A Putting Green Mow | Discussing Maintenance for a Back Yard Golf Course

I wanted to get back into consistent recording and uploading. As a part of that goal, came this video. I got a recording of a mow on the putting green and wanted to take an opportunity to define what a given week, month, and season looks in terms of the time and effort that I put in on an ongoing basis to maintain my little back yard golf course.
Mowing and raking off worm castings are the bulk of the work and require very little time or effort. On a once a week or every 2 week basis I try to top dress with sand to keep the playing surface smooth and keep the worm casting layer buried. Also typically twice a month I'm spraying some combination of fertilizer, plant growth regulator, and fungicides. Watering is also an ongoing activity for the warmer, dryer, and sunnier times.
Finally, about once a year I'll come out with a heavy sand top dress to work more on level and smoothness beyond the routine surface maintenance top dressing.

[@robyn147]

The first thing i thought of when i was watching the start was the old saying "Nothing runs like a deere." lol. Great vid and the putting area looks spectacular!

[@JasonSeiberlich]

Haha thank you. The deere get a little out of shape when they're left outside for a few years and the sit in someone's garage for another few years.

[@lxiong1077]

😮wow that last scene with the yard lid up!!! 👏 👏

[@JasonSeiberlich]

Haha thank you.

[@krusej23]

I love the start. My wife looks at me like I'm an idiot when my 220C stalls out like that when I'm just getting started. The lighting takes it to a different level.

[@JasonSeiberlich]

It's so annoying. But at least eventually works. Will take it for $500. Game changer once it started getting dark early. Thanks.

[@mrlz33]

Nice job Jason. Green looks amazing! Thanks for all the content and help you provide. I’m along for the ride⛳️👍

[@JasonSeiberlich]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@bryceburkhart7870]

Awesome video!! Really helped me understand when and how often I should do things

[@JasonSeiberlich]

Excellent.

[@familybarton]

Great vid. Seems like the best it's ever looked to me!

[@JasonSeiberlich]

Basically every day this year was the best it's ever looked. Much better maintenance regimine. Thank you.

[@andyslawncareandoutdooradv]

Really enjoying the putting green videos! The lights at the end look sick, remind me of a local course/range here in Chicago that is lit up for night golf like that

[@JasonSeiberlich]

Thanks. Thoroughly enjoying.

[@lawnmavrik491]

Looking dope per usual. Happy fall!

[@JasonSeiberlich]

Thank you. To you as well.

[@Striperman]

It all looks amazing Jason. 👍💚🦸

[@JasonSeiberlich]

Thank you.

[@sting1111]

Jason, Mike from Ohio here. I seeded green last August and earthworm castings caused severe damage and really delayed establishment. Nothing I tried worked however so far I have them finally under control. I use carbaryl (insecticide) and thiophanate methyl (fungicide). Stay light with the carbaryl because it can burn the green at normal label rates.

[@JasonSeiberlich]

Yup. I'm on this regimine now as well. It is unreal how effective it is. Thank you.

[@docsteve309]

Insane brother!…👏👏…in the “real” world you gotta be famous greens keeper /superviser at some high end country club!!🙈🤣🤣🤣…cmon man!…Lawncology 👑

[@JasonSeiberlich]

Thank you.

[@malarkeywithmatt2396]

It’s awesome you’ve got the three major greens mowers, you should do a comparison video on the positives and negative’s of each mower and what one you like using the most

[@JasonSeiberlich]

I will at some point. Want to get used to the deere a little more.

[@sirduffner827]

I second this video request 😀

[@user-if5pd4gc6b]

I have appreciated all your videos. Do you use all three of those fungicides at each application? Do you use a herbicide like Trimec?

[@PerfectBiscuits]

Looks awesome and thanks so much for doing all these videos about the green. What’s the difference between your green and what you see at a high end golf course? Is it the usga root zone setup? More time/resources for maintenance? More dialed in equipment? Will your green keep getting better and better as it matures?

[@JasonSeiberlich]

Root zone, sunlight, and drainage are the biggest difference. Equipment is close to the same. Maintenance is different but not by a huge margin as i did fairly well this year. It is so much better this year than last year and I expect that to continue. Mine is cut at 3/16" vs a high end golf course that is probably under an eighth of an inch.

[@PerfectBiscuits]

@@JasonSeiberlich ah interesting. Looking forward to anything and everything you have to say about the process and future progress.

[@MatsDawson]

Night golf!!

[@JasonSeiberlich]

Played a fair bit already. It's amazing.

[@MatsDawson]

@@JasonSeiberlich That's gotta be a blast man. Congrats on the hard work and it paying off.

[@JasonSeiberlich]

Thank you.

[@ThePhantom740]

I’ve always wanted to get lights for my front yard because I made a temporary green that I practice on when I’m not working, it would be nice because I get off right before it gets dark and I have like no time to practice or mow

[@JasonSeiberlich]

It was a game changer. These are novostella flood lights. Get 4 for $100 on Amazon.

[@ThePhantom740]

@@JasonSeiberlich thanks

[@chrisdee7511]

@JasonSeiberlich I notice you are starting a series of recap videos to share what you have learned over the last few years about not only a golf facility, but lawn care in general. Next spring, im going to begin a bent grass putting green and I have been watching hours worth of your content as well as others. I struggled a while over weather i could cheap out on a push reel more but it is evident i cant after doing the research. I was wondering if you would consider doing a recap video on your reel mower journey with your opinion on brands, what you get for your money, etc...

[@JasonSeiberlich]

I can try and bring some of that in. I talk to that a little bit in the equipment what do you need video, but yea.

[@chrisdee7511]

@@JasonSeiberlich I definitely watched the yard equipment video. I was hoping for specifics on greens cutting. I remember you making a comment in one of your videos that you "aren't a Toro guy" so I was just looking for what you see as the pros of stuff you have chosen to use and the cons of mowers you may have moved on from? Thank you for the reply. Your videos have already taught me so much. "...Manganese. Most people don't even know what that is." -Carl Spackler.

[@josb4161]

What type of sand are you using and where do you buy it?

[@JasonSeiberlich]

A fines free sand from Waupaca Sand and Gravel. Call around to local quarries and see what they have available.

[@andrewszabo1552]

The stall out happens to me too. I think it just needs warmed up a little more, but I'm impatient. My workaround is to throttle to MAX ⚡, drop the clutch and peel out for the first lap. So sounds like you may have a gantt chart for your application schedule?

[@JasonSeiberlich]

The jd is the only one that does it. Not the chart specifically. Try to do fungicide every 4 weeks and pgr every 200-250 gdd

[@andrewszabo1552]

@@JasonSeiberlich I didn't have the issue when I bought the unit from a reseller that did maintenance on it prior. It looked like it needed new belts then - but I haven't changed them yet. I replaced my carb because of a surging issue. No change in clutch engagement - though it runs better. I just think I need new belts. Forgot to say the lights look great! Thanks for your content!

[@bruiser6387]

I need dark green grass in my yard

[@bruiser6387]

Where can I get fungicide fertilizer

[@JasonSeiberlich]

Online retailers are probably going to be your best bet. Domyown or similar.

[@johnpecorari2694]

When did they change their tagline to “nothing stalls like a Deere”? 😊

[@JasonSeiberlich]

🤣

[@kimueland307]

you should apply some sapphire green, then youre wormhols are gone

[@hoilst265]

Ah, John Deere. Don't worry, they'll have a guy out your way maybe next week, week after, who can fix that. No, you can't do it yourself, or buy your own parts.

[@JasonSeiberlich]

😂🤣

[@chosen1one930]

John Deere are so bad, horrible cutting habits but supposedly they have fixed that with lower cutting heights on new model