Top dressing a lawn - from start to finish
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 พ.ค. 2019
- Top dressing a lawn UK - from start to finish - How to repair and renovate drought damaged lawn
We brought this drought damaged lawn back with heavy scarification, aeration, topdressing of soil and overseeded the lawn with drought resistant grass. If you want to learn about lawn care or pick up lawns tips on topdressing your lawn you will enjoy this video
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Caring for your garden when there’s a hosepipe ban in place
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Drought recovery plan for parched lawns
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See how this lawn turned out 😁
th-cam.com/video/1CFMxL_SzZ0/w-d-xo.html
Premier Lawns Nice one, looks excellent 👍
Premier Lawns joatnh
ace cheers for the tips
Great video. Keep fighting the good fight
You make it look easy Robbie.
Great content 👌
Great content. Thanks
Thanks 👍😊
Great video, thanks :-)
Hey John, you might also enjoy this video too 👌
th-cam.com/video/V4MKDGbGouM/w-d-xo.html
Watched a lot of your videos and they have been super insightful!
Thanks, this is a very old one
Excellent
Thank you! Cheers!
Great video. Very informative. Helped me as I'm about to repair my lawn that was damaged over the winter.
Great video I will try this method out,my garden looked very similar to this one,thanks for sharing your knowledge about the topsoil👍
Let me know how you get on
wow...nighbourood must be happy whit all that dirt dusting! XD
Watched it twice, throughly enjoyed it. Thank you kind sir. We appreciate it 🇬🇧 Leicester
Excellent stuff, have a fab weekend 😍
That job looks great. I am in the Pacific Northwest I am going to areate ,top dress and level then reseed my lawn in late August to early September with Perenial Rye. Cutting at 1 inch now.
Great video. I'm trying to get my lawn back to life in Lisburn and I clicked on your video. I didn't expect a familiar accent! I've now watched a load of your videos and they have been extremely helpful. Thanks for the effort you put into these.
Hi Dan, good man I'm glad you have found them useful 😁
I think I have similar frost periods here in Scotland. I've not done my lawn yet as it's north facing and only just getting the sun. I've still to scarify though I've aerated. Love your videos, very informative :-)
Thanks heather 😁
Good work mate, people underestimate the benefit to dethatching and topdressing :)
100 percent agree 👍 😁
First class job,have just started a wee garden service business and find your videos very Informative, thankyou.
Thanks 👍
Love to see how it turned out. I love dethatching videos, seen all that junk been taken out of the lawn. I wonder if the thatch is due to the wet cool weather of north Ireland so the dead grass is not able to decompose. Anyway keep up the good work👍🏽
Hi Juan
Just for you 😁
You can see this lawn in this video
(It's the first lawn)
th-cam.com/video/1CFMxL_SzZ0/w-d-xo.html
Excellent videos. As a very amateur gardener I find that you talk, in shall we say, layman terms. I will certainly keep watching your videos.
Thanks Alex. I like to keep to keep it simple 😁
Good video, would have liked to see the lawn once it had grown
Just wish you were in the south of the UK, great video mate
Thanks, Zake - use this site to find another lawn guy like me www.uklawncare.net/
Premier Lawns Thank you so very much, I really appreciate your response and the information you have shared.
@@zakeebanks9757 Your welcome
Would be nice to see the end results after a few weeks.
GOOD JOB BROTHER! I WISH YOU ARE STRONG AND HEALTHY!
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A1 Visio.
Thank you 😍
Hi Robbie, just subscribed and enjoying watching your videos. Would be great to see some videos of before and after
Hey Eddie, will try and do a.few before and afters. Hard as I record and work. Though leave it with me. Thanks for the sub ❤❤
Eddie check out this video for before and after th-cam.com/video/iDagxYCfhto/w-d-xo.html
I would love to see what becomes of these lawns after the repairs have taken place.
If you keep an eye on my Instagram, they appear every now and again 👍
Thanks so much for this video. I'm no lawn expert, but you make it look so easy! Can you show more 'after' videos too? Even ones that didn't go as well as you'd have liked - could you explain the reasons and possible solutions? Cheers 👍👍👍
Here you go
th-cam.com/video/nA1XjkkXbJA/w-d-xo.html
Good video, i wish some of my customers would agree to have this level of work done !
This is a new customer :)
Astonishing to see the grass seed going down before the thatch is removed
Thanks for the feedback ☺️
Try watching the video next time.
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Great video as always mate its very hard to get the over seeding mix down here to
Hi Noel, what do you mean?
@@Premier_lawns_official I mean not every where has the tonne bags of top dressing
@@noelcahill6707yes, it's hard to get decent stuff.
@@Premier_lawns_official it is for sure and at a work able price
Very good Rob that will be a nice lawn soon I did a dust bowl job the other week but I placed a mask over my mouth nose...Eating soil isn't my thing any more look forward to the next garden
That's the joys of doing this in May once the lawns are really dry. Hope you are keeping busy :)
I would like to see before and after videos, this really gives easy explanation to customers that "don't get it"
Unfortunately, I don't usually have the time for before and after videos.
@@Premier_lawns_official OK, I understand, having business and YT channel on top takes time.
@@CMDRSloma at the moment most of my videos takes 8 hours plus editing, jobs are much slower to do arsing about with the camera...
Hello
Love your vidéos and advices. What kind of seaweed do you recommend ?
Hi robbie, great videos wondering about my own lawn which is north facing with a lot of ornamental trees hence a lot of leaves in autumn . Lawn is at the moment very patchy with no grass at all on one portion and looks and feels very bumpy whilest cutting. Any suggestions.thanks......KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK..
What about some soil top dressing to fill in any undulations? Try pruning some stuff back to let a bit of light in, and really heavily compacted areas think about some aeration - for smaller areas a fork is ok.
Hi Robbie, if you had to buy a new aerator ,and had the option of the plugger in its present form, or the newly modified camon which would be your preference, I'm in the market for a new machine, I have used older versions of both these machines, but would value your comment, which do you think you might go for cheers G
Brilliant video. I can see you do a very high quality job. Learned a lot from it. Got a few questions. What type of spreader would you suggest? How do you price this work? And do you tell your customers to water the lawn or do you do it?
You can't stress the need to water enough!
We price per job and the spreader is anderson sr200 spreader
www.pitchcare.com/shop/fertiliser-spreaders-machinery/icl-sr2000-rotary-fertiliser-spreader.html
Brilliant videos, so informative and I cant wait to treat my lawn in September. Where do you get your drag mat though and or would it take much to make your own ? Keep up the good work. Kev in Scotland
They are called a drag mat
@@Premier_lawns_official I saw that in the video lol, but where can I buy on in the uk ?
@@OorOaksey company called ‘cheap mowers’ mine arrived today 😃
Just found your channel great it is, but would to know how much to water the new seed and can I over water it. Thanks John
Hi John, this should help you
premierlawns.co.uk/newly-renovated-lawn-aftercare/#:~:text=After%20renovation%2C%20wait%20until%20the,%2C%20grass%20gets%20diseases%20too).
How long before you cut that grass again.Great video all the best kev
The longer you can leave it the better the let the grass seed get established
Great video where do you buy your fescue grass seed from
I try and buy as much as I can from local suppliers :)
Another quality video. Which fertiliser did you put down NPK??
I used a coated Autumn fertiliser for this garden . 12-5-20+2CaO+2MgO
Great Video as always. How much top dressing a square metre do you recommend for overseeding. Thx
Depends on the lawn, on this we used around three quaters of a ton
There are lots of videos promoting top dressing with riddled compost. Why do you not do this? Is there ever a place for using fine compost when top dressing?
It depends on what the lawn needs and what material is available.
Love your videos, what do you spray on the lawns before adding granular feed ( is just water )
Seaweed
Great video and very informative, did you need to put something to scare the birds away from eating the seeds or is it not needed? Im in Kent, SE England looking to complete this process in the next week, is that a good time of year?
I tell the clients to tie plastic bags to bamboo canes to scare the birds
Can I do this in the Summer months? It's now June and I've put some moss/weed killer on my front lawn which has worked well, but left lots of dry/dead patches.
Just subscribed. Thank you for some great advice. Can you recommend a good scarifier non petrol version ?
Thanks for the sub, the only non petrol one is a spring back rake 💪
I've been using a rake. As it is fair sized lawn I thought about getting a scarifier/airaiter
@Mike Brueton
Probably best to hire something. I have no idea of prices for domestic stuff
Your local hire company will probably have a petrol scarifier. If your only using it once a year probably best to just hire a petrol one.
How often would you recommend watering the lawn after a job like this (if it doesn’t rain)?
Hi Richie you should find this helpful premierlawns.co.uk/newly-renovated-lawn-aftercare/
Hi Robbie could you tell me on an eletric machine would I use the rake cartridge in the spring & the steel blade one for a more aggressive full lawn renovation & in both ways would I need to over seed & top dressing
Yes probably would, depends how hard you are on it
Great video, as they all are. Not sure if I've missed you answering this anywhere else, but do you have any professional tips for how to deter the birds from a seeded lawn? Any suggestions much appreciated as my scarecrow is only having a limited effect. Much appreciated.
Get a bamboo cane and tie a bag to the top of it.
@@Premier_lawns_official Great. Thank you. I shall do that right now!
Any suggestion for. Avoid grass seed to use
Hi Robbie.
Hope you read this because I need your help. I'm new to gardening and just recently used Aftercut weed and feed on my back garden, and I think I may have used too much, and as a result my lawn seems to have a lot of scorch marks on it.
Is there anything I can do to help it along?
Just subscribed to your wonderful channel, and best of luck from Carlow.
Absalom, its easy to do. I feel your pain.
Hi there, you said that you put 35g per sq meter down here, did you put half on first and then top dress before putting the other half on? Or was the second application just more on top of the original 35g? Cheers
35g in total 👍
Do you use red fescue or tall fescue?
Interesting : you overseed before top dressing and after too.
Hi Robbie, with reference to your (video on top dressing) in spring what type off fertiliser are you using , thanks again, jim.
James we don't talk about that for commercial reasons
@@Premier_lawns_official no problem robbie, understand.
@@james-iw8ky thanks
Just done exactly this on my lawn about 3 or 4 weeks ago including hollow tine aeration. Overseeded with rhizomatus tall fescue as its a heavy clay soil and the roots are supposed to run deep. Really struggled getting the seed to germinate and have lots of bald patches. Really dont know where it went wrong. I gave it plenty of water
Hi Matt
It's possible to over water.
4 weeks ago (depending on where you are in the country) you may of had an early morning frost.
@@Premier_lawns_official will it come back or is that seed thats down shot if it had a frost?
@@mattsidebottom7603 frost can damage the seed. For this reason I don't start any seeding until may
@@Premier_lawns_official ahhh. ok maybe i was a couple of weeks early with it. ill order some more. thanks for getting back to me
No worries.
Would you avoid doing this process during the summer months now and wait until autumn or can you do anytime of year?
Thanks for video
IMO best months are May, Sep, early October (Depending on location) in Belfast we are fairly north and there is still a good chance of frost up until May, new seed and frost don't mix... The tail end of the summer Sep/Oct are also great as its damper and the soil is still warm.
You can do it all summer, but it's getting the client to look after it properly is the tricky part.
@@Premier_lawns_official thanks for the reply. Makes sense to me. Everything is weather dependent. Do you have a disclaimer on results in the paper work as you are relying on the customer doing the watering. Also do you only supply this service to the lawn cutting customers? If you are not cutting you have no control on results.
@@33shakey I try and make it clear to them at time of quoting and on the quote I give watering instructions, on the day I give them a fact sheet and follow that up with written instructions on the invoice... And a link to my blog posts.
Even at that I still get the odd one that doesn't water!
@@33shakey if you give me your email address I will send you my fact sheet :)
@@Premier_lawns_official dagtailgs@hotmail.co.uk
Much appreciated
After I put the seed down, do I just put top soil in piles over the garden and basically spread it with a shovel and rake in? Just confused as the basic gardener won't have the drag mat.
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DIY drag mat - amzn.to/3tMQLWw for a home made one as featured in recent Videos!
Great videos! I have a lawn (acidic soil) that has got patches of brown (dead grass). Going to scarify at the weekend to start the rejuvenation process. Do I need to worry about the acidity?
To late to scarify now
Not enough recovery
@@Premier_lawns_official So it's best to leave scarifying until next spring or is the end of summer start of Autumn ok? Also, do I need to worry about the medium to low soil acidity?
I'm not that experienced with acidic soil. Most of my lawns are on clay and that usually means they are alkaline if anything.
If I aerate, scarify and then do a sulphate of iron treatment and seeweed in March, is that enough? Do I need to bother with overseeding and adding topsoil in a few weeks in early May? Just wondering have i done enough. Thanks Robbie
Depends on the lawn
@@Premier_lawns_official I'm based in the Midlands in the South of Ireland. Clay based mainly id say Robbie.
where do you get the 70/30 from?, im Bangor. is it ok to scatter some sharp sand on the lawn and then screened topsoil, as i can get these locally separately? and save me mixing a bucket at a time
Speak to an independent building supplies, they should be able to get you some 👍
Is the Agri fab scarifier that you pull behind a ride on mower any good for getting moss out of the lawn
I use an eleit scarifer
I sean, sorry I just re-read your question. I have no experience with an agri fab scarifier. Sorry this isn't more helpful
Really lovely videos which we are learning quite a lot from.
Wanted to ask where you can source a good hollow tine mechanical aerator from for a good deal?
You cant, they are expensive bits of equipment. It's not like a lawn mower, it takes real force to drive those tines into the ground
Premier Lawns do you mind sharing the company you bought yours from please?
@@sahilshah9250 bought what
Premier Lawns the aerator
@@sahilshah9250 my is called a pluggr. Not sure where you can get them
Trac Master camon make a similar one, little smaller than mine
www.tracmaster.co.uk/collections/camon-lawn-aerator
Hi Robbie just wanting to know where to buy the rakes and wheelbarrow you use
Raymon I think I bought the Belle wheelbarrow locally, they are a WILD price. Though last a lifetime. These are the rakes we use amzn.to/2RxMAwl
@@Premier_lawns_official have rake ordered and will look online now for wheelbarrow. Thanks Robbie
Is it too late for me to scarify my lawn? I put lawn sand down a week ago (bought it from watching someone elses videos) but so many people say different things. Ps I prefer your videos very well explained!!
Oh yes I'm in glasgow and 15-18°c and about 6-10°c at night
Definitely to late. September is a great month for it
What kind of fertilizer do you use for a job like this as I have been told 3 in 1 or 4 in 1 solutions might be too hard on young grass?
Those types of fertiliser have weed control in them and will stop the grass seed from germinating
You want something with plenty of phosphorus.
Premier Lawns: awesome. Thanks a lot.
@@vivekdandare no problem
What kind of fertiliser do you use here? Do you need to water it in? Thanks.
Newly seeded lawn always need watered regardless of fertiliser
Hi Robbie,
After carrying out the top dressing how much & how often do you need to water it.?
Matt
Lots, you need to keep it mosit
Hi Robbie,
Just subscribed, I’m down here in co.limerick, would you recommend this time of year to scarify and aerate or September?
Joseph I usually do still scarify this time of year, though it's been so dry lately. It's at the very end of the season now.
What month later in the year would you suggest., is September a good time??
@@josephmcgrath3714 September is a fantastic time to do renovation work. Soil is still warm and it's usually fairly damp 👍
So what is the typical watering regime for this after your touch ups?
That's a very broad question and depends on a lot of stuff like the weather and the temps local to you at the time.... Something like this needs watered at least once per day
I put top dressingvon and then seeded after scarifying lawn does it matter. I had 2 different types of grass so raked one out
That other grass will still be there.
Robbie. Where do you get your 70/30 dressing in the area and £ per ton bag? I’m in Bangor and tried a screened soil from a local supplier & I think that brought in a few weed grasses. Also have clay soil…. Thanks
irwin-aggregates.com/
I definitely cut my lawn too short !
Hey Mac, that's easy to fix
Premier Lawns just subscribed today, enjoying your vids 👍
@@macsultani6012 excellent stuff, really appreciate it when people sub. Any questions fire away 😁
Hi again, can I top dress anytime, or not?
, liked your vid when you did it,
@@macsultani6012 we did that job this time last year
Just make sure you water the lawn
What was the last thing? Fertiliser? Which 1 were you using? You dont water at the end?
Client waters 👍
Is there anything you can do if you have a heavy clay soil that is prone to not draining. I have heard compost is good to use instead of sand as a top dressing?
Your best bet is drainage.
Compost isn't great as once it gets wet it can be hard to get dry and once it gets dry can be hard to get wet.
No easy answers
Adding stuff like humic acid to the soil will help but won't work miracles
th-cam.com/video/bywR6lugLXw/w-d-xo.html
@@Premier_lawns_official fantastic will take a look
Hi Robbie what’s your kg to square metre ratio for the topsoil. Cheers
I don't have one to be honest
Robbie What Domestic scarifier would you recommend
Hi Keith
That's not something I know a lot about, we only use professional tools
How many grams of iron should I use for 100 square metre lawn and how many litres of water should I dilute it in for a medium dosage
Mack Thomas 5g Of iron sulphate per m2, water isn’t to much a factor, enough to cover your area for two-three passes
When is the best time to be doing this process do you think?
I did this job last May, you can do it through the summer however the lawn would require water every day - sep is a great time to so it
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Hi again Robbie! hope all is well mate : ) I was wondering why you gave the lawn an iron and seaweed treatment 2 - 3 weeks prior to scarifying rather than straight after? in one of your other vids you advise to treat with iron after scarification as it cvan get to the moss more easily so I'm a bit confused on the timings here?
Iron dehydrates seed. That's why we pretreat
@@Premier_lawns_official ah i see! Thanks robbie 👍🏻
@@popandu1170 No problem, hope you have a great weekend
@@Premier_lawns_official and you mate 😀
would growmore pellets be ok for using on grass
I have no experience of that product. Best to contact the manufacturer 👍
Should I use 70/30 top dressing to build up some low parts in my lawn? Or soil? Some areas of my lawn need to be raised by about 3”. I’m planning on doing everything you did in your video within next few days. The only difference will be levelling some parts.
If you can get good quality 70/30 I would use that every time
Premier Lawns Thank you.
@@gsk492 your welcome. Keep me posted how you get on 😁
Premier Lawns which fertiliser should I use with the new seed and top dressing ?
@@gsk492 , I would be looking a good all-round lawn
feed.
Hi Robbie, I live in Germany. My lawn definitely needs huge help and renovation. It has so much moss and different kinds of uncontrollable weeds... Don’t know where to start. I am so willing to work on it this summer. Please advice. Thanks so much for your time and assistance to all of us who are clueless about lawn care. Hoping to hear from you.
Lots of videos on here to help 😜👍❤️
You mention aftercare and watering what is recommended?
Here you go premierlawns.co.uk/newly-renovated-lawn-aftercare/
@@Premier_lawns_official Thx👍🏻
Robbie, are you able to share where you buy the topdressing in northern ireland?
Local quarry
@@Premier_lawns_official thanks. I'm struggling to find sand soil mix from my local suppliers, so if had a company name that would be brilliant
So my lawn is yellowing probably due to it being winter but when I scarify , aerate and top dress and overseed next year will this sort the issue out and will my lawn be green again?
This is how i green up my lawn in winter th-cam.com/video/a-dSjlrURhg/w-d-xo.html
I want to sort it out next year as I have bare patches as well , so will the method I described in my last comment be correct and will it correct the issue?
@@Leesimon2000 probably... I can't give advice on individual lawns, probably yes. Thought to many variables to say yes 100%
Hope that helps, and happy Christmas
I just want to give it a fresh start , and get some new grass growing , it seems to be taking a battering through this winter and I heard using the correct lawn dressing is beneficial, I have to do it in sections to keep my son off it, so I’m following your advice of how to top dress and overseed
Like the vids but sometimes you don't show the end result which is what most of us actually want!!
Check out this video - it shows this finished
th-cam.com/video/1CFMxL_SzZ0/w-d-xo.html
Do you not aerate first, turn feed - seed - top soil?
We feed last, otherwise you risk damaging the prills and moving it around to much
What is the best type of sand to use Robbie? Thx
soil
@@Premier_lawns_official in the video you mentioned 70% soil and 30% sand?
is it still ok to top dress a lawn this time of year or should I wait ..
Fantasic time - just make sure you water the lawn
Nice video Robbie. I do things in slightly different order, scarify, clear, aerate, clear, seed, topdress, then a lute, then roller.. but I get why you aerate then scarify to break up the cores.. mind numbing otherwise 🙂. Prefer your way, seems much easier
Do you still get great new grass growth this way? Cheers
Yes.
Would heavy rain the day after affect it in the long run?
Shouldn't do
Where did you get the drag mat? Far easier than using rakes to spread.
Drag mats are hard to get hold of, they are also pretty expensive
When would be the best time to do this? in the Uk i read late August early September then again in March April? is this correct ?
Perfect 👌
@@Premier_lawns_official so i am right lol
@@davel831 👍
@@Premier_lawns_official Thank you , always watch you to get ideas and tips.
@@davel831 thanks for watching ❤
Can you send the link for the big rake you use! Thanks Robbie
Mark amzn.to/343Cnzq
Get a shaft from any hardware store
Premier Lawns brilliant will order that now!
Premier Lawns if you have a link to the seaweed fertiliser and the drag matt you use I will order them too for next year
seaweed - amzn.to/2Q0En2S dont have a link for the drag mat
pity no picture when the grass grew back
It's featured in this video
th-cam.com/video/1CFMxL_SzZ0/w-d-xo.html