer
Brilliant video thank you 👍🏻👍🏻
Hey GT, glad you found it helpful 😍
Awesome video, Robbie. Thanks for sharing - perfect for a novice like me.
One quick question. I noticed in the video you've overseeded but didn't put topsoil down? Is putting topsoil down necessary? I've a feeling once I scarify my lawn I'm going to be left with quite a few patchy areas due to excessive moss. Just wondering if I should put topsoil down too? Thanks!
Thanks for the knowledge
You bet!💪👌
I’ve only been watching this channel a week, had 2 tonnes of top soil delivered today 🙈🤣 fingers crossed it all works out, think I’ve done a good job, couple of weeks to wait now
I have not used a scarifier but I have had a lot of success with an aerator.
Your lawn is really looking very good. Nice job.
Thank you 🙏☺️
Grass looking great Robbie and agree with the comments below, very informative again. I use and pass on your tips often to friends and neighbours. They think I am really knowledgeable when in fact its coming from Robbie across the pond |Lol.
Thanks 👍
Just started my overseeding for the year Robbie! Bought the Greenworks dethacher and it worked like a charm. Just rented an aerator for the day and it was amazing! Worth the money (at least this time)! Tomorrow spreading the seed. In the past I’ve put down some compost, then the seeds and gently mixed them together with back of rake. Seemed to work well... unless u have another suggestion?
The excitement begins!
Sounds like you are all sorted 👌💪👍
@@Premier_lawns_official thanks Robbie!!
Great info Ta
Your backyard is wonderful! Great job, and 'hello from Boston MA USA'.
Hey Ed, right back at you. Hello from Belfast Ireland
Very helpful. Thanks.
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Great vid, as always
Glad you enjoyed
Hello sir , could i have a question please . I bought a very bad quality turf from B & Q they left it out and from sun was burn too much it was so hot when i movet it but i never check actualy the turf on place . When i got home i saw it and went back they ddnt accept it so my question is i did put the turf and is heavy i mean very heavy burned 90% is gray no grass will this regrow in time ?? i have it 3 days now watering every morning .
The drag mat was interesting. I'm getting ready to overseed my lawn now.
You need to ensure good seed to soil contact and that's where the mat comes in 👍
Helpful info👍👍
Happy to help 😁
Great tips as always Robbie.
I agree it helps to scarify first to give the seed a good contact with the soil. The biggest thing for me is keeping it watered when it’s dry for 4-6 weeks after sowing.
That's why I prefer September to seed as the soil is still warm and it tends to be a bit damper and more dew too
Great job! Thanks.
Rafton nice to see you back again 🙏😁
@@Premier_lawns_official thank you! Nice to be noticed!
@@raftonpounder6696 no probs
Great thank you
Glad you enjoyed it 😁💚
Nice job. What is the size of the drag mat that you use ?
RTFM...Took me a while 😂
Greetings from sunny Wexford.. you have such great content Richard
I like to keep it light hearted 😜
Good advice 👍
Very helpful advice
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All good advice thank you hope this Helps you with the algorithm sir 👍🙏
Hope Soo too !
I put seed in St. Augustine to fix bare spots as ST Augustine does not have seeds ( only sod) and the grass that grew is horrible. It looks like troll hair abs is average 5 inches taller.
Since I only spot treated I have these spots now.
Do you have any advice to get rid of the “ troll hair grass”
Thank you ?
Thank you for the video
Nice work 😊
Great video Robbie
Glad you enjoyed it
I have just (sort of) inherited a very large hotel lawn (I was asked if I could mow it etc as the Gardener had left) It was lush and green, fed with weed and feed routinely. However it's unlevel and springy to walk on (looks arent everything) Cutting a long story short after I inspected it (you would seriously tear your hair out if you could have seen it?) I had to scalp it. Finally got them to purchase a scarifier. Scarified it 5 times over 2 days (large lawn and just me) could probably done with an other couple of passes. Looks horrendious, over seeded it last week, clay soil that wont drain. OMG nightmare guess I will have to do the same proccess in the spring? Anyway your videos are invaluable. THANK YOU SO MUCH for the very informative info and spoken in laymans terms.
Thanks Paul. I like to keep it simple (like myself lol)
Robbie I really enjoy your videos and I have learnt so much thank you 🙏 I am still pondering should I do a full overhaul now 2/10/22 or am I too late ?
Dave, I think we both know you're not doing it this year, you have my permission to Leave it haha 😂
@@Premier_lawns_official thank you obi one
thanks for the great vids
Your welcome, thanks for stopping by
Helpful - thanks
Glad it helped ☺️
Great video useful
round up is good for it too
I've overseeded and came here to see when I can cut my grass... basically got a list of mistakes I've just made. Tbf, I know my 4 year old grass seed (more mouse dung than seed).probably not great... but it was free
Great videos, I live close to Belfast and really enjoy your videos. My garden is full moss have just ordered a scarifier and will seed it once I’m done so trying to learn as much as I can, thank you.
We have a private group on Facebook called the premier lawns community. Look us up
Great info mate 👍🏻
Thanks Keith, hope you are well 👍🙂
I’m good thanks mate! How’s the new guy settling in with you ?
@@krs24976 the new guy is working out really well, he's fit and not scared of a bit of hard work plus he's a smart lad. A real bonus to me if I'm honest
I've never heard the F in RTFM stand for Factory. 😉
Oh really 😂
I thought it meant something a bit more blunt also!😂
It's kinda like the PG version of CYA = cover your assets.
I like that 🙂😂😂
I used wayyy too much seed when I created a new lawn last year. Rather than getting a measuring tape out, I tried to eye-ball it - that was a mistake! Initially it looked awesome! But by summer, it got way too thick and then suffered for months from heat stress (I guess down to overcrowding, and too much competition for water!). Now in Autumn, I'm going to scarify, topdress and overseed, in the hope that next year I can try again!
Essentially my laziness to measure correctly led to a bad lawn that I couldn't do much about for 6 months! We have long summers around 40C, with little to no rain whatsoever, so you just can't scarify in those conditions.
Sounds like a good plan 👍
Nice one.
hi, I put down 10:10:20 yesterday (3-10-22) is this okay to do this time of the year??
Great video
Great video! Can you please give tips what to do in early spring, after we receeded in fall? Can you also tell does putting some calcium helps the grass? Here in Finland one of the tips professional give is every 3-5 years spred some calcium wich is sold in granules. Thanks
Adding calcium usually comes in the form of lime, we generally don't do that in the UK as it encourages weeds. also once you apply something to your soil you cant take it off again
@@Premier_lawns_official please consider doing a video this coming Spring based on Aivar’s idea: how to care for a lawn that had a renovation-reseeding/overseeding the previous Autumn. Thanks!!
@@ProudZionist12 look at my videos that came out the last couple of years everything you need is there
Nice video!
Nice job and video.
Thanks 👍🙏
love it!
Thanks
GREAT VIDEO
Thanks 🙏👍
Handy video!
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what are your thoughts on covering the grass with a light layer of miracle grow container compost or similar? we have a lot of pigeons down here and they tend to eat the grass seed. saw you use fleece in one of your videos so I guess I could use this as an alternative to compost to keep the pigeons off the seed
Harry, watch this video - ua-cam.com/video/Az8C9Z5Jurc/v-deo.html
What aboot ye Robbie! Thanks for ur content! Very helpful and interesting...a quick question though: In some videos you spread seed on its own and sometimes mixed with soil in the roller. Is there any relevance to the difference that i missed? Kind regards from Germany
Seed under the soil is going to be the best, sometimes I put it into the roller just to show that you can do that too as not everyone has a spreader
Ah, ok. Thank you for taking the time to reply. Kind regards
Just done an overseeding and top-dressing job. Expecting it to fail. Was my first time doing it, and ended up walking all over it and compressing all the top soil, and didn't spread it enough. Might have to leave it for winter and do a full refurb come spring.
It takes 1-3 weeks for the seeds to grow so there is still time
Great chanel, I've just subscribed, just wondering how you rate the milwaukee fuel mower? I'm deep into the m18 fuel platform and been contemplating replacing my 200hp mower with it, is it worth the money in your opinion? Ps my lawn size is a half acre and I have the high output batteries there, thanks 👍
If you have the batteries and chargers, you are half way there. I think they are selling it without the batteries now. Would be rude not to 😉
I was told by local experts to just spread the seeds over the winter, overseed and leave it... 3 months into it with spring starting I'm seeing eroded rivers of dirt, a couple sprouts of grass, lots of clover, and more weeds than anything... I've got half an acre... wishing I saw this ahead of time...
Glad you found this helpful :)
My lawns battered .. a mixture of to much clay soil underneath.. drainage is awful.. dry in summer yet to wet and water logged in winter. It's so patchy.. what would you recommend.. only 14 x 14 ft to..
Biggest mistake? You didn’t put a small, fake owl out in the middle to keep the birds away.😉. Works like a charm.
Thanks for the tip 🙂
Hi four weeks ago I completely prepared and reseeded my back garden, the lawn that has grown I am really pleased with and I have mown it on a high setting, but there are some weeds also showing amongst it, is there anything I can do at this early stage to kill off the weeds?
Mike, 100 per cent leave the weed killing until next year. By all means, pull them out by hand. There are professional products that you can use 10 weeks after the seed has germinated but even at that I would recommend not spraying and let the lawn establish first. You will have a better lawn in the long term
It took me 2 months in spring to get germination. This month it took a few days for seeds to germinate. Autumn overseeding is so much better. Also in spring there are tonnes of weeds popping in to the lawn
Did the seed survive 2 months in the ground and then germinate?
@@stevenbelcher5658 i overseeded twice. Second time I got top dressed it I think that's the one that germinated but even that was really slow. The spring season was really cold this year. I was reading and watching a lot of videos of people who also had really slow or no progress
Here in Finland we had very dry spring. I fixed bumpy loan, but due to heat and no rain - no germination. I overseeded again in fall, and germination is going well.
I was at a seminar this week at the K club in Dublin, they tore out most of their fairways in the spring and re-seeded in March, it took 3 weeks for the seed to germinate.
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Great video as always Robbie. How about some content of how this all works when using a robot for cutting the lawn
I don't have a robot to be able to test...
I used a spot filler to cover a 4x4 bare spot in my yard; I believe the spot filler was for the wrong grass seed 😢 (fescue instead of Bermuda). The fescue grows quicker/taller than the Bermuda - should I spray this area and replant Bermuda or attempt to dig up the fescue and overseed?? Just discovered your channel, great video, thanks!
I have no experience of Bermuda as it doesn't grow here in the UK...
What an awesome video.. Thanks.
Do you have any tips as of how to get rid of clover in my lawn? I prefer a clean grassy lawn but have been struggling with patches of clover for some years!
here you go ua-cam.com/video/rucmWaDbmbk/v-deo.html
Tenacity, works on all weeds and keeps grass alive
@@philsmith5091 And clover is considered a weed as well?
@@philsmith5091 I have tried looking for it online. Anywhere you can reccomend with an online store that sells tenacity?
You can only buy it in America
I mis read the box on some "weed" control lawn feed thinking it was "seed" Waited 3 weeks Then seeded. The lawns now dead as a dodo...how can i rescue it? The lawn wasnt bad to start with but feel ive ruined it....uk based. Should i start again in autumn?
You will get my lawn the way I want it !
I show the way, you do the work 😁
Thanks. Back to like & comment having been sidetracked by the next video you linked. I may well be wrong, but I though it always best to reduce the hight of cut progressively over time (by no more than a third) rather than in one afternoon......????
I have always done that, it appears not everyone does as I get a lot of questions about it. I learn loads from the questions and comment people say to me. Thank you for the comments, it always helps the videos
My wife and I did so.e substantial work on our lawn around March 12. We scarified and overseeded the lawn. I watered regularly but on the 17th the rains came. The rain has been rather consistent which in not the norm here. I told me wife "it looks like St. Patrick's Day brought some Irish weather with it."
After my in-laws retired from the military they purchased this house in 1993. We inherited it 11 years ago. My wife told me she sees grass growing places in the yard that it never grew before, lol.
Thank you for the knowledge.
(I used to watch golf on tv for the scenery. The putting greens always amazed me. It's like the low pile high traffic carpet but alive.)
Glad to hear it was helpful, thank you for your wonderful comments
Where did you get your sower?
is there any scenario where no renovation for the autumn is a good idea?
did the usuals in the spring, is it necessary to do it again now?
No you don't need to do it again, you can if you wish though
Nice job ... nice results ... nice lawn.
Print mssgs help.....like ..the main idea of what U doing. Print out....!
Thanks 👍😊
Good vid
Worst mistake? Over seeding too early? Not enough water? Letting the birds eat it? Just chucking it on the lawn??
Arrrh contact with soil.
This is so helpful
I am gonna get a mat harrow.
Sounds like a great plan 👍
Your house and lawn are beautiful.
Thank you! (It's actually my parents house) It's my family home
Can you use different types of grass seed on the same lawn as part of our grass is in a shaded area and the rest sunny so could I use grass seeds best for the shady bit and normal grass seed on the other half
I have a facebook group called the premier lawns community that could help you with that,, you can post pictures etc
Great video!! How long you can put seaweed on after the overseeding?
This video will answer that and a whole lot more ua-cam.com/video/6JcgKNjUqRE/v-deo.html
Good vid buddy.
Thanks 👍
why do you need to overseed your lawn ? , it is full of grass , i cant see any bare patches and grass looks really dense , anyway grass grow on its own too , without any new seeds
Yup, I've made several of these mistakes 😂
Hi, I have overseeded some small areas of my lawn where they were some patches, is it safe to apply fertiliser a few days later like Scotts extreme green slow release fertliser, will this cause any adverse effects?
It should say on the packet...
What a beautiful dog 🐕
That's bella 🐾
Gorgeous. There is a similar dog on the golf course I work on. I'm in Australia, about to seed some KBG in my lawn. It's been a big job!
How long have you been a green keeper, I did 20 years
I recently changed career and started at the beginning of this year. I am/was an environmental scientist working with soil. I really love the job.
@@jameswiley7089 I don't miss the early mornings
Hi Robbie - I scarify and overseed at least once a year, sometimes twice (always in spring or autumn), and then fertilize regulalrly through the year. But everytime I scarify I have a huge amount of thatch (not moss, as I keep this under control), meaning that a couple of runs of the scarifier and I have next to no green grass left (unlike your video). I live in North Wales very close to the coast and my soil is very sandy, or rather my sand is a little bit soily. The lawn looks terrible after scarifying but recovers eventually, but can you please advise what I might be doing wrong? Thanks
Some grass naturally generates more thatch than others, fescue is a good example of this.
Bent grass too is another big culprit. Sowing more rye into your lawn can help combat the thatch
What have you been overseeding with?
@@Premier_lawns_official thanks so much for responding...since i've been caring properly for my lawn (last 3 years) i've been using a 50/50 mix of rye/fescue (mainly because I'm not sure which is best for a dry sandy soil) and which would look the nicest (although there will be residual grass from before this which I have no idea what it is)...there is so much thatch and underlying growth...for example, the lawn looks lovely and lush (i keep it at 2" to help combat the dryness), then I scalp it and scarify, but I then find there are clumps of yellow grass that are a few inches long that were obviously growing under the thatch - these tuft up when scarifying and I then mow them off - I have scarified two times this year, fertlized and overseeded each time (although i don't go as far as top dressing becasue the lawn is quite large), once in spring and once yesterday...but it is just as bad...I keep wondering if one year I should just admit defeat, kill and remove the grass completely, bring in a load of top soil and start again! love the channel by the way, and thanks for making the effort!
@@NM-hj2wc its hard to give specific advice here, have you checked out my community on Facebook.
You can post pictures etc
Fescue will love the sandy soil and it will thrive there
You might be feeding it too much though and that is compounding the thatch
Killing it off and starting again is the nuke option, if there is a lot of thatch under there you will need to remove that first before installing a new lawn, otherwise it will lead to a lot of problems down the line
facebook.com/groups/premierlawnscommunity
Hello Robbie , I apply seaweed and a small mix of iron every month . If I wanted to reseed some thinner areas would I need to leave out the iron , or would it make no difference . Thanks
I would 100 percent leave the iron out this time around
@@Premier_lawns_official Thanks Again Robbie ,will do .
3:24 interesting, my garden got done last year and the landscapers just put down rolls of lawn, I couldn't even tell you what type of grass it was, so how would I know what seed to get next?
Thanks.
Luke, that makes it much easier. Contact the company that did the work. They will be able to tell you
When should I pole fork the lawn and what distance between each row the garden is 30’x20’
You can do that anytime apart from the hot bit of the summer. Generally the more holes the better