So you have a recommendation for something that is like Tenacity?? For some reason I can't have it shipped to MN. I need to get new seed in some horribly "seeded" areas of construction that our city did. They literally planted weeds.
I recently purchased 75lbs of your tall fescue. The bags don’t have a spreader setting recommendation. Can you recommend one? Scott spreader for overseed.
Just thatched/aerated and reseeded my front with your tall fescue/blue grass mix. And overseeded my back with the same mix. Fingers crossed it all comes in.
Great video Ryan! All the questions that I had you answered in this video. Thanks for all your hard work creating this content so we can have amazing lawns like yours. Take care Ryan!!
Over seeded with a tall fescue and I'm back to mowing after an amazing germination, super grateful for your advice. Watched my neighbors lawns burn right up as soon as it got warm right after they spent good money on lawn service, kind of a shame imo. You helped bring life back into my lawn and being out in the yard ive met a bunch of ppl who live in my community. I'm way pumped to see my lawn next spring 🤙
Great video! Keeping it simple. I put down some seed last Monday and it’s popping today (Sunday). So I was kinda hoping to get a cut in before it popped, but oh well. Combo of overseeding and some bare spots. For anyone looking for a great patching soil mix, I do 2 bags of el-cheapo Home Depot top soil to 1 bag of “washed play sand”. One is listed by volume, one by weight, so I honestly don’t know the real ratio, but it’s probably more like 3 or 4 to 1, soil/sand. That little bit of sand makes it spread SO nicely. Great for areas you just need to add a little depth and feather out.
Temps have started to cool in Eastern NE. Leveled my lawn with top soil after cutting down a silver maple & redoing a retaining wall. Laid down fresh sod but mature areas of the lawn will get the falls works this weekend. Aeration & over-seeding with Compost FTW!
Started a full lawn reno based on your older video. Doing glyphosate a while age, then seed and top dressing last weekend. Using your KB mix. I hope it will come out great.
Normal fall routine here in PA. Dethatch, aerate, overseed, and then fertilize to hopefully get me through the winter. Always excited for this time, the heat just needs to chill out..
Just did my fall height of cut reset to keep my lawn shorter for fall and over winter and put my fertilizer and pre emergent out. Trying my best the past few years to keep poa in check with fall pre. Then overseeded the past two early springs like just as the grass is barley waking up
Did my aeration/dethatching two weeks ago between heat stretches in NE Iowa. Been watering everyday while overseeding with Ryan’s Perrenial Elite Ryegrass and Scott’s Starter Fert. The grass started to “pop” on day four and has been filling great across the board. Very happy/impressed with the seed considering the less than perfect conditions (patience got the best of me).
I just bought a lawn leveling rake, and wow, it is an amazing tool like you said. Got the lawn seeded now with rye and blue grass here in the seacoast of NH. Reel mower for next year. 😊
I planted my KBG here in MN at the exact same time you planted yours, not on purpose, just a happy accident. Anyway, my grass doesn't look nearly as filled out as yours does. I've been considering putting down another round of seed because I have some really bad bare spots. We had a LOT of heat this late summer/early fall and I just don't think they could germinate. Hopefully this will help going into winter so I can have a good healthy KBG lawn come Spring '24.
Thanks for the tips. I love watching your videos. I’m renovating my front yard this year with your perennial ryegrass and on day 10 now. It’s coming in well too. I’m very excited to see how it looks over the next few weeks.
I'm in the DFW area. 4th hottest and 3rd driest Summer on record. We'll set two more records today and tomorrow. I'm doing a full lawn reno as soon as our soil temp reaches 72 degrees. I had planned on starting September 15th, but that clearly isn't going to happen. Probably 1st or 2nd week of October. Doing the whole nine yards. Removal of old "turf" (nothing more than dead weeds at this point, no grass). Scalp > scarify > dethatch > remove all debris > aerate > top dress with 2-4 inches of sandy loam topsoil > Level > seed > roll/press > roll a thin layer of peat > fertilize > water 3 times/day and pray that the work pays off. Did a soil test and determined proper fert needs. Really hoping that I'll have a nice lawn come Spring. Cultivar: Defiance XRE Tall Fescue I know, we're hotter than balls in the Summer, but I had a fescue lawn here about 20 years ago and it did fantastic, but failed due to neglect. Swinging for the fence on this one.
Just purchased your Fescue seed for fall overseeding. Had germination in 4 days. Wow good stuff! My question is when should I mow and fertilize my new grass? Thanks
Already finished an overseed in my front and am doing the nitrogen blitz in the rest of the front. My backyard, the sophomore season of a reno, I topdressed last Saturday with sand and started the blitz as well.
Got to over seed. WIll rake out some dead stuff mow it low. overseed with some starter fert. Hope to be done by sat. Next week looks cooler and some rain. Finally !!!
Good tips Ryan! I'm starting on my backyard regimen this weekend. Grass has gotten a little out of control length wise, but none the less, looks healthy. Plan on putting down some fertilizer and some over seed + dirt in the coming weeks. Still waiting for the weather to cool down a bit more.
I've neglected my lawn all summer. I did water often but no fertilizer and I have a ton of weeds. I'm going to hit it hard this September and hopefully have a nice looking lawn through November and a great start to Spring. As always thanks for the tips.
Started a complete lawn renovation today. Spent three hours scarifying 2200 sq. ft. raking and piling up the debris. Tomorrow, I'll remove it all to our compost pile. I'm also ordering 8 cubic yards of organic topsoil. That will get spread and leveled this coming week, after which I'm putting down Defiance XRE Tall Fescue. Because of our intense Summer here in North Texas (2nd hottest and driest ever recorded), I basically had no lawn and barely even any weeds. We've received less than half of our annual rainfall, so I'll be watering religiously to get this Fescue established before our first frost, which is normally in about 5 weeks. I was forced to wait until now, because this cultivar of Fescue requires a soil temperature of less than 72 degrees and we're still in the 90s, but with cooler nights (finally). If there is some way that I could share progress photos with you, I'd love to do that, just let me know how. Cheers and thanks for sharing your experience and expertise.
I wanted to get better quality grass in my tall fescue lawn without doing a full renovation so I killed the worst problem areas. During the hottest part of the summer I then scalped and aggressively dethatched and cut the watering way down to cause extreme stress and thin it out. Just a few days ago I aerated the hell out of it and then went down with a mix of premium Kentucky bluegrass and turf-type tall fescue. My hope is for the new seed to come up and take over before the old mutt varieties of fescue have a chance to recover. I'm hopeful since I could clearly spot the areas of my premium grass since it die off when I induced stress. Most of the stuff I hoping to choke out just kind of died off.
Getting Some of your Elite Perennial Rye down here this weekend in central Iowa. Gonna water it in to make sure. Im abandoning the weeds for the fall and will make sure and keep them at bay next spring when the turf develops alittle better.
Got my rye trained nice and short. Been spoon feeding through summer. Now it’s time to kick it up a notch and leave my neighbors in the dust 😎 also need to do a light top dressing and overseed.. then it’s game over!
North Alabama checking in....we will hit the high 50's for lows next week with highs in the low 80's. I timed it just right. The Tttf/KBG blend germinated in about 8 days Best grass seed I've ever used.
Can not wait to get back at it. Had a company take over my fertilizer/weed control last year. They also did aerating and seeding. Not happy at all with their results. I used to have the greenest, if not top 3 greenest yards, not anymore.... I feel like I'm starting over again, although, I'm not doing a full renovation again (did that 2 years ago). Definitely going to be dethatching, aerating and overseeding. Trying to stay on a better fertilizer program this time
Hey Ryan I've been seeing a lot of videos online about Pre Germinating grass seed, especially for Kentucky Blue Grass. It's supposedly going to cut the germination time by have and some people have been getting Blue grass sprouting at about 1 week. Have you ever looked into this at all? Have you ever tried it? I look forward to hearing your response and possibly a new video on it. Thanks!
Loved cool season grass. Had that for 3 years. When we moved to our new house (Oct 2022) I performed a complete lawn reno and went with warm season turf, GCI Alpha Elite Bermuda. So my season is coming to an end. 😢
I have a project lawn we did a full renovation on. I used your fescue blend seed. For my lawn just doing the classic dethatch n aerate with a nitrogen blitz plan. I'm doing bi-weekly AMS and 2 apps of granular.
@@ryanknorrlawncare Awesome well it's paying off! Great skills to have. Hey, I'm almost ready to seed my lawn with your elite kentucky bluegrass! Wish me luck! I'll send you some before/afters on socials so you can see how much your videos have helped
Hey ryan! I am a new home owner who has watched almost all of your videos and i do remember your video about the climate chart but being in georgia, i was wondering what advice you could provide. My lawn is hurting from the record heats and any tips would be amazing! I enjoy your contect and always look forward to the next!
My lawn broke my heart this year with the seed stalls. I ended up with patches of brown stalks all over my green lawn, so when it got dry again I let it go dormant. I'd rather have a brown lawn than a brown and green lawn. I also don't have to waste my time or water. I want to do some seeding and fertilizing now that it's cooler. It's still dry though and uo until a few days ago it was hot!
Overseeded with GCI Cool Blue Labor Day weekend and have germination in 3 days. Temperature are in the 90’s until end of this weekend when they drop back to 70’s so I’ve been watering 5 times a day for 15 minutes a pop. Worried I went a little heavy with the peat moss in some spots though. We’ll see I guess. I applied Scott’s starter fert, low rate of propaconazole 14.3, Humic12, Air8, Sea-K, hydretain and tenacity same day as seeding. It’s been 6 days and turf is ridiculously long already. I cut it down to 2.5” day of seeding and it’s probably around 4.5” if not higher already
I’m in So. Calif. and just , today, Sept. 7th,seeded about. 300sq.ft. Area of bare dirt with GCI Cool Blue. I have some seed showing through my top cover, do you think I’ll be ok? Watering 3 times a day.
@@troutman1951 yeah as long as your keeping the seed wet you should be good everyone’s soil is different some people only need to water 3 times for 5 minutes bc they’re soil holds water well I have sandy soil and full sun and have to run my sprinklers 5 times. And seeding is the only time I’ll water later in the evening. My last sprinkler session is around 7 P.M. that way it stays wet all night. The fescue in the Cool Blue is going to germinate much faster than the KBG so keep watering even after you start seeing germination bc the KBG can take anywhere from 7-21 days but the more you keep it wet the faster it will germinate.
@@troutman1951 I will cut back on my watering a lot after this weekend once temperature drop down to 70’s as well. A little seed exposure won’t hurt. Idk if you work in the morning but I saturate the bare areas around 5:30 AM before work that way I know it won’t dry out during the hot noon hours while I’m at work. Just do your best to keep it wet.
Amazing job Ryan!! I’m starting my Fall program tomorrow. Question, can we spray a weed killer in a small area after applying the fertilize? Thank you.
I went heavy on fertilizer last fall and it was looking great, but I went light in spring (thinking I beefed it up plenty last fall) and then the weather was super weird, so it's struggled the entire summer
Hi Ryan I live in Michigan. So is this how it goes dethatchin, aerating and over seed? Should I dethatch every year? After I over seed do I need to apply fertilizer for fall?
Hey Ryan, would you recommend cutting the lawn a little on the shorter side later in the fall to avoid snow mold over the winter? I'm up in Fargo and our long winters+ snow mean we tend to come out in the spring with lots of snow mold.
Coming back to this video for my fall lawn renovation, if I overseed (tall fescue) and use a starter fertilizer, do I then use a fall fertilizer in mid October or is it not needed?
Hey there! Great content! I'm worried about doing a weed control because I just overseeded. I don't want to destroy any new growth. Can I just do some weed control in the spring? Denver area... generally we have our last snow in April. Thanks!
My front yard was a complete reno in spring of 22 and backyard in the fall of 22. My biggest challenge is the earthworm castings that cause the lawn to be bumpy all over again. I was thinking of top dressing the front yard this fall but wondering if it would be better to wait until spring? Any recommendations for controlling earthworms? I know they are great for the lawn and natural aerators but they make for a bumpy lawn. I am in Montana so the first frost and snow are coming soon.
Really enjoying the videos Ryan! What dethatching machine are you using at 4:15 in this video? Looks like an unpowered push type dethatcher? If so, that seems right up my alley. Thanks!
Ryan do you have a video for a new yard with sod and the fall program you would recommend? Just laid new sod one week ago irrigation running twice a day
I did a complete renovation last fall. The sod seems to have thinned out and even died in some spots. I’m in a transition zone (Washington DC). I has tall fescue sod placed. Do you recommend overseeing now or wait to see if some parts bounce back? Maybe just fertilizer?
I have aerated, dethatched, overseeded, and plan to use a Scotts Starter fertilizer. I would like to apply weed control with the starter fertilizer the same time but worried about the new seed. Suggestions helpful.
Why don't you have any options for granular fertilizer spreaders on your website? The only one I see is the classic Scott's turd builder spreader and I don't like it. I want a better option and I saw in this video you were using a different spreader but never mentioned what spreader you use, as opposed to what you're promoting.
That dethatcher you have is awesome. What brand/model is it? I have a John Deere dethatcher and i feel like i barely get anything thought I should be pulling up what your video showed.
Hi Ryan. I love watch and learn more about my yard. I planted my Kentucky bluegrass at the beginning of August. Everything has come up and it looks good. I have several weeds in the area. I would like to try and do something right and take care of some. I do have some tenacity that I use during the seed stage. What would you recommend. Go Vikings
I’m in Charlotte nc with Tall Fescue. You mentioned the weed killer/control that you can spray with your water house. I’m seeding and all this weekend. Would you recommend me spraying the weed killer/control after a few weeks or do it now?
St Augustine in Cypress , Texas. Brown patches, a few barren patches. some weeds popping up in places. Still getting up to 95…would you put sand or top soil before fertilizing? Waiting for it to cool down…
Voles wrecked my plans for my yard this fall. Instead of doing a nice thorough dethatch like I had planned, I'll probably only end up doing an aeration and overseed of the dead areas.
Love the channel! I live at 8000ft and started growing grass this year. I used a local High Alluded mix. It has taken all summer to get to where it looks like a lawn. I still have some baby grass in patches. I have only used S. Starter fertilizer. I have a lot of clovers. Could I use a weed killer, or should I wait till next year to ensure I do not kill the remaining baby grass? It has grown so slowly at this altitude. Thank you!
Question about overseeding. I am currently in the process of fighting a Bermuda infestation with Pylex. I followed the directions and did 2 sprays 3 weeks apart mixed with Triclopyr and CCO.The directions say not to mow within 2 days prior to spraying, so I mowed low today, going to dethatch tomorrow and spray my third and final spray of Pylex and CCO only on Sunday then lay seed. In this particular situation would you recommend dropping starter fertilizer with the seed?
Ryan, big fan and have followed for years. I live in Ankeny and am working to get rid of clumping fescue. Other than using something like a gylophosate product or digging up. Do you know of any chem or solution to eliminate? Thanks, Kevin
Ryan,…I’m in the northeast with a KBG lawn. Had a snow mold problem last spring. Is there a height that you would recommend over-wintering the grass at to avoid/mitigate snow mold.
so we just got hit by a unpredictable heatwave here on in toronto 40 plus for 7 straight days my went from green to brown. There is also no rain in the near future i’m conflicted on when to fertilize with some scott’s max ? do i have to get the grass out of domarcy (brown first) if thats possible? before laying the fertilizer down ? i’m getting anxiety usually done it by this time every year but the brown lawn is holding me back tia !
If I'm spoon feeding i don't do any sort of winterizer and just keep feeding until the grass slows...usually high temps of upper 40s consistently is when it stops
I ordered RTF and was planning a scalp, scarify, and overseed but had to wait out this heatwave here in Connecticut. Temps just started to drop today, so I'll get out there Monday and get at it. Thanks for the work you do! One question, is leaf compost good for a top dressing?
Thanks! Before I get to my question, for background... in fall of last year I started following your cold season lawn plan (using simple lawn solutions and the other products that recommends) and followed that plan all of this calendar year. Now, this fall, I did a fairly intense top dress/leveling effort using soil+compost, and already have some growth. In the end I will have a quite well established lawn that I've built up using a "PA state mix" which is essentially a mix of rye, fescues, and KBG. My question - for ongoing dormant and fall overseeding, would it be beneficial to use a more "one type of grass" seed (I'd likely pick your bluegrass/ryegrass mix as I tend to like those more than fescue), or stick with the same "blend" I've been using for 2-3 seasons now? I'm too far along to do a full renno and rebuild all new, but considering continuing/trending towards the grass I'd likely pick if I did pick one seed? Thanks for all of your content man! So glad I found this channel... my yard this year looks better than ever by FAR!
With your lawn already being multiple types it would be hard to get it to dominate with one. Bluegrass would be one I wouldn't choose for overseeding because it's so slow to mature that the existing lawn just takes over before the new stuff can get going.
I have a large lawn with no irrigation. Any problems with applying fertilizer and then letting it sit there until the rains water it in? I realize it will just sit there until it rains, but I can apply fertilizer at my convenience and wouldn't have to time it to the forecast. Thanks!
Awesome vid, I'm zone 7a and did a good dethatch and overseed with some starter fertilizer on September 2nd. I plan to refertilize around the beginning of October with Scott's lawn food OR their winterguard because of the higher nitrogen content. Does this seem like a solid plan? Or should I plan something else? If so should I use a different fertilizer or maybe fertilize again after the October app?
Just moved into a rental home in May of this year in North Carolina. Yard is chock full of crabgrass due to lack of maintenance. Fall is looking like heavy weed control and dethatch.
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So you have a recommendation for something that is like Tenacity?? For some reason I can't have it shipped to MN. I need to get new seed in some horribly "seeded" areas of construction that our city did. They literally planted weeds.
I recently purchased 75lbs of your tall fescue. The bags don’t have a spreader setting recommendation. Can you recommend one? Scott spreader for overseed.
Are you heading to ISU field day tomorrow?
My grass craves Brawndo.
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It’s got electrolytes.
Brawndo has electrolytes 😂
It’s got what plants crave! 😂
Try water. Like the stuff that’s in the toilet.
Just thatched/aerated and reseeded my front with your tall fescue/blue grass mix. And overseeded my back with the same mix. Fingers crossed it all comes in.
Great video Ryan! All the questions that I had you answered in this video. Thanks for all your hard work creating this content so we can have amazing lawns like yours. Take care Ryan!!
Over seeded with a tall fescue and I'm back to mowing after an amazing germination, super grateful for your advice. Watched my neighbors lawns burn right up as soon as it got warm right after they spent good money on lawn service, kind of a shame imo. You helped bring life back into my lawn and being out in the yard ive met a bunch of ppl who live in my community. I'm way pumped to see my lawn next spring 🤙
How long did you wait before mowing after the over seed?
@@SVW1976 I typically wait until it gets about 3.5/4 inches. Then give it a bagged mow to around 3 inches. Time varies but might be 2-4 weeks.
Which seed did you use ?
@@gp5173 I live in the Midwest and like to mow a bit higher. Used a fescue/Kentucky blue grass (local nursery mix and had good results in the past).
@@osoquik4447 Fescue and Blue grass is the best combo for Midwest lawns!
My second year doing your fall program / recommendation. Last year I had good success with it so I’m excited to see how it goes after another year.
Great video! Keeping it simple. I put down some seed last Monday and it’s popping today (Sunday). So I was kinda hoping to get a cut in before it popped, but oh well. Combo of overseeding and some bare spots. For anyone looking for a great patching soil mix, I do 2 bags of el-cheapo Home Depot top soil to 1 bag of “washed play sand”. One is listed by volume, one by weight, so I honestly don’t know the real ratio, but it’s probably more like 3 or 4 to 1, soil/sand. That little bit of sand makes it spread SO nicely. Great for areas you just need to add a little depth and feather out.
What’s washed play sand
Temps have started to cool in Eastern NE. Leveled my lawn with top soil after cutting down a silver maple & redoing a retaining wall. Laid down fresh sod but mature areas of the lawn will get the falls works this weekend. Aeration & over-seeding with Compost FTW!
I’m just trying to get through starting a lawn from dirt so it’s good to know I should use this time to make next spring easier!
EXCELLENT video, Ryan! This is exactly what I need to learn. Thank you so much for GREAT INSPIRATION!
Started a full lawn reno based on your older video. Doing glyphosate a while age, then seed and top dressing last weekend. Using your KB mix. I hope it will come out great.
Normal fall routine here in PA. Dethatch, aerate, overseed, and then fertilize to hopefully get me through the winter. Always excited for this time, the heat just needs to chill out..
When do you apply weed control / pre-emergent?
@FNMCaffeine usual once the snow melts! Typically mid March. 🤣
Do u plan to do another round of fertilizer before the winter?
@KidbugsTV Yeah as soon as the seed germinates, if the weather allows. It's best to do that so the ground gets some nutrients.
Just did my fall height of cut reset to keep my lawn shorter for fall and over winter and put my fertilizer and pre emergent out. Trying my best the past few years to keep poa in check with fall pre. Then overseeded the past two early springs like just as the grass is barley waking up
Did my aeration/dethatching two weeks ago between heat stretches in NE Iowa. Been watering everyday while overseeding with Ryan’s Perrenial Elite Ryegrass and Scott’s Starter Fert. The grass started to “pop” on day four and has been filling great across the board. Very happy/impressed with the seed considering the less than perfect conditions (patience got the best of me).
Same boat. Exactly everything you said I had and did. Can confirm, the seed from Ryan's Shop is fantastic. Absolutely beautiful grass.
I just ordered my 4th bag of the Perenial Rye. My front yard is the talk of the neighborhood. So sexy!
Love the quick pace, to the point, video! Thanks from the Netherlands!
As always, killer content. Thanks Ryan!
Great tips and reminders as always! Love seeing that Swardman doing it’s thing.
I just bought a lawn leveling rake, and wow, it is an amazing tool like you said. Got the lawn seeded now with rye and blue grass here in the seacoast of NH. Reel mower for next year. 😊
Thanks Ryan some great tips. We just had the hottest Temps of the year humidex of 43 for 5 days straight. Can't wait to start my Fall work
Good stuff RK, hope you got the time for another podcast with RD this month.
I planted my KBG here in MN at the exact same time you planted yours, not on purpose, just a happy accident. Anyway, my grass doesn't look nearly as filled out as yours does. I've been considering putting down another round of seed because I have some really bad bare spots. We had a LOT of heat this late summer/early fall and I just don't think they could germinate. Hopefully this will help going into winter so I can have a good healthy KBG lawn come Spring '24.
Love your channel!!
Thanks for the tips. I love watching your videos. I’m renovating my front yard this year with your perennial ryegrass and on day 10 now. It’s coming in well too. I’m very excited to see how it looks over the next few weeks.
Also a great time to clear out any overgrown woods and seed those. The blades will remain thin through the winter but in spring it pops 🎉🎉🎉
I'm in the DFW area. 4th hottest and 3rd driest Summer on record. We'll set two more records today and tomorrow. I'm doing a full lawn reno as soon as our soil temp reaches 72 degrees. I had planned on starting September 15th, but that clearly isn't going to happen. Probably 1st or 2nd week of October. Doing the whole nine yards. Removal of old "turf" (nothing more than dead weeds at this point, no grass). Scalp > scarify > dethatch > remove all debris > aerate > top dress with 2-4 inches of sandy loam topsoil > Level > seed > roll/press > roll a thin layer of peat > fertilize > water 3 times/day and pray that the work pays off. Did a soil test and determined proper fert needs. Really hoping that I'll have a nice lawn come Spring.
Cultivar: Defiance XRE Tall Fescue
I know, we're hotter than balls in the Summer, but I had a fescue lawn here about 20 years ago and it did fantastic, but failed due to neglect. Swinging for the fence on this one.
Just purchased your Fescue seed for fall overseeding. Had germination in 4 days. Wow good stuff! My question is when should I mow and fertilize my new grass?
Thanks
Mow when it's an inch taller than your intended height of cut
Already finished an overseed in my front and am doing the nitrogen blitz in the rest of the front. My backyard, the sophomore season of a reno, I topdressed last Saturday with sand and started the blitz as well.
Got to over seed. WIll rake out some dead stuff mow it low. overseed with some starter fert. Hope to be done by sat. Next week looks cooler and some rain. Finally !!!
Good tips Ryan! I'm starting on my backyard regimen this weekend. Grass has gotten a little out of control length wise, but none the less, looks healthy. Plan on putting down some fertilizer and some over seed + dirt in the coming weeks. Still waiting for the weather to cool down a bit more.
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I've neglected my lawn all summer. I did water often but no fertilizer and I have a ton of weeds. I'm going to hit it hard this September and hopefully have a nice looking lawn through November and a great start to Spring.
As always thanks for the tips.
First Aussie 😁. Ryan , it’s all happening on the lawn Ranch , great advice mate. 🤠
Started a complete lawn renovation today. Spent three hours scarifying 2200 sq. ft. raking and piling up the debris. Tomorrow, I'll remove it all to our compost pile. I'm also ordering 8 cubic yards of organic topsoil. That will get spread and leveled this coming week, after which I'm putting down Defiance XRE Tall Fescue. Because of our intense Summer here in North Texas (2nd hottest and driest ever recorded), I basically had no lawn and barely even any weeds. We've received less than half of our annual rainfall, so I'll be watering religiously to get this Fescue established before our first frost, which is normally in about 5 weeks. I was forced to wait until now, because this cultivar of Fescue requires a soil temperature of less than 72 degrees and we're still in the 90s, but with cooler nights (finally). If there is some way that I could share progress photos with you, I'd love to do that, just let me know how.
Cheers and thanks for sharing your experience and expertise.
I wanted to get better quality grass in my tall fescue lawn without doing a full renovation so I killed the worst problem areas. During the hottest part of the summer I then scalped and aggressively dethatched and cut the watering way down to cause extreme stress and thin it out. Just a few days ago I aerated the hell out of it and then went down with a mix of premium Kentucky bluegrass and turf-type tall fescue. My hope is for the new seed to come up and take over before the old mutt varieties of fescue have a chance to recover. I'm hopeful since I could clearly spot the areas of my premium grass since it die off when I induced stress. Most of the stuff I hoping to choke out just kind of died off.
I think I need to do what you did. I have lots of tall fescue thick blades. It looks crappy. How did your project turn out?
@@kevingaczewski2755 It's turning out very well
Getting Some of your Elite Perennial Rye down here this weekend in central Iowa. Gonna water it in to make sure. Im abandoning the weeds for the fall and will make sure and keep them at bay next spring when the turf develops alittle better.
Got my rye trained nice and short. Been spoon feeding through summer. Now it’s time to kick it up a notch and leave my neighbors in the dust 😎 also need to do a light top dressing and overseed.. then it’s game over!
North Alabama checking in....we will hit the high 50's for lows next week with highs in the low 80's.
I timed it just right. The Tttf/KBG blend germinated in about 8 days
Best grass seed I've ever used.
Can not wait to get back at it. Had a company take over my fertilizer/weed control last year. They also did aerating and seeding. Not happy at all with their results. I used to have the greenest, if not top 3 greenest yards, not anymore....
I feel like I'm starting over again, although, I'm not doing a full renovation again (did that 2 years ago). Definitely going to be dethatching, aerating and overseeding. Trying to stay on a better fertilizer program this time
Hey Ryan I've been seeing a lot of videos online about Pre Germinating grass seed, especially for Kentucky Blue Grass. It's supposedly going to cut the germination time by have and some people have been getting Blue grass sprouting at about 1 week. Have you ever looked into this at all? Have you ever tried it? I look forward to hearing your response and possibly a new video on it. Thanks!
Loved cool season grass. Had that for 3 years. When we moved to our new house (Oct 2022) I performed a complete lawn reno and went with warm season turf, GCI Alpha Elite Bermuda. So my season is coming to an end. 😢
When you mow after youve applied seeding and fertilizer, do you want to bag the lawn clippings or leave them on the lawn?
My new yard was coming along nicely till we had a couple days of 100 degree days and heat index. Now I get to reseed and try some small dose fert
Great tips! First reno with your turf type tall fescue, hope I don't gain too many gray hairs in the process!
I have a project lawn we did a full renovation on. I used your fescue blend seed.
For my lawn just doing the classic dethatch n aerate with a nitrogen blitz plan. I'm doing bi-weekly AMS and 2 apps of granular.
Hey Ryan thanks for more tips! What camera and Mic setup are you running in your videos? Your audio game is just on another level man
This is mostly GH5 and a cheap rode videomicro - I have a degree in music production so that helps :)
@@ryanknorrlawncare Awesome well it's paying off! Great skills to have. Hey, I'm almost ready to seed my lawn with your elite kentucky bluegrass! Wish me luck! I'll send you some before/afters on socials so you can see how much your videos have helped
Hey ryan! I am a new home owner who has watched almost all of your videos and i do remember your video about the climate chart but being in georgia, i was wondering what advice you could provide. My lawn is hurting from the record heats and any tips would be amazing! I enjoy your contect and always look forward to the next!
My lawn broke my heart this year with the seed stalls. I ended up with patches of brown stalks all over my green lawn, so when it got dry again I let it go dormant. I'd rather have a brown lawn than a brown and green lawn. I also don't have to waste my time or water.
I want to do some seeding and fertilizing now that it's cooler. It's still dry though and uo until a few days ago it was hot!
It was 92° today in Boston . Cool weather is elusive.
look on the bright side, in a couple months it will be 29º
Up in Michigan we’ve been getting all your rain. Thunder storms multiple times pert week all summer long
Except for that early 26 day drought with the Canadian smoke!
Overseeded with GCI Cool Blue Labor Day weekend and have germination in 3 days. Temperature are in the 90’s until end of this weekend when they drop back to 70’s so I’ve been watering 5 times a day for 15 minutes a pop. Worried I went a little heavy with the peat moss in some spots though. We’ll see I guess. I applied Scott’s starter fert, low rate of propaconazole 14.3, Humic12, Air8, Sea-K, hydretain and tenacity same day as seeding. It’s been 6 days and turf is ridiculously long already. I cut it down to 2.5” day of seeding and it’s probably around 4.5” if not higher already
I’m in So. Calif. and just , today, Sept. 7th,seeded about. 300sq.ft. Area of bare dirt with GCI Cool Blue. I have some seed showing through my top cover, do you think I’ll be ok? Watering 3 times a day.
@@troutman1951 yeah as long as your keeping the seed wet you should be good everyone’s soil is different some people only need to water 3 times for 5 minutes bc they’re soil holds water well I have sandy soil and full sun and have to run my sprinklers 5 times. And seeding is the only time I’ll water later in the evening. My last sprinkler session is around 7 P.M. that way it stays wet all night. The fescue in the Cool Blue is going to germinate much faster than the KBG so keep watering even after you start seeing germination bc the KBG can take anywhere from 7-21 days but the more you keep it wet the faster it will germinate.
@@troutman1951 I will cut back on my watering a lot after this weekend once temperature drop down to 70’s as well. A little seed exposure won’t hurt. Idk if you work in the morning but I saturate the bare areas around 5:30 AM before work that way I know it won’t dry out during the hot noon hours while I’m at work. Just do your best to keep it wet.
Got your perennial rye for my overseed down last Sunday. Got the water going 3x a day. Hope it takes soon.
Planting my new seed monday. Hoping it goes well!
Thank you for this video, should I bag and toss grass after mowing so it wont become thatch or leave it on lawn to retain fertilizer?
Would you recommend dethatching before doing any fertilizer/overseed regimen? I plan on doing two rounds of fertilizer.
Amazing job Ryan!! I’m starting my Fall program tomorrow. Question, can we spray a weed killer in a small area after applying the fertilize? Thank you.
I just overseeded so I cant fert until beginning of October. Hope thats not too late. Lawn feels like it needs a boost
I went heavy on fertilizer last fall and it was looking great, but I went light in spring (thinking I beefed it up plenty last fall) and then the weather was super weird, so it's struggled the entire summer
Great grass. Excellent tips as always
Hi Ryan I live in Michigan. So is this how it goes dethatchin, aerating and over seed? Should I dethatch every year? After I over seed do I need to apply fertilizer for fall?
Hey Ryan, would you recommend cutting the lawn a little on the shorter side later in the fall to avoid snow mold over the winter? I'm up in Fargo and our long winters+ snow mean we tend to come out in the spring with lots of snow mold.
I know I have seen him say in other videos, taller (3"+) in summer and shorter in spring and fall for the same reasons you stated.
It really depends on length of time that the snow cover is there and for your location, it just may be inevitable with some harsh winters.
When would you overseed in southeast wisconsin? Grass took a beating this summer with a severe drought. Lots of dead grass.
Coming back to this video for my fall lawn renovation, if I overseed (tall fescue) and use a starter fertilizer, do I then use a fall fertilizer in mid October or is it not needed?
Hey there! Great content! I'm worried about doing a weed control because I just overseeded. I don't want to destroy any new growth. Can I just do some weed control in the spring? Denver area... generally we have our last snow in April. Thanks!
Great summary for fall!
I’m what order should I use weed killer, fertilizer, and new grass seed? Northern grass. Thanks!
What's the optimal time to wait after applying seed? Heard is a couple of weeks before you can mow it.
My front yard was a complete reno in spring of 22 and backyard in the fall of 22. My biggest challenge is the earthworm castings that cause the lawn to be bumpy all over again. I was thinking of top dressing the front yard this fall but wondering if it would be better to wait until spring? Any recommendations for controlling earthworms? I know they are great for the lawn and natural aerators but they make for a bumpy lawn. I am in Montana so the first frost and snow are coming soon.
Spring would be fine once it's actively growing but unfortunately the worms will likely continue to be a battle
Really enjoying the videos Ryan! What dethatching machine are you using at 4:15 in this video? Looks like an unpowered push type dethatcher? If so, that seems right up my alley. Thanks!
It's a Swardman reel mower that has different attachments
Ryan do you have a video for a new yard with sod and the fall program you would recommend? Just laid new sod one week ago irrigation running twice a day
I did a complete renovation last fall. The sod seems to have thinned out and even died in some spots. I’m in a transition zone (Washington DC). I has tall fescue sod placed. Do you recommend overseeing now or wait to see if some parts bounce back? Maybe just fertilizer?
I have onion grass popping up in my two week old fescue, should I worry about this now? or just focus on the grass getting established?
I have aerated, dethatched, overseeded, and plan to use a Scotts Starter fertilizer. I would like to apply weed control with the starter fertilizer the same time but worried about the new seed. Suggestions helpful.
Why don't you have any options for granular fertilizer spreaders on your website? The only one I see is the classic Scott's turd builder spreader and I don't like it. I want a better option and I saw in this video you were using a different spreader but never mentioned what spreader you use, as opposed to what you're promoting.
That dethatcher you have is awesome. What brand/model is it? I have a John Deere dethatcher and i feel like i barely get anything thought I should be pulling up what your video showed.
what about pre-emergent? a lot suggest dropping some in the fall provided the temps are around 50
If you're doing that it would be soil temps around 70
Hi Ryan. I love watch and learn more about my yard. I planted my Kentucky bluegrass at the beginning of August. Everything has come up and it looks good. I have several weeds in the area. I would like to try and do something right and take care of some. I do have some tenacity that I use during the seed stage. What would you recommend.
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I’m in Charlotte nc with Tall Fescue. You mentioned the weed killer/control that you can spray with your water house. I’m seeding and all this weekend. Would you recommend me spraying the weed killer/control after a few weeks or do it now?
Would this also be a good time to level the lawn with sand?
St Augustine in Cypress , Texas. Brown patches, a few barren patches. some weeds popping up in places. Still getting up to 95…would you put sand or top soil before fertilizing? Waiting for it to cool down…
Voles wrecked my plans for my yard this fall. Instead of doing a nice thorough dethatch like I had planned, I'll probably only end up doing an aeration and overseed of the dead areas.
Love the channel! I live at 8000ft and started growing grass this year. I used a local High Alluded mix. It has taken all summer to get to where it looks like a lawn. I still have some baby grass in patches. I have only used S. Starter fertilizer. I have a lot of clovers. Could I use a weed killer, or should I wait till next year to ensure I do not kill the remaining baby grass? It has grown so slowly at this altitude. Thank you!
As long as it's not brand new germination and your rates are correct on the spray, it would be fine. Triclopyr usually works best for me on clover
@@ryanknorrlawncare thank you!
Question about overseeding. I am currently in the process of fighting a Bermuda infestation with Pylex. I followed the directions and did 2 sprays 3 weeks apart mixed with Triclopyr and CCO.The directions say not to mow within 2 days prior to spraying, so I mowed low today, going to dethatch tomorrow and spray my third and final spray of Pylex and CCO only on Sunday then lay seed. In this particular situation would you recommend dropping starter fertilizer with the seed?
Ryan, big fan and have followed for years. I live in Ankeny and am working to get rid of clumping fescue. Other than using something like a gylophosate product or digging up. Do you know of any chem or solution to eliminate? Thanks, Kevin
Nothing that I know of...I had to spray some out and reseed at my old place
How long should you wait before scarifying a new lawn from seed?
Ryan,…I’m in the northeast with a KBG lawn. Had a snow mold problem last spring. Is there a height that you would recommend over-wintering the grass at to avoid/mitigate snow mold.
so we just got hit by a unpredictable heatwave here on in toronto 40 plus for 7 straight days my went from green to brown. There is also no rain in the near future i’m conflicted on when to fertilize with some scott’s max ? do i have to get the grass out of domarcy (brown first) if thats possible? before laying the fertilizer down ? i’m getting anxiety usually done it by this time every year but the brown lawn is holding me back tia !
What do u recommend for “winter fertilizer “ and that’s the last fertilizer u put down before frost? And just keep using your 18-18-18 till the frost
If I'm spoon feeding i don't do any sort of winterizer and just keep feeding until the grass slows...usually high temps of upper 40s consistently is when it stops
I planted your tall fescue in my backyard 4 days ago so we’re close!!! Need this 90 degree weather to go away (NE)
We have some cooler weather, just need the rain now. Maybe after my seed germinates though 🤣
For the fertilizer, could you do a weed n feed from a box store?
I ordered RTF and was planning a scalp, scarify, and overseed but had to wait out this heatwave here in Connecticut. Temps just started to drop today, so I'll get out there Monday and get at it. Thanks for the work you do!
One question, is leaf compost good for a top dressing?
If I have existing grass am I able to throw starting fertilizer before I overseed?
Great video! Huge fan in Nebraska. Looking to replace my pain in the 🍑 KBG in my backyard. What seed of yours do you recommend?
Hello mate, greetings from Aus, would you recommend BUSHRANGER 46TB5EM 500E or Masport 470 2'n1 Petrol Lawn Mower?
Thanks! Before I get to my question, for background... in fall of last year I started following your cold season lawn plan (using simple lawn solutions and the other products that recommends) and followed that plan all of this calendar year. Now, this fall, I did a fairly intense top dress/leveling effort using soil+compost, and already have some growth. In the end I will have a quite well established lawn that I've built up using a "PA state mix" which is essentially a mix of rye, fescues, and KBG.
My question - for ongoing dormant and fall overseeding, would it be beneficial to use a more "one type of grass" seed (I'd likely pick your bluegrass/ryegrass mix as I tend to like those more than fescue), or stick with the same "blend" I've been using for 2-3 seasons now? I'm too far along to do a full renno and rebuild all new, but considering continuing/trending towards the grass I'd likely pick if I did pick one seed?
Thanks for all of your content man! So glad I found this channel... my yard this year looks better than ever by FAR!
With your lawn already being multiple types it would be hard to get it to dominate with one. Bluegrass would be one I wouldn't choose for overseeding because it's so slow to mature that the existing lawn just takes over before the new stuff can get going.
I have a lot of dead sod/turd in my backyard, should I rip it out and topsoil it or can I just overseed on top of it and it will recover?
I have a large lawn with no irrigation. Any problems with applying fertilizer and then letting it sit there until the rains water it in? I realize it will just sit there until it rains, but I can apply fertilizer at my convenience and wouldn't have to time it to the forecast. Thanks!
Awesome vid, I'm zone 7a and did a good dethatch and overseed with some starter fertilizer on September 2nd. I plan to refertilize around the beginning of October with Scott's lawn food OR their winterguard because of the higher nitrogen content. Does this seem like a solid plan? Or should I plan something else? If so should I use a different fertilizer or maybe fertilize again after the October app?
That plan sounds fine
What spray weed and feed do you recommend
Just moved into a rental home in May of this year in North Carolina. Yard is chock full of crabgrass due to lack of maintenance. Fall is looking like heavy weed control and dethatch.
Detached and over seeded My lawn has lot and lots of black crickets in my lawn. Wondering if they hurt the germination process or baby grass?