Great presentation John. Probably should make this part of the channel format especially during the off season. It can be your "Beyond the Basics" segments. ~ mike
I loved this presentation. I have been addicted to soil, nutrients, and of course turf for a VERY long time. I might even link a few stubborn people to it, those who dont understand when i tell them just because your turf grew (literally) 14" in a week doesnt mean it is healthy nor "fantastic soil", when in fact i know it is just a {insert corporate application company name here} spiking of N during a monsoon season.
There is a “when in doubt fert it out” method that has been preached for a long time. This is really just a concept to kick the can down the road more than anything. It’s often cheaper and easier to up sell an over seeding and pump nitrogen than to find the issue and fix it.
Wow. The knowledge dropped in this video blows my mind. I love it. History, soil health and everything else that I like to see in a video! I compost as much as possible. Makes the garden grow like crazy. I need to up my game for the lawn.
Dude you really went deep in the rabbits hole on this one , from modern farming & Chile to hitler and even the avengers 🤯 this definitely felt like a TED TALK . Keep on pushing them out, from all the great content to even some bend a knee action we all appreciate. 😎👍🏽
My chemistry teacher showed this video today and it really tough a lot about the subject. It made me think about all the big effects the nitrogen has on our society that I didn't even knew about. Very cool.
WOW!! Huge can of worms you just opened up here. I'm with ya on the minimalistic lawn maintenance aspect. It doesn't take much to dominate my neighborhood
Awesome. I agree with you completely. By far the greenest lawns around my neighborhood are mine (not anymore) and my next door neighbors (that I took care of this year.) it really didn’t take a lot to be beautiful.
Grow legumes. 35 yrs ago I infested my lawn with clover seeds in order to fertilize my lawn with nitrogen for free. Had to collect the seeds along the road because the gardencenter only had clover killers avail. Lawn infested with clover turned from yellow to green. Excellent vid, but the legume famiy is a bit neglected.
5:52... someone needs to sharpen their mower blades! Great Video, John! The long form informational vids make a good watch. I know the algorithm doesn’t like these kinds of vids, but I’m all for it.
Of course one of the best videos on nitrogen production is lawncology. Hah. - Expected to find a produce related industry video but instead it is one of my favorite channels. Thanks for production of this video - besides the actual content I can tell you spent allot of time on audio, tone, pace, etc - nice job.
I hope there are a lot more videos exactly like this. I usually say thank you for your videos but this one I sincerely appreciated. It was a very interesting and quite an educational video that everybody should watch.
I truly practice what you preach here and believe in your products 110%. What a great video for all of us to learn from. I wish I could hand deliver this video to all my clients for them to learn from.
Wow, thank you! I wish more people were interested in the “why” behind “the way.” I think it’s important to understand where our practices and products came from and how they really contribute to the world.
I may have been just a little late getting into the office this morning.... just sayin! Great educational video once again. I love the history of where we are today!
By far the most informative channel regarding lawn care. I’ve watched every single video and I love when you go into the history of things and reasons why they are done a certain way. This video, the video of you speaking at one of the meetups (I think it’s the one of you talking to the guys under the gazebo) and the soil series are the most important videos I’ve watched. Thanks for the dedication to getting the information out there JP. #lawnjesus -Sean
Deep thoughts by JP! Love the back story and information on our turf. I also enjoy the longer segments as we get more information. Your cinematography is really kicking into high gear! Thanks for your time.
Very good! We often take too much for granted in this culture. Thanks for putting in the time and bringing perspective to lawn care in a way you don’t see these days…
Have you ever do a live seminar in Las Vegas Nevada, I want to know about it because I will be your first purchaser of a seat. You are extremely good at explaining things of this nature. Thank you.
Ay mate brilliant content this, thanks for stretching me brain today on this topic. Primed up for the next episode! Hoping ya had a splendid bday! Applied the fert in a box back a week or so, neighbor’s jealous of the front garden now!! Cheers mate!
Another great information packed video I absolutely love the knowledge you share with all of us oh and happy birthday I'm a bit late anyway thanks again have a great week
Man...I really enjoy this one...when you think about the impact humans have on the animals kingdom; where we have killed over half of all animals in past century...it make you think, what is your purpose, what is our purpose? Thanks you for this...
This is really great! Really appreciate the background on how we got to where we are today with high nitrogen formulas. I swear you are the James Burke of turf science!
Great content John! Love the level of education that you took this video. Any good books that you recomend around lawn/turf chemistry and science? Thanks again!
Awesome information! I like how you explain this and question the established beliefs of lawn care. My lawn is slowly improving through better soil care each year and choosing grass that's appropriate and using knowledge gained from your channel and others.
I’ve really decreased my nitro apps due to the fact that I am not consuming grass. 🤣 Why do I need 1 lb. of nitro per 1000 for? I’m going to just mow and mow. I’ve dialed down to about .50-.75 lbs. of nitro max every 8 weeks. The lawn still looks great. My lawn is 5400 sq. ft and just one bag of Scott’s Turfbuilder for Southern lawns does the job.
How much of that ammonia comes from oil refineries? I know the bp refinery near me has been fined a few times for dumping too much of it into lake michigan.
timing is the most important piece when feeding. summer takes its toll on cool season turf and making sure it goes into the heat with food and then fed lightly during the heat with the addition of micros will keep color consistent. for the most part sumer feedings are less than .25lbs N 4-8 weeks apart depending on precipitation
First rate discussion John, great production quality and interesting thought provoking content. Made me reconsider grass clipping recycling for the 100th time, lol. Living in Utah's high desert I tend to feel similarly to Jared, things don't decompose rapidly enough. I spread some clippings as a test on the edge of my flower bed in July and they haven't changed much. Do you start bagging as we head into fall when biological activity slows to a crawl? Also when you are reseeding or repairing a lawn in your opinion what is the right level or N to put down and how frequently?
I'm still very curious about the amounts/ratios of NPK+micros that are actually in my grass clippings when I mulch them back in to be recycled by the soil ...as I'm sure it should reduce the requirements to add additional fert if I'm not 'harvesting that crop' by bagging and just throwing it all away - also I find it keeps my soil very active and 'alive' where I never get any dead clutter matter nor 'thatch' build up, I even mow all my tree leaves in(which is much easier than raking and having that also hauled off, further depleting the soil) and the lawn simply 'eats' all that too as it all disappears quickly ... but I never see anything on that type off 'feeding' and what rate levels I'm keeping in the soil vs the kind of guesswork that happens when we only add supplemental fert that may or may not contain everything we remove by constantly bagging everything out; like am I processing the grass to produce an unwanted build up? or am I keeping hard to replace minerals and micros?
Would using a surfactant with Air8 help it get deeper into the soil? I am going to use Air 8 this year since 2/3 of my lawn is a pain in the ass to mech aerate because of the slope. This should help to wash the salt levels down along the curb strip as well, I am thinking.
Any est. on when the P supply will run out? Do you mean literally run out or restricted from lawncare? Once yearly greenup I pack away the rotary / bagger and its all manual reel keeping the healthy clippings. Thanks in advance!
Good stuff. I want a good looking lawn but I also have kids and a dog that will run all over it (dog will also do his business that kills spots pretty badly)...and maybe I also take a few divots practicing my swing. Some people love to mow but I'm not one of them. I'm probably in that minority group of wanting to mow less, have a short cut lawn, but a lawn that repairs itself from aforementioned reasons.
It would seem that Milorganite, which gives nitrogen, phos, and iron while using a renewable resource and keeping the lawn more "organic" is a good way to go. What would happen if ALL sewage waste was processed this way?
Lawns are absolutely useless and we should be more concerned about our ability to grow supplemental food in our yards. How much of our bee population will we drive away or destroy with our insane quest for lawns and how much longer will we eat tasteless food grown from only three fertilizers in a tray without micro nutrients. This should be one of the most important conversations. Talk about crop covers and nitrogen fixers and the benefits of watering a garden instead of a lawn.
Recent greening of the Earth (5% per decade) are attributed to 70% carbon dioxide level increase and 30% nitrogen fertilizer. In either case, it is crude oil and methane that fueled our success and prevent the starvation Democrats try to force us to.
The earth is not a ball. Open your eyes , go sailing , take a look from the top of a mountain . Wake up and SEE the truth not the lies of a teacher that was taught lies
Lol. A piece of rock hurling through an infinite void. Believe what you want while youre alive, disc, ball, disco ball… just don’t fly anywhere on the edges of the plate, you’ll be disappointed
Great presentation John. Probably should make this part of the channel format especially during the off season. It can be your "Beyond the Basics" segments. ~ mike
I like that
If school had been like this, maybe I would have learned more.
This is an excellent presentation. My students will see it. School can't be like this though.
My school was, at least until collage…I guess high level courses were like this too
Quite possibly my favorite video you ever produced.
Thank you so much
I loved this presentation. I have been addicted to soil, nutrients, and of course turf for a VERY long time. I might even link a few stubborn people to it, those who dont understand when i tell them just because your turf grew (literally) 14" in a week doesnt mean it is healthy nor "fantastic soil", when in fact i know it is just a {insert corporate application company name here} spiking of N during a monsoon season.
There is a “when in doubt fert it out” method that has been preached for a long time. This is really just a concept to kick the can down the road more than anything. It’s often cheaper and easier to up sell an over seeding and pump nitrogen than to find the issue and fix it.
Wow. The knowledge dropped in this video blows my mind. I love it. History, soil health and everything else that I like to see in a video! I compost as much as possible. Makes the garden grow like crazy. I need to up my game for the lawn.
Fantastic and genius in every regard John. Thank you for the gift of this powerful perspective. Steve
Dude you really went deep in the rabbits hole on this one , from modern farming & Chile to hitler and even the avengers 🤯 this definitely felt like a TED TALK . Keep on pushing them out, from all the great content to even some bend a knee action we all appreciate. 😎👍🏽
Thank you!
My chemistry teacher showed this video today and it really tough a lot about the subject. It made me think about all the big effects the nitrogen has on our society that I didn't even knew about. Very cool.
Nitrogen for thought
Most of these comments echo my own thoughts, so in other words - ditto! 8^)
Very informative and much appreciated. Thanks!
Dude! This video is bad ass. 👍🏼
Well done, Juanito.
Thanks Jay!
WOW!! Huge can of worms you just opened up here. I'm with ya on the minimalistic lawn maintenance aspect. It doesn't take much to dominate my neighborhood
Awesome. I agree with you completely. By far the greenest lawns around my neighborhood are mine (not anymore) and my next door neighbors (that I took care of this year.) it really didn’t take a lot to be beautiful.
Looking like I'll be late for work..🤣😂🤣
Grow legumes. 35 yrs ago I infested my lawn with clover seeds in order to fertilize my lawn with nitrogen for free. Had to collect the seeds along the road because the gardencenter only had clover killers avail. Lawn infested with clover turned from yellow to green. Excellent vid, but the legume famiy is a bit neglected.
Great video John, we’ll put together and extremely informative
5:52... someone needs to sharpen their mower blades! Great Video, John! The long form informational vids make a good watch. I know the algorithm doesn’t like these kinds of vids, but I’m all for it.
I know right??
Of course one of the best videos on nitrogen production is lawncology.
Hah. - Expected to find a produce related industry video but instead it is one of my favorite channels.
Thanks for production of this video - besides the actual content I can tell you spent allot of time on audio, tone, pace, etc - nice job.
I hope there are a lot more videos exactly like this. I usually say thank you for your videos but this one I sincerely appreciated. It was a very interesting and quite an educational video that everybody should watch.
I truly practice what you preach here and believe in your products 110%. What a great video for all of us to learn from. I wish I could hand deliver this video to all my clients for them to learn from.
Wow, thank you! I wish more people were interested in the “why” behind “the way.” I think it’s important to understand where our practices and products came from and how they really contribute to the world.
That’s deep . I’m pickin up what your puttin down. Thank You .
😁
I may have been just a little late getting into the office this morning.... just sayin! Great educational video once again. I love the history of where we are today!
By far the most informative channel regarding lawn care. I’ve watched every single video and I love when you go into the history of things and reasons why they are done a certain way. This video, the video of you speaking at one of the meetups (I think it’s the one of you talking to the guys under the gazebo) and the soil series are the most important videos I’ve watched. Thanks for the dedication to getting the information out there JP. #lawnjesus
-Sean
Thank you Sean!
Awesome instructional and very informative video John. Thanks for sharing all that knowledge with us !!!
Thank you for watching!
Always a wealth of information. Definitely an eye opener. Thanks John! 👊🏼
Thanks buddy
Deep thoughts by JP! Love the back story and information on our turf. I also enjoy the longer segments as we get more information. Your cinematography is really kicking into high gear! Thanks for your time.
Thank you!
Great video! Thanks for your time spent.
Very good! We often take too much for granted in this culture. Thanks for putting in the time and bringing perspective to lawn care in a way you don’t see these days…
Awesome, I love the learning that happens here!
Thank you, it’s a fun format for sure
Have you ever do a live seminar in Las Vegas Nevada, I want to know about it because I will be your first purchaser of a seat. You are extremely good at explaining things of this nature. Thank you.
This was a really cool educational vid. Thanks for putting this together, John!
Thanks Ben!
Ay mate brilliant content this, thanks for stretching me brain today on this topic. Primed up for the next episode! Hoping ya had a splendid bday! Applied the fert in a box back a week or so, neighbor’s jealous of the front garden now!! Cheers mate!
awesome! Thank you!
Very interesting content. Thank you for the brief look into nitrogen
Thank you
Well done.
Great stuff, JP! I was a chemist many years ago. Chemistrees will be the new fad.
Coffee in hand, listening ears on, here to learn! Nutrient Management awaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy
Keep that coffee hot!
@@Lawncology it's in the jumbo Yeti sir!
Billy Bob Thornton's character in The Smell of Success is not happy about this
Great video
Wow gives you a different perspective on our lives. Love the video
Thank you
Another great information packed video I absolutely love the knowledge you share with all of us oh and happy birthday I'm a bit late anyway thanks again have a great week
Thank you buddy
Man...I really enjoy this one...when you think about the impact humans have on the animals kingdom; where we have killed over half of all animals in past century...it make you think, what is your purpose, what is our purpose?
Thanks you for this...
Thank you for watching. I love sharing the stories behind what we consider ordinary. I think it’s fascinating
Very well done sir. Thanks and looking forward to the n-ext.
Cool content
Great stuff John, more of this learning vid without a doubt one of the main reasons I tuned into ur channel and how u go about educating us 👍 🇦🇺
Thank you
This is really great! Really appreciate the background on how we got to where we are today with high nitrogen formulas. I swear you are the James Burke of turf science!
You were right, loved this video. Nothing like getting some knowledge, brother
😊
Good video. The editing of this episode is reminiscent of an episode of This is Us.
Awesome. Thank you!
Excellent. Looking forward to the sequel. How low can you go and still have a lush healthy vigorous lawn???
Great content John! Love the level of education that you took this video. Any good books that you recomend around lawn/turf chemistry and science? Thanks again!
It really depends on what you want to dig in to. I always start people with Hands On Agronomy
Good stuff, thanks John
Another great one Jon. Keep teach us, so we can teach others.. Thanks
Awesome information! I like how you explain this and question the established beliefs of lawn care. My lawn is slowly improving through better soil care each year and choosing grass that's appropriate and using knowledge gained from your channel and others.
Good Morning.
That’s deep. Great information John. Thank you
the alchemy of air. Great read!
I went back and reread it last year. So good.
I drink your words, so accurately.
Reverent john spoke ;-)
Let's carry his good word.
That was fun.
I’ve really decreased my nitro apps due to the fact that I am not consuming grass. 🤣 Why do I need 1 lb. of nitro per 1000 for? I’m going to just mow and mow. I’ve dialed down to about .50-.75 lbs. of nitro max every 8 weeks. The lawn still looks great. My lawn is 5400 sq. ft and just one bag of Scott’s Turfbuilder for Southern lawns does the job.
How much of that ammonia comes from oil refineries? I know the bp refinery near me has been fined a few times for dumping too much of it into lake michigan.
That’s a great question. I can likely find out
Good morning John. Very informative video. Does low nitrogen affect deep green color? My KBB turned light green over the summer. Thanks
timing is the most important piece when feeding. summer takes its toll on cool season turf and making sure it goes into the heat with food and then fed lightly during the heat with the addition of micros will keep color consistent. for the most part sumer feedings are less than .25lbs N 4-8 weeks apart depending on precipitation
What sort of grass is kbb?
@@wayneessar7489 I’m
Going to say KBG
👍🏻
A. M. A. Z. I. N. G. !
Grow, Thrive and Photosynthesize!
Damn right
Look out. The rhyming wordsmith.
First rate discussion John, great production quality and interesting thought provoking content. Made me reconsider grass clipping recycling for the 100th time, lol. Living in Utah's high desert I tend to feel similarly to Jared, things don't decompose rapidly enough. I spread some clippings as a test on the edge of my flower bed in July and they haven't changed much. Do you start bagging as we head into fall when biological activity slows to a crawl? Also when you are reseeding or repairing a lawn in your opinion what is the right level or N to put down and how frequently?
I'm still very curious about the amounts/ratios of NPK+micros that are actually in my grass clippings when I mulch them back in to be recycled by the soil ...as I'm sure it should reduce the requirements to add additional fert if I'm not 'harvesting that crop' by bagging and just throwing it all away - also I find it keeps my soil very active and 'alive' where I never get any dead clutter matter nor 'thatch' build up, I even mow all my tree leaves in(which is much easier than raking and having that also hauled off, further depleting the soil) and the lawn simply 'eats' all that too as it all disappears quickly ... but I never see anything on that type off 'feeding' and what rate levels I'm keeping in the soil vs the kind of guesswork that happens when we only add supplemental fert that may or may not contain everything we remove by constantly bagging everything out; like am I processing the grass to produce an unwanted build up? or am I keeping hard to replace minerals and micros?
You could send your turf off for a feed evaluation and that can breakdown what’s in there
Morning
Would using a surfactant with Air8 help it get deeper into the soil? I am going to use Air 8 this year since 2/3 of my lawn is a pain in the ass to mech aerate because of the slope. This should help to wash the salt levels down along the curb strip as well, I am thinking.
Amen
we are a argriculture tech company in china, we manage to extra those nurtiants from ocean for really cheap.
Hi John! Any thoughts as to when soil test readings will start back up.
Likely next week
Any est. on when the P supply will run out? Do you mean literally run out or restricted from lawncare? Once yearly greenup I pack away the rotary / bagger and its all manual reel keeping the healthy clippings. Thanks in advance!
Estimates are rough, 30-50 from some, up to 80 years from others
Oil is what really changed the world. Fertilizer just made the yield bigger.
Sent a question to answers@ and never got a response. What's up with that JP?
See you in 8 hrs. Still love ya
It was about dethatch on new grass right? Sent you an email asking why you thought you needed it and that it wouldn’t hurt if applied.
@@Lawncology didn't get it. Let me check spam
Good stuff. I want a good looking lawn but I also have kids and a dog that will run all over it (dog will also do his business that kills spots pretty badly)...and maybe I also take a few divots practicing my swing. Some people love to mow but I'm not one of them. I'm probably in that minority group of wanting to mow less, have a short cut lawn, but a lawn that repairs itself from aforementioned reasons.
👍🏻⏳
It would seem that Milorganite, which gives nitrogen, phos, and iron while using a renewable resource and keeping the lawn more "organic" is a good way to go. What would happen if ALL sewage waste was processed this way?
Then use wood ash for K, all good! Seaweed for micros, so many good choices.
The Phos build up would get highs eventually. That would be the main concern. Another would be amounts of heavy metals that could build up.
@@Lawncology that might take a while. According to the epa copper levels would be the first to reach acceptable limits in about 278 years
Regarding heavy metals that is.
You’re not producing nitrogen, you our producing oxides of nitrogen.
Billy Bob Thornton's character in the Smell of Success is not happy about the changes
Lawns are absolutely useless and we should be more concerned about our ability to grow supplemental food in our yards. How much of our bee population will we drive away or destroy with our insane quest for lawns and how much longer will we eat tasteless food grown from only three fertilizers in a tray without micro nutrients. This should be one of the most important conversations. Talk about crop covers and nitrogen fixers and the benefits of watering a garden instead of a lawn.
Recent greening of the Earth (5% per decade) are attributed to 70% carbon dioxide level increase and 30% nitrogen fertilizer. In either case, it is crude oil and methane that fueled our success and prevent the starvation Democrats try to force us to.
Thomas Malthus: always wrong
The earth is not a ball. Open your eyes , go sailing , take a look from the top of a mountain . Wake up and SEE the truth not the lies of a teacher that was taught lies
Lol. A piece of rock hurling through an infinite void. Believe what you want while youre alive, disc, ball, disco ball… just don’t fly anywhere on the edges of the plate, you’ll be disappointed