Here is the winterizer fert - it's super cheap and works really well on any grass type yardmastery.com/collections/fertilizers-granular/products/yard-mastery-24-4-8-macro-micro-blend
Here is the double dark - good anytime you need to domiate thelawncarenut.com/collections/liquid-fertilizer/products/n-ext-microgreene-greene-effect-combo
Patience is key! My yard still needs a ton of work. But, I'm now on about week 5 after overseeding with TTTF (3rd mow) and it is really coming in nicely. There are stripes I never had before, and the green is a welcome sight when I arrive home each day. Just going to trust that everything goes out strong and comes back with a vengeance is the spring (not the weeds the grass folks!). I do have a big issue with creeping charlie and wild violet that will be a thorn in my side for another season or two, but being my first full season of lawn care, I'm happy with my baby steps!
Absolutely right on the fact that rain is the best irrigation. Around here we haven’t had any significant rain since mid-June. And it shows... We all have sprinklers, but that only keeps you alive, but not to thrive.
Great questions to answer, I've got a few thin spots on my seed coming in but I'm just going to trust the process! I learned all this stuff from you, you're the man! THROW 'ER DOWN!!
In the North Texas area here and have St. Augustine. I always use the mower and bag leaves. I have too many to use a leaf blower, and if I get out there once a week it's possible to use the mower and bag them. It also keeps the sun on my lawn and it puts off dormancy for a few additional weeks.
Hey Man, this is off subject a bit, but ever since you spun me onto Ironite, my lawn has never looked so damn good! This summers lawn was the best! Ironite every six weeks and lay Vigaro 10 days later each time, and BAM super deep green, healthy thick lawn! Thanks a million! Take care!
@LCN literally bag up your leaves, sprinkle water on them, put a few holes in the bag and forget about them for a year. You will have the best mulch for your garden beds, leave mould the best thing for your garden beds. Don’t bin them!! Your planters around the pool look very nice, are they petunias you’ve used for them?
Oh if I had only found The Lawn Care Nut 6 months ago, or even a month ago!!! I would have saved my self so much frustration, failure and disastrous mistakes. My most recent disaster occurred about a month ago. I live in Central Florida and for years just didn't have the time to really work on the yard. I mowed it and fertilized it once in a while. I had used Bonus S in the back yard a few years ago and half the yard died, but I just didn't have the time to research what happened. I retired and started focusing on the yard last year. I didn't even know what kind of grass I had, so I started by looking at dozens of pictures and reading lots of descriptions. Why I never thought to go to TH-cam is beyond me, but I didn't. So I decided that I had St Augustine in the front yard (it grows nicely under a big tree and has not seeds). I decided the back was a mixture of St Augustine and Bermuda, but more Bermuda because of all the seed pods and it didn't seem to grow as tall as the St Augustine. And I read that Bonus S is for St Augustine so I figured that's not what I had most of in the back based on the kill off a few years ago. This summer I had a lot of weeds and and since I thought I had Bermuda in the back I purchased a weed killer to use on Bermuda grass. Well, more than half the back yard died again. So I purchased some Scotts EZ seed Bermuda. I spread it and watered it and watched it grow. Then I noticed it doesn't look anything like what I thought was Bermuda grass in my yard. I did more research, including on TH-cam, and have come to the conclusion that the back yard was actually St Augustine and that what I thought was Bermuda is really crabgrass. How dumb could I be?!? I guess I killed most of the St Augustine and left the crabgrass. I also have lots of Nutsedge which I thought was grass at first. When I looked for pictures of grasses, it kept on showing up on weed sights, so I figured that at and now I'm in the process of of killing that off but leaving lots of bare patches in the yard. I suppose many of you are shaking your head, thinking I'm a lost cause. But for those of you that think I have a chance of saving my yard, please help. I suppose the easiest would be to kill everything off and start all over with sod. But I can't afford that, and since I'm now retired I have a lot more time than money. I'd love to help the St Augustine reestablish itself. Any suggestions would be so greatly appreciated. BTW, I think the type of St Augustine I have might be 'classic' but I'm not sure. Just going by pictures next to the floratam. It looks like it stands up taller. I don't know if the care would be any different. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this, and again, thank you for any help.
I broke up the crusty dirt by hitting it with a thatching rake and watered it in and added a small amount of light fluffy dirt. I been raking leaves off it and plan on filling it in next year
After the hurricane remnants I threw it down heavy after a year of hand pulling weeds near the street I air ated with a ski pole and swept seeds in it looks like mini bushes
I use the lawnmower as long as I need to in order to mulch up the fallen leaves. All the way through November usually. It's much easier to mulch the leaves and put them back into the ground than making little leaf piles for the town to vacuum up.
Hi there Al! I live in Virginia, just inherited a home and the summer months the lawn was pretty thick, I started to notice it wasn't grass at all but more weeds than anything. I have had Trugreen come out and aerate and overseed just last week, and yesterday they came out to fertilize and want me to use them to get the yard in shape. In my previous home I was able to get my grass beautiful just by listening to you. My question, what starter fertilizer should I use? Should i wait before applying more fertilizer? Just trying to tackle this before it gets too cold.
I'm in VA also 757 and I did the same on Oct 2. I'm getting very good results from my aeration and seeding. I to would like to know what fertilizer I can use.
Supposed to get 5-8” of snow here tomorrow, which is super early for us. Would you say it’s safe to do a final mow after that melts? Or is this a sign our mowing season is cut short this year?
Great video LCN, answered most of the questions I had after my renovation. By the way, my new LCN gear is on its way. Hopefully just in time for my first mow after renovation.
Love the Q&A. I did a sulfentrazone treatment for nutsedge and clover in my backyard, which has mainly tall fescue, zoysia invading from the neighbor, and bermuda. The nutsedge is dead, took a month. The bermuda took the most damage of the grasses, really don't want it in the lawn anyways. Hoping next year i can beat it into submission. Any way to beat the zoysia if i choose fescue, its maybe 600-800 sq ft right now, ~15% of the backyard. Otherwise the zoysia will take over entire backyard. Thanks.
Hi Al, I am in so.Maine and went through HOT & DRY summer.Late Augest Lawn appears dormant already. When should I fertilize or will spring time be better ? Thanks for all your wisdom.
There is a cool season issues iI think you forgot about. What are the ways to deal with acorns in the lawn? I've recent searched for solutions that are easier than raking with no real solid feedback on their efficacy. Maybe you can help.
Thanks for the awesome 80's playlist...Still in the mid 80 degree range everyday here in Orange Park FL.. probably won't get a winter again this year..Fine by me!!!🌴☀️🍻
@@TheLawnCareNut i live in highland in.u know where that is! I want to re seed with his tall fescu my lawn is a mix of everything like all most every lawn up here will the tall fescu take over so I only have one type of grass my lawn looks all right now but I would like one type of grass. Thank u u been a help take care.
Lawn care nuts, I accidentally left a brand new bag of GCI TTTF outside in my covered patio for the weekend. Unfortunately for the next 4-5 days, outside temps were 100 degrees. I decided to use the bag of seeds to overseed and I haven’t seen any germination after 10 days. Should I buy a new bag a throw more seed or “trust the process” and continue to be patient?
Hi Alan, just purchase your warm season grass ebook...love the wealth of information you provide. I was thinking if it’s possible to add different lawn profiles on your free application. I have different areas around my house with different turf grasses. I would love to have the option to have different journals within the same app. Thank you.
Morning, Provista St. Augustine , Florida area. What works best for weeds.? What works for lawn growth.? I always used Scotts Bonus S. Any help would be appreciated . My lawn service is not getting it done.
Hi, for starters, your pod cast is brilliant, first of your videos I have watched, great stuff. In one of your next videos or pod casts can I please ask you to do a small segment on grass in an area that is like where I live which is on the other side of the world in little old New Zealand, but our weather is all over the place and I just want to know if following your tips would be ok over here? We have really hot days mixed with cold weather and wind and rain all in the same day, my lawn is a mixture of rye and tall fescue, we are in he middle of spring at the moment and I just over seeded and fertilised with out airating the soils first. Will my seed still germinate? Sorry about the long hard to understand question.
I live in the St. Louis area - in the transition zone. Front yard has a 48% grade, facing due west. The sunny part is covered in zoysia, the shady part is a cool season mix. The yard has been like this for over 10 years (before I bought the house) Having two kinds of grass is making me crazy - I'm thinking about trying to get that zoysia to take over the shady part by planting plugs, or maybe even sod since its' < 500 sq feet, but I'm a bit concerned about color match - is there much color difference between older and newer zoysia cultivars?
I did an aeration and overseed this fall but didn't have the time to topdress my lawn which I plan on doing next spring. So my question is should I throw more seed down in the spring when I topdress my lawn? Thanks
Question do I put down bio advance complete insect killer , seen some chinch bug in my st. Augustine grass or is it time for fertilizer? If so what kind of store bought fertilizer should I put down
Great video Allyn one question I was hoping would come across was yellowing of grass my cool season grass turned yellow after l overseeded it so after l looked further thought maybe it was rust or grey leaf spot so l put down some propicanazole 14.3 six weeks after overseeding
I have 120 trees on 7 acres of KBG and PR. What product do you recommend that can be sprayed around the tree base to kill back the grass without harming the trees?
In Eastern NC here .. always enjoy your videos Alan .. Moles Gone crazy !! How bad are they destroying my pre-emergent barrier of Prodiamine I applied at the beginning of September ? I am slowly taking them out but was just curious if you had any advice ..Thanks for any help .. :)
For this of us cool season folks who got caught off guard by the blizzard, is it too late to give a final mow to reduce grass height before winter? The snow is gone and we have a mid-60’s week coming up, but soil temps are in the upper 30’ s so nothing is actively growing. Any harm or just let it be?
I live in Lexington South Carolina was considering planting bermuda plugs where I had a tree removal and stump ground. I've done a lot of raking and leftover root removal so there is a 100 sq ft area of bare dirt. Is it to late for plugs or should I just deal with it until spring? thanks for any advice or suggestions.
I’ve been dominating my neighborhood ( town really) since I found you and my man Ryan Knorr. Good part is my neighbors are now taking care of their yards as well
I have a tall fescue lawn and my neighbor’s lawn is a Bermuda and it’s getting over to my tall fescue. So, how can I kill that Bermuda without killing a tall fescue? When is the best time to do it? I am in the upstate of SC. Thank you.
Allyn, you've mentioned the use of Ironite before, can that be used to green up your lawn right before Halloween as apposed to using the Micro Green and Greeneffect? if so, is it safe to apply Ironite after an over seeding? Note: 3 mowing's have happened since over seeding, cool season northern grass
Allyn, recently got your app, subscribed to you tube channel. Want to go with your suggestions but a nationwide company is scheduled to aerate and over seed at the end of October. My rear lawn is brown with weeds. What should I do after aeration? I live in NY
Great information as always!! I live in Ontario, Canada. I started learning lawn care since mid-Aug, after realizing my lawn was struggling a lot. Following you, Ryan, Lawn Whisperer and some other guys on youtube, I dethatched, aerated, and overseeded my lawn in Sept and grass filled up well. Last week, I applied 1/2 lbs of N, Bio-stimulants and iron. Grass got greener :) Thank you for all the tips. I have a question. Night temperature is going to be around 32~34F degrees daily from the end of October. When should I stop applying fertilizers, Bio-stimulants, and iron (any lawn application) ? I would appreciate if you could give me some tips on this. Thank you,
I aerated, overseeded, and fertilized 4+ weeks ago, it's Oct 18 now, HAD to double cut today. Should I lime & milorganite - bought & I would like too - I think - , if so, when? Also can/should I aerate again before, would that be stupid or beneficial in any way? I own a tow behind aerator, so it is free. New to this and curious. Thanks! I'm From Connecticut.
Atrazine is usually used in cornfields for pre emergence control along with glyphosate to get clean fields. Question Allyn - I cut my cool season turf ( KBG,TTTF, and ryegrass ) at 4 inches is that to tall or would 3.5 be better?
3.5 is fine if you want , even 3 or 2 really. Just depends on what you like and how your lawn responds at those heights. My friend Connor cuts his KBG at 3/8"
Thanks for another timely and awesome podcast. I have to disagree on one point. IMHO, it’s a perfect time to attack any dandelions that are popping up to knock them out now before they can winter over.
I overseeded my entire cool season grass, (KBG) lawn last month and I have beautiful new grass coming up everywhere. My question is do I need to remove all of the straw that I put down to cover the seed? Or do I need to mulch it in? I put down quite a bit to protect my seed, so there's a lot out there. Help please. Love your videos. XOXO'S
Hey Al, Im from Ontario Canada and are winters are harsh... if I put down the fall lawn fertilizer which is 32-0-10 in a couple weeks and in the spring I want to rack all the dead grass/or thatch, will I rack up the fertilizer too? Do I even need to rack it? I over seeded about 4 weeks ago and did my last cut today!
I had just seeded and had beautiful bermuda grass but then army worms came and ate it all. I put BT which got rid of them and now it's coming back. But it's now thin. Do I just keep watering or can I put fertilizer? I live in Hawaii so I'm not sure it'll go dormant.
Does it matter what kind of KBG seed I use if I need to over seed in the spring? I'm in a newer home with Scotts seed "Thermo Blue". My lawn looked horrible this fall and I wasn't able to take the time to properly take care of it. I'm planning to aerate and over seed (if needed) in the spring, and was curious on the type of KBG seed I should use if I over seed.
Too late for this season and I don't recommend seeding in spring. Best to wait to seed until next fall. Push your existing grass hard with fert until then.
@@TheLawnCareNut If you don't mind, what's a good way to send you some pictures? This area of the country was in an extreme drought this summer. We've got real bad damage.
Hi, I downloaded your app and oretty excited to start the process. It has me skip to skip 3 and thing it's telling me to do is fertilize. I bought the fertilizer. Wondering if this is what I'm suppose to do prior to seeding or getting rid of weeds?
In the cool season grass section of the country, how long can we expect the N-P-K in our last fert app to last in the lawn? Does it really last to be useful until next April? Thanks!
yes it lasts because the ground is very cold and so is the air so it literally "freezes" and waits for the next season's thaw. This is why it's important to put it down a couple weeks after your final mow, so it is not used up this year.
If I put a full dose of starter fertilizer with tenacity in it at seeding, is it ok to put a second dose of starter fert with tenacity in it at 3 weeks? (I didn't add any at 2 weeks)
that probably won't happen but I appreciate the thought! If you are on the west coast, you can get it from Big Earth Supply by the piece or the pallet.
It goes into "sprout and pout" and you have to get through that. KBG takes a good 21 days to germinate in the first place so you are barely a week past that. Keep watering, hope for the best.
@@TheLawnCareNut Is it also possible that the soil might not have been warm enough? Average day temps have been 60, night temps 50, getting as cold as 41 and warm as 79.
you are coming up close to winter now and may not have time for seed to mature. Best to start hitting hard next spring with fert and thicken up what you have.
@@TheLawnCareNut soil temps are still 65 to 70 in NC where I'm at. I figured it would still germinate and I wouldn't get spread since it's 95 percent tttf and 5 percent kbg
Here is the winterizer fert - it's super cheap and works really well on any grass type yardmastery.com/collections/fertilizers-granular/products/yard-mastery-24-4-8-macro-micro-blend
I just purchased the 24-4-8, when should my last mow be? So I know when to put this down.
Currently sold out ant alternative?
@@VJTrey1 Same question
Here is the double dark - good anytime you need to domiate thelawncarenut.com/collections/liquid-fertilizer/products/n-ext-microgreene-greene-effect-combo
Patience is key! My yard still needs a ton of work. But, I'm now on about week 5 after overseeding with TTTF (3rd mow) and it is really coming in nicely. There are stripes I never had before, and the green is a welcome sight when I arrive home each day. Just going to trust that everything goes out strong and comes back with a vengeance is the spring (not the weeds the grass folks!). I do have a big issue with creeping charlie and wild violet that will be a thorn in my side for another season or two, but being my first full season of lawn care, I'm happy with my baby steps!
Absolutely right on the fact that rain is the best irrigation. Around here we haven’t had any significant rain since mid-June. And it shows... We all have sprinklers, but that only keeps you alive, but not to thrive.
Yes! My roses always look best after rain.
That "soaking rain" literally happened yesterday. I had been discouraged because I hadn't seen anything come up. I came home from work and BOOM!
Nice !! 👊🤘
Allyn, don’t forget the mowing videos this winter. That way we can continue to enjoy the mow through you!!
You got it bro !!! 👊🤘
Hey, Al. Good to see you put out another video. Thank you for all that you do, Sir.
thank you for watching Dan!
Great questions to answer, I've got a few thin spots on my seed coming in but I'm just going to trust the process! I learned all this stuff from you, you're the man! THROW 'ER DOWN!!
always gotta hope for the best too!!
I had some of those spots last fall. They filled in next Spring.
Great Tips for a Beautiful Lawn!!! Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter! WoooHooo!
love you Babe!
Your killing it Justin. Keep up the good work.
In the North Texas area here and have St. Augustine. I always use the mower and bag leaves. I have too many to use a leaf blower, and if I get out there once a week it's possible to use the mower and bag them. It also keeps the sun on my lawn and it puts off dormancy for a few additional weeks.
That's because nature's rain is oxygenated.👏 Thank you, Lord.🙏
Hey Man, this is off subject a bit, but ever since you spun me onto Ironite, my lawn has never looked so damn good! This summers lawn was the best! Ironite every six weeks and lay Vigaro 10 days later each time, and BAM super deep green, healthy thick lawn! Thanks a million! Take care!
it's great stuff and easy to find for sure!
Can you over apply ironite? Heavy doses purposely. Thanks
@@ignacio..9 yes if you over apply your lawn can turn gray. stick to the label for sure
@@ignacio..9 every six weeks has been working phenomenally for my lawn! Best ever! Dark green and thick!
@LCN literally bag up your leaves, sprinkle water on them, put a few holes in the bag and forget about them for a year. You will have the best mulch for your garden beds, leave mould the best thing for your garden beds. Don’t bin them!!
Your planters around the pool look very nice, are they petunias you’ve used for them?
Oh if I had only found The Lawn Care Nut 6 months ago, or even a month ago!!! I would have saved my self so much frustration, failure and disastrous mistakes.
My most recent disaster occurred about a month ago. I live in Central Florida and for years just didn't have the time to really work on the yard. I mowed it and fertilized it once in a while. I had used Bonus S in the back yard a few years ago and half the yard died, but I just didn't have the time to research what happened. I retired and started focusing on the yard last year. I didn't even know what kind of grass I had, so I started by looking at dozens of pictures and reading lots of descriptions. Why I never thought to go to TH-cam is beyond me, but I didn't. So I decided that I had St Augustine in the front yard (it grows nicely under a big tree and has not seeds). I decided the back was a mixture of St Augustine and Bermuda, but more Bermuda because of all the seed pods and it didn't seem to grow as tall as the St Augustine. And I read that Bonus S is for St Augustine so I figured that's not what I had most of in the back based on the kill off a few years ago. This summer I had a lot of weeds and and since I thought I had Bermuda in the back I purchased a weed killer to use on Bermuda grass. Well, more than half the back yard died again. So I purchased some Scotts EZ seed Bermuda. I spread it and watered it and watched it grow. Then I noticed it doesn't look anything like what I thought was Bermuda grass in my yard. I did more research, including on TH-cam, and have come to the conclusion that the back yard was actually St Augustine and that what I thought was Bermuda is really crabgrass. How dumb could I be?!? I guess I killed most of the St Augustine and left the crabgrass. I also have lots of Nutsedge which I thought was grass at first. When I looked for pictures of grasses, it kept on showing up on weed sights, so I figured that at and now I'm in the process of of killing that off but leaving lots of bare patches in the yard. I suppose many of you are shaking your head, thinking I'm a lost cause. But for those of you that think I have a chance of saving my yard, please help. I suppose the easiest would be to kill everything off and start all over with sod. But I can't afford that, and since I'm now retired I have a lot more time than money. I'd love to help the St Augustine reestablish itself. Any suggestions would be so greatly appreciated. BTW, I think the type of St Augustine I have might be 'classic' but I'm not sure. Just going by pictures next to the floratam. It looks like it stands up taller. I don't know if the care would be any different. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this, and again, thank you for any help.
I broke up the crusty dirt by hitting it with a thatching rake and watered it in and added a small amount of light fluffy dirt. I been raking leaves off it and plan on filling it in next year
Thanks Allyn...always enjoy the lawn tips!!!
Wish I could get pro vista in Australia. I'd be relaying all my turf
After the hurricane remnants I threw it down heavy after a year of hand pulling weeds near the street I air ated with a ski pole and swept seeds in it looks like mini bushes
Holy crap Alyn! Your video came out at the perfect time for me! You're the man! 👍
hoorah thank you Bob!
I didn't have my watering right in the summer either. At least now I know if a pro can make that error I shouldn't be too hard on myself
Oh yeah no one is perfect. Just gotta take your losses and recover from them.
For cool season grass what do you recommend the final cut height of the season be and when should the final cut be?
one or two notches down from where you are now, nothing crazy.
@@TheLawnCareNut thanks
You should try and bring it down to around 2.5 inches. Final cut can be when you do your last fall cleanup
I use the lawnmower as long as I need to in order to mulch up the fallen leaves. All the way through November usually. It's much easier to mulch the leaves and put them back into the ground than making little leaf piles for the town to vacuum up.
Slam deck to the ground
Hi there Al! I live in Virginia, just inherited a home and the summer months the lawn was pretty thick, I started to notice it wasn't grass at all but more weeds than anything. I have had Trugreen come out and aerate and overseed just last week, and yesterday they came out to fertilize and want me to use them to get the yard in shape. In my previous home I was able to get my grass beautiful just by listening to you. My question, what starter fertilizer should I use? Should i wait before applying more fertilizer? Just trying to tackle this before it gets too cold.
I'm in VA also 757 and I did the same on Oct 2. I'm getting very good results from my aeration and seeding. I to would like to know what fertilizer I can use.
You do awesome work Alyn
Thank you so much! 👊
Thanks Allyn! Awesome advice.
Supposed to get 5-8” of snow here tomorrow, which is super early for us. Would you say it’s safe to do a final mow after that melts? Or is this a sign our mowing season is cut short this year?
Nice vid as always LCN! Great information. I have great results with Atrazine in my centipede.
Cool season midwest grass. Clumping fescue: Any way to get rid of it besides digging it out?
Great video LCN, answered most of the questions I had after my renovation. By the way, my new LCN gear is on its way. Hopefully just in time for my first mow after renovation.
hoorah thanks Nestor!!
Love the Q&A. I did a sulfentrazone treatment for nutsedge and clover in my backyard, which has mainly tall fescue, zoysia invading from the neighbor, and bermuda. The nutsedge is dead, took a month. The bermuda took the most damage of the grasses, really don't want it in the lawn anyways. Hoping next year i can beat it into submission. Any way to beat the zoysia if i choose fescue, its maybe 600-800 sq ft right now, ~15% of the backyard. Otherwise the zoysia will take over entire backyard. Thanks.
Please talk more about Centipede grass for those of us in the South Carolina. What to do when.
Hi Al, I am in so.Maine and went through HOT & DRY summer.Late Augest Lawn appears dormant already. When should I fertilize or will spring time be better ? Thanks for all your wisdom.
There is a cool season issues iI think you forgot about. What are the ways to deal with acorns in the lawn? I've recent searched for solutions that are easier than raking with no real solid feedback on their efficacy. Maybe you can help.
Thanks for the awesome 80's playlist...Still in the mid 80 degree range everyday here in Orange Park FL.. probably won't get a winter again this year..Fine by me!!!🌴☀️🍻
lots of mowing left in your future!
@@TheLawnCareNut i live in highland in.u know where that is! I want to re seed with his tall fescu my lawn is a mix of everything like all most every lawn up here will the tall fescu take over so I only have one type of grass my lawn looks all right now but I would like one type of grass. Thank u u been a help take care.
Lawn care has definitely taught me to be patient.... Patience is something I don't have much of 🤣🤣🤣 but I'm trying lol 🤷♂️
Good stuff bro 👊
Have you tried Sethoxydim to get rid of wild bermuda? I know it works on Centipede grass.
Lawn care nuts, I accidentally left a brand new bag of GCI TTTF outside in my covered patio for the weekend. Unfortunately for the next 4-5 days, outside temps were 100 degrees. I decided to use the bag of seeds to overseed and I haven’t seen any germination after 10 days. Should I buy a new bag a throw more seed or “trust the process” and continue to be patient?
It FINALLY started to rain here right when you said "God's rain." Freaky!
People comment saying my Bermudagrass is too long too. Over the years I’ve realized it’s preference and however u can maintain
Hi Alan, just purchase your warm season grass ebook...love the wealth of information you provide. I was thinking if it’s possible to add different lawn profiles on your free application. I have different areas around my house with different turf grasses. I would love to have the option to have different journals within the same app. Thank you.
Yes excellent suggestion. That is a project the team is working on this winter so you'll be able to segment your lawn like that.
We coming in to warm season in Australia
Morning,
Provista St. Augustine , Florida area. What works best for weeds.? What works for lawn growth.?
I always used Scotts Bonus S.
Any help would be appreciated .
My lawn service is not getting it done.
Hi, for starters, your pod cast is brilliant, first of your videos I have watched, great stuff. In one of your next videos or pod casts can I please ask you to do a small segment on grass in an area that is like where I live which is on the other side of the world in little old New Zealand, but our weather is all over the place and I just want to know if following your tips would be ok over here? We have really hot days mixed with cold weather and wind and rain all in the same day, my lawn is a mixture of rye and tall fescue, we are in he middle of spring at the moment and I just over seeded and fertilised with out airating the soils first.
Will my seed still germinate? Sorry about the long hard to understand question.
You're the man Alex!!
I live in the St. Louis area - in the transition zone. Front yard has a 48% grade, facing due west. The sunny part is covered in zoysia, the shady part is a cool season mix. The yard has been like this for over 10 years (before I bought the house) Having two kinds of grass is making me crazy - I'm thinking about trying to get that zoysia to take over the shady part by planting plugs, or maybe even sod since its' < 500 sq feet, but I'm a bit concerned about color match - is there much color difference between older and newer zoysia cultivars?
I did an aeration and overseed this fall but didn't have the time to topdress my lawn which I plan on doing next spring. So my question is should I throw more seed down in the spring when I topdress my lawn? Thanks
I live in SC and have a good amount of weeds in my yard. Can I put weed killer down during the winter?
Question do I put down bio advance complete insect killer , seen some chinch bug in my st. Augustine grass or is it time for fertilizer? If so what kind of store bought fertilizer should I put down
Awesome! Can’t find the link to the 24-4-8. Can’t find it in the website either. Am I missing it?
here you go yardmastery.com/collections/fertilizers-granular/products/yard-mastery-24-4-8-macro-micro-blend
Great video Allyn one question I was hoping would come across was yellowing of grass my cool season grass turned yellow after l overseeded it so after l looked further thought maybe it was rust or grey leaf spot so l put down some propicanazole 14.3 six weeks after overseeding
It may have been some disease but that should all stop once the winter hits. For sure get a winterizer down.
I have 120 trees on 7 acres of KBG and PR. What product do you recommend that can be sprayed around the tree base to kill back the grass without harming the trees?
In Eastern NC here .. always enjoy your videos Alan .. Moles Gone crazy !! How bad are they destroying my pre-emergent barrier of Prodiamine I applied at the beginning of September ? I am slowly taking them out but was just curious if you had any advice ..Thanks for any help .. :)
For this of us cool season folks who got caught off guard by the blizzard, is it too late to give a final mow to reduce grass height before winter? The snow is gone and we have a mid-60’s week coming up, but soil temps are in the upper 30’ s so nothing is actively growing. Any harm or just let it be?
Fert ban is off in Pinellas County ... Yippee! Life is good!
oh yeah, time to sling some fert!
5:10, what flowering plants are those?
I live in Lexington South Carolina was considering planting bermuda plugs where I had a tree removal and stump ground. I've done a lot of raking and leftover root removal so there is a 100 sq ft area of bare dirt.
Is it to late for plugs or should I just deal with it until spring? thanks for any advice or suggestions.
Any word on when provista SA will be available in TX?
I’ve been dominating my neighborhood ( town really) since I found you and my man Ryan Knorr. Good part is my neighbors are now taking care of their yards as well
it's catching for sure, hoorah bro!
Alan, we got some freezing temps in Ocala FL. My St Aug looks dormant in most spots. Should I add fert or wait till it greens up?
Great video very helpful man thank you!!
I have a tall fescue lawn and my neighbor’s lawn is a Bermuda and it’s getting over to my tall fescue. So, how can I kill that Bermuda without killing a tall fescue? When is the best time to do it? I am in the upstate of SC.
Thank you.
Allyn, you've mentioned the use of Ironite before, can that be used to green up your lawn right before Halloween as apposed to using the Micro Green and Greeneffect? if so, is it safe to apply Ironite after an over seeding? Note: 3 mowing's have happened since over seeding, cool season northern grass
Allyn, recently got your app, subscribed to you tube channel. Want to go with your suggestions but a nationwide company is scheduled to aerate and over seed at the end of October. My rear lawn is brown with weeds. What should I do after aeration? I live in NY
Seems a little late for seed at the end of October. Cancel it and save the money. That's my advice
And if your lawn is brown you may want to start irrigating. Throw down fert.
Great information as always!!
I live in Ontario, Canada. I started learning lawn care since mid-Aug, after realizing my lawn was struggling a lot. Following you, Ryan, Lawn Whisperer and some other guys on youtube, I dethatched, aerated, and overseeded my lawn in Sept and grass filled up well. Last week, I applied 1/2 lbs of N, Bio-stimulants and iron. Grass got greener :)
Thank you for all the tips.
I have a question.
Night temperature is going to be around 32~34F degrees daily from the end of October.
When should I stop applying fertilizers, Bio-stimulants, and iron (any lawn application) ? I would appreciate if you could give me some tips on this. Thank you,
When the you mow for the final time, apply your winterizer fert app a week or so later. Bio stims can continue as long as the ground isn't frozen.
@@TheLawnCareNut Ok! Thank you so much, I really appreciate your response!!!
I aerated, overseeded, and fertilized 4+ weeks ago, it's Oct 18 now, HAD to double cut today. Should I lime & milorganite - bought & I would like too - I think - , if so, when? Also can/should I aerate again before, would that be stupid or beneficial in any way? I own a tow behind aerator, so it is free. New to this and curious. Thanks! I'm From Connecticut.
Lime only needed if soil test leads you that way. Milo now is a good idea, no need to aerate again, let the new grass grow.
Atrazine is usually used in cornfields for pre emergence control along with glyphosate to get clean fields. Question Allyn - I cut my cool season turf ( KBG,TTTF, and ryegrass ) at 4 inches is that to tall or would 3.5 be better?
3.5 is fine if you want , even 3 or 2 really. Just depends on what you like and how your lawn responds at those heights. My friend Connor cuts his KBG at 3/8"
The Lawn Care Nut I think I should always cut one notch higher then my neighbor for that domination 😉
@@Homegardener55 that's a solid plan for sure!
In my warm season lawn, after applying a crabgrass controller, how long until I can fertilize again? 🤔
anytime you like, the two will not interfere with one another
Great video as always 🤙
Thanks for another timely and awesome podcast. I have to disagree on one point. IMHO, it’s a perfect time to attack any dandelions that are popping up to knock them out now before they can winter over.
sure, if you want to spray them, go for it!
I overseeded my entire cool season grass, (KBG) lawn last month and I have beautiful new grass coming up everywhere. My question is do I need to remove all of the straw that I put down to cover the seed? Or do I need to mulch it in? I put down quite a bit to protect my seed, so there's a lot out there. Help please. Love your videos. XOXO'S
just let it break down naturally. It may be there through next spring but eventually it will go away.
Is now time for pre emergent? I have st agustine with lots of dallis grass. I’m in Arlington Texas.
Yes for sure, thrower down !
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Alan most people never talk about grass in texas. How can i improve caliche dirt.
Yes you sure can. Use organic ferts and it will improve over time.
Hey Al, Im from Ontario Canada and are winters are harsh... if I put down the fall lawn fertilizer which is 32-0-10 in a couple weeks and in the spring I want to rack all the dead grass/or thatch, will I rack up the fertilizer too? Do I even need to rack it? I over seeded about 4 weeks ago and did my last cut today!
Snow will pulll it into the soil for you so raking will do no harm. Raking is always a good idea in spring. Especially to create airflow early on.
Are millipedes harmful to st. augustine grass? I found a bunch of red millipedes in my st. augustine.
No they don't hurt anything, just annoying if they get in your house.
I had just seeded and had beautiful bermuda grass but then army worms came and ate it all. I put BT which got rid of them and now it's coming back. But it's now thin. Do I just keep watering or can I put fertilizer? I live in Hawaii so I'm not sure it'll go dormant.
it should come back - army worm don't kill bermuda, just stunt it. hit it with fert and keep it watered
@@TheLawnCareNut thank you!!!!!
Does it matter what kind of KBG seed I use if I need to over seed in the spring? I'm in a newer home with Scotts seed "Thermo Blue".
My lawn looked horrible this fall and I wasn't able to take the time to properly take care of it. I'm planning to aerate and over seed (if needed) in the spring, and was curious on the type of KBG seed I should use if I over seed.
I don;'t recommend seeding in spring - best to push the lawn hard with fert and thicken up what is existing, then you can seed in fall.
@@TheLawnCareNut Will do - thank you!
Northern Connecticut - I already dethatched. Is it better to do core aeration / overseed now or early spring?
Too late for this season and I don't recommend seeding in spring. Best to wait to seed until next fall. Push your existing grass hard with fert until then.
@@TheLawnCareNut If you don't mind, what's a good way to send you some pictures? This area of the country was in an extreme drought this summer. We've got real bad damage.
Hi, I downloaded your app and oretty excited to start the process. It has me skip to skip 3 and thing it's telling me to do is fertilize. I bought the fertilizer. Wondering if this is what I'm suppose to do prior to seeding or getting rid of weeds?
if you are in Miami you do not need to seed, just apply pre-emergent and fertilizer and bio stimulants
In the cool season grass section of the country, how long can we expect the N-P-K in our last fert app to last in the lawn? Does it really last to be useful until next April? Thanks!
yes it lasts because the ground is very cold and so is the air so it literally "freezes" and waits for the next season's thaw. This is why it's important to put it down a couple weeks after your final mow, so it is not used up this year.
Thanks Alan!
Great info as always Al!!
thanks bro!!!
10:23-10:29 sick flo bro.
How much N should I throw down as a winterizer?
I have your app, I watched the video but I dont see the link for the fertilizer,that was supposed to be linked below
I forgot to include the link lol but here it is yardmastery.com/collections/fertilizers-granular/products/yard-mastery-24-4-8-macro-micro-blend
If I put a full dose of starter fertilizer with tenacity in it at seeding, is it ok to put a second dose of starter fert with tenacity in it at 3 weeks? (I didn't add any at 2 weeks)
no more tenacity, you need to wait until after two mowings before hitting it with tenacity again. fert is ok though
@@TheLawnCareNut Thank you
Tons of great information. Thanks bud 👊🏼👍🏼
thank you bro!
How much nitrogen per 1k sq. ft. when winterizing?
When are you getting an Pro Vista deal on your website so I can get some through you?
that probably won't happen but I appreciate the thought! If you are on the west coast, you can get it from Big Earth Supply by the piece or the pallet.
I wanna trust the process but it's been one month after throwing down KBG and I have only about 50% germination.
It goes into "sprout and pout" and you have to get through that. KBG takes a good 21 days to germinate in the first place so you are barely a week past that. Keep watering, hope for the best.
@@TheLawnCareNut Is it also possible that the soil might not have been warm enough? Average day temps have been 60, night temps 50, getting as cold as 41 and warm as 79.
All my questions answered.
Thanks for the timestamp!!!
Hey man do u think I could oversees centepede with common Bermuda and would it take over the centepede
no I do not think that would work. They would both hold some ground and not look good together.
Thanks for the great content! Would Milorganite work well as a winterizer, or one of the specifically branded “winterizer” products?
yes it works just fine! thrower down
Thanks for the tips! :)
What If you did a burn down in early September and planted but still have bald spots 6 weeks later is it ok to seed again? Because I did 😶
you are coming up close to winter now and may not have time for seed to mature. Best to start hitting hard next spring with fert and thicken up what you have.
@@TheLawnCareNut soil temps are still 65 to 70 in NC where I'm at. I figured it would still germinate and I wouldn't get spread since it's 95 percent tttf and 5 percent kbg
You got to ask yourself what's cheaper fighting Bermuda or replacing it with pro vista. I know what my answer is
Seems like a lot more challenges with warm season grass than cool season grass. 🤷🏻♂️
For sure there are. The jungle is always trying to reclaim the land.
What’s the name of that purple tall plant? It’s gorgeous!
they are called "Thai Plants" - very common here and easy to grow.
@@TheLawnCareNut thanks for your reply and all your hard work 😓!
Good afternoon