just finishing work in my garden and you blow me out of the water. Wished I watched first. Trying to get my grass back in action for the summer. Lots of weeds and dead grass. Great content
Very nicely made video. I live in Texas and getting into lawn care. The English accent made the video even more interesting. Reminded me of all hose Guy Ritchie movies like “Snatch” that one can’t get enough of😊
Where I work were throwing lots of the mat you use out so I bagged myself one 👍🏻 Did all the steps in this video a couple of weeks back but used a top soil, sand and seedling compost mix. Used the mat for the first time & really impressed with the result it gave! Great cheap alternative advice thanks! 👍🏻 My problem for the last couple of years is getting the grass seed to grow! No signs of it this time either so my lawn is looking very bare patchy 😔
The method I used and it worked out very well for me is to put the seed down directly after scarifying, press it into the ground a bit and then cover the seed with top soil. I did everything else the same as Premier Lawns did,
I always dethatch (if needed) aerate (leave the plugs on the ground) then top dress/overseed here in North Texas. I have a three acre lawn so I do not use the same equipment as you but the goal is the same
Here in the U.S. you can buy sifted top soil that is also dried and kept dry before and after they bag it..Most of best top soil companies use this method as the sifting helps elimate weed seeds from the top soil also.
I've a compost spreader like that, when the compost/soil is damp it does sometimes ball up as it rolls, so not all those would have been stones some would have been wet balls of soil. Even so you want a fine spread and not clumps, those I'd just put on a flower bed or under a hedge.
Hi Robbie another great and informative vid. What agreat tip to throw seed into the roller with the soil. This is the first time I have saw you do this. I will defo be using this tip at the end of the year. Thanks Robbie.
Hiya loving your vids. Pleaae can yiu do a video on fertilizer weed n feed. Loving my new lawn but want your advice on a year round treatment program. Get the most out of my new fertilizer spreader. Thanks for getting me a lush green lawn
Thank you very much for your video. Since watching it, I have gradually learned a lot about lawn knowledge, which is very helpful. Only slowly did I realize that my lawn had been encroached on by Poa annua. The area is very large, and I always thought it was normal before. Now I would like to ask, how should I choose to replant grasses that are more ornamental according to your video. I am in Birmingham, the lawn is about 110 square meters, most of it is well lit, because there are trees around it, a small part is shaded. The soil drainage is relatively good, there is no water accumulation, and a small part has green moss, which I think is too acidic. Can you give me some advice on grass seed selection for my situation? Thank you so much.
@@Premier_lawns_official Follow your video step by step to learn, there are a lot of places that need to be replanted, do you have grass seeds to recommend?
great video!!!, Can i ask, i have a large lawn ful of weeds, what weed killer product do you suggest i use? also what grass seed products do you use and where can i buy it?
You can either do seeds or weeds, you can't do seeds as the weed killer will stop the seeds from growing I always advice do the weed control then at the other side of the season so the seeding 👍
Thatch is a pain in the A for St Augustine yards. I usually just mow extremely low in early March with the catch bag on. I use that brown dried thatch in my compost pile. Use scotts 3 day and mow every week raising the cut a notch every week until you have a 4 inch cut. Remember St Augustine yards do great when kept about 3 to 4 inches.
How do you feel about pregerminating the grass seeds. I recently came across some videos of people soaking the seeds for about 3 days (draining and refilling every 12 hours) before spreading them. Seems to make sense to get them going before placing them in the a yard.
very helpful video! we moved into our house in january and currently in the process of removing all the moss from our lawn, just bought an electric scarifyer and now im wanting the roller tool! any tips on helping drainage? our garden is south facing but seems to be holding a lot of water at the moment.. do i just have to be patient? thanks :)
I’m just just about to lay down some new grass seed. Need to rake through top soil and then apply seed. It’s a new garden. At what point can I apply seaweed
Hi! I'm new to the gardening journey and doing loads of research on lawn care - what month are you doing this in? Now in March, I'm waiting for a dry day to scarify then looking to put down iron sulphate then seed 2-3 weeks after this. Will the iron be out by then do you think as I know it effects the seeds. (Or should I just forget about the iron stage?) Thanks a lot!
Hi Robbie, great video as always. If you had the mat, would you use it before or after the lute? Will just using the lute give good seed to soil contact, or should you press it in with your feet after?
I have topdressed my lawn with sharp sand and topsoil and seeded it as it was very patchy after this winter (the worst state it has ever been) but what I have ended up with is a load of small stones on lawn from the sharp sand , looking for any advice here shall I leave them or try and get them out ? Will they affect the growth of seed ?
Small stones that make their way into your lawn will help with drainage Just be careful not to leave bigger stones on the lawn that might break a window or fly in all directions the first time you mow the lawn That's not advice I can give, so just use common sense and you should be grand
Hi Robbie, you say on your website that you use a grass seed from barenbrug that's a 30 30 20 20 mix but do you know what it is called? They have so many blends! Thanks and keep up the good work!
Hi Robbie, scarified, seeded, top dressed and watered in seaweed this weekend just gone ) last weekend in Sept. Live just so London so hopefully no frost for a while. i made one of your fancy mats… brilliant My only worry is I used Jacks magic for the top dressing instead of top soil. Do you think that will be ok or do 8 need to put some top soil on now also. Cheers Bob
I wouldn't get too hung up on the size, wide is good and you will get done faster, it you buy something small its not going to have the weight behind it to get the job done
Dear Robbie, your all your videos are very usefull. But, all your lawns are small and flat. What can we do if we have 4 or 5 time bigger lawn. Also, when the lawn is a litle bit steep, can you give some usefull information? Best regards from Serbia
You just have to work with what you have available to you, or hire tools for the job. I don't have the space for a big trailer to go from job to job so this has always stopped me from taking on clients with larger lawns and this is why you never see it on the channel.
Great video. You make it look too easy lol Can you tell me the name of the "open roller" you put the seed and top soil in (then pushed around the yard)? It's a little bit different of a spreader than what I've seen.
Hi what if my lawn is full with weeds, do I need to kill the weeds first then apply top soil and grass seed? How long after applying weed killer can I apply top soil and grass seed?
I just wanted to say I use my milwaukee blower all the time, 8AH and 9AH batteries barely last 7 minutes. Incredible how bad battery power gets after 2-3 years. Absolutely incredible how bad it gets.
Why would you aerate prior to dethatching. Doing it that way could drop weed seeds into the holes you just opened up? Here is the U.S. Poa Annua and Poa Trivialis runs rampid even when you spray pre immergent and post weed killer... Crab grass is bad here also in Upstate N.Y. where I live..
Excellent but I would have used a spreader for the grass seed only, so you know its 35 or 50 grams, then used the Lanzy to spread Jacks Black compost on top. Otherwise brilliant.
Robbie thank you for another excellent vido. will be great to watch this grow and mature to a fine lawn. I have a miners lamp for your next job if you need it mate!
Why did you scarify when you said there was the right amount of thatch in the plugs? Should I scarify if I dethatched and overseeded in Autumn and now it is a bit patchy?
It's about maintaining a healthy thatch layer, it also helps control the moss. Scarifying in itself helps a lawn to thicken up, you can 1000 percent still scarify now, though if we hit a dry spell in for a week or too you will have to water
Another great video Robbie. Glad I discovered your channel, always lots of great tips. Will definitely invest in one of those Landsie compost rollers before the autumn lawn maintenence starts 👍
I do all of this but I get little results. Very patchy. A soil test shows my fertilizer levels are fine, organic content 3.5%, and a 60% sand, 6% clay, 34% silt mix "sandy loam" designation My lawn gets a lot of shade, about 6 hours direct sun Seeing lawns like this makes me so jealous, I wonder what I could ever do
Maybe not getting enough water to get the seeds to grow. Choosing the wrong type of grass. Over or under fertilizer Cutting at the wrong height or not frequently enough, could be any one of these or a mixture
Depends on your weather conditions. In Spring soil temperature need to be above 55 degrees to germinate. If you seed too late in the Spring hot temperatures could burn up your seedlings if your don't water a few times a day. Fall is the best time as temperature are warm not hot and the soil temperature should be well above 55 degrees. Depending on grass type you should try to get atleast 1 inch of water a week into the ground but if not definitely get a good misting of water on the seed 3 times a day if possible for best germination. Good luck...
I'm in the UK, well Northern Ireland to be exact. I do a lot of seeding in May, a lot of places in the UK start seeded in march or April but we can still get a good frost right up until may here in Belfast It will really depend on your local weather, I seed lawns but will also have to water them if we hit a dry spell. As the op said above, fall is a great time to seed lawns September is my favourite month to seed lawns
Assuming there is growth you can apply weed control all year around However, a general rule in the UK is March to October The earlier or later in the year it should still work but if there isn't much growth it takes much longer to control the weeds and the lawn looks worse for longer as they die off
The landzie does make the renovations easier on the back as well as top dressing. Every time I see it used the more I want to get one. Just got to convince the other half sadly 😔😆
I bought the equivalent from The monster shop, I liked it more because the clips are on the sides and less likely to brake. I wouldn’t be without it now and it’s slightly cheaper.
Just regular top soil as opposed to compost? No value seen in adding organic matter subsoil post aeration? Also seems interesting that scarification occurred after aeration as opposed to before. Genuinely curious about the decision-making here.
It is argued that by scarifying/dethatching first, it removes the thatch/debris layer and provides a clearer service area for the aeration@@Premier_lawns_official
Think of all that life (micro organisms) that live in that soil. I'm returning it to the lawn. A lot of people leave the cores on the lawn for this reason That looks too unsightly for my liking so this is a compromise
If ive used Weedol selectice weed killer, a week ago in the north east of england. Do you think i'll manage an overseed in another 3 weeks or should i wait longer
My yard would take LOTS of work to get it to even grow weeds. As it is, nothing grows in the front yard. It's heavily shaded, and not even weeds will grow in most of it. Also, the "soil" is basically just clay with a tiny bit of dirt mixed in. Digging in it is very much a chore. I once rented a gas-powered, 2-man auger to dig a hole so I could move a tree. That auger even had trouble getting through that ground. I fear making it so grass would grow would cost way too much.
Any advice for a yard that suffers from 4-6 dogs trying to dig to China? (Or just the wear and tear of that many dogs)??? My daughter (with her dogs) is tearing the crap out if my yard... My FRONT yard.
There isn't much you can do. Maybe fence part of it off one week and then the next week fence another section off to spread the wear if there is enough room
@@Premier_lawns_official what about things other than "grass"... Clover, or other ..... Something? Would anything hold up better? It so bad I'm considering laying hardware cloth (half inch square metal fencing like chicken wire but stronger) and reseeding in top of that. -after filling in and leveling it back out. She's taking them on vacation for two weeks but that no where near long enough for any new grass to establish or recover.
I had dogs that did that. I just kept piling large limestone rocks on top of their favorite dig sites. Eventually they gave up digging but now my yard is totally covered in limestone. 😆
Biggest name for them is from landzie, they are the original one but if you look there are many other manufacturers out there mostly Chinese knock offs but if had luck with a few different ones just do a search on top dress spreaders
What i hate about detatching is how awful the lawn look in some areas. all yellow and stressed out for about 2 weeks :( but afterwards it looks the best
Yes, no mistaking Belfast accent, all good blokes who like a good crack. Worked on building sites from 1984 to 1986 hod carrying for Brickies and Plasterers, a good 2 years👍
How about you first throw some seed around on the ground and then you pass over with that roller ? 😕 Your seed will be more evenly spread and then covered with a layer of top soil
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What a manageable, small, flat, rectangular lawn. No rocks, hills, divots or shrubs. What a pleasure to work on compared to my crazy lawn.
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You’re truely freaking amazing. I was a beginner! 2-3 weeks I have so much grass growing on areas that had no grass at all! Thank you
Thank you for the nice feedback 😊
just finishing work in my garden and you blow me out of the water. Wished I watched first. Trying to get my grass back in action for the summer. Lots of weeds and dead grass. Great content
Happy to help 😁
Did my lawn today. I used a rake to spread the soil. Lots of stones but worked well. Your videos have taught me well thank you😊
Happy to help 😁
One of the best videos I've seen on this subject.
Try this one next th-cam.com/video/Hbfy73BeVmM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=767pIVAf0mi_Oa8B
The lawn before you started looks 100% better than mine right now. Feck!
That roller thong is brilliant, i had to get the seeds in woth the spreader and then apply soil by shovel and rake and it was hard work
Very nicely made video. I live in Texas and getting into lawn care. The English accent made the video even more interesting. Reminded me of all hose Guy Ritchie movies like “Snatch” that one can’t get enough of😊
Thanks, though I'm Irish ;)
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Really helpful. Iam dethatching my lawn this week so I am so glad I saw this. Great information!
Where I work were throwing lots of the mat you use out so I bagged myself one 👍🏻
Did all the steps in this video a couple of weeks back but used a top soil, sand and seedling compost mix. Used the mat for the first time & really impressed with the result it gave! Great cheap alternative advice thanks! 👍🏻
My problem for the last couple of years is getting the grass seed to grow! No signs of it this time either so my lawn is looking very bare patchy 😔
The trick is to do it after the frost has passed. For client work I don't seed any lawns until may
Ah thanks 🙂 I’ll try again soon 👍🏻
Great video, would love to see how it turns out.
Cheers Kevin for your knowledge and advice it is much appreciated thank you 😄
Who's Kevin lol 😂
The method I used and it worked out very well for me is to put the seed down directly after scarifying, press it into the ground a bit and then cover the seed with top soil. I did everything else the same as Premier Lawns did,
Another great video, watching these has given me confidence for my own lawn resto.
Good man 😊
I always dethatch (if needed) aerate (leave the plugs on the ground) then top dress/overseed here in North Texas. I have a three acre lawn so I do not use the same equipment as you but the goal is the same
This is the best technique I've found for greener lawns. Cheers!
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Best video for lawn restoration
Thanks 👍😊
If only there was a method for top soil producers to screen out the pebbles...
Here in the U.S. you can buy sifted top soil that is also dried and kept dry before and after they bag it..Most of best top soil companies use this method as the sifting helps elimate weed seeds from the top soil also.
You can if you pay top dollar for it
@@petedetraglia4776 That stuff he has was supposed to be screened too!
@@petedetraglia4776 where do you buy it
I've a compost spreader like that, when the compost/soil is damp it does sometimes ball up as it rolls, so not all those would have been stones some would have been wet balls of soil. Even so you want a fine spread and not clumps, those I'd just put on a flower bed or under a hedge.
Thank you for this mate, really helpful 👍
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hoep you got home before it got dark! I did one last week and it was way after 6pm as I was loading my van up
I wasn't home until well after 9...
@@Premier_lawns_official 😯
Best advice and demo I have ever seen, subbed, thank you sir for this excellent video which i have learned so much what I have been waiting for.
Happy to help 😁
Hi Robbie another great and informative vid. What agreat tip to throw seed into the roller with the soil. This is the first time I have saw you do this. I will defo be using this tip at the end of the year. Thanks Robbie.
100 percent 👍👍👍
Great video I’m currently training in this at later stage how much would you charge for this would be very helpful thanks
Your soil looks amazing
Hiya loving your vids. Pleaae can yiu do a video on fertilizer weed n feed. Loving my new lawn but want your advice on a year round treatment program. Get the most out of my new fertilizer spreader.
Thanks for getting me a lush green lawn
Thank you very much for your video. Since watching it, I have gradually learned a lot about lawn knowledge, which is very helpful. Only slowly did I realize that my lawn had been encroached on by Poa annua. The area is very large, and I always thought it was normal before. Now I would like to ask, how should I choose to replant grasses that are more ornamental according to your video. I am in Birmingham, the lawn is about 110 square meters, most of it is well lit, because there are trees around it, a small part is shaded. The soil drainage is relatively good, there is no water accumulation, and a small part has green moss, which I think is too acidic. Can you give me some advice on grass seed selection for my situation? Thank you so much.
You could lift the lawn and start again, but in a year or two it will be back. You can't stop it, learn to live with it is the easiest answer
@@Premier_lawns_official Follow your video step by step to learn, there are a lot of places that need to be replanted, do you have grass seeds to recommend?
great video!!!, Can i ask, i have a large lawn ful of weeds, what weed killer product do you suggest i use? also what grass seed products do you use and where can i buy it?
You can either do seeds or weeds, you can't do seeds as the weed killer will stop the seeds from growing
I always advice do the weed control then at the other side of the season so the seeding 👍
@@Premier_lawns_official thanks for the advise, do you recommended any specific weed killer to cover the whole lawn?
Thatch is a pain in the A for St Augustine yards. I usually just mow extremely low in early March with the catch bag on. I use that brown dried thatch in my compost pile. Use scotts 3 day and mow every week raising the cut a notch every week until you have a 4 inch cut. Remember St Augustine yards do great when kept about 3 to 4 inches.
I have no experience on st Augustine grass. It's warm season, we are cool season here in UK/Ireland 👍
@@Premier_lawns_official Ooooh Ireland, wow that's a long way from me. I'm in Texas.
How do you feel about pregerminating the grass seeds. I recently came across some videos of people soaking the seeds for about 3 days (draining and refilling every 12 hours) before spreading them. Seems to make sense to get them going before placing them in the a yard.
I would need to test that one out first
To clarify, scarify is not dethaching, it’s cutting into the soil that also generates thatch?
Dethaching is the American term for it 👍
Top drawer Robbie. 👍🏻
very helpful video! we moved into our house in january and currently in the process of removing all the moss from our lawn, just bought an electric scarifyer and now im wanting the roller tool! any tips on helping drainage? our garden is south facing but seems to be holding a lot of water at the moment.. do i just have to be patient? thanks :)
Aeration can help if the lawn is compacted. If it has a lot of moss it will also hold onto the water. Deal with that first.
@@Premier_lawns_official thanks! i think i just need to trust the process haha :)
I’m just just about to lay down some new grass seed. Need to rake through top soil and then apply seed. It’s a new garden. At what point can I apply seaweed
Hi! I'm new to the gardening journey and doing loads of research on lawn care - what month are you doing this in? Now in March, I'm waiting for a dry day to scarify then looking to put down iron sulphate then seed 2-3 weeks after this. Will the iron be out by then do you think as I know it effects the seeds. (Or should I just forget about the iron stage?) Thanks a lot!
This video will answer your questions
th-cam.com/video/s-AOCgmwdk0/w-d-xo.html
thanks!@@Premier_lawns_official
Bout ya Robbie! What kind of roller is that that dispenses the soil and seed? Great kit!
Great video as ever, learnt everything about lawn care that I know from Robbie 👍
Is there a reason you aerate before scarifying? I would think the other way around would be better. Thanks!
I hadn't thought of that, great idea 💡
We do it first as the scarifier helps break up the cores
Hi Robbie, great video as always. If you had the mat, would you use it before or after the lute? Will just using the lute give good seed to soil contact, or should you press it in with your feet after?
No need to use a lute if you have a mat... No need for the feet either if you have matted it in
@@Premier_lawns_official Thanks Robbie. Would it still be best practice to lute and then mat after? Or is it completely unnecessary?
I have topdressed my lawn with sharp sand and topsoil and seeded it as it was very patchy after this winter (the worst state it has ever been) but what I have ended up with is a load of small stones on lawn from the sharp sand , looking for any advice here shall I leave them or try and get them out ? Will they affect the growth of seed ?
Small stones that make their way into your lawn will help with drainage
Just be careful not to leave bigger stones on the lawn that might break a window or fly in all directions the first time you mow the lawn
That's not advice I can give, so just use common sense and you should be grand
Hi Robbie, you say on your website that you use a grass seed from barenbrug that's a 30 30 20 20 mix but do you know what it is called? They have so many blends! Thanks and keep up the good work!
It depends on what you are after
Hi Robbie, scarified, seeded, top dressed and watered in seaweed this weekend just gone ) last weekend in Sept. Live just so London so hopefully no frost for a while.
i made one of your fancy mats… brilliant
My only worry is I used Jacks magic for the top dressing instead of top soil.
Do you think that will be ok or do 8 need to put some top soil on now also. Cheers Bob
You will be grand 👍 just give it some time 🤞
thanks for teaching me and your positive spirit. How wide of a lawn lute are you using or recommend? My lawn is only 800 sq. ft. 30" of 36" ?
I wouldn't get too hung up on the size, wide is good and you will get done faster, it you buy something small its not going to have the weight behind it to get the job done
Hi Robbie. What is the make of aerator? Great video by the way.
It's a pluggr
Great vid as usual...Is it still ok for me to oversee my lawn now as it's nearly May?
Apart from my own lawn, I only overseed in may in the spring so I hope so
@@Premier_lawns_officialI did mine 2 weeks ago Robbie, will it be ok? Had never ending rain here in Scotland since then
Dear Robbie, your all your videos are very usefull. But, all your lawns are small and flat.
What can we do if we have 4 or 5 time bigger lawn. Also, when the lawn is a litle bit steep, can you give some usefull information?
Best regards from Serbia
You just have to work with what you have available to you, or hire tools for the job.
I don't have the space for a big trailer to go from job to job so this has always stopped me from taking on clients with larger lawns and this is why you never see it on the channel.
Great video
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Robbie, love the video! Is it best to do this in April? And how long would you have to keep children/dogs off of it? 🙈
April is a great month for it assuming the frost has passed
@@Premier_lawns_official Appreciate the reply! Let’s hope it warms up a bit! How many weeks would you stay off of it?
Great video. You make it look too easy lol Can you tell me the name of the "open roller" you put the seed and top soil in (then pushed around the yard)? It's a little bit different of a spreader than what I've seen.
It's called a compost roller
Hi what if my lawn is full with weeds, do I need to kill the weeds first then apply top soil and grass seed? How long after applying weed killer can I apply top soil and grass seed?
Where would the moss killer/fertiliser step come in ? How long would you need to wait to seed after putting down moss killer/ fertiliser?
Hi there, I have a similar enough garden at home. I was just wondering how much does it cost roughly to get this done? Cheers
Depends, really. How long is a ball of string
8x8m
I just wanted to say I use my milwaukee blower all the time, 8AH and 9AH batteries barely last 7 minutes. Incredible how bad battery power gets after 2-3 years. Absolutely incredible how bad it gets.
Thankfully I have yet to experience that.
Why would you aerate prior to dethatching. Doing it that way could drop weed seeds into the holes you just opened up? Here is the U.S. Poa Annua and Poa Trivialis runs rampid even when you spray pre immergent and post weed killer... Crab grass is bad here also in Upstate N.Y. where I live..
WHEN is the best time to scarify? I am in middle TN for reference and lawn is fescue. Thanks in advance!
Great clear video, thank you. When is best to do this in the UK?
Right now, through to middle oct at the latest
@@Premier_lawns_official lovely. Thank you for your reply
Hey brother, can you link the seaweed video?
I wish you lived in Kent! Good work👍🏻
Follow the steps, do it yourself 😁
How did u kill off the weeds if there was any...also what seed did u use...as I want to do this
Do you clean up the plugs from the aeration when you clean up the thatch or leave them on the ground?
We clean them up
Excellent but I would have used a spreader for the grass seed only, so you know its 35 or 50 grams, then used the Lanzy to spread Jacks Black compost on top. Otherwise brilliant.
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
I was hoping to see the results.
Robbie thank you for another excellent vido. will be great to watch this grow and mature to a fine lawn. I have a miners lamp for your next job if you need it mate!
Hahaha I like that
Thank You!
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Why did you scarify when you said there was the right amount of thatch in the plugs? Should I scarify if I dethatched and overseeded in Autumn and now it is a bit patchy?
It's about maintaining a healthy thatch layer, it also helps control the moss. Scarifying in itself helps a lawn to thicken up, you can 1000 percent still scarify now, though if we hit a dry spell in for a week or too you will have to water
Another great video Robbie. Glad I discovered your channel, always lots of great tips.
Will definitely invest in one of those Landsie compost rollers before the autumn lawn maintenence starts 👍
It's a very satisfying tool to use
Nice work! Thanks.
What would you say the seed to soil ratio should be?
would the roller you used be any good for putting on sand ?
Nope
My question is: Is this method for sod only or any type of grass?
It will depend on the grass, I don't think you can renovate warm season grass the same way, this is a fescue, AMG, rye lawn
I do all of this but I get little results. Very patchy.
A soil test shows my fertilizer levels are fine, organic content 3.5%, and a 60% sand, 6% clay, 34% silt mix "sandy loam" designation
My lawn gets a lot of shade, about 6 hours direct sun
Seeing lawns like this makes me so jealous, I wonder what I could ever do
Maybe not getting enough water to get the seeds to grow. Choosing the wrong type of grass. Over or under fertilizer
Cutting at the wrong height or not frequently enough, could be any one of these or a mixture
Very informative, but not for beginners who would not have access to all that expensive equipment..
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Hi I am from London UK
Is it too late of the season to over seed
This time of year, it's a bit more risky. But if it helps, I'm overseeding a lawn this week in Belfast.
The first time I scarfed my lawn it was the best thing I ever did, the second time I did it it was the worst thing ever I did.
@@Moondoggy1941 the weather can play a big part, ideally you want it to be warm and damp...
I need some help! No matter what I do each year my lawn is dead due to leather jackets. What should I do?
Will those rollers work w compost? So i can lay over the turf
They will...
@@Premier_lawns_official thanks for the fast reply👍
@@dannymartinez8522 I think you will find this video helpful th-cam.com/video/Az8C9Z5Jurc/w-d-xo.html
When do I do this? Early Spring or late fall?
Depends on your weather conditions. In Spring soil temperature need to be above 55 degrees to germinate. If you seed too late in the Spring hot temperatures could burn up your seedlings if your don't water a few times a day. Fall is the best time as temperature are warm not hot and the soil temperature should be well above 55 degrees. Depending on grass type you should try to get atleast 1 inch of water a week into the ground but if not definitely get a good misting of water on the seed 3 times a day if possible for best germination. Good luck...
I'm in the UK, well Northern Ireland to be exact. I do a lot of seeding in May, a lot of places in the UK start seeded in march or April but we can still get a good frost right up until may here in Belfast
It will really depend on your local weather, I seed lawns but will also have to water them if we hit a dry spell. As the op said above, fall is a great time to seed lawns
September is my favourite month to seed lawns
What’s the latest in the year I can put down weed killer on my lawn?
Assuming there is growth you can apply weed control all year around
However, a general rule in the UK is March to October
The earlier or later in the year it should still work but if there isn't much growth it takes much longer to control the weeds and the lawn looks worse for longer as they die off
I would have thought that if you bought screened top soil it would be free from stones Etc. I have had all sorts in my bags of compost.
It's really difficult to get a good screened topsoil where I live and also a ton bag would have been way too much
The landzie does make the renovations easier on the back as well as top dressing. Every time I see it used the more I want to get one. Just got to convince the other half sadly 😔😆
Not a matter of who’s gonna let you, it’s who’s gonna stop you.
Graham, you need to start your own channel mate.. you've plenty of knowledge.. and you might get given one to review ;-)
@LawnRight Lawn Care Never say Never, but quite happy for you and Robbie to lead the way for now 😁
I bought the equivalent from The monster shop, I liked it more because the clips are on the sides and less likely to brake. I wouldn’t be without it now and it’s slightly cheaper.
It's very satisfying to use. Saves my back no end
Just regular top soil as opposed to compost? No value seen in adding organic matter subsoil post aeration? Also seems interesting that scarification occurred after aeration as opposed to before. Genuinely curious about the decision-making here.
What's wrong with doing the aeration first?
The soil I used was a premium mix.
It is argued that by scarifying/dethatching first, it removes the thatch/debris layer and provides a clearer service area for the aeration@@Premier_lawns_official
Think of all that life (micro organisms) that live in that soil. I'm returning it to the lawn.
A lot of people leave the cores on the lawn for this reason
That looks too unsightly for my liking so this is a compromise
Fair enough, that is very much how I rationalized your processes in my head as well. Thanks for the reply @@Premier_lawns_official
@@user-kr9wy9oo5s I have done probably close to a 1000 lawns like this
Hi. Where can I get the roller you were using?
If ive used Weedol selectice weed killer, a week ago in the north east of england. Do you think i'll manage an overseed in another 3 weeks or should i wait longer
You could try... Might take, might not
8 weeks according to the lawnsmith.
@@petertr2000 Thanks for this!
Do you ever recycle the core plugs and mix with the top soil?
seems like a waste otherwise
One of the reasons I'm hollow tine aerating is to remove thatch, there is no point adding it back in...
My yard would take LOTS of work to get it to even grow weeds. As it is, nothing grows in the front yard. It's heavily shaded, and not even weeds will grow in most of it. Also, the "soil" is basically just clay with a tiny bit of dirt mixed in. Digging in it is very much a chore. I once rented a gas-powered, 2-man auger to dig a hole so I could move a tree. That auger even had trouble getting through that ground.
I fear making it so grass would grow would cost way too much.
Getting rid of the shade or reducing it would make the most sense by the sound of it
Any advice for a yard that suffers from 4-6 dogs trying to dig to China? (Or just the wear and tear of that many dogs)???
My daughter (with her dogs) is tearing the crap out if my yard... My FRONT yard.
There isn't much you can do. Maybe fence part of it off one week and then the next week fence another section off to spread the wear if there is enough room
@@Premier_lawns_official what about things other than "grass"... Clover, or other ..... Something? Would anything hold up better?
It so bad I'm considering laying hardware cloth (half inch square metal fencing like chicken wire but stronger) and reseeding in top of that. -after filling in and leveling it back out.
She's taking them on vacation for two weeks but that no where near long enough for any new grass to establish or recover.
I had dogs that did that. I just kept piling large limestone rocks on top of their favorite dig sites. Eventually they gave up digging but now my yard is totally covered in limestone. 😆
🌱🌱🌱. Most important Aeration and scarifying if required.
Hello! What is the name of the tool you use to appky the topdress? Can’t find anything like it!
Biggest name for them is from landzie, they are the original one but if you look there are many other manufacturers out there mostly Chinese knock offs but if had luck with a few different ones just do a search on top dress spreaders
This is all well and good but what beginner lawn care enthusiast caring for their own lawn has an aerator and a scarifier as their disposal.
You can hire the tools from any decent hire shop for the day 👍
I do, as do others i know.
Internet is a wonderful thing👍
were you from sham? watching from ballymena hi
Newtownabbey
What i hate about detatching is how awful the lawn look in some areas. all yellow and stressed out for about 2 weeks :( but afterwards it looks the best
first time on the channel could tell within the first 2 seconds of the video that this guy was northern irish
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Yes, no mistaking Belfast accent, all good blokes who like a good crack.
Worked on building sites from 1984 to 1986 hod carrying for Brickies and Plasterers, a good 2 years👍
what do i do if i dont have lawn mowrr
Scissors? ✂️ ✂️
How much top soil kilograms per m2 top soil do you use?
Perfect fail proof steps IMHO ❤
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When ever i seed the lawn it becomes a bird buffet, how do you keep birds away?
The birds will always get a few. There is plenty to go around 💪🫴
Don’t understand a word but pretty clear what’s going on nonetheless. Good work. Would never buy a Milwaukee mower. Honda all the way.
English subtitles available on all my videos 👍
How about you first throw some seed around on the ground and then you pass over with that roller ? 😕 Your seed will be more evenly spread and then covered with a layer of top soil
What shrubs are those? Or hedge I guess.
Awesome video. How many more years of busting your butt? You are a beast 🤛👊🏽