Comparing My Lawn To The Neighbors During A Drought

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PS- everyone is struggling during this drought - I'm not trying to shame the neighbors. Instead, the idea is to see how the lawns look now and then follow the progress of recovery once the summer rainy season kicks in (anyday now). What this truly will illustrate is the magic of rain. Watch!
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[@wellokayyes1266]

I compare my lawn every week regardless of rainfall because I’m jelly of their lawns! Lol. My front yard is so shady from trees it feels hopeless. But this is my second year at it and I’m still determined.

[@danielgomes4754]

In Tampa, FL, my neighborhood got one day of rain mid-April and another days rain mid-May that's it. Normally our summer rains start June 1st +/- a few days. One side of my lawn is stressed out and I am watering it daily just to sustain it not drenching it. There is a huge difference between rain water and city water. Fortunately come Tuesday June 11th we will be getting plenty of rain and we should be all set for the rest of the year.

[@juanbaez5036]

Sebring FL here and we finally got a wet week coming in.

[@ranger2316]

I hear you brother!

[@juanbaez5036]

@@ranger2316 rain gauges are full. I am a happy man 👍

[@Tampa_tom]

Yep

[@hopehrl1]

That Bahia section is what my yard looks like right now lol 14k sqft of bahia grass, and no amount of watering has touched it, Just doing a rain dance, praying for rain!

[@joshjones1289]

Today was my first rain of the season... today!

[@letsdoitforjohnny5066]

I have a HeyBike and so does my wife! We love them

[@Thelawncarenut]

It's really fun to ride. Does good on the dirt trails too

[@gale212]

Cmon yall. Its barely June and already drought? Time to adapt to the new normal because this ain't right.

[@user-di6kx8ns1y]

No rain here in The Villages, I have increased my watering and also if there is a brown spot I use the hose. I am getting compliments on how green my lawn is.

[@gale212]

That sounds like the Villages alright

[@bmudri]

you're incredibly informative, appreciate your videos!

[@kevinsextravaganza4175]

I always love watching your videos you upload on the weekends. Keep up the great content

[@Davidsedge1]

Awesome video, assessment of lawns my favorite. Thank you for beautiful views of sky while cutting lawn. You bring enthusiasm to taking care of lawns 😊

[@dantheman227]

I'm in Miami, FL. The drought has been rough here as well, a couple two tree showers in the last few months so manual watering has been the name of the game. Along with the watering, Hydretain and Stress Blend has helped a ton compared to last years dry season. I'm proud to say that this year I have no dry spots just nice thick St. Auggy ready for the rainy season and the absolute domination of the neighbors!

[@jamiemittermuller6470]

Some of my favourite videos of yours is investigating other people’s lawns. You have competition in your neighbourhood with their lawns. Can’t wait for the updates.

[@allensadicario5196]

Good show brother

[@craigw4644]

Weatherman says rain is coming mid this week. 1.2" yesterday and the grass is cooking again to day. Tomorrow AM is my irrigation day, already cutting 3-times / week. Thanks for posting, always enjoy.

[@smeyers9284]

love these e bike lawn tours hope its a semi regular thing

[@carpentrylover145]

I have a large yard in mid Michigan. We have dry spells every summer. I’ve never watered my lawn and it always burns up but always greens up in fall

[@joeking6309]

No rain in NEFL and feels like temps over 100F

[@jvjdrn]

It’s time for Hyderetain here in Central Texas!

[@Thelawncarenut]

Spray and pray!

[@bradleyboyle5286]

Hey heavy load, love the new series, can’t wait to see the progress from the rainy season on the neighborhood.

[@canalboating]

Lovely area you live in Allyn you are a lucky man

[@ConchienceClothing]

I dialed in, added new sprinkler heads, adjusted my watering time and I absolutely survived the drought 🙏

[@GamerGee]

1:11 meanwhile while I’ve been watering everyday since may and it’s super photo perfect

[@ranger2316]

Hey from Palm Harbor... Al, I always enjoy your videos! My lawn was looking great until about 3 weeks ago, when it went straight downhill... crispy and kind of orange in spots. I get out there at about 2 pm everyday and wet it down , but I just can't keep up with the drought and water restrictions! HEAVY RAIN today, so I'm looking forward to getting it back into shape. Thanks for the video!

[@myriadcorp]

Fate knew the LCN didn't need no stinking sidewalk taking up space where grass could grow.

[@ArtieMcYardie]

Agreed just make the streets nice and wide and the aesthetic is so clean and nice when you don’t have sidewalks and you just have grass going from the home all the way to the curb hundred percent agree sidewalks are overrated

[@notimebusy8384]

Love this idea...really looking forward to following your assessment and advice over the year on how to deal and what homeowners should expect with the rain.. Call it the "Drought Series"

[@Thelawncarenut]

Excellent !

[@brianpretzel2509]

Great video sir ! Glad you dont forget about BAHAIA grass ! Thats what I have here in Port Charlotte .. I just show it some Milorganite love 3-4 times a year and she thrives.. Fun fact.. A fertilized yard holds up better during the dry season and requires less H2O !! Cheers !

[@westerncowhand7814]

Love this, Allan. We have some draconian watering restrictions: 3 hours only every other week. Been on those restrictions here in South Texas for over 2 years now.

[@Thelawncarenut]

Gotta look for holes in that ordinance lol

[@johnnelwhite]

Im in Virginia with a fresh bag of freedom fert just waiting on some rain. Might have to put it down in sections the night befor my irrigation is set to run.

[@JohnnyFour]

Awesome bike 🚲

[@nomargins]

Now that I have been exploring different kinds of grass it all makes sense my first time probably being in Florida was in the 90s and one thing that stood out was the grass It was unbelievable compared to the grass here up in the north in Ohio now I can understand, different types for different zones.

[@ChristendomUL]

Naples here. No rain for the past two or three months. Last week has been great though.

[@DenisonGolf12]

12:40 damn near got me fired at work 🤣 lit my speakers UP!

[@GamerGee]

12:03 LCN approved a++ for these twos.

[@SingleStacked]

My neighbors chem co. sprayed his lawn in the heat and over-sprayed onto my lawn, killing a swath of my lawn.👺

[@Thelawncarenut]

It's like you got "second hand smoked"

[@scott7876]

Chao Yang tires rule!! 😀

[@kylebatson3414]

This was me last year in Louisiana. Me and my neighbor are two of the only ones on our block that dominated through it and didn’t lose our whole lawn.

[@FreedomRock44]

Good editing on the bike!!!!!!

[@Thelawncarenut]

Thank you !

[@Dstromb232]

NICE VIDEO!

[@SootYourself]

Non stop rain here in the DFW area. I've yet to irritate my lawn all year. But we went through a dry spell last year of nearly 45 days without a single drop of rain. St. Augustine in the backyard died, but somehow Bermuda has started to fill in now.

[@faamecanic1970]

Glad to see even my sensei in lawnfoo has dry patches. I just adjusted 6 or so sprinkler heads this weekend…but will still have crispy areas I can’t get to with a hose (I have 2 acres of palisades zoysia). One side of my yard got hit HARD last year from army worms. So bad you could see the dirt. Until this drought hit me, that zoysia took off and thicker thanks to magic unicorn pee, stress blend, flagship (zoysia LOVES Flagship), insect control, and some Image to knock the weeds down and allow the zoysia to take over.

[@travisbrooks9660]

Rain on the way soon it looks like! It still feels like 102 at 9pm where I'm at in FL. Scorching heat

[@CityScapesLawnCare]

i'm 30 min away from you, i have not seen rain in 2 months!!!

[@MichaelP-ns]

Same

[@richardtoukdarian9239]

Allen is 100% correct on Citrablue St. Augustine, lower cutting height, far less cutting compared to floratam, it does great growing in shaded areas and sunny areas, a very distinct color. This grass is well worth the investment, I have Citrablue current Il at my Clermont Fl. home.

[@GamerGee]

4:04 I didn’t know that. I usually cut the next day after an irrigation day

[@FreedomRock44]

I want a list of all your college nicknames over the years!!!!! Is Chip(one of your characters back in the day) going to make an Appearance anytime soon????

[@gg80108]

Mower burn was ete opening. I had a guy roll out some metal to replace bottom lanai on my grass to cut. Just the short time burned my St Augustine.

[@GoConfig]

Allen Hayes and the LawnBots! New age group for the Lawn Gurus!

[@Thelawncarenut]

Level up!

[@jaymeyers950]

Florida is looking at substantial amounts of rain in coming weeks 10 to 15 inches of rain

[@Thelawncarenut]

It's already here and I'm stoked!

[@MrFergusonLawn]

The same is absolutely true for fescue as well; whenever we get a drought or a period with no water and I fail to keep it hydrated properly, bermuda creeps right on in to fill in the gaps. Sneaky little punk!

[@DMUSA536]

Your pronunciation of words get me laughing every time. I do the same thing. 😂😂

[@GamerGee]

18:27 LCN I got a section at 1.75inches I had to fix. But I cut weekly once. CB STA is the best. You should plan to reaps the home yard with CB STA

[@Tampa_tom]

I have Bahia grass, and it was completely brown. The whole thing looked dead for sure. 6 days in a row of watering and it’s solid dark green

[@sams00007]

Water n mow it actually works

[@Tampa_tom]

@@sams00007 i actually hook a sprinkler to my customers hoses after I mow and water there front while I edge whip and bow. That extra 30 mins of water has made a huge difference for the yards that where barely hanging on

[@sams00007]

@@Tampa_tom sounds great man! Exactly water those dry spots and with the rain to top it up it’s all good. We have Argentine Bahia which needs overseeing every year apart from that it’s just does it’s thing! Best of luck to you!

[@ArtieMcYardie]

It’ll be cool if when you locked the battery out, it also locked the pedals from turning

[@progression_decibel]

The EGO stuff is great - I have a 7.5AH battery that came with my 21" mower and a 4.0AH one with the LineIQ trimmer - for some reason lately my 4.0 only lights up 2 of the 5 green lights on a "full charge" and I only get about 30 mins out of it.. it's warranty is up and I'm wondering if the battery is starting to die.

[@lawnpanda]

I know I'm a little late, but one hell of a bahia grass call out in a public area......bet that turned some heads.

[@a.santos634]

How long u keep ur Irrigation running?

[@CTChipmunk]

that grass at the end looked good enough to roll in a joint and smoke.

[@Thelawncarenut]

Easy like Sunday morning.

[@JeremyKorzo]

Great video Allyn👍 I had some ruff tips in my St. Aug and 1st thing I thought was sharpen blades, but definitely was the hot mows causing it. How are the Volt lights holding up?? 🤠🤘🏼🇺🇸⚡️

[@Thelawncarenut]

The Volt lights are great. Very solid. I'll make an update video this week for instagram showing them in festive colors

[@angelf9800]

Wish me luck My water is going to be double this summer all cause I want to have the greenest lawn on the block 😅

[@mccallas]

Heybike is a great ebike. Highly recommend. Go get yourself some Milorganite and green up that grass right quick!!!

[@gg80108]

NE Florida with got JEA with no water pressure. Crap shoot as to when to water.

[@SaltwaterMom3]

Do you lay down some topsoil or red sand in those dead areas? I always had good luck putting the red sand on the St. Augustine and it would grow back in so nicely, giving it some soil to grow into. Learned that trick from a neighbor who had a lawn service.

[@_7_0_7]

So what's your take on the Irrigreen sprinkler system? ...besides awfully pricey.

[@sony494]

Torpedograss is our #1 adversary on the Emerald Coast area in Florida. No matter what grass type people have here, if there's any stress, torpedograss moves in. What do you use on it in your yard? Tenacity gives good results but it's getting too warm to apply it now

[@GamerGee]

8:46 the lawn inspector is on the hunt. Great meme photo

[@NineteenHand]

Central Florida ProVista and like you we've had 2 rains in 2 months. This is the worst year for Chinch Bugs I've ever seen.

[@Ripsurfer08]

I have a 16” x 16” of dead st aug.. hoping stolen from live area will spread there

[@ArtieMcYardie]

When you pedal or brake, does it charge the battery like regenerative?

[@Wardcreek]

Alan, can I mix microgreene and RGS for an application tomorrow????

[@Eli-qr9hc]

After 3 years of JUNE/JULY yellow/ heat spots on my zoysia (I have a morning direct sun light reflecting from a neighbor's window reflecting on to my lawn- like a magnifying glass heat. But yesterday I found (while using a long screwdriver) to feel if the clay soil (Greenville SC) was too hard in certain areas, well I felt/heard a few 'clicks' in the yard as I pushed the screwdriver in... I discovered there are small patches of rocks/gravel 2" below the soil line. How do i safely remove the gravel (6ft x 6ft area) without destroying my grass? Thanks

[@djbone604]

North of the border in cool season country, we face annual watering restrictions. 😡🤬🇨🇦 Basically May-Oct which is all of summer. But where there’s a will there’s a way 😎

[@jimbol8695]

Alan, how the heck do I get rid of vines? My neighbor has goobs of vines and they are infiltrating on my yard and house. Please, please, please give me a notion on how to get rid of these, Thanks, the freedom factory looks beautiful.

[@mikephillips628]

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[@TheSodFather09]

I need one of those bikes

[@Thelawncarenut]

they are cool. All of the fun with none of the work

[@stevesmith1291]

Long time fan and product user. I have Bermuda showing up in my st Augustine. How can I tell if it is common Bermuda or a good version of Bermuda that you would plant in your lawn if you were sodding Bermuda?

[@davidcrowson4745]

Nice ebike.

[@Thelawncarenut]

Thank you. It's fun to ride

[@GrimmReapa]

No water now and later we have too much water. Floridian problems. Soil prob the weak spot test for compaction. I have a very strong spot in my yard and the prob I use can go down over 4 feet.

[@joec.3795]

Love the channel and follow along, but this video turns into an ebike review?

[@blackhouse7646]

Can zoysia be mixed with Bermuda?

[@sj7601]

Wild bermuda must be the poa annua / triv of the cool season lawns 🤣

[@Thelawncarenut]

Yes for sho

[@LNDN_73]

3:13 for your dried areas will you rake out the dead areas or leave that down?

[@Thelawncarenut]

I leave it there. Anytime you rake out dead stuff, it opens up the lawn for weeds to invade.

[@dasauto75jh]

Is it ok to put down freedom, RGS, and micro green on the same day? And is so should granular go down 1st then liquid?

[@Thelawncarenut]

same day all good. granular, then liquid then water it all in together

[@netstar5950]

I have had homes with Fescue, Bermuda, and St.Augustine lawns. My favorite grass to maintain is Bermuda because it loves hot weather, drought resistant, self-repairing, grows in sand or clay, can handle high traffic, soft to the touch, and pretty much indestructible. The worst grass to maintain is St. Augustine which I had when I lived in Ponte Vedra, Florida. St. Augustine grass is high maintenance that doesn't do well in hot weather, requires a lot of water, doesn't handle high traffic, very stiff, and makes a good salad for Cinch Bugs. IMO, St. Augustine grass should be the last grass to use in Florida. I don't know why Bermuda grass is not the primary grass in Florida.

[@Thelawncarenut]

I'm not sure either unless it's just based on what sod farms wanted to grow that is profitable. Maybe at the time of the housing boom in the 1960s and 70s there was a stronger marketing push behind St Aug. That is oftentimes what dictates these things.

[@knowledge1372]

do anyone have rain barrels to collect water for lawn and garden usage

[@texaspowerman]

I’ve been using hydretain for the last couple of seasons. We are cooking now but still getting a little rain. I’m trying the fourplay this year as I’m doing a neighbors lawn with no irrigation. I want to see how the fourplay does in the Texas heat compared to hydretain alone. All liquid here in Katy Tx and the lawns looking good. Should I spike it with green effect, microgreen or greenpunch?

[@ahastar1141]

I would highly recommend the granular hydrotain. I have tried the liquid but I have gotten much better results over the season with the granular as it’s a bit more forgiving to get into the soil and I feel it lasts a bit longer

[@texaspowerman]

@@ahastar1141 I’m disabled a can’t push a spreader through the St Augustine. I use the yardmastery backpack sprayer 1/2 full and can shuffle through the lawns. It’s most of the exercise I get. Because of the new designed shoulder straps I can fill it sitting on top of my garbage can and slip in and out of it without bending over. I have found it helps. I started spraying the neighbors on both sides in exchange they mow and weed and cover part of the cost of the products. It’s my 3rd year on the program with 2 front lawns a the first doing all three. First season we won yard of the month, totally unlooked for an unexpected but our end of the circle looks great. Maybe I can get one of them to put down the granular come august. Thanks.

[@tjjoseph333]

Municipal water and the Chlorine a factor? In HTX my expensive water just keeps it barley alive. I'm tempted to get a large carbon filter and if I had it to do again id tank store the water with an aerator in it with a boost pump when the irrigation starts. Jealous of my well water friends for chlorine free and cheap water! 😡

[@goodgugamuga]

Ya'll are about to get close to 10" of nonstop rain.

[@Thelawncarenut]

yep yep!!

[@xtremejunkie4710]

When is the best time of year to plant new areas in GA with Bermuda grass seed..

[@Thelawncarenut]

Right now is the best time for sure. Nice long days.

[@ryangilmore234]

Will Yard Mastery come out with a product to control Bermuda in SA?

[@Thelawncarenut]

Probably not, but you can use the combo of Recognition and Fusilade if you can find them. works great but expensive.

[@shaneallen4042]

Not officially a drought in Australia unless it hasn't rained for three years.

[@dylan8285]

Ooh we get a double dip of Allyn this week. edit : That FF zoysia is still off color after how many months now

[@Brettsgrasscapades]

The funny thing about that zoysia (I was on the grass with AL this week) is that it looks yellowish on camera mostly because the st Aug and Bermuda are such a dark green. Standing in the zoysia looking at only it it looks nice and green

[@dylan8285]

@@Brettsgrasscapades Really 🤔 it just doesn’t have that color genetics in it then. Maybe try some double dark and some liquid iron on it. To get it as dark as it will possibly get

[@JoseRivera-cl1fg]

Bahaaaaaiiaaa grassss 😂🤙

[@WhittyPics]

What is the range of that ebike

[@Thelawncarenut]

Says 55 miles but that assumes you're peddling too

[@smallblockC10]

Why don’t you guys down there run irrigation during the dry season?

[@Thelawncarenut]

we do, but right now is supposed to be the rainy season.

[@ranger2316]

@@Thelawncarenut Water restrictions. Some of us are on reclaimed water and only get to water one day a week.

[@HeyMikeyLikesIt2]

The freakin cable company came by and dug slit trenches through my lawn to run new cable. In this drought the sod they ripped up looks like Morse Code…dot, dot, dash, dot, dash all burned out grass. My neighbor has a grass cutting services that scalps him every time they cut in the middle of the day. We need this monsoon season…..I gave up watering everyday. I tried your drought fert, spraying in soil moisture treatments, watering everyday….still burned up.

[@ArtieMcYardie]

Never imagined that I would move to Florida and be talking about drought or dry spells that I used to have in Illinois

[@mikeryan6277]

Watering has been restricted to one day a week for sometime now yet his lawn is nice and green “Manual Watering” is not a thing during restrictions and reclaimed water is not available in his neighborhood. Wonder how many tickets he has gotten over the years.

[@mariasunbury4788]

🌟

[@NickConteSC]

Why can't I find a video on your site that covers scarifying?

[@Thelawncarenut]

that's mainly something you do with bermuda grass.

[@NickConteSC]

@@Thelawncarenut I thought it needs to be done with zoysia too...how do you keep the zoysia from getting spongy?

[@Thelawncarenut]

@@NickConteSC scalp it in the spring if it gets out of hand.

[@Boodieman72]

It would be better to have a bermudagrass lawn 🤪