How To OVERSEED Your Lawn in SPRING // Complete Step by Step Guide
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- If you have been looking for how to overseed your lawn in the spring, look no further than this step by step complete guide to spring overseeding! I discuss all you need to know and understand before seeding cool season lawns in the spring, as well as an easy to follow guide so you can seed like a pro and fix that ugly lawn. Straight to the overseeding steps at 4:40
If you have excess thatch you can certainly dethatch before seeding, and could also core aerate if you would like. Using a roller to press the seed into the ground is fine too if you happen to have one. As long as the seed gets to the soil layer, is covered by a thin layer of peat moss or something similar, you will be good.
00:00 - Intro
00:37 - Why Overseed?
01:18 - Warm Season vs Cool Season
01:22 - Soil Temps For Seeding
01:53 - Weed Control
03:20 - Preemergent Tips
04:57 - Measure Area
05:08 - Grass Seed
05:45 - Tenacity
06:11 - How To Spray
06:51 - Fertilize
07:59 - Seed
09:40 - Spray Tenacity
11:23 - Cover Seed
13:59 - Water
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One reminder is seed needs to touch soil...if you need to dethatch or aerate before seeding, that can help too. If the yard is thin like mine, put seed on and cover it with a light layer and you'll be good :)
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Hey Ryan any scale you would recommend for us DIYers?
@@CesarMartinez-tp4bx I just use a cheap kitchen scale
Ryan Knorr Lawn Care ok I was just wondering if weight capacity would be a issue. I saw you weighing fert in one of your videos and was just curious if u had a go to scale . Thnx
Hey Ryan ,
How low do u cut your grass before over seeding?
@@Rosbornes preferably as low as you can get it without scalping the ground
ryan is the type of guy who goes out at night to watch his grass grow
he literally does thats the funny part lol. he says going out at night time and looking at the grass with a flashlight is the best way to review thatching.
Hell i do that every night. My neighbors probably think I'm insane.
Doesn't every one
That's me but mine isn't that nice
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I would hire someone like Ryan to fix my lawn in a heartbeat. Attention to detail, patience & always striving for perfection is something most people overlook these days. Quick fixes aren't always the answer!
I love how your grass has that beautiful English football/soccer field look while your neighbors all have yellow grass spots
to spread Peat Moss... dump it into a garbage can - and use the leaf sucking attachment on a Toro electric leaf blower - slowly put it into the can full of Peat and let it FLY ! its fast and very easy to do ! I showed the owner of a local Landscape company and he LOVED the way it worked !!!
If I kill off my weeds, I won't have any green left in my yard...
You stole my line!
A very thorough and informative session. Thanks!
@@jgarrison1309 yes j.....yes I did.
pour concrete in your yard, paint it green....green yard year round
m wagahahahahahahahha my reality
Peate moss spreader is genius! The person who made that should work for NASA!😎👊. Great video today!💥💥☕️
Try putting the whole peat moss brick in a wheelbarrow and breaking it apart with a shovel (like you’re mixing concrete for 60sec) then just shovel it into the spreader. That’ll save you a BUNCH of time. You should be able to fill the spreader 2x with every brick.
I have waited 47 years but FINALLY purchased and home. I have been dying to care for a lawn, and this lawn will need some work. Dead patches, weeds growing in. It seems from this video that overseeing can help with that a lot. It shall be my first "major" lawn project. Sadly, from the advice here, I'll have to wait until September.
Great videos for a newbie like me.
What I love about ur channel is that even tho guys like myself who have been with you for awhile, u always go through things again for newer subscribers but in doing that is also great for us to keep seeing and learning. Never hurts and is always helpful. Love seeing stuff over and over, it’s helped me so much
They say repetition is the key to learning :)
@@ryanknorrlawncare They say repetition is the key to learning?
I'm really enjoying your videos. I live in a different region but the information and presentation is amazing. especially in these crazy times i appreciate the fact that you put so much heart and soul into the simple things and it shows in the way your lawn looks. If you could throw us folks in the southwest a few tips here and there that would be greatly appreciated.
I should have watched this a month and a half ago. I over seeded, the weather turned unseasonably cold here in Missouri, and the old grass is almost ready to mow before the new grass has really started germinating. The Garden Center website also says "Grass seed sown the first week in March has a 10-week head start on the weed and insect season that begins mid-May." Which the only thing that needs more mowing than the old grass is a few patches of Purple Dead-nettle, which I don't want to pull up and disrupt my seed, nor am I sure I can safely spray it off at this time.
I do have a little seed and the clay soil cover, they told me to use instead of peat moss, left so I can do some touch up in the fall. But they didn't tell me to do anything for weeds, nor to check soil temperature any. Hopefully with a bit of work and patience I can still save it enough to just need a small touch up in the fall and not fell like I wasted a rather sizeable amount of work, already and still working for the foreseeable future.
Just when I thought it couldn't get any better. BAM! Pete Moss Spreader!!!!!!
Such a nice tool!
Just done some overseeding on the weekend. Spring has always worked out fine for me, due to the high traffic during summer I do some spots in autumn too. And with all of the useful tips from Ryan my lawn has come nice and strong out of winter. Thx again for making us better at our lawn game 👍🏻
That compost spreader is awesome did 7000sqft of peat moss with it. Its better to dump the bag into a wheelbarrow and shovel into the spreader
So, I thought I messed my seeding up but since I found you I found out that I did not mess my process up... I found out I totally FUCKED it up lol 🤣. I subscribed Brother, hopefully we can fix my lawn together, hold my hand and lead me to greatness 🤟. Appreciate all your efforts dude.
killed the yard last fall , "Went for it" a week ago lol , with the mindset of some success is better than none!! leveled with a decent topsoil , spike aerated with my brinley hardy tow behind "quite a bit lol" applies the soil loosener and laid down the Southern Belle with the scotts you showed the lightly raked in a peat moss soil mix. Fingers crossed "transition zone" Chesapeake Va
As long as your expectations are in check, you'll be good long term :)
Good content for everyone that wants to seed in the Spring.
I used Jonathan Green’s pre-m with Tupersan last Spring and it worked well. Their products are great.
That peat moss roller is a great tool. 👍🏼
I just put that down and waiting a week or so to seed here in MA as soil temps come up! Hoping for good results.
@@KH-3414 i have used so many products between then and now I barely remember. I don't even own a house any more so I am kind of out of the lawn game for a while but I wish you the best of luck as it is always a constant battle!
@@KH-3414 it is what it is and I'll be back bigger and better when I have a lawn to mow but for now it's all good. thanks and best of luck to you as well.
Waking up to home schooling the kids during lockdown is tough, thankfully Ryan has uploaded a diamond and I’ve got an excuse to hit the garden. Thank you thank you thank you.
Everyone need to be food
sufficient! Gardens are great teaching moments for kids! Better what I’d being pushed on our children!
@@sharonameskamp6893 tf
Another great video! This will be extremely helpful for anyone starting an overseed project.
I work in Garden and I’m still learning about a lot. When it comes to lawns and grasses your videos are Godsends
I wish my lawn was larger to warrant getting the peet moss spreader. That's just awesome.
I wish mine was smaller to make lawn improvement in general a practical endeavor. :(
THANK YOU!!! Everyone says not to overseed in spring. Glad to know its possible!
What’s the worst that could happen?
Masterclass on lawn care. One of the top channels on YT for lawn life
I just had septic tanks removed I raked the dirt and dug in and mixed it took some buckets of dirt and flattened it watered it and let it dry out evenly then planted patches or runways of grass and have planted like 5 bags of seed spring thru now constantly expanding the new grass
Ryan Knorr - the man who convinced me I really NEED a job at a big-box home improvement store, so I went out and got one.
GOODBYE politics, hello LAWN CARE!
That peat moss spreader is the bees knees! I'm getting one.
I was mesmerised by that too. Didn't know there was a tool like that!
GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS! Your advice as ALWAYS is SPOT ON!
I refer to this video all the time as a fundamental bases for what to do to get started. Thanks for providing links and sharing all the products you use for your lawn care. Awesome videos!
Please show the “after” once it’s growing. 👏
Hey Ryan - Great videos and I am learning a lot from all that you put out there. I am in NJ near the PA border and I have just completed a de-thatch on the lawn on a house that we bought recently. I am planning on doing the over-seeding this weekend...and I wanted to know if the Tenacity should go down before the seeds are spread or after the seeds go down and the peat moss is covering them.?.? Thanks in advance and THANK you for all your knowledge... (Oh yeah....and one last thing....where does a weekend warrior buy sprinkler heads to make a sweet system like yours?) Best - CK
Quality content man! Great editing, pace, everything! Keep up the good work!
the peat moss spreader is good but hard to find a rental. And for occassional use a bit expensive to buy. also it cloggs up if the soil is too damp. your buddy Grass Daddy used a Grounds Keeper II rake. I have one and I just tested it out for spreading peat moss and it worked amazingly well on damp ground leaving a 1/8 to 1/4 layer with easy raking and it was fast. Saves me a 40 mile drive to rent one. its also great for dethatching ,leaves, etc.
aaah, i never knew , people take their lawn this f serious..love the channel
I’m going to come back this summer and say “you didn’t warn me of any of these problems”.
Of course you will Jon...haha
That peat spreader is MONEY! Good video Ryan!
Love watching your videos in the UK. Some great tips and help on cold season grass 🖼🖼
Me: I think I'm done with new lawn "toys" for a while.
Also Me: That peat moss spreader is SWEET!
SOLD!
For real. I need that. Tossing it by hand is a pain in the taint.
@Chris E. and uncomfortable 😕
These are the exact same thoughts running through my head right now...
They're expensive :(
@Chris E. I'd like to know where you see these for 70 bucks.
Love the videos! So helpful. Is the purpose of the peet moss to protect the seed? Or add another layer to help it grow?
Thanks for the over seeding video, just finished re watching all your spring videos as well! Keep up the great work and informative videos Ryan!
Thanks for watching!
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Thank you Ryan. I learned a great deal. I appreciate the effort you made to create this video. Jay
Ryan, I'm new at all this. What's the difference between putting peat moss over the new seeds than top soil?
Michael DeQuatro pear keeps in the moisture for an extended time. Once you use it you’ll never go back.
@@SteveBueche1027 so does top soil, which has peat moss in is aswell and top soil is more moist
4:24 sweet muscle hiding in the shade
Best video on lawn care-addresses timing for seed, fertilizer & weed prevention . Thank you.
Thank you very much for mentioning to wait to re-seed and seed bare spots after putting down a crabgrass preventor. I put my crabgrass preventor down last Satuirday and was going to re-seed and seed bare spots today. Probably saved myself allot of seed and money.
TH-cam knows my lawn is horrible and recommended this video. Thanks TH-cam.
You are correct. Google maps.
You have the nicest grass on your street! Great easy to follow video, thanks!
hey, you didnt tell me about these problems or what could happen, now my lawn isnt phat
Every time I seed to thicken my lawn, within two days, every bird from Mexico to the Canadian border shows up at my house and eats all my seed.
Deer eat all my seeding.
Add a layer of peat moss to hide the seed.
Thank you, thank you. I have kept busy with my lawn during this crazy time, it looks great. I did over-seeding patch repair and leveling over the last month. Over Memorial Day I threw out whatever seed I have left. The new seeding germinated great because I was able to water it 3 times a day. Yesterday I used my new Fiskar reel mower for the first time. My lawn looks better than the fairways I played golf on Saturday 👍😂
After helping my neighbor lay down a 1/4” hand-sifted layer of peat moss over 1000 sq.ft. I immediately ordered one of these Landzie spreaders. 80% of our job was the peat moss! Great product.
I can clearly say these videos are awesome and that guys peat moss spreader is ingenuous thanks for doing these looking forward to making my lawn as nice as your
That peat moss spreader is a life saver!
How nice of that man to make that for you! It's wonderful and he should market them, if not already doing so. I reseeded my entire front yard by hand about 5 years ago. You know it's nice when the neighbors compliment it. 🙂 I plant only fescue and love it. Sadly, we have had sooooo many high winds in TX that it has mixed some bermuda (sp). I hate it because it's the last to get green and the first to get brown. I'm reseeding some areas, so I hope to get it back to "compliment" stage. 🙂 Those ended this year. My backyard is a work in progress because it is full of weeds, again, due to VERY high winds blowing at least 5 different kinds of weeds, and still has some occasional junk grass. I'm not a chemical person because of random feral cats, but I may have to rethink it. I've been using salt and vinegar and it works great, but they appear again before I blink an eye in March. Yours gives me a motive to continue. :) Thanks.
I'm a huge fan of planting and just grass looking so nice..I'm so jelouse of your beautiful lawn grass..love it 💕...
I'll tell you what if you don't do more peat moss spreading with that spreader there I'm going to file a an official complaint with your administrative team on your channel 🤣🤣🤣🤣..... That thing is so satisfying to watch Do more!!!! Just stumbled across your channel keep up the great work!
For peat moss bags, I will pick them up and drop them on the ground a couple times to get the insides broken up a little. Take the bag and put it in the wheelbarrow, take a utility knife to cut the face of the bag open so that I can get my shovel in there to break it up a little more and then shovel into the peat moss spreader.
I bought that pear moss spreader from Amazon, at little pricey but worth it if this is something you do regularly in your own yard or for a business. Very sturdy as well
Just as an FYI I bought/ordered one of those peat moss/top soil spreaders. I did a major renovation last year and that was enough for me considering I have 1 major renovation and a smaller one lined up for this year.
Great video. You answered a lot of hard questions that I had
during the whole presentation. during the whole presentation.
I'm impressed by your knowledge and easy explanation of things, New Subscriber!
great video, love the early 70s- beatles-esque choice in music!
So loading that Peat Moss spreader. What you so is lay your bag of Peat Moss Flat. Take a knife and cut the bag right down the middle longways then cut at the ends corner to corner so it ends up like a capital letter I. Then take your round shovel and start slicing the Peat inside the bag but not all of it just what your going to shovel into the Spreader. Once the peat in the bag say 1/2 of it is gone just use the shovel and break it up inside the bag. What this does is it makes the Peat fine in the bag and then easy to shovel right into the Spreader. No mess and when your done easy to pick up the bag. Good luck its like everything it requires practice.
same. only thing that I do in addition is throw the bag onto the ground a couple times and roll it a bit before putting it into the wheelbarrow and cutting it open
Thanks Ryan
Your methods do work,I live in the North East,unfortunately I did some lawn renovations last fall and I should looked out for the weather conditions,all the seeds that were planted were washed away,so I did a sloppy job reseeding, all I got as a result was weeds and empty spots,will have to kill the weeds and grass and start all over again in the fall but all n all your methods are the right way in establishing a nice looking lawn
Thanks
JK
Glad to help!
Very Nice, Simple, Straight & Affordable Method Presented. Thanks for the Video.
Cool tool (compost spreader)!! I would love oneeeeeee!!!!! Thank you for the info on that and overseeding tips!! Your channel is great!
Great video Ryan. A lot of helpful info 👍
I have a month down for spring seeding, I got real dirty putting Peet Moss down, breaking it down helps. I put organic Ironite down Monday. Rained yesterday, My lawn is Looking fantastic
Perfect video right before I overseed as I just finished scarifying! I pulled my back from all of the work (I hate being tall.. always end up pulling it somehow). So once I can walk right I will be overseeding and applying a starter fertilizer :)
Hope you heal up soon.
This is awesome! I'm sad that I'm just now learning about you! I have a nice size lawn (in Southern California) that is in dire need of attention. It's been a love hate relationship; I love the size of the lawn but hate the condition. I'll be watching a lot of your videos and I'll keep you posted on the progress to let you know how your "students" are doing. Have a GREAT weekend.
Whats cool is noticing all of your neighbors yards compared to your golf course fairway/green lawn. Have a Swardsman ordered and cant wait to start using it with my new lawn. I live at a golf course, my lawn was hydro seeded last year. It was the greenest yard so far this spring. I am to only one mowing my lawn with a manual reel mower.
Wow great content man! As what I'm assuming is a fellow Minnesotan this is exactly what I've been looking for to start learning how to get my lawn tip top.
I've always had a thing for a nice lawn, have always had the nicest lawn on my street, but still wanted to up my game. I had never overseeded before so gave it a go about 10 days ago, including weed treatment and aeration. I'm definitely seeing much less weeds and that's HUGE, though I may need a second treatment in areas, and I'm definitely seeing new growth in the areas where the grass was a little thinner. But frankly it's hard to say if there's new growth in the lawn in general. I suspect that change is a little more subtle though, so will wait and see. But no weeds and growth in the thinner areas were my key objectives, so mission accomplished there. Love your vids, btw. Keep em comin!
Great video Ryan! 👍
Dude, that roller screen, sweet. From your last video, I did not know milwaukee made a bat
Back pack sprayer.
Yopur PRG and KBG mixture has really paid off for you! and now you have irrigation, you living the life now :)
i was gonna say the same about the peat moss spreader after i saw your last video. Home Depot rents them for $9 for 4 hours where i'm at. Game changer. Rent it late enough in the evening that way you can return it in the morning with no extra charge.
These are awesome videos Ryan. Thanks so much!!!
When I seed and temps rise I sometimes cover the lawn with a clear tarp during hot days.I live in New England. It hold in the moisture in and saves water.
I am a super-duper beginner of lawns, I lam building knowledge of it. I am pretty sure that I will get the hang of it soon with your video. Thanks!
I love you so much, you saved me from my depression
Great content, also love the purple Challenger in the garage.
I love using peat moss! It's like landscaper duck tape almost
Love that Pete moss spreader
The Lawn Whisperer 🌱 👊🏼
The first five minutes of this video where you explain risks of overseeding when trying to deal with a crabgrass problem were very informative. I had a sizable crabgrass problem in a portion of my lawn last year. This year I am first dealing with the crabgrass. I will worry about any bare spots in the fall.
I remember when I was growing up my dad used a peat moss spreader to plant his lawn. He still has it. Unfortunately it is on the west coast and I am in Rhode Island.
Great plan
WATCHING U WORK, MAKES ME APPRECIATE MY LITTLE YARD. Such DEDICATION U HAVE . GOOD JOB.
Happy to see one of your follower's inventions work so well :)
I just threw down seed this weekend to cover my bare spots that didn’t take from the reno last year. Straight kbg. I’m in for a long wait again lol. Hopefully the smaller spots fill in on their own this year I think it’s mature enough now to start spreading on its own hopefully. Oh yeah and that peat moss roller holt crap that’s seriously a game changer!! That thing is frickin awesome!
Yes, it is one sweet tool
That peat moss spreader is a great idea. I would like a 50 ft. tow behind one that I could mix moss and enriched soil down.
With the huge bags of peat moss like that I've started dumping the hole thing onto the ground and breaking it up by stepping on it or using yard tools, then scooping it up into my wheel barrow or empty trash bin... I couldn't stand doing it any other way haha. Wouldn't be ideal to do outside if it's windy out though
Thank you. Much love from England
You are the God of lawn care!!! I gotta have that peat moss spreader. Great Video as always
Peat moss spreader is the best thing ever 👍
Here's a tip for the peat moss spreader. Lift it into a wagon or wheelbarrow to fill it. Anything that spills will stay in the wagon instead of piling up on the grass. it also helps to break up the moss first and wet it just a little bit. Just barely damp.
Good tip 👍
Great video man I’m in Boston. Your super well informed
Such a cool spreader!
Man that peat moss spreader is awesome , I just secretly bought my first tenacity, surfactant and sprayer . My wife would flip if I bought that spreader
What's one more?? haha
She doesn’t know how much I’ve already spent on the grass seed, starter fert and compost. All fun hobbies are expensive lol . Kids wreak havoc on the lawn.
Great video.
Thanks for sharing.
New subscriber from Philadelphia PA
That peat moss spreader looks awesome!
So awesome