I have been in commercial lawn care for 22 years. George, you communicate better than most of the presenters at the lawn care workshops I have to attend for my license requirements. I have subscribed and will continue to follow!
Are you a teacher when you’re not on your lawn? You have a good teaching voice, delivery, and easy to follow videos. Love your videos man. I’m learning on each one for us newbies lol.
George you are slowly becoming the go to guy. I can see you do your research , listen to what other experienced guys say and then put that all together and make your own educational video. That is how its done by first hand experience and also research. Well done sir.
Very cool way to deal with the neighbor situation. I’ve seen other TH-camrs make it awkward or act annoyed behind the neighbor’s back, you made it friendly and fun for her, us, and yourself.
I'm in Chicagoland as well. I bought the Flagship Fertilizer and holy moly does my lawn look great! I never saw a big difference with the other regular fertilizers I used. Neighbors at either side have a bunch of dandelions and the dandelions are afraid of my lawn. Thanks again! Also, I got the big bag which was very economical
Love our pearl 04 GX. 157,000. Bought for $10000 three years ago 120,000, now worth at least $12000??? The paint and interior still look like new and we park outside. Had a nightmare that it broke and I had to find another, thankfully woke up and realized it was just a dream. Great with your morning espresso while driving through a foot or two of snow. Would not even consider off roading in it, though my stock wheels get crazy traction.
I love anything that’s packed with micronutrients... typically more expensive, but totally worth it in my opinion. That 16-4-8 liquid is awesome too!! Great video George!
George a lot of people I’ve met who say they are from Chicago are from a suburb of Chicago. I was born near North Ave and Wells back in the early 50’s. The only grass I knew was in Lincoln Park. Now I live in Houston. My lawn is a version of Bermuda called Celebration. My friends and neighbors tell me how green and lush my grass feels. I on the other hand am pulling weeds by hand , watering brown spot with the hose and having nightmares about burning my grass using the wrong chemicals. Help me Obiwan.😊 I miss my condo in LA.
Hey my friend! I grew up not too far from you in Ukraine village (Damen and rice) but yes your right we are now located in the burbs (Naperville) Sounds like you got a pretty solid plan goin for your lawn, keep it up and you’ll be surprised how far you can take it! If you need help with anything specific please feel free to reach out! 😃
Love in man! I'm excited to see how Flagship works on you front yard. I thought it was really awesome how you covered both big box and boutique fertilizers. Great work!!
Great video George ! Thanks for the spreader setting tip. Putting Flagship down this weekend myself. Love the Gorilla cart full of all those wonderful goodies 😀😀
Good comment on the Milorganite phophorus. I was almost ready to buy a few bags but then my soil test came back as low on nitrogen and too high on phos.
We don't get the blue bag of Scotts up here in the PNW and I really wish we did. That would be my go to fertilizer. Great video again man! makes me consider the price on the stuff I throw down.
I blew it. I used Scott's Weed & Feed just yesterday when I should have used Turf Builder. Now, I have to wait 10 (!) weeks to seed some patches big and small and that puts me at June 28 here in suburban Chicago, certainly not the best time of year. Darn. Just subbed here a week ago, and to a couple other channels. Live and learn, but thanks PCLC!
Back in Jan/feb lowes had lesco $5 a bag, makes life easy to gt the yard jump start. use cheap stuff if you mow every 3rd week or more, put on heavy gives it time to break down and do its thing, scotts is for the impatient yard owners, fast breakdown/absorption & mow every 4 days but dont wait till the yards fully infested with weeds either ;)
New home owner here. Surprised how obsessed I became with my lawn! Trying to get my lawn right after dethatching in the summer! Where are you at in Chicago? Thanks for the tips, your videos really help.
I like watching your advise cause we both live in chicago so you know how the weather is here and have given great advise on wich seed to plant and what time of the season
Hey man! I'm in the process of top dressing and overseeding right now. In ontario over seeding in spring can be tricky. I'm waiting to put the seed down once the night time temperature gets to around 5 degrees.
🌞Great video! I've used most of those before, too. You forgot to mention on the Scott's Starter, "except Bermuda seed". 😂 Bermuda doesn't like Tenacity. 😉 Sure is a nice spreader! 👍
Lesco has a 50 lb spreader too. Almost overkill for my lawn as well, but the difference between a Lesco and a store bought spreader is night and day, especially for a bumpy lawn. Those cheap, lightweight big box store spreaders make me nervous as they get jostled around too easily from bumps. I use straight ammonium sulfate and urea sometimes and if that spilled it would mess up the turf badly.
George, I’ve just found your videos. Great advice. I too have a lawn obsession but here in Scotland it’s still a bit chilly 🏴. In saying that I still received a compliment last week that my lawn looked like Astro 🌱🌱🌱🌱 #lawndreams
Great vid man and am becoming a fan of your content, but am I the only one who noticed his front yard was the worst looking one in the neighborhood? Lmao not sure if thats because its a suck a low cut KGB or what but just an observation that made me chuckle. Still a fan of your informative content keep up the good work
haha thanks man and your right my front lawn looked terrible during this period of time as it was going thru a renovation. Watch my recent videos to see how it looks now
Humic Acid, RGS, Air 8, Micro Green, Green Punch, Dethatch, and Sea Kelp are all great liquid products to use. Look up John at Lawncology on TH-cam. He makes excellent products that work great. I seed KBG and TTTF here it upstate n.y. and absolutely dominate my neighbors lawns... Great video and I'm newly subscribed to your channel. Consisted cutting your lawn at least twice a week and watering a few times a week in the heat of summer also greatly improves KGB growth and spreading those rhizomes.
@@PrincessCutLawnCare No, I use Carbon X with peptides through out the full season, Scotts Weed n Feed only first application in early spring, and slow release organic fertilizer towards winter to store energy in the grass for our long upstate N.Y. winters. I also use Green Punch about 4 times throughout the spring/summer and the bio stimulant 4 pack every 3 to 4 weeks. Humic Acid is the building block for your soil so I use it at at least once per month and Sea Kelp is amazing for keeping your grass healthy as can be.
I couldn't find milorganite so I used Scotts Green Max. I put it down a month ago and my yard is still dark green. I was lucky I had a full day of rain afterwards.
Personally-after watching many lawn care videos-and reading online literature about lawn care-the absolute number one thing that must be accomplished is a valid soil test. No mailing in this step: in a figurative sense of course. In a literal step, of course it must be mailed in. Any other treatment to a lawn is just being done in the blind. If you're in the Chicago Area within 20 miles of downtown, so much of the the soils will be quite high in phosphorus and quite low in nitrogen and potassium. Milorganite will not be the best choice which to prevent leaching of phosphorus into the groundwater. And after you get the soil test results back, the first thing I would check is the pH level. Cross reference this level to the desired level of the grass you're trying to maintain which is 6.5 to 7.0 pH on Kentucky Bluegrass. I can tell you from first-hand experience it matters not how many tons of Pennington iron pellets full of volcanic waste or whatever it is boron I can't remember the article you put on the lawn the green is not going to stay more than a few days if the lawn is alkaline pH. You must reduce the pH if you want effective uptake of the Iron by the Kentucky Bluegrass. I sulfer ass off trying to reduce the soil pH and trying to counteract the alkaline tap-water. I'm also trying a new method this year: I get it from the main guy I watch on TH-cam for lawn care: I'm essentially putting on a quarter pound of nitrogen every week although this week in the hundreds I might skip. I also put down 6/10 of a pound of potassium because both nitrogen and potassium were low on my soil tests. I watered and immediately so the Urea nitrogen doesn't volatize. I'm trying to keep the grass growing and growing so that it can withstand the drought that's maybe coming in the end of July and in August. As hot as this bed June's being maybe it's already here but it's rained a lot in the beginning of June. I got good color and if I can keep it growing I think I'm less susceptible to a fungus infestation which I lost most of my lawn a couple summers ago.
I said screw the expensive stuff this year and got some ACE Hardware all purpose fertilizer 29-0-4 for $30. It does 15k feet and the results are fantastic.
@@jcraigshelton Not true.. there is many different types of nitrogen that get used by different grass types differently. You will learn if you keep at it!
Really enjoy all your videos. I just contacted Hunter industries for a professional review of my crappy Rainbird system. Are you available for consultation. Have a large property that the developer used a very bad landscape company and laid sod on top of construction trash!
I wouldn't really consider Scott's fertilizers to be the "cheap" fertilizers (as shown in you video's title), but more middle of the road. How about the other less costly stuff at HD, W@lmart or M&nards ? Stuff like Vigoro, Sta -Green, Forever Green, Simplify or M&nards brand stuff? Those are the cheap brands. Are they worthless or what since they are less than half the cost of boutique brands? If you are not a professional and not trying to attain a "golf course" lawn are these good enough? I think it's more important to aerate regularly and overseed for a few seasons to develop a good thick lawn (using a good cultivar to begin with) that keeps most weeds out naturally. So what do you say about those cheaper brands?
Thank you for this great info. Which fertilizer to be used for Kentucky Blue Grass? I am thinking to seed KBG. As per your video Scotts Starter Weed Preventer would a good option?
@10:00 I'm not certain that using pounds of nitrogen is a good way to differentiate granular from foliar. Much better would be to use the square foot to see how much each would cost and use that for a comparison metric. For example: granular "A" fertilizer might be 3¢ a square foot while foliar "B" might be 8¢ a square foot. But this is just a financial comparison. With my alkaline soil and alkaline tap water, I can only use foliar chelated iron because the granular iron will not react in alkaline soils.
I like Lesco but it's getting too expensive at $70 for 15,000 feet. I used it last year. It was their new slow release but it was way too high a percentage that it took 2 months before I saw any affect. I've bought enough cheap fertilizer to get through the season but it has too low a percentage of slow release and a little iron and no sulfur but it was $20 for 10,000' and on sale now for $15. I'm on sand with a sandy top soil and it eats up fertilizer pretty quickly and the grass turns yellow when it's out of food.
@@PrincessCutLawnCare I have bought Menards fertilizer many times. What I bought recently was from Fleet Farm, Superior brand. 25-0-6, only 8.75% slow release and only .75% iron and no sulfur. A little weak for me. I once tried a separate iron application with basically no visible results. I always look for the slow release and the trace elements. Cheap products often don't have these which is why I went to Lesco but they are a little too proud of their product. Interesting videos. Keep it up.
I got my soil test back and I'm high in Phosphorus. Gonna be seeding new lawn in the fall. I know starter fert has alot of Phosphorus so with mine being high should I use a fertilizer with no Phosphorus
Thanks for the video! Yesterday I followed your fall seeding prep (substitute hand pulling of crabgrass for plug aeration) and today I'm seeding tall fescue. Have you ever come across a weed and feed that leaves clover alone? I actually like the look, it's drought tolerant and is good for the soil. I add clover seed to the grass seed, at least in the backyard.
Ok George.. I accidentally went a little fertilizer crazy.. Ive been looking for videos about too much fert 😬😬😬 I may have slightly over applied but we got a good rain after like half inch and more rain tomrw. Do you know when I would start seeing if I messed up bad or not?! I used Scott's Lawn Food 32 nitrogen yikes.. and I put down roughly 12,500 on 10,000 sq feet.. maybe like 5 lbs extra 😬 I cringed a little when you said go light on your spring application. I think I went too heavy and hope I didn't jack up my lawn 🤦🏼♀️ only time will tell..
Haha you’ll be alright I believe bag rate for the Scott’s lawn food is about .75 lbs of N per 1k ft so you applied about a pound of N per thousand, you will be A OK 👍 BUT be prepared for a boat load of mowing because that pound of N combined w the spring flush of growth is gonna make your lawn grow so fast you will need to mow every 2 days haha
@@PrincessCutLawnCare You are the best..that makes me feel better! I keep looking outside like oh crap after I measured what I did lol.. I was in a hurry to get it down before the rain and should have measured instead of eyeballing it.😩 but I love mowing so im cool with that! I just want that green up!
What can I put down with Milo to quicken the greening of my grass and when to put it down? I put Milo down 1x a week for two weeks ( I saw a youtube video of someone testing putting Milo down 1x a week, 1x every 2 weeks 1x a month etc 🤷🏽♀️) I was following the milo schedule and my grass was like turf so pretty and green after winter and beginning of Spring, now it's not as dark green as it was all over and I have some brown spots, slowly getting green. I have never gotten my soil tested. BTW I'm originally from Illinois but now in WA state
Hey neighbor! assuming its not too hot by you, i would put down a fast source of nitrogen such as scotts lawn food in the green bag. Milo is slow release so you wont get a fast green up say compared to the other synthetic fertilizers. Milo is great and has an awesome color responce but try not to over do it because of its phos levels. check out this video i made where i apply a some fast N and iron for a quick green up: th-cam.com/video/RR1zPvi6k58/w-d-xo.html
Can I use Scotts Turf Builder (Light Blue Bag) to kill dandelions and plant new seed? I was planning to use weed and feed, wait two weeks until I overseed.
The second bag to the left (light blue bag) can and should be used during seeding, it will feed your new grass and kill/prevent weeds at the same time. See my video where I apply it during seeding m.th-cam.com/video/fgay0NwSUhY/w-d-xo.html
@@PrincessCutLawnCare duuuudddeeee ima have to just binge your channel instead of waiting for it to pop up on my feed. I can never get enough lawn talk.
Nice videos man.. what Part of North America do you live in. I Live In Alberta Canada and I just picked up a toro 1000 too. I have a rotery mower that I made a strip kit for last year and looked awesome.. I have a channel too Doser Diesel. Check it out its pretty weak but it lawn and golf time so.
Thanks dude, i stay in chicago. good luck w your GM! i just sold mine and im pickin up a new piece of equipment. ill chack out your channel as well! Thanks for sharing!
@@PrincessCutLawnCare my channel is not Lawn care yet lol. I made a strip kit for my Arens rotary mower. Last year have not posted it yet lol. I am weak on posting.
Scotts products are not cheap! Fertilizers sold at Menards, Tractor Supplies and Rural King are cheap. You should rename this “big box fertilizers vs specialized fertilizers”. BTW this seems more like a Scott’s promotion than anything else.
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I have been in commercial lawn care for 22 years. George, you communicate better than most of the presenters at the lawn care workshops I have to attend for my license requirements. I have subscribed and will continue to follow!
thanks tim! you just made my day:)
I totally agree. I could listen to George talk all day.
George, within just a few videos, you’re now one of my favorite lawn TH-camrs. Keep up the great work!
Woah i appreciate that bud! you just made my day 😊
glad to have ya hear!
George, your videos about lawns are the best!
Down to earth and scientifically informative.
Keep posting…You’re Awesome!
I have been using Jonathan Green for 3 yrs now.
The results are beyond great.
Started with Love Your Soil.
This is a must for anything else to work.
Are you a teacher when you’re not on your lawn? You have a good teaching voice, delivery, and easy to follow videos. Love your videos man. I’m learning on each one for us newbies lol.
Haha I appreciate that trini!
but no I’m in finance lol
I appreciate you watching:)
@@PrincessCutLawnCare You got a soothing voice and delivery bro.
@@stone-rock lol thanks bro
George you are slowly becoming the go to guy. I can see you do your research , listen to what other experienced guys say and then put that all together and make your own educational video. That is how its done by first hand experience and also research. Well done sir.
Thanks keith! i dont know everything but im always willing to learn and share what i do know:)
Nice work George. Nice job on all the b-roll and overview of fertilizer options.
Thanks ron! i also want to try out your recommendations this season as well!
Very cool way to deal with the neighbor situation. I’ve seen other TH-camrs make it awkward or act annoyed behind the neighbor’s back, you made it friendly and fun for her, us, and yourself.
haha all my neighbors know what i do, we even get some of the kids involved in the camera work as they all want5 to be youtubers
George thanks for doing an honest review of the stuff us regular guys use!
No problem jeff! More then just one tool in the shed to get a nice lawn!
I'm in Chicagoland as well. I bought the Flagship Fertilizer and holy moly does my lawn look great! I never saw a big difference with the other regular fertilizers I used. Neighbors at either side have a bunch of dandelions and the dandelions are afraid of my lawn. Thanks again! Also, I got the big bag which was very economical
Just found your videos the other day. I am very impressed you are very down to earth and explain things very well.
Awesome! i appreciate that bud!
Glad to have you here!
I have been watching your channel and really like it so much easier then others
My man is killing the game!! Great video, my friend!
Lol won’t last long!
Solid work brother! Good video! Excited to see that KBG get up and running!
Thanks bro much appreciated!
This kbg is showin no signs of progress yet lol
I always like seeing that GX In the background. Nice rig!
thanks bro, just picked up recently- 08 w/ 60k miles on it, rare find!
Love our pearl 04 GX. 157,000. Bought for $10000 three years ago 120,000, now worth at least $12000??? The paint and interior still look like new and we park outside. Had a nightmare that it broke and I had to find another, thankfully woke up and realized it was just a dream. Great with your morning espresso while driving through a foot or two of snow. Would not even consider off roading in it, though my stock wheels get crazy traction.
Nice job, George. Lots of good options out there and you broke it down really well.
Thanks jimmy 👍 appreciate that dude
I love anything that’s packed with micronutrients... typically more expensive, but totally worth it in my opinion. That 16-4-8 liquid is awesome too!! Great video George!
Im a sucker for micros too! you have some interesting products your throwin down this season, cant wait to see your results!
@@PrincessCutLawnCare just trying to put down things that are different. Expensive as hell though!!! LOL!
@@TheLawngineer thats alright all for the sake of science!
@@PrincessCutLawnCare for sure!!
So glad I found your channel yesterday. Thabks for dropping your knowledge on us.
Hope that new fert works on your front lawn!
Hey were glad to have you!
Excited to see what the flagship does this season, ill keep you guys filled in:)
thanks for tuning in!
George a lot of people I’ve met who say they are from Chicago are from a suburb of Chicago. I was born near North Ave and Wells back in the early 50’s. The only grass I knew was in Lincoln Park. Now I live in Houston. My lawn is a version of Bermuda called Celebration. My friends and neighbors tell me how green and lush my grass feels. I on the other hand am pulling weeds by hand , watering brown spot with the hose and having nightmares about burning my grass using the wrong chemicals. Help me Obiwan.😊 I miss my condo in LA.
Hey my friend! I grew up not too far from you in Ukraine village (Damen and rice) but yes your right we are now located in the burbs (Naperville)
Sounds like you got a pretty solid plan goin for your lawn, keep it up and you’ll be surprised how far you can take it!
If you need help with anything specific please feel free to reach out! 😃
Love in man! I'm excited to see how Flagship works on you front yard. I thought it was really awesome how you covered both big box and boutique fertilizers. Great work!!
Thanks bro!
You workin on another vid?
Great video George ! Thanks for the spreader setting tip. Putting Flagship down this weekend myself. Love the Gorilla cart full of all those wonderful goodies 😀😀
Thanks scott! Deff excited to see how the new kbg responds to the flagship, keep me updated!
Good comment on the Milorganite phophorus. I was almost ready to buy a few bags but then my soil test came back as low on nitrogen and too high on phos.
We don't get the blue bag of Scotts up here in the PNW and I really wish we did. That would be my go to fertilizer. Great video again man! makes me consider the price on the stuff I throw down.
I blew it. I used Scott's Weed & Feed just yesterday when I should have used Turf Builder. Now, I have to wait 10 (!) weeks to seed some patches big and small and that puts me at June 28 here in suburban Chicago, certainly not the best time of year. Darn. Just subbed here a week ago, and to a couple other channels. Live and learn, but thanks PCLC!
No worries Anthony! youll still get some good feedings with the weed n feed no worries!
Appreciate the sub neighbor!
brilliant review, all quality info in a nce quick timeframe
Thanks Alex ! Much appreciated
Great video! Your now one of my favorites! Keep up keeping it real!
Thanks Jen! Really appreciate that:)))
Back in Jan/feb lowes had lesco $5 a bag, makes life easy to gt the yard jump start. use cheap stuff if you mow every 3rd week or more, put on heavy gives it time to break down and do its thing, scotts is for the impatient yard owners, fast breakdown/absorption & mow every 4 days but dont wait till the yards fully infested with weeds either ;)
Thats a sweet steal! i gotta hit up lowes in the winter and hunt out those deals!
Awesome video! Great tips! I learned a lot even as a lawn care nut myself.
Awesome! glad to hear:)Thanks for watching:)
Love the videos and information. I just threw down way too much 30-0-0. Not sure what’ll happen. I learn the hard way too
How much did u put down?
New home owner here. Surprised how obsessed I became with my lawn! Trying to get my lawn right after dethatching in the summer! Where are you at in Chicago? Thanks for the tips, your videos really help.
Nice knowledge drop on the fert. I’m huge fan of flagship and the stress Blend. Both are money.😎🌴
nice im excited to see how to flagship helps boost the reno, it needs it!
but.... we got snow today! lmao
@@PrincessCutLawnCare Snow? Wow, Mother Nature is torturing you brotha. 💪
Man for real! Jeez
I like watching your advise cause we both live in chicago so you know how the weather is here and have given great advise on wich seed to plant and what time of the season
Thanks neighbor!, did you do any spring seeding?
Hey man! I'm in the process of top dressing and overseeding right now. In ontario over seeding in spring can be tricky. I'm waiting to put the seed down once the night time temperature gets to around 5 degrees.
Good luck!
🌞Great video! I've used most of those before, too. You forgot to mention on the Scott's Starter, "except Bermuda seed". 😂 Bermuda doesn't like Tenacity. 😉 Sure is a nice spreader! 👍
Thanks sunny!
Great video comparison. Very helpful to new LCNs. I'm giving Flagship 24 0 6 a try this year. I ran CX DIY and hope to have similar success.
Thanks man much appreciated! hows that cal trimmer treatin ya?
She is running like a champ! Just need a little heat to kick this bermuda in the ass!
I’ve used milorganite for twenty years now. I really like it.
Keep any eye on your phos!
Great overview mate 👍
Thanks bro, i ended up buying an allet today, couldn't refuse their offer. I appreciate all your help
Watched and enjoyed many of your videos.
Milo is $19.99 at Tractor Supply in NJ. Cray-Z. Well done video!
Thanks rus!
Those prices are nuts, that equals out to more then any premium fertilizer
$26 now...yikes
Great channel very good content. You can use 10-10-10 from walmart $8 bucks for 40 pound bag if you have big lawn.
Great tip! love a good 10-10-10
Lesco has a 50 lb spreader too. Almost overkill for my lawn as well, but the difference between a Lesco and a store bought spreader is night and day, especially for a bumpy lawn. Those cheap, lightweight big box store spreaders make me nervous as they get jostled around too easily from bumps. I use straight ammonium sulfate and urea sometimes and if that spilled it would mess up the turf badly.
Totally agree! I’ve been eyeing out that Anderson’s yard star!
Never used their spreaders but they make quality products.
George, I’ve just found your videos. Great advice. I too have a lawn obsession but here in Scotland it’s still a bit chilly 🏴. In saying that I still received a compliment last week that my lawn looked like Astro 🌱🌱🌱🌱 #lawndreams
Theres no better compliment then that!
Appreciate you watching my friend!
Solid advice George. Keep the video rolling. Thx 👊🏻
Thanks! Will do sir!
Good stuff George!
Hey blank man! Thank dude
I find using my hand held spreader works the best for my lawn.
Good video dude, I’m excited to throw down some flagship as well.
Thanks dude! if only these temps would stay warm around here lol
@@PrincessCutLawnCare this snow is crazy
@@TheRealLawnFather lol this snow is messed up
What snow? Only a few flakes today fell at my place😂
Great vid man and am becoming a fan of your content, but am I the only one who noticed his front yard was the worst looking one in the neighborhood? Lmao not sure if thats because its a suck a low cut KGB or what but just an observation that made me chuckle. Still a fan of your informative content keep up the good work
haha thanks man and your right my front lawn looked terrible during this period of time as it was going thru a renovation. Watch my recent videos to see how it looks now
Humic Acid, RGS, Air 8, Micro Green, Green Punch, Dethatch, and Sea Kelp are all great liquid products to use. Look up John at Lawncology on TH-cam. He makes excellent products that work great. I seed KBG and TTTF here it upstate n.y. and absolutely dominate my neighbors lawns... Great video and I'm newly subscribed to your channel. Consisted cutting your lawn at least twice a week and watering a few times a week in the heat of summer also greatly improves KGB growth and spreading those rhizomes.
Do you use all liquid fertilizers?
Thanks for the sub btw
@@PrincessCutLawnCare No, I use Carbon X with peptides through out the full season, Scotts Weed n Feed only first application in early spring, and slow release organic fertilizer towards winter to store energy in the grass for our long upstate N.Y. winters. I also use Green Punch about 4 times throughout the spring/summer and the bio stimulant 4 pack every 3 to 4 weeks. Humic Acid is the building block for your soil so I use it at at least once per month and Sea Kelp is amazing for keeping your grass healthy as can be.
Good information
Thanks!
Excellent video very helpful subed and liked thanks 🤩
Awesome, thank you!
I couldn't find milorganite so I used Scotts Green Max. I put it down a month ago and my yard is still dark green. I was lucky I had a full day of rain afterwards.
Milorganite is up to 24.97 for 32 lb bag now at home depot
wow, thats wild
Personally-after watching many lawn care videos-and reading online literature about lawn care-the absolute number one thing that must be accomplished is a valid soil test. No mailing in this step: in a figurative sense of course. In a literal step, of course it must be mailed in.
Any other treatment to a lawn is just being done in the blind. If you're in the Chicago Area within 20 miles of downtown, so much of the the soils will be quite high in phosphorus and quite low in nitrogen and potassium. Milorganite will not be the best choice which to prevent leaching of phosphorus into the groundwater.
And after you get the soil test results back, the first thing I would check is the pH level. Cross reference this level to the desired level of the grass you're trying to maintain which is 6.5 to 7.0 pH on Kentucky Bluegrass.
I can tell you from first-hand experience it matters not how many tons of Pennington iron pellets full of volcanic waste or whatever it is boron I can't remember the article you put on the lawn the green is not going to stay more than a few days if the lawn is alkaline pH.
You must reduce the pH if you want effective uptake of the Iron by the Kentucky Bluegrass. I sulfer ass off trying to reduce the soil pH and trying to counteract the alkaline tap-water.
I'm also trying a new method this year: I get it from the main guy I watch on TH-cam for lawn care: I'm essentially putting on a quarter pound of nitrogen every week although this week in the hundreds I might skip. I also put down 6/10 of a pound of potassium because both nitrogen and potassium were low on my soil tests.
I watered and immediately so the Urea nitrogen doesn't volatize. I'm trying to keep the grass growing and growing so that it can withstand the drought that's maybe coming in the end of July and in August. As hot as this bed June's being maybe it's already here but it's rained a lot in the beginning of June.
I got good color and if I can keep it growing I think I'm less susceptible to a fungus infestation which I lost most of my lawn a couple summers ago.
Legit video. Thumbs up pressed
Sweet! Appreciate the thumb up!
What’s the absolute best grass seed to reseed with, rye or fescue I live in northeast Ohio
do you like long grass or short grass?
You DA man BRO
No.. you da man mike!
I said screw the expensive stuff this year and got some ACE Hardware all purpose fertilizer 29-0-4 for $30. It does 15k feet and the results are fantastic.
i believe it! i love me a good cheap fertilizer! thanks for sharing:)
Yup! In the end, your grass doesn’t care whether the nitrogen arrived from a laboratory or on a cow turd. It’s the same damn thing.
@@jcraigshelton Not true.. there is many different types of nitrogen that get used by different grass types differently. You will learn if you keep at it!
Ace hardware branded fert is sourced from Scott's, nearly identical to the Scott labeled stuff right next to it
Turf builder is hit or miss with me, it works great, but I do see spots where nothing happened in.
Thank you for the info
Any time!
Really enjoy all your videos.
I just contacted Hunter industries for a professional review of my crappy Rainbird system.
Are you available for consultation. Have a large property that the developer used a very bad landscape company and laid sod on top of construction trash!
Great content 👌
Thanks scott!
That neighbor kid was eying your gorilla cart 😂
lol thats like the hummer of wagons to him!
@@PrincessCutLawnCare Kids love the gorilla cart. I drag my kid and the neighbor’s two kids on it around the block all the time. They love it.
Great video, have you tried the pgf complete granular? This video really helps out a lot. Thanks
Thanks! And yes it’s an awesome fertilizer, pricey but good 👍
@@PrincessCutLawnCare Thanks 👍👍
Selling the Lesco spreader.
Yup, you interested? Lol
@@PrincessCutLawnCare Price?
I heard " so I'm excited to try out this black shhhhh.." which melorganite is....
its that dookie dookie stinky stinky
I wouldn't really consider Scott's fertilizers to be the "cheap" fertilizers (as shown in you video's title), but more middle of the road. How about the other less costly stuff at HD, W@lmart or M&nards ? Stuff like Vigoro, Sta -Green, Forever Green, Simplify or M&nards brand stuff? Those are the cheap brands. Are they worthless or what since they are less than half the cost of boutique brands? If you are not a professional and not trying to attain a "golf course" lawn are these good enough? I think it's more important to aerate regularly and overseed for a few seasons to develop a good thick lawn (using a good cultivar to begin with) that keeps most weeds out naturally. So what do you say about those cheaper brands?
Thank you for this great info.
Which fertilizer to be used for Kentucky Blue Grass? I am thinking to seed KBG.
As per your video Scotts Starter Weed Preventer would a good option?
I have a liquid fertilizer weed and feed. Not sure how to use because I just have not done it before. Need some help please
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I'm not certain that using pounds of nitrogen is a good way to differentiate granular from foliar.
Much better would be to use the square foot to see how much each would cost and use that for a comparison metric.
For example: granular "A" fertilizer might be 3¢ a square foot while foliar "B" might be 8¢ a square foot.
But this is just a financial comparison. With my alkaline soil and alkaline tap water, I can only use foliar chelated iron because the granular iron will not react in alkaline soils.
10:18 I had to rewind a few times. Did not sound like "neighbor" originally 🤣
Lol
I put down Scotts with Mesotrione 4 days after seeding and not at the time of seeding. Think I will be alright since nothing germinated yet?
Yes it will be fine
@PrincessCutLawnCare Sounds good, thanks for the reply and videos.
I like Lesco but it's getting too expensive at $70 for 15,000 feet. I used it last year. It was their new slow release but it was way too high a percentage that it took 2 months before I saw any affect.
I've bought enough cheap fertilizer to get through the season but it has too low a percentage of slow release and a little iron and no sulfur but it was $20 for 10,000' and on sale now for $15.
I'm on sand with a sandy top soil and it eats up fertilizer pretty quickly and the grass turns yellow when it's out of food.
If you want to save money, menards makes a VERY good fertilizer for cheap
@@PrincessCutLawnCare I have bought Menards fertilizer many times. What I bought recently was from Fleet Farm, Superior brand. 25-0-6, only 8.75% slow release and only .75% iron and no sulfur. A little weak for me. I once tried a separate iron application with basically no visible results.
I always look for the slow release and the trace elements. Cheap products often don't have these which is why I went to Lesco but they are a little too proud of their product. Interesting videos. Keep it up.
Miracle grow lawn food on centipede grass??will it work , is it safe?
Love my gorilla 🦍 cart!!!!
I got my soil test back and I'm high in Phosphorus. Gonna be seeding new lawn in the fall. I know starter fert has alot of Phosphorus so with mine being high should I use a fertilizer with no Phosphorus
Another great video!
Question can I fertilize after top dressing?
I am planning to do it this week
Thanks!
And yes you can apply fertilizer no problem!
Good luck Edgar!
@@PrincessCutLawnCare thank you for all your help George
Thanks for the video! Yesterday I followed your fall seeding prep (substitute hand pulling of crabgrass for plug aeration) and today I'm seeding tall fescue. Have you ever come across a weed and feed that leaves clover alone? I actually like the look, it's drought tolerant and is good for the soil. I add clover seed to the grass seed, at least in the backyard.
Do you still have Your toro Greensmaster?? I remember you sharing it was to big. Are you interested in selling it
Sup buddy, I sold it already.. sorry!
Watch my newest video to see the new set up
@@PrincessCutLawnCare l will check you out
Ok George.. I accidentally went a little fertilizer crazy.. Ive been looking for videos about too much fert 😬😬😬 I may have slightly over applied but we got a good rain after like half inch and more rain tomrw. Do you know when I would start seeing if I messed up bad or not?! I used Scott's Lawn Food 32 nitrogen yikes.. and I put down roughly 12,500 on 10,000 sq feet.. maybe like 5 lbs extra 😬 I cringed a little when you said go light on your spring application. I think I went too heavy and hope I didn't jack up my lawn 🤦🏼♀️ only time will tell..
Haha you’ll be alright I believe bag rate for the Scott’s lawn food is about .75 lbs of N per 1k ft so you applied about a pound of N per thousand, you will be A OK 👍
BUT be prepared for a boat load of mowing because that pound of N combined w the spring flush of growth is gonna make your lawn grow so fast you will need to mow every 2 days haha
@@PrincessCutLawnCare You are the best..that makes me feel better! I keep looking outside like oh crap after I measured what I did lol.. I was in a hurry to get it down before the rain and should have measured instead of eyeballing it.😩 but I love mowing so im cool with that! I just want that green up!
What can I put down with Milo to quicken the greening of my grass and when to put it down? I put Milo down 1x a week for two weeks ( I saw a youtube video of someone testing putting Milo down 1x a week, 1x every 2 weeks 1x a month etc 🤷🏽♀️) I was following the milo schedule and my grass was like turf so pretty and green after winter and beginning of Spring, now it's not as dark green as it was all over and I have some brown spots, slowly getting green. I have never gotten my soil tested. BTW I'm originally from Illinois but now in WA state
Hey neighbor! assuming its not too hot by you, i would put down a fast source of nitrogen such as scotts lawn food in the green bag. Milo is slow release so you wont get a fast green up say compared to the other synthetic fertilizers.
Milo is great and has an awesome color responce but try not to over do it because of its phos levels. check out this video i made where i apply a some fast N and iron for a quick green up: th-cam.com/video/RR1zPvi6k58/w-d-xo.html
@@PrincessCutLawnCare thank you!! Off to get some Scott's and iron!!
Have you ever considered Monarch’s?
Never tried it, but i will check it out forsure.
Thanks for the recommendation!
Nike Air Monarchs bro!!!
George, I’m from chicago area too. You mentioned selling your lesco, Id be interested if you would wanna sell?
Sure email me princesscutlawn@gmail.com
Can I use Scotts Turf Builder (Light Blue Bag) to kill dandelions and plant new seed? I was planning to use weed and feed, wait two weeks until I overseed.
The second bag to the left (light blue bag) can and should be used during seeding, it will feed your new grass and kill/prevent weeds at the same time. See my video where I apply it during seeding m.th-cam.com/video/fgay0NwSUhY/w-d-xo.html
@@PrincessCutLawnCare Even if dandelions have already germinated? Should I dethatch before?
I hit the thumbs up.
You da man Jason!
I'm also in the Chicago area and have tall fescue. Do I need to water my lawn? I've seen some articles say its not necessary.
Your lawn should be getting 1in of water per week, that being said fescue can handle lack of water better then any other cool season grass
@@PrincessCutLawnCare thank you!
No problem, download the Scott’s my lawn app, it tells you how much it has rained the past 7 days. It’s an awesome tracker.
I’m loving your videos.
I have been using True Green for my lawn but next season I might do it m.
Thanks mike! been seeing you around alot lately, appreciate you watching!
And you should def go for it! you will save money and its a fun hobby!
Subscribed.
Thanks! much appreciated!
How do you like that shed? I was looking at getting one for my lawn stuff.
I like it!
Fills up FAST. Wish it was bigger:(
But it help keep the garage freed up which is the most important thing for us.
@@PrincessCutLawnCare you should do a lawn care tour sometime. I love to see what other people are hoarding. Makes me feel less alone 🤣🤣🤣
@@LemonScentedSquid your in luck! I did already:) th-cam.com/video/ZB7i40qEz9M/w-d-xo.html
@@PrincessCutLawnCare duuuudddeeee ima have to just binge your channel instead of waiting for it to pop up on my feed. I can never get enough lawn talk.
Nice videos man.. what Part of North America do you live in. I Live In Alberta Canada and I just picked up a toro 1000 too. I have a rotery mower that I made a strip kit for last year and looked awesome.. I have a channel too Doser Diesel. Check it out its pretty weak but it lawn and golf time so.
Thanks dude, i stay in chicago. good luck w your GM! i just sold mine and im pickin up a new piece of equipment. ill chack out your channel as well!
Thanks for sharing!
@@PrincessCutLawnCare my channel is not Lawn care yet lol. I made a strip kit for my Arens rotary mower. Last year have not posted it yet lol. I am weak on posting.
Downgrading that Lesco spreader? I'll take it off your hands.
lol you local? ill sell it
@@PrincessCutLawnCare I'm new to your channel and only realized you're from Chicago after I posted that comment. I'm on the east coast.
Today I learned that what I used to think of as "expensive fertilizer" is really "cheap fertilizer" - I guess I'm too frugal, lol
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*bro milo is 9.99 at Menards here in Wisconsin, its probably cuz they selling us back our own poo* 😂
Lol you funny
I heard the closer you are to milwaukee the cheaper it is
Sometimes you can get it for $7.99 when it’s on sale
$14.00 a bag in Alabama
$32.00 for 5 bags at Steins Garden Center last week.
Organic and non-organic fertilizers are actually the same chemicals from different sources.
For sure !
you're right... that is capitalism. good video!
thanks!
Use super juice lol
lol never tried it
Scotts products are not cheap! Fertilizers sold at Menards, Tractor Supplies and Rural King are cheap. You should rename this “big box fertilizers vs specialized fertilizers”. BTW this seems more like a Scott’s promotion than anything else.
I do like Scott’s products, there’s no denying that (except their summer fertilizer)
He paid for the LESCO SPREADER $545.00 DOLLARS.....He got money 😎😂
No i didnt lol, i bought it from a retired landscaper
Nice review but I'm a straight up caveman. I don't read instructions and I don't test my soil. I just shoot from the hip.
I hear ya man!
I don’t blame you lol soul testing is annoying 😂