How To Fertilize Your Lawn - Step-by-Step
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ม.ค. 2025
- In this video we cover: How much fertilizer to put down
What spreader settings to use (how to know)
How to Actually Apply lawn fertilizer
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In this video, the Scott's Bonus S is 29% N (29-0-10)
The recommended application rate is 3.45LBs/1000 Square Feet
3.45 x .29 = 1LB/N per 1000 Square Feet
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Big thumbs up for the "Circle Dance." We all do it!
Now its public! Everyone will know what we're doing while we're out there dancing!
OMG... me too! Everytime!
I never knew what it was called, all I knew was it had to be done to complete the task at hand! 🖐🏼😁
Haha I do it!
LOL, this is awesome. Circle Dance Crew!
Just used the information I learned from you and correctly weighed and spread for my first time ever with little to nothing left in the hopper. Thank you for being the best source of lawn care I can find with saint Augustine.
That's awesome! I love the domination line and the circle dance. Going to have to adopt the domination line!
I am a new sub, and boy I am glad I found you. Thank you so much for sharing your expert knowledge. I recently lost my job, so we are going to have to halt our lawn service for a while. In years past I didn't have the motivation to arm myself with solid lawn care skills. So it was easy to let someone else do it for me. I like my St Augustine lawn. And you are a very valuable source of information on how to "dominate" in my own hood. Thanks!
I don't do well with math, so when I followed these steps I was amazed to find that my math was (virtually) perfect. With my 8,066 sq ft yard (give or take 10') I was left with just a few lbs of fert from a 40lbs bag (treats 10,000 sq ft).
This is my first attempt at restoring my lawn so I'll be watching more vids as I progress, so wish me luck.
Wasn't too long and I wasn't bored! I like the 15-20 minute vids, I seem to digest the info a little better. I do the circle dance with the double fast walk Lol. I missed the pre emergent window and bought some Spectracide weed control and can't get it down with rain every other day GRRRR! Dandelions are crazy this year
yeah we are in the middle of dandelion bloom for the mid-section of the country big time!
LCN, first, thanks for all the great tips and videos! Started watching your stuff and it greatly helped early spring up here in Michigan to get the lawn bad into shape. First year throwing down Milorganite with granulated lime, Scott's fertilizer for the weed & feed and it starting to show results. Started working the lawn late March and hopefully we'll dominate the neighborhood... thanks, enjoying your vids.
As a new homeowner, you are VERY helpful. Confusing as well :-D Seriously, thats why I subscribed to you early last year when I lived in NYC. You give some good assed advice!
Excellent video, bud. Thank you for putting it together with another cool soundtrack.
thanks!
So that's what its called, the "circle dance". I also do it every time! Love your yard!
ah man I check my youtube everyday in hopes to watch another great video. you rock mate. keep it going all the way from New Zealand
Your videos are amazing! My awesome lawn care company decided I needed "green" and "yellow" strips in my yard.
So your videos I am firing them and taking control of my lawn to dominate my neighbors!
I think I'm going to have to give this a shot. I was paying a local company to fertilize, but while the weeds are mostly gone, the grass isn't as green as I expected. time to "throw er' down."
Literally I do the EXACT same circle dance. That's halarious. Keep up the good content man look forward to the next one.
great stuff as always. No one has covered how to weigh your fertilizer that I could find, so good to see you go over that part. Seems obvious but it helps!
Nice Dance Al!!! Good video!! Hope you have a great holiday weekend.
WOW... I just realized that im 32 years old and im subscribing to lawn care nut videos....
hey great videos and tips thanks a lot. I have a question. I have a property thats has fescue but Bermuda is trying to take over what can I do to get rid of the Bermuda? TIA.
Always did the "Circle Dance" but didn't know the name. Awesome.
been following you since 2014 and I can honestly state that I definitely do the circle dance! Throw Er Down!
Haha yes the circle dance! Every time! I have been using a drop spreader for a while since I got it for $4 or something at goodwill a few years ago. A bit tricky to get an even app down each time and it takes a lot of practice. Probably keep it for doing trim and borders and pick up a cheap broadcast spreader for the rest of the lawn. Drop spreaders take so much time.
you would like a broadcast for sure!
Lol. I thought I was the only one that did the circle dance. Big thumbs up!!!!
it's definitely a thing :)
I love your channel, subscribed a while nack. Buttttttt I think now you are understanding that Southern lawns are harder to maintain then Northern. Keep up the good work. South Texas out.
I only used Bonus S once on my St Augustine. It controlled bull thistles, but it caused my St Augustine to turn yellowish. It stressed the heck out of it so now i pull weeds by hand. 😎
Thank you Lawn Care Nut my lawn bounce back after using the fertilizer need a little bit more help on spots that not come in
The new place looks great LCN. Thanks for the content , keep er coming !
hey bro i work for alldredge gardens in midland tx, i apply herbicides and fertilizer and at my boss's house i use revive, texas compost, and soil activator all micro nutrients that will help balance out water ph and its mostly organic
nice job man, awesome video! Your editing skills are getting beastly!
Great vid. Always learning something. Ive done the dance and threw er down last wknd. Very funny. Keep em coming.
Haha! I did the circle dance earlier today throwing down some Ringer
Good video, your right I do the circle dance all the time.... lol
This was a big help in learning to improve my lawn
As soon as I saw the Scott's, I was like WTF, Hayne sold out to the man! Then without fail, the flashing "NOT sponsored by Scotts!" Love it, great video!
sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do and that product was what I needed for sure.
LCN...love your videos and tips! I'm in Houston TX. Had grubs kill spots in my lawn and had to SOD! Kinda drying out but coming back after watering a lot! Keep the videos coming!
Frosty⛄️
LCN AND LGR. My two favorites on the TH-cams.
great vid as always. nice LCN over the stop sign.
80 degrees in Chicago! Watching this in my lawn chair! #Priorities
Brian Sierzega
Same here in lower eastern Michigan. Crazy stuff. Happy Easter
Bonus S was the first fertilizer I ever used. Loved the quick green up( micro granular). Did not like the longevity of it though. You are backing it up with Milwaukee-ite though so that will kick in when the scotts fails. Since I have worked my way up the fertilizer chain my favorite is now Lesco 24-0-11(80% SRN) backed up with some Bio-solids (6-3-0). Stays green the whole summer with one application. About 3 months after this application I put down Moisture Manager to hold onto what nature gives us plus some K-Flow(0-0-25). Micronutrients every 2 months the whole year round. Never thought about doing a lawn dance. If I have any left over, I set my spreader to a lower number and lightly go over the front till I am out. I have done some funny cuts though. I cut the whole lawn and then lowered my deck 2 inches and cut every other row in both directions(checkerboard). Leaves you with raised cubes
I spilled fert at 23% nitrogen non-organic in a spot because my spreader malfunctioned and it burned the shit and kill it that spot in 3 days it was dirt spot I was stunned since we don't have milo in Wyoming yet unless I special order which I did not have the time to do I will order for the forth never using non organic again this is the first year of lawn practice since we relandscaped next early spring I'm putting down weed and feed and all organic fert your yard is good I'm dominating my neighborhood thanks to your informational videos
What part of WY you live at? What spreader did malfunction? I am about to fertilize my new lawn. I am in Cheyenne
also i have a quick question i live just above naperville and i have a tall fescue yard but i have this white dead grass spots that are growing back. is that bermuda?
up here in Illinois how often should I use milorg..
Man you really get into lawn fertilizer..good vid
I put down essentially the same thing last weekend (finally no more snow!) and ended with the "circle dance!"
Alan how often do you put down the Milo, I'm really struggling to get my grass where I want it. We moved into our new home 6 months ago and the landscapers did a terrible job with the sod. We have clay soil and they did no soil preparation. anyway love the channel I learn stuff from you everyday
Scotts Bonus S use to work fine. This year, it did nothing to the dollar weeds. I applied the the same way as every other year.
one of your best videos! nicely done, champ!
thanks Bruh
thoughts in Robot lawnmowers? love it for my back yard with the turkey St Aug yard
This guy cooks up videos that are accurate , honest , informative and very entertaining. Why HGTV or some other cable show hasn't hired him is beyond me. Your the " Iron Chef" of lawn care Mr. Hane so , Rock on sir, Rock on !
I can not tell a lie,yes I do the circle dance too,you got me,thanks again for the video,what a nut!!
lmao at the end..the circle dance..I do it all the time!
Domination line!!! Circle dance, so funny we all do it😃🤓
Yep. Did the circle dance a couple of weeks ago when throwing down some starter fert.
instead of Tiny Dancers, we are Circle Dancers
Man, I saw this reply and Tiny Dancer wouldn't come to mind. Instead, I kept hearing Rocketman and had to correct it by pulling up the video for Tiny Dancer.
Is it bad I have been waiting all week for this??
Matthew Green me too! I also want a house tour lol
Matthew Green
Try all winter.
Matthew Green alongside with the playoffs? no lol I been waiting too
Yes. Yes, it is.
what is your favorite cool season grass seed for filling in thin spots
Great video Alan
Definitely looking forward to ongoing weeks of treatment to learn more do and don't Lawn Tactics...
hey! Can you please help me? I am wondering what product I should use for an extremely bad dandilion infestation and those weird one blade grasses like yellow nutsedge. I have Kentucky bluegrass.
HAHAHA!!! "Circle Dance" Now I know what it's called. I was just doing that today!!!!!
Hey the video was good as always, look forward to the next video.
WHAT IS THE FERT THAT YOU RECOMNEDED THAT YOU CAN RODER ON LINE FOR CANADA?
St. Augustinegrass performs best when fertilized with 2 to 4 pounds of nitrogen (N) per 1,000 square feet per year depending on location, health of lawn, soil type, and many other factors. In spring, apply ½ to 1 pound of N per 1,000 square feet several weeks after the last expected frost. I recommend to submitting a soil sample to determine nutrient and or lime requirements. Keep up the great work buddy :-)
"Straight domination line..." - love it
"Heck no. I'm going to throw her down on the Domination Line boys." LOL, too awesome!
Thanks for the great instructions, I just did my lawn.
Hi Allen I love your videos, I have a question I live in ny and I just scarify my lawn should I overseed. Thanks
Great. All these years, and I've been fertilizing wrong. Thanks for the info.
i know i was subscribed and i just had to click to resubscribe i just bought my first house after living in apartments my whole life and learning from basics
The circle dance!!! Lmao!! I do the same with my earthway. Great Vid as usual!!
We don't get Milo up here in Canada LCN. What's a good alternative?
“Circle dance” I’m laughing hysterically right now! Well played :) I do the same thing!!!!! Ha!
Hey Allyn, what can I do about my super dormant grass up here in Ottawa? It almost looks white, but I don't see any fuzzy or weird stuff.
Is there any other products similar to milo? I can't seem to find them up here in Toronto, Canada.
Alan, I live in North Carolina and I have a Tall Fescue Lawn. My mow height i around 3.5 to 4 inches high. Here's my problem...in some areas of my lawn the grass lays flat like it's just too tall. What should I do in order to dominate as I need every leaf blade to stand TALL!!!
Great video. I'm new to all this taken care of the yard stuff, my neighbor across the street is dominating my yard with his. So I went and bought some kind of grass grow stuff and I don't have a spreader thing, well I just did it by hand like throwing bird seed and man wow does my grass look like shit now. Trying to learn so I can get my yard looking better but take it from me guys, DON'T spread fertilizer by hand lol.
I totally do the circle dance with my Earthway! Just didn't know what it was called.
The More You Know!
Very familiar with the circle dance.
Thanks to this channel I don't believe I will be able to move tomorrow. It's Easter, 45,000 sq ft, 18 bags of milo, my phone said 18,878 steps completed.
sounds like a party
Ha! I def circle dance! Just bought me some milo and starter fert today!!!
Yep always do the dance. Thanks for the video. I always learn something.
So I signed up for TruGreen because I just don't have time. But is there something I can do to boost it? I'm on Georgia with Bermuda. This is yea #2 of a new lawn. It was sodded but much of it died as it wasn't watered before we bought in July 2016.
Hey LCN. Great channel! I am in central Texas. I have Bermuda and I did a Soil Savy sample and got my results. I was suggested to put down 16-16-16 synthetic @ 4.75lb/1000 sqft or organic 5-5-5 @ 15lb / 1000 sqft. My problem is I cannot find the 5-5-5 and only two brands that make the 16-16-16. I went with H&J 16-16-16 and I have a broadcast scotts deluxe with edge guard. The bag said 8lb /1000sqft so I set my settings to 7 on the spreader. I just realized I missed the recommended application of 4.75 set by soil savy. I know I put to much down, but did I put to much? I have my walk speed set at putting some bum bum in it. I would like to go with a fertilizer that is not so specialized and easy to find (Home Depot). Any recommendations? I also put some Gypsum down a week prior recommended by Soil Savy. Grass is slowly greening up. I am just wondering if I am supposed to be green already or be patient. Thanks for your help.
When you say to throw back to the wheel lines, are you throwing back to the far line or the close line?
how long does the milo take before its fully absorbed into the lawn or untill it starts to take effect.
Hey, just wondering why you haven't made some lines inside your fert hopper. Weigh and load 2 pounds or 5 pounds etc. and make yourself a mark where it sits. That would help you even further with keeping your application rate correct. i'll need a broadcast spreader later this year when I move and think i'll try this out.
I'm in the Midwest and Buffalo grass is being installed in lots of places. Should I use your hybrid organic plan on buffalo? What changes would you make?
I have a drop spreader but I too do the circle dance . Next time I do it I'm going to think of you 👨🏽💻
The circle dance. omg allen i love your videos. im going dancing with my wife tonight. im going to bust out the circle dance out of nowhere...... only LCN's will understand... i would love to know how to get a LCN sticker?
Love the LCN sign hanging during the fert drop - but perhaps you SHOULD spring for a display easel ?
good idea!
ha! I'm guilty of the circle dance. lmao when you called me out!
Only seeing old videos but ill throw the question out and see if I get a bite. Construction crew thre out some sod after they finished new drainage in the area. My question is all the videos I have seen say do not do anything for 6-8 weeks. However the videos I have seen have also been 4 or 5 years old. Would something like rgs be good for sod to help with the shock of beeing torn out of the ground to then help stimulate new root growth for the yard it has been put in. Or is it still just a leave it be other than water and then 6-8 weeks start hitting her with all the goodies.
i Have to say you have the best content as far as any channel goes on youtube always look forward to your videos, i have to bulldoze my lawn this summer so i wont be able to dominate untill nxt year :-(
everyone has to start somewhere! be sure to document the process to make it more enjoyable!
Alan out dominating as per usual
spectacular as always my friend!
I wish I wasn't sitting in a coffee shop when you did the circle Dance that we all do. I busted out laughing and got some looks lol
ha ha nice!
You busted me on the Circle Dance! Thrower Down.
Is there a way to be notified when a coaching spot is available?
I have about 5,000 square feet of hybrid bermuda sod in my back yard that really wasn't taken care of by the previous owner of the house. It's been largely taken over by dollar weed and a few other ugly weeds. Should I mow that part pretty short while throwing down N right now along with regular watering to get rid of most of the weeds? I'd really like to get that bermuda back to as pure as possible because where it hasn't been taken over yet, it's like walking on carpet barefooted.
Nice Stop sign at 9:30 (LCN sign).
Just installed Empire Zyosia....how long do I wait to fertilize it and what do you recommend as the first application??
If I already use TrueGreen, is there any point in me adding Milorganite to the lawn, or no?
I have loads of brown patches and purchase a fertilizer 29 0 4. My question is can I mix it in the spreader with sun and shade grass seeds. I'm from Long Island . you have a great looking lawn.