How to Grow Grass In Arizona During 110+ Degree Summers
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- How to Grow Grass In Arizona During 110+ Degree Summers!
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Hi, I'm a 14 yr old and I've rlly been wanting a lawn for my dogs :D thanks for the help. From Arizona
I know this is two years old, but I'm trying to revive my natural lawn, and this is going to be a great help. Thank you!
Fricken awesome video! Boy does this help me. I have been so depressed with my yard lately. I am going to follow what you did here.
Only thing I would have added is after two weeks after you first mow or about week six, I would have added Scott’s green max 2N1 and your light green or yellow, will get deep green. It also helps grass grow out and often covers or recovers dry spots. Water water
Thanks for the recommendation, I need it! I will for sure try it!
Good info. Bought a house in Tucson and have the rocks and desert landscaping. Started to rip it all out and put in grass but have not been able to get it to grow full and thick so I'm trying your method now
Just one more thing to add to the “I definitely should have watched this before I started this process,” but, alas, I once again find myself wandering around the “well, you’ve already done it, and you’ve somehow already made some disappointing mistakes, but it’s too late to change that, so learn quick” isle.
Thank you so much for this video, it’s filled with so much excellent information, and it turns out that when it comes to lawn installation & care, it really matters that you get info & advice which is specific to Arizona, especially during the summer. This has been more helpful than I can express. My sincere gratitude, friend!
Thank you so much! Trial & error when it comes to lawns in Arizona and it took me a while to figure it out too lol.
Thank you for sharing ! I'm from Washington. Moved to Arizona 5 years ago. I have one cat and one Dog from Seattle WA. I rescued 2 more kittens after we moved to Arizona. 2 of my pet babies are use to lots of grass and trees. Nobody in Quartzsite has grass. I'm trying to grow just a little patch for the 2 new babies to experience. The older cat and dog will be super stoked as well. I get the feeling they miss the lush green of their home state as do it. We don't however miss the rain lol
thank you for this video and sharing your process! Would love to see your progress as the months go by! Hello from an Arizonan as well~
Thanks for watching! A fellow Arizonan! I will have another update in the next week or so.
Outstanding job man. Just bought a house in Yuma AZ and at the top of my list is getting rid of the rock yard.. Definitely using your method and saving myself the money of having it done by a lawn service.
Thank you and congrats on the new home. Let me know how the grass comes along as well.
Yuma is one of the hottest driest places in the United States. Growing grass there is stupid and wasteful.
@@waimeagavin808 I lived in Parker, just up the hwy from Yuma where it can get even hotter than Yuma and we had a beautiful front and back lawn.
We just bought our house in the high desert California and it seems like they had grass before too but was mostly dead but thinking about raking the turf and then add some top and manure mix soil and rake again and add tall fiscue seed and see what happens. Add grass food as well. Will work on it soon.
I like this video, I found it very helpful. thanks for sharing your insights and experience. From from Arizona as well 🌵😁✌🏼
Thank you! Fellow Arizonians!
Good job dude. The lawn looks great!
Thank you! I'm in west TX and needed this info going to attempt growing grass on my front lawn. 🤞What type of grass do you recommend, I've read bermuda grass works best for drought climate but you used a different one? Thanks.
I spent an embarrassing amount of time transitioning from winter rye to Bermuda this season and it was a complete failure! I didn’t use enough topsoil and I watered too much, too infrequently (15 min 2x/day). Next try I’ll use more topsoil, peat moss and 3 min watering 5x/day
More topsoil + peat moss will really help
Helpful tip I live in Oklahoma and it’s in the 100’s right now. We took some plants out that just done grow well and want to put Bermuda grass seed in. Just a small area I’m hoping it’ll work.
Can we get a video that also talks about arizona winterizing hmthe grass too? I mean our winters are biopolar
Great video, moving to AZ in 2 weeks and all the houses I see have rock backyards … I’m from VA so of course I want grass , great tips !
I needed this. As I'm about to tackle my yard. I let it go last year and it's gotten terrible.
Good luck with your yard!
If that’s not Bermuda’s grass…the higher the grass the better. If u cut the grass too low in Phoenix, it will burn which is what happened in the video. Also only apply lawn food in the fall it needs to be about a high of 70 outside
Thanks for the feedback, I will try this!
Nice yard. I bought a home in Arizona. I want to switch the front yard from rock to grass, and the back yard to a clover yard. Less mowing and watering. Was is expensive to have your yard switched from rock to grass? And can this method work growing clover?
Thank you! For growing clover I am not so sure, but to switch from rock to grass it cost me about $1,300.00 around that time.
hi im a 14 year old from saudia arabia , it is usually above 45c i can try this though , thanks for the tut i appreciate this
i had a house built out in the desert and of course there was no landscaping included, so when we moved in, it was all just dirt and a lot of rock, fast forward a year, it's nothing but dry dirt, a lot of rock and desert weeds as this is what this land was before the house was built. My question, since there's a lot of rock and weeds and dry dirt, should I till it all first, rake out as much rock and weeds as I can, maybe bring in top soil then plant grass?
Hey Ben the Realtor what time of year did you do this? I live in (Mesquite) southern Nevada, losing my Fescue patch of lawn in back yard due to this heat. I have a standard schnauzer male 1 1/2 year old dog. Anything else I can do to keep his urine from yellowing it?
Awesome Job! Love My Ryobi !! Quick and Quiet. I’ve done “some” things right but running over to try pick up Peat Moss now.
You sir have an addiction hahaha! looks good!
Omg! Thank u for this vid.❤
I live in Phoenix and have a shaded area from tree. Can you please suggest what kind of grass seed is best for this shaded area ? Thanks
great video.. I got some spots in my yard in texas riddled with weed.. I want to go scorch earth and start all over with it.. this may give me a game plan to do this.
I am impressed. I have rental property back east, and it’s easy to grow grass over there but those brown spots that you have is due to, overgrown thatch, grubs, having dogs urinate and poop on a beautiful green grass lawn will destroy your lawn, it’s unhealthy for kids to play on urine and poop where dogs have pooped
Did it end up lasting? I have 1000 questions lol.
Currently strugging with my winter rye grass though. About to start my transition to fescue for the summer.
In order, you de-thatch, put on triple threat or whatever you call it from Scotts, then you put seed down, and then top soil, correct?
It lasted until the winter and then I let it die out and detached again. I repeated the same process and I've had a new lawn since early spring. Correct and I use Peat Moss last to top it off.
this is so great. I am thinking about doing the same in my backyard. My backyard is about same as your size, May I know how much does the water cost every month averagely?
Mine is similar to this and I pay a little under 100 dlls here in Tucson, AZ.
Good job. Everyone says water three times a day, but how MUCH water?
Do you think you would have had faster growth with Bermuda seed?
Don’t really hear much people growing Tall fescue or KBG in southern Arizona
Hello Andrew, I have tried Bermuda seed but did not like the look, I prefer the Drought Resistant Tall Fescue for the look and for how long it usually outlasts the summer heat.
@@BenTheRealtorAZ I’m thinking about laying seed tomorrow, especially with the rain we just got as it softened the dirt.
I got the same bag as shown in the video, do you still recommend it?
@@LivingStone4Christ Nice! Let me know how it progresses and I would still recommend that bag.
@@LivingStone4Christ Yes, I still use it till this day.
I’ve been struggling to grow grass in front of my yard for the past 2 months. I live in surprise AZ. What city are you in? I’m tempted to try these steps!
Where did you purchase the sod?
Ok on the steps you listed
triple action
Top soil
Fertilizer
Seed
Peat moss
What type of fertilizer did you use? Or it was in the triple action? Do you suggest using a liquid aerator first? I live in Goodyear, Az and grass is in horrible shape!! Please advise and great video!
Thank you! Correct, I usually use a triple action or a combined grass seed with fertilizer Scotts Brand. I've seen the liquid aerator work for some but I have never tried it myself. Good luck with your lawn!
U needed to treat for bugs in the desert bugs are attracted to the moist grass and will kill it with their bite. Use fertilizer and insecticides in late spring
Hi. What brand did you used for the peat moss? Thank you. We just bought a new house with nothing on the back yard lol
I used Premier Sphagnum Peat Moss. Good luck on the grow!
Thank you!
@@jaola9305 You're welcome!
I’ve done my fair share of having a lush green lawn back east, now that I live in Arizona my husband and I have artificial turf in our backyard with a pergola we did landscaping with palm trees trees, and desert plants, having a grass lawn is too much time consuming for us retirees
Not for this retiree! Artificial turf too hot for my feet and Schnauzer. Have to have a small amount of real grass!
Do you aerate? If so, how often and what month/months?
Yes, about once a year. I usually do it around December or January.
How much per square foot did you pay for the sod there?
It's been a while but I know I paid less than $0.60 per square foot.
I’m watching this 3 years later. 2021 times were better. $3 a bag for top soil. $8 now. Or I get another brand for $50 a bag
Why do you use Tall Fescue instead of Bermuda? I'm not sure what the difference is. Is one better with pets?
I use it because it has good drought tolerance.
Why don't you trim the edges?
How much is your water bill per month? I love grass but am concerned about water bills.
During the time that I reseed my lawn which is a process of about 4 weeks. I would say about $120-130 for that month. But on a month to month basis about $40-$70 bucks.
Great job man, for those talking drought, go and talk to your city council and ask why they are releasing water into rivers and ocean, to save a little fish no one know anything about!
Arizona pulls its water supply from the Colorado River. We pull so much water from it, along with California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado, that almost no water even reaches the ocean anymore.
Or why 72%of the water goes to farming in az
Just so you know that isnt crabgrass. that is Bermuda grass.
Wouldn’t bermuda grass have been much better for this heat?
I've tried bermuda before, but fescue seems to work better for me.
Did you install some sprinklers or do you water it by hose?
I use 4 manual sprinklers that I connect to hoses and sometimes I just use a hose.
@@BenTheRealtorAZ thanks! I’m in Mesa and I’m looking to start a beautiful lawn.
@@thetruthhurts9220 Anytime! Good look with your lawn journey as well.
Pardon me but what city ??
You sound like Ben baller 😂 love the content tho.
Idk man I just thought there are some places where grass shouldn't grow, or at least not the common lawn that appears in every Hollywood movie
We have areas in Phoenix that will make you think you are in California because it is so lush and green. Arcadia and some parts of Scottsdale or Central Phoenix, Biltmore areas.
@@BenTheRealtorAZ point taken, my city is supposed to be in the middle of a dessert area but it's built over a lot of underground I rivers, the trees grow over 30 ft tall and grass will grow everywhere if you don't control it.
Lmao paint it green 🤣 Thats good enough for AZ.
2023, new water restrictions will kick in along with higher water cost. Right now Arizona cities are just encouraging less water use. Not cool that you are aware of the extreme drought but did it anyway.
What water restrictions?
@@Sequel7 phase 2 of the drought restrictions coming.
It will probably be similar to how Las Vegas deals with water use and grass. If not like Southern California. Not sure which route each part of the state will go.
@@drusaiz he lives in Phoenix and so do I. There are no water restrictions. And I’m sure he’s well aware so far this summer it has rained a lot.
@@Sequel7 thats why my original comment states in 2023 phase 2. We as a state are in phase 1. Your local 12 news Phoenix talks about this stuff almost daily.
Don’t grow grass in Arizona. I’m a very conservative person and don’t understand why anyone does this… go down to Tucson and everyone has rock yards and it looks perfectly fine. It is so incredibly wasteful and stupid to grow grass in the desert.
how is that? Many people have lawns in Arizona. I know a lot of people have gone to the rock/desert landscape, which I wouldn't mind having with some area's of grass for my dog. But the estimate to do rock for my yard was a little over 10 grand, so no thank you. I'll do grass. And what you want to do with your own property is your business and what others do with theirs is their business. And in area's like Tucson and Phx etc.. desert/rock landscape really took off when HOA's started taking over those area's. HOAs prefer the rock landscape due to no headaches of residents not mowing their lawns consistently, the noise mowing, cut grass blowing into neighbors yards, disposing of cut grass etc. To avoid those "problems" they go w/ rock landscape.
This video is wrong. If you want grass, move to another state. Grass does not belong in the desert, not when our water reservoirs are dangerously low and the mosquitos are out of control. Cut it out. Literally, rip your lawn out of the ground and replace it with gravel. You're a terrible human if you don't.
You're a terrible human being for telling people what to do w/ their own property..