@@rorf4916 it depends on weather conditions and how soon you want to recover, its not my thing doing it over winter, though certain franchises do it all winter...
Robbie,apart from Etesia,what's a decent mover for lifting In wet conditions,have you ever used the 4 wing tipped ones like on old rovers are they any good.
Incredible dedication to produce such excellent content of an extended period, well done. I have only watched two of your videos at this point yet have answered many of my questions and learned a lot already (your 1/3rd rule description likening mowing to putting your grass on a diet was completely illustrative of your point and very well explained. Liked and subscribed!
This is the best grass experiment vid I've ever seen! Thanks for doing this, it's inspiring me to try new things rather than getting frustrated w/ bad results
Thanks for this Robbie. Lawn care videos can often feel like a bunch of people just repeating each other so a proper experiment followed through to a result is very refreshing and interesting. Fair play!
@@Premier_lawns_official Do I need to cover the seeds when sowing a new lawn? How best to cover the seeds? How long is it going to take to germinate and grow enough for the first cut? and what is the best mix of seeds to get good year-round results?
@@Expedient_Mensch 100 percent cover the seeds. A good quality compost or soil/loam You haven't said where about in the world you are or the size of area you are doing If you are UK/Ireland then a mix of rye with some fescue is your best bet for a general lawn I have another video on different composts you might find helpful th-cam.com/video/Az8C9Z5Jurc/w-d-xo.html
I wanted to make my own rolls of turf for my garden so I did a test and grew various long trays of grass using the same seed on all, tray 1 compost, 2nd tray soil taken from the garden and tray 3 topsoil with a sand blend, i found growing seed in the compost was the best with in 1 week i went from seeds to 2 inchs of nice dark green grass i was amazed it grew so fast in the compost and the roots were very long i kept the trays in the conservatory all week and lightly watered them every day.
Well done. Thanks for the subtitles (Im USA and it's hard to understand your speech). Great comparisons! My problem is squirrels. They go wild digging up the bed. The lady next door planted a lot of trees (drawing squirrels). Don't know whether it's the ground tilling/soil loosening or what that draws them. Tarp works! Even once the seeds grow they continue to ransack the new bed.
Sqirrels are a pain, we used to have red squirrels in ireland, but someone brought the grey ones over from North America and they had a disease that didn't affect them, but it was very bad for our red squirrels, plus they are more aggressive and wiped all our red squirrels out. Grey Squirrels are vermon
Hi Robbie, thanks for doing this. Did you remove the cover to water it at points or just leave it on? Would you also be able to tell me what type of cover it was so I can make sure I get the right thing please? Thanks so much
Brilliant videos you're doing. I've had my new grass seed covered with a fleece for just over 2 weeks now to keep the cats and birds off of it. I see that that's it growing well, but patchy. When do you think I should take it off?
Thank you! I have two weddings (my 2 eldest daughters) this summer and I need to do my lawns so badly! My issue is Japanese knotweed, moss, and ground squirrels! Also chickens but I’m going to try and contain them. Have you ever made a large area where you made your own sod? Im debating that. Just marking off a flat area, laying down tarp, mixing bags of potting soil, mulch, sand and and perlite and then laying a thin layer over the tarp, laying bird netting over that and then another thin layer of the mixture- then sprinkling the grass seed on top and watering in. Then I debated putting a visqueen cover over that to further deter birds. After a good month cutting it into strips, preparing my area and then rolling it out to there 😂
Hey, "What about you?", (love that bit of you vids!) been watching loads of you recently. This one is great. My front lawn is in tatters but, due to expense, am not doing a start-from-scratch. Over the last few weeks have scarified weekly getting lots of moss out with a scarifying rake, spent a lot of time on my hands and knees picking out weeds, run over it with a manual aerator weekly (basically a roller with spikes), fed it twice with some standard feed and today have seeded it. I guess my question would be, I've got some top dressing coming tomorrow to cover that and will do a light reseed after; given the time of year would a make-shift scarecrow do as well as covering it for bird prevention? Again loving your vidoes at the moment and has inspired me to get my lawn sorted!
@@Premier_lawns_official Thank you sir, but is it sufficient compared to covering it? Got to be honest, can't be fecked with coverering it and have stuck a bamboo cane with a Tesco bag stapled to it in the middle of the lawn. Just wondered if, in your opinion, covering it would be of any more benefit than employing the scarecrow tactic.
oh ive been watching alot of your videos! your tips have been really helpful... i grew back my lawn within 7-8 days, and its doing great! thank you for putting out the content.. i know its hard work, but keep it up @@Premier_lawns_official !
Brilliant Robbie! I've been watching a fair load of your videos recently as I attempt to rid my lawns of moss and weeds for once and for all (well, that's a goal at least) and you've got great tips. Keep up the brilliant work and videos as they're very informative and very helpful for us 56 year old novices! 😀
I just reseeded quite a bit of my lawn after a major renovation. Looks like I did pretty good according to this video. I didn't double seed like you did. I basically spreaded seed on, put a 1/4" or so of compost on top, then do a gentle rake and called it good. Interesting that I could have put more seed on top of that if I wanted to. I planted TTTF, and it's day 8 and I can already see some shoots in some areas. These areas happen to be the warmest areas. The north and east areas no shoots yet, but probably soon! Pretty cool results. Basically, covering with anything (within reason) is 100% better than not covering at all. Also, interesting that the fleece cover may get grass started faster, but within 30 days the un-fleeced will catch up just the same. To note: I used compost because I had quite a bit left, and I had already leveled my lawn so compost for me was the right thing to use vs spreading more topsoil on. In otherwords, in my case I wanted the material to break down. One thing I am doing in addition to what you did, is put starter fertilizer down probably at around the 14 day mark when I start seeing enough shoots.
Absolutely loving this Channel so far, learning a lot from just the few videos I've seen. I love it that it's in Ireland too (they can have all the seasons in one day) and it's a true before and after with the different weathers!
Thanks Paddy we are following this after leatherjackets! (may still be a few but we have picked up 2000 and put 2 lots of nematodes down). Hoping for a lawn again for our kids come summer! How long will seed take to germinate with the fleece in southern England with current temperatures? (its been wet and 10-15degrees in the daytime this past week). Thanks again for all your informative videos!
I just started working on my small side yard, right next to forest land, and it probably hasn't been touched except with a mower since the beginning of time. It's a savage patch of clover, moss, broad leaf grass, ruts, holes, pieces of rocks and glass that washed down the hill behind my house. Apparently there was a homestead up there in the early 20th century and they just threw their garbage into a ravine which flows down into my yard when it rains hard. I've started out by mowing, using a blower and carefully hand-picking any debris out of my yard. That said, I'll never get it all. I've started out by taking a garden weasel to my bare spots and then covering those with a nice seed product that has fertilizer and mulch powder in it that expands quite a bit when watered. I didn't have any problem with seeds being washed away, eaten by birds or germinating. I'm doing a few bare spots at a time and learning from how it goes. The next step I'm taking is to use an herbicide to kill off the clover and broad leaf grasses. I'm doing it in patches instead of bombarding my whole yard at one time. After the weeds are killed and the herbicide has had 14 days to leech out I'll hit those spots with the garden weasel and seed mix like I did the bare spots. After I have the main section I'm working on all seeded and the grass is growing, then I'll start top dressing. Since I'm on a hillside there is a slope to my yard. I'm going to make this section I'm working on very flat and with little slope so that'll take a bit of soil. I'll be using a mix with soil and sand that's rated well for top dressing. After I have the turf flat, weed free and looking pretty good I'll finish it with a top dressing of fine sand to just make the ground softer and to help grind up any mulch going forward. All this will also serve to permanently bury the little pieces of glass, etc.
We’ve been using clear polythene on top of down seed for the last couple of years on lots of patches big and small in a garden we’ve had to fix. Acts like a greenhouse and keeps moisture in. Grass grows really fast. Hold it down with tent pegs. Got a few people doing the same and all had similar results.
Ps we’ve even done it in peak summer and all you need to do is peel the polythenes back a couple of times a day if it’s really hot, mist it with the hose pipe and peg back down
Would it have grown faster if done in the late springtime? I'm in West Yorkshire, 1200 feet up in the pennines & the weather is typical spring weather here. Mild with sunshine & showers. Firstly, I killed off all the moss on my lawn, hand scarified & then 4 days ago seeded (fescue & ryegrass) & top soiled it mostly where it was bare. I'm now waiting on seeing some new growth. I'm encouraged by what's left of the older/original grass vigorously (but not too quickly) growing & thickening up. However, I can't see any new growth where the new seed has been sown. How long should it take at this time of year to see new growth through the top soil? Great content by the way.
Very helpful experiment and confirms the advice given by Daniel Hibbert which set me off on the fleece method, it just gives the grass a protected period to start germinating without the birds getting overweight ! The fleece material is cost effective, use it , swill it out and put on the washing line to dry and then it is ready to be re used.
we have a lot of pigeons around our area and I find using fleece a big help as the movement with the wind on the fleece keeps them away ! my only tip if using fleece and pegging it down with the 'hoops ' is to slide some small squares of cut up compost bag over the hoops before pushing them through the fleece this stops th fleece pulling through the hoops in windy weather
Brilliant experiment Robbie! Thank you for doing this really interesting and Topsoil surprised me i thought compost would have been the best! also did you have a go in the swing!!
Very useful video Robbie. I've used loam, 70/30 top dressing and nothing when refurbing and have always had the best results with the loam - even if only 2l per m. Never used the fleece though but might give it a go having clearly seen the quicker germination in your vid. Very handy to see the impact bird activity has when uncovered.
@@Premier_lawns_official Well I think having a successful business starts with 1. A list of successful action that work on the jobs and administratively. 2. A list of unsuccessful actions. 3. Pushing on the things that worked relentlessly. 4. Avoiding at all costs being pulled into doing the unsuccessful things despite other people's insistence! Ha ha ha.
Enjoyed the vid great experiment however That’s regular building sand used for plastering, Motar mixes ect no good for drainage. proper sharp river sand is very course it doesn’t clump together as very gritty and excellent for drainage we regularly Rotavate in to break up heavy clay soils ect always had outstanding results will try do a video for you sometime! 😊
Bout ye, Robbie? Thanks for all the hard work that went into this video. Very interesting to me as someone who continues to try and grow new lawns using seed from scratch when customers ask. I've never covered newly-sown seed and wondered exactly what difference it would make. Now I know. Also, having used topsoil and compost raked into the seed I was very interested to know what difference there'd be between the two. This has been very helpful.
Enjoying your videos guys. Some really good tips. I've been doing ground prep and turfing quite a lot over the last couple of years. We've recently just looked at a big job at a quite new build. 1400+ sq m lawn which is very patchy with little bare divots. We're looking at tining and seeding and then top dressing. It's not something we've done on this scale before. Any suggestions for the best approach to tackle this?
another cracking video Robbie. really interesting experiment, I would always have said compost but as you said topsoil won't compact the same way. thanks for taking the time to answer a lot of questions. when I patch fix my lawn (dog urine) I always wondered whether I should cover the patches with clear plastic or something to speed up germination before the birds get to it. anyway thanks again
Hi Robbie - probably you furthest subscriber in little old New Zealand - great video ! About to start a complete overhaul of my back lawn so your video's are really informative and have been waiting for the results of this one !
Honestly... The best way to grow grass from seeds is to look at your videos ! I have totally repaired a heavily damaged grass under an apple tree without knowing anything an starting from beginning just by looking your channel Sir ! And following your last recommendation, I have bought a 40V battery leaf blower to save me time and effort with dead leaves 👍
@@Premier_lawns_official to do stuff like an expert, I have seeded fescues for shadow spots mixed with others kinds of fescues and a little hint of ryegrass. Btw talking like an expert now haha 😊
Howsaboutye! Hope I’ve pronounced that right. Thank for recommending the scarified, worked a treat! I’ve a terrible problem with moss in the on the North face lawn. I’ve taken it down with the scarified so the soil is fully exposed. It’s generally a clay soil but I’m thinking of incorporating sand or something to break the soil to breathe and make it less compacted and more fertile. Only, where the lawn meets the hedge I have the opposite where it dries out so no grass or moss would grow. If it’s not too much to ask ‘your good self’ would you suggest builders sand, sharp sand building or what sand, bearing in mind some building sand have deadly elements that kill everything. Many thanks in anticipation of Irish sage! Peter
did a reno with compost in September , looking decent now, but think will overseed and add some 70:30 in the spring as the lawn was pretty awful before and I scarified it to death! Have the motivation and equipment to keep verticutting and scarifying in the future, You and Daniel have been the big inspirations.
Do you recommend always putting seed again after you already had put it on and dressed it? So you got seed in there under the dressing and on top of it. I'm guessing you improve chances of getting more coverage but it may also invite birds.
Hi , I love your content ! I have recently moved home and the lawn was dreadful . I have completely killed it off now and I am following you step by step from This video . Tomorrow I will seed , fertilise , top dress with compost and cover with frost cover. I will water twice a day everyday . How long should I keep the frost cover on to protect the seed ??? Joseph
Another great video. I watched another guy on TH-cam pre germinate his grass in a net in a bucket of water for 24hrs then every 12hrs until germination started and it seemed to work well. When the grass started rooting he spread it around his lawn. I was thinking of trying this but also using your compost roller method and the pre germinated seed. Have you ever tried pre germinating?
@@Premier_lawns_official looks like it’s worth using some decent top soil , I’ve got two to look after as my in-laws live next door Could workout quite pricey but worth
Really impressive, scientific, methodical approach Robbie - Great stuff. One question for you - how was the sunlight across the patch? I noticed the sanded section was closest to the house - was that section in more shade than the rest?
Good question! It was, but to be honest with the low sun most of it was in the shade a lot anway. I was going to do it in the middle of the field but it can get very wet there....
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Robbie,is it still okay to scarify?
@@rorf4916 it depends on weather conditions and how soon you want to recover, its not my thing doing it over winter, though certain franchises do it all winter...
Robbie,apart from Etesia,what's a decent mover for lifting In wet conditions,have you ever used the 4 wing tipped ones like on old rovers are they any good.
@@rorf4916 I havent used those
Incredible dedication to produce such excellent content of an extended period, well done. I have only watched two of your videos at this point yet have answered many of my questions and learned a lot already (your 1/3rd rule description likening mowing to putting your grass on a diet was completely illustrative of your point and very well explained. Liked and subscribed!
This is the best grass experiment vid I've ever seen! Thanks for doing this, it's inspiring me to try new things rather than getting frustrated w/ bad results
Thanks 🙏 make sure to subscribe as I'm doing a follow up soon
Thanks for this Robbie. Lawn care videos can often feel like a bunch of people just repeating each other so a proper experiment followed through to a result is very refreshing and interesting. Fair play!
This was originally planned as a series of videos, it took so much work, to film and edit. It's nice to get some nice feedback. Happy Easter.
2 years on this has been a very useful trial which you have videoed. Many thanks, Robbie.
Your welcome, I'm just about to start a new trial
This my friend is a GREAT creator.. LOVE your experiments bro
Thanks 👍😊
This was a great experiment! As someone doing my own lawn, overseeing and growing a new one this has been really helpful. Thanks.
Thanks for your comments 🙏❤️
Thank you for doing this for us, this is much appreciated :)
Happy to help 🙂
Outstanding. Answered the questions I have been mulling over for weeks. Cheers mate.🤙
What questions did you have?
@@Premier_lawns_official Do I need to cover the seeds when sowing a new lawn?
How best to cover the seeds?
How long is it going to take to germinate and grow enough for the first cut?
and what is the best mix of seeds to get good year-round results?
@@Expedient_Mensch 100 percent cover the seeds. A good quality compost or soil/loam
You haven't said where about in the world you are or the size of area you are doing
If you are UK/Ireland then a mix of rye with some fescue is your best bet for a general lawn
I have another video on different composts you might find helpful th-cam.com/video/Az8C9Z5Jurc/w-d-xo.html
I wanted to make my own rolls of turf for my garden so I did a test and grew various long trays of grass using the same seed on all, tray 1 compost, 2nd tray soil taken from the garden and tray 3 topsoil with a sand blend, i found growing seed in the compost was the best with in 1 week i went from seeds to 2 inchs of nice dark green grass i was amazed it grew so fast in the compost and the roots were very long i kept the trays in the conservatory all week and lightly watered them every day.
very helpful to have the experimental approach and to show us in this vid. Thanks!
It's always good to test stuff out to see what works and what doesn't work
Very informative video series, especially helpful for beginners or anyone with lawn issues.
Happy to help 😁 we are about to start filming the test patch video number 3 soon
Well done. Thanks for the subtitles (Im USA and it's hard to understand your speech). Great comparisons! My problem is squirrels. They go wild digging up the bed. The lady next door planted a lot of trees (drawing squirrels). Don't know whether it's the ground tilling/soil loosening or what that draws them. Tarp works! Even once the seeds grow they continue to ransack the new bed.
Sqirrels are a pain, we used to have red squirrels in ireland, but someone brought the grey ones over from North America and they had a disease that didn't affect them, but it was very bad for our red squirrels, plus they are more aggressive and wiped all our red squirrels out. Grey Squirrels are vermon
your best vid. I lurked a lot, but now I needed to give you props!
Thanks 🙏👍
great video, very educational
Happy to help 😁
Hi Robbie, thanks for doing this. Did you remove the cover to water it at points or just leave it on? Would you also be able to tell me what type of cover it was so I can make sure I get the right thing please? Thanks so much
Mike leave it on and the links are in the video description
Thanks for linking this video to the new beginner seeding video!!
Brilliant videos you're doing. I've had my new grass seed covered with a fleece for just over 2 weeks now to keep the cats and birds off of it. I see that that's it growing well, but patchy. When do you think I should take it off?
You will know yourself, it must be getting close now
That came in really handy. What a good experiment. Thanks
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Thank you! I have two weddings (my 2 eldest daughters) this summer and I need to do my lawns so badly! My issue is Japanese knotweed, moss, and ground squirrels! Also chickens but I’m going to try and contain them.
Have you ever made a large area where you made your own sod? Im debating that. Just marking off a flat area, laying down tarp, mixing bags of potting soil, mulch, sand and and perlite and then laying a thin layer over the tarp, laying bird netting over that and then another thin layer of the mixture- then sprinkling the grass seed on top and watering in. Then I debated putting a visqueen cover over that to further deter birds. After a good month cutting it into strips, preparing my area and then rolling it out to there 😂
Haha you can keep me posted on how that goes 😀😂
Hey, "What about you?", (love that bit of you vids!) been watching loads of you recently. This one is great. My front lawn is in tatters but, due to expense, am not doing a start-from-scratch. Over the last few weeks have scarified weekly getting lots of moss out with a scarifying rake, spent a lot of time on my hands and knees picking out weeds, run over it with a manual aerator weekly (basically a roller with spikes), fed it twice with some standard feed and today have seeded it. I guess my question would be, I've got some top dressing coming tomorrow to cover that and will do a light reseed after; given the time of year would a make-shift scarecrow do as well as covering it for bird prevention? Again loving your vidoes at the moment and has inspired me to get my lawn sorted!
For a scarecrow, a couple of bamboo canes with string attached at either end and some CDs down it
@@Premier_lawns_official Thank you sir, but is it sufficient compared to covering it? Got to be honest, can't be fecked with coverering it and have stuck a bamboo cane with a Tesco bag stapled to it in the middle of the lawn. Just wondered if, in your opinion, covering it would be of any more benefit than employing the scarecrow tactic.
@@SteveSalisbury if you have topdressd it then I wouldn't worry to much
Great Job soldier, from Detroit Michigan
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@@Premier_lawns_official BLESS YOU
Wow very interesting
Thank you, i normally spray and pray. Covering it this time
Glad it was helpful 😁
I thought the compost would of been better than the topsoil for sure 👍 top soil looked better than all to me, everyday is a learning day
Yep surprised me too, compost takes a while to break down, so its not like those nutrients will go straight into the soil right away
love this experiment! and thank you for being patient through it all to record your experiment... again kudos! great channel, keep up the good work!
Hey john, if you enjoyed this one. Check out my latest test patch video th-cam.com/video/s-AOCgmwdk0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=fS0c0ujtucUUxeAy
oh ive been watching alot of your videos!
your tips have been really helpful... i grew back my lawn within 7-8 days, and its doing great! thank you for putting out the content.. i know its hard work, but keep it up @@Premier_lawns_official !
Wow good job on it, thanks for this video it helped me out and greetings from germany!
Hey Ralf welcome to the channel 🙂
Loved this! Thanks from USA
Thanks! From Belfast N. Ireland!
Fleece on order 👍
I'm doing some seeding in Nov, and it will have a fleece on it! Until then, it's not really needed (depending on where you are of course)
Just planned today following all the rules lol great video! I can't wait to see my results with Argentine Bahia. Day one 👍 great video 😊
Thanks 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for all the work you did for us. Good project
If you enjoyed this, I have a very similar project underway that will be published this weekend. So keep an eye out for it ☺️
I tried pregermination and it worked wonders! The seed grew in about a week .
Brilliant Robbie! I've been watching a fair load of your videos recently as I attempt to rid my lawns of moss and weeds for once and for all (well, that's a goal at least) and you've got great tips. Keep up the brilliant work and videos as they're very informative and very helpful for us 56 year old novices! 😀
Hey Mick, glad you are finding them helpful. I run a private group on Facebook called the premier lawns community. Look is up 🙂
I just reseeded quite a bit of my lawn after a major renovation. Looks like I did pretty good according to this video. I didn't double seed like you did. I basically spreaded seed on, put a 1/4" or so of compost on top, then do a gentle rake and called it good. Interesting that I could have put more seed on top of that if I wanted to. I planted TTTF, and it's day 8 and I can already see some shoots in some areas. These areas happen to be the warmest areas. The north and east areas no shoots yet, but probably soon! Pretty cool results. Basically, covering with anything (within reason) is 100% better than not covering at all. Also, interesting that the fleece cover may get grass started faster, but within 30 days the un-fleeced will catch up just the same. To note: I used compost because I had quite a bit left, and I had already leveled my lawn so compost for me was the right thing to use vs spreading more topsoil on. In otherwords, in my case I wanted the material to break down. One thing I am doing in addition to what you did, is put starter fertilizer down probably at around the 14 day mark when I start seeing enough shoots.
Absolutely loving this Channel so far, learning a lot from just the few videos I've seen. I love it that it's in Ireland too (they can have all the seasons in one day) and it's a true before and after with the different weathers!
Thanks for stopping by and welcome to the channel ☺️👍👍
Great little test mate, just shows, stick something down that’s going to help protect the seed and keep it wet and your off to a winner 🙌🏽
That's it, cover it, water it, watch it grow 👍🙂
Hi Robbie thanks for taking the time and effort to make this video. Very interesting 👍
Your welcome, this one was a monster to make and edit. Nice to see it getting some views
Thanks Paddy we are following this after leatherjackets! (may still be a few but we have picked up 2000 and put 2 lots of nematodes down). Hoping for a lawn again for our kids come summer! How long will seed take to germinate with the fleece in southern England with current temperatures? (its been wet and 10-15degrees in the daytime this past week). Thanks again for all your informative videos!
It would be interesting to see you grow a patch with different sorts of seeds, to see the difference between cheap and more premium etc
Just for you th-cam.com/video/s-AOCgmwdk0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=S-UHTiiTgmYlcK3J
I just started working on my small side yard, right next to forest land, and it probably hasn't been touched except with a mower since the beginning of time. It's a savage patch of clover, moss, broad leaf grass, ruts, holes, pieces of rocks and glass that washed down the hill behind my house. Apparently there was a homestead up there in the early 20th century and they just threw their garbage into a ravine which flows down into my yard when it rains hard.
I've started out by mowing, using a blower and carefully hand-picking any debris out of my yard. That said, I'll never get it all. I've started out by taking a garden weasel to my bare spots and then covering those with a nice seed product that has fertilizer and mulch powder in it that expands quite a bit when watered. I didn't have any problem with seeds being washed away, eaten by birds or germinating. I'm doing a few bare spots at a time and learning from how it goes.
The next step I'm taking is to use an herbicide to kill off the clover and broad leaf grasses. I'm doing it in patches instead of bombarding my whole yard at one time. After the weeds are killed and the herbicide has had 14 days to leech out I'll hit those spots with the garden weasel and seed mix like I did the bare spots. After I have the main section I'm working on all seeded and the grass is growing, then I'll start top dressing.
Since I'm on a hillside there is a slope to my yard. I'm going to make this section I'm working on very flat and with little slope so that'll take a bit of soil. I'll be using a mix with soil and sand that's rated well for top dressing. After I have the turf flat, weed free and looking pretty good I'll finish it with a top dressing of fine sand to just make the ground softer and to help grind up any mulch going forward. All this will also serve to permanently bury the little pieces of glass, etc.
Sounds like a great project 🙂
Fantastic video, Great experiment thanks Robbie, Knowledge is power
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We’ve been using clear polythene on top of down seed for the last couple of years on lots of patches big and small in a garden we’ve had to fix. Acts like a greenhouse and keeps moisture in. Grass grows really fast. Hold it down with tent pegs. Got a few people doing the same and all had similar results.
Ps we’ve even done it in peak summer and all you need to do is peel the polythenes back a couple of times a day if it’s really hot, mist it with the hose pipe and peg back down
Would it have grown faster if done in the late springtime?
I'm in West Yorkshire, 1200 feet up in the pennines & the weather is typical spring weather here. Mild with sunshine & showers.
Firstly, I killed off all the moss on my lawn, hand scarified & then 4 days ago seeded (fescue & ryegrass) & top soiled it mostly where it was bare. I'm now waiting on seeing some new growth. I'm encouraged by what's left of the older/original grass vigorously (but not too quickly) growing & thickening up. However, I can't see any new growth where the new seed has been sown. How long should it take at this time of year to see new growth through the top soil? Great content by the way.
Great to watch and brilliant information 👍🏽
Superb video Robbie
Thanks Finn 😊
Great work, mate. Appreciate the information!
Happy to help 😁 👍⭐
A fantastic experiment ☺️
A perfect upsell for proper top dressing following scarification.
I can see me doing more lawn replacements next year. I'm trying to fine tune it at the moment
Really nice experiment. Interms of speed, the cover made a huge difference.
Yes amazing the difference it made for the first 2 to 3 weeks
Looks like i just need to get on and do it , all look good to me 🙂
Good luck with your project 🙂
How often were you watering the area?/how often should you water if no rain is scheduled?
Intresting video will use the results for my lawn.
Thanks for all your hard work much appreciated.
What way will you do your own lawn?
@@Premier_lawns_official Top soil has my vote.
Very helpful experiment and confirms the advice given by Daniel Hibbert which set me off on the fleece method, it just gives the grass a protected period to start germinating without the birds getting overweight ! The fleece material is cost effective, use it , swill it out and put on the washing line to dry and then it is ready to be re used.
I think after this you don't need the fleece if using topdressing
we have a lot of pigeons around our area and I find using fleece a big help as the movement with the wind on the fleece keeps them away ! my only tip if using fleece and pegging it down with the 'hoops ' is to slide some small squares of cut up compost bag over the hoops before pushing them through the fleece this stops th fleece pulling through the hoops in windy weather
Great tip, thanks 👍😊
Great video Robbie, thanks for giving us your time
No probs 👍
Brilliant experiment Robbie! Thank you for doing this really interesting and Topsoil surprised me i thought compost would have been the best! also did you have a go in the swing!!
Very useful video Robbie. I've used loam, 70/30 top dressing and nothing when refurbing and have always had the best results with the loam - even if only 2l per m. Never used the fleece though but might give it a go having clearly seen the quicker germination in your vid. Very handy to see the impact bird activity has when uncovered.
I usually use 70/30 myself. Good to level out sections too if needed
Good video. What about another video where you have a mix of soil and compost and see how that grows?
Very good video Robbie. Definitely food for thought on this one.
Thank you so much.
Even Bella made a guest appearance.
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I have started to do these in business and it was a good way to test some stuff out
@@Premier_lawns_official Well I think having a successful business starts with 1. A list of successful action that work on the jobs and administratively. 2. A list of unsuccessful actions. 3. Pushing on the things that worked relentlessly. 4. Avoiding at all costs being pulled into doing the unsuccessful things despite other people's insistence! Ha ha ha.
Easier said than done like!
Enjoyed the vid great experiment however That’s regular building sand used for plastering, Motar mixes ect no good for drainage. proper sharp river sand is very course it doesn’t clump together as very gritty and excellent for drainage we regularly Rotavate in to break up heavy clay soils ect always had outstanding results will try do a video for you sometime! 😊
I will look forward to that Rob 👌
Excellent test, man!
Quite a bit of work you put into that.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Bout ye, Robbie? Thanks for all the hard work that went into this video. Very interesting to me as someone who continues to try and grow new lawns using seed from scratch when customers ask. I've never covered newly-sown seed and wondered exactly what difference it would make. Now I know. Also, having used topsoil and compost raked into the seed I was very interested to know what difference there'd be between the two. This has been very helpful.
Every day is a school day. I learnt a lot myself doing this video 👍
Really excellent video. Well thought out experiment.
Thanks 🙏
What a brilliant experiment. Thank you so much for the hardwork in presenting this video
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Thanks for another excellent video. Topman
Thanks Stephen 😁
Enjoying your videos guys. Some really good tips.
I've been doing ground prep and turfing quite a lot over the last couple of years. We've recently just looked at a big job at a quite new build. 1400+ sq m lawn which is very patchy with little bare divots. We're looking at tining and seeding and then top dressing. It's not something we've done on this scale before. Any suggestions for the best approach to tackle this?
It's probably got terrible soil or maybe it has been put in and not fed or both! Hard to say really to be honest
Great video. Amazing the amount of time that you put into this. Hope this does well for you!
Thanks 🙏 yes this one took a while, however I have another planned
Nice video work. Clear instructions and directions. Can't wait to get started leveling and seeding my lawn. Beautiful dog. Thanks!
I've been looking forward to this video! Results look good, no surprise there with the sand 🤷🏾♂️
Yep, one of the reasons I used it. Kind of gets the point across 👍
Brilliant.... Aul George is good too.
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Thanks for the update, an excellent experiment , well done.👍👏
Thanks Jason, always learning 👍❤️
Huge effort Robbie thank you and well done
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
another cracking video Robbie. really interesting experiment, I would always have said compost but as you said topsoil won't compact the same way. thanks for taking the time to answer a lot of questions.
when I patch fix my lawn (dog urine) I always wondered whether I should cover the patches with clear plastic or something to speed up germination before the birds get to it.
anyway thanks again
Rich you should find this video helpful th-cam.com/video/OredQjvlrOw/w-d-xo.html
Hi Robbie - probably you furthest subscriber in little old New Zealand - great video ! About to start a complete overhaul of my back lawn so your video's are really informative and have been waiting for the results of this one !
Hi Lee, you couldn't get much further! What type of covering will you be going with?
@@Premier_lawns_official - definitely a topsoil
mix your sand and compost together before spreading will help. 2 to1 ratio. More sand than compost
Excellent video!!!
Thanks 🙏👍 glad you found it helpful
Honestly... The best way to grow grass from seeds is to look at your videos !
I have totally repaired a heavily damaged grass under an apple tree without knowing anything an starting from beginning just by looking your channel Sir ! And following your last recommendation, I have bought a 40V battery leaf blower to save me time and effort with dead leaves 👍
That's what TH-cam is all about, finding out how to do stuff 👍
@@Premier_lawns_official to do stuff like an expert, I have seeded fescues for shadow spots mixed with others kinds of fescues and a little hint of ryegrass. Btw talking like an expert now haha 😊
Fantastic video 👍
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Love your dog and great video
Thanks 🙏 that's bella 🐕🐾
Nice experiment thanks for sharing 👍👍👍👍
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Howsaboutye! Hope I’ve pronounced that right. Thank for recommending the scarified, worked a treat!
I’ve a terrible problem with moss in the on the North face lawn. I’ve taken it down with the scarified so the soil is fully exposed. It’s generally a clay soil but I’m thinking of incorporating sand or something to break the soil to breathe and make it less compacted and more fertile. Only, where the lawn meets the hedge I have the opposite where it dries out so no grass or moss would grow. If it’s not too much to ask ‘your good self’ would you suggest builders sand, sharp sand building or what sand, bearing in mind some building sand have deadly elements that kill everything.
Many thanks in anticipation of Irish sage!
Peter
Yes!!! I think you got it right. If you must use sand, a sports sand or failing that a play sand. Thanks for the humor, it's much appreciated 😁🙏
@@Premier_lawns_official love the Irish wit👍
Great video Robbie well done thanks for sharing
Thanks for the feedback 😊 ❤️
Excellent video
Thanks Bob, this is one of my favs too
Great comparison video
Thanks 🙏
thanks king
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Thanks for this video 👍🏻
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Thanks Robbie, quer video which has cleared up a few things for me, ATB
Thanks Eddie
great video, ive been waiting to see the results of this. 👍🏻👍🏻
Did anything surprise you or did it go the way you expected?
@@Premier_lawns_official i didnt think the uncovered bit would catch up as quickly as it did.
will the sand bit come on better with a bit more time?
did a reno with compost in September , looking decent now, but think will overseed and add some 70:30 in the spring as the lawn was pretty awful before and I scarified it to death! Have the motivation and equipment to keep verticutting and scarifying in the future, You and Daniel have been the big inspirations.
Thanks Bill 🙂
Excellent work
Do you recommend always putting seed again after you already had put it on and dressed it? So you got seed in there under the dressing and on top of it. I'm guessing you improve chances of getting more coverage but it may also invite birds.
Hi , I love your content !
I have recently moved home and the lawn was dreadful . I have completely killed it off now and I am following you step by step from
This video . Tomorrow I will seed , fertilise , top dress with compost and cover with frost cover.
I will water twice a day everyday .
How long should I keep the frost cover on to protect the seed ???
Joseph
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Really useful video Robbie!
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It would be interesting to see how topsoil with worm casting would fare. I reckon it would do the best.
Nice grass unser the Cover 😁
Thanks Siggi ❤️🙂👍
Great video.
Thank you
A very well done tutorial. Beautifuly demonstrated.
Thanks
Another great video. I watched another guy on TH-cam pre germinate his grass in a net in a bucket of water for 24hrs then every 12hrs until germination started and it seemed to work well. When the grass started rooting he spread it around his lawn. I was thinking of trying this but also using your compost roller method and the pre germinated seed. Have you ever tried pre germinating?
Great video Robbie - interesting experiment.
Thanks for the feedback 😊☺️
Awesome video Robbie. Fascinating and informative. Thank you👍
Thank you ❤️ 👍
Really interesting experiment mate thanks very much will help me next season when I try to improve my lawns👍🏻💪🏼
Hi Stuart, what material will you use in your lawn?
@@Premier_lawns_official looks like it’s worth using some decent top soil , I’ve got two to look after as my in-laws live next door
Could workout quite pricey but worth
@@stuartmcghie1409 thats what i will be using from now on
What type of lawn is that? Is it it perennial rye grass?
Rye and fescue
Really impressive, scientific, methodical approach Robbie - Great stuff.
One question for you - how was the sunlight across the patch? I noticed the sanded section was closest to the house - was that section in more shade than the rest?
Good question! It was, but to be honest with the low sun most of it was in the shade a lot anway.
I was going to do it in the middle of the field but it can get very wet there....