CREEPING BENTGRASS REMOVAL

[@strongisland7015]

This is absolutely genius and can’t believe I never seen anyone else recommend this! I been spraying bent grass with tenacity for years, it helps but it’s expensive and SLOWWWW. And it takes multiple applications. Can’t believe I never though of this. Thank you 🙏

[@critterdude311]

Great job, that's probably the best way to handle it. I feel your pain, we have a lot of creeping bentgrass in my surrounding neighborhood. The battle never ends brother!

[@lakehouselawncare1755]

Thank you! There are still no signs of the bentgrass and the sod blended in with the rest of the lawn nicely. Good luck to you and your ongoing battle!

[@JohnPeterson-f2v]

This video was an answer to prayer! I'm a DIY'er and started seeing the creeping bent grass a couple of years ago. Now it's spreading more aggressively and I still didn't know what it was called or how to treat it. By accident I saw your video and I'm like .. FINALLY!!! Now I know what it is and what the solutions are. I'll try the Tenacity route on some patches. This is spreading because my NEIGHBOR has it and does nothing about it. So won't it just come back again? Anyways, I'm gonna chip away at it for sure!! Thanks for the video, nicely done!!!

[@bucky5063]

I know tenacity is expensive but it's a must. You can't see bentgrass many times until it's too late. It moves so fast

[@chosen1one930]

Tenacity is cheap. Compare that to something you buy at lowes. Tenacity or any high grade turf chemicals require far less per gallon, for Tenacity you can make a gallon of solution with only half a teaspoon which covers 1,000 sq ft. This guy could of spot sprayed instead of digging up good turf. The shelf life is 3 to 5 years some people get longer use is stored in the best conditions. A small bottle of tenacity can cost as little as $60ish dollars, you also need a non-ionic surfactant which is very cheap, about $10 for a small bottle

[@chosen1one930]

You can't see bentgrass because it can spread above and below the ground, it can also grow below the canopy of your turf until it has enough cover to wipe out a small section. Grow a different type of grass, Kentucky bluegrass or zoysia, something has a dense growth habit. For you guys in the north 4 New cultivars of ultra dwarf zoysia grass has been made, it stays green well under 32 soil temperature and air, extremely dense, extremely shade tolerant and is performing so well high end courses are already installing it in putting greens, fairways and tees. Better playing surface than bermuda and some bentgrass, requires far less input, less water, less fertilizer and has a much slower vertical growth habit but much faster horizontal growth rate to fill in fast

[@dlealchicago]

Any come back from leftover bentgrass roots?? I struggle w same issue. Great video

[@lakehouselawncare1755]

Thanks! No, it has been a few years and nothing has come back.

[@thurstonr9929]

I like this approach. Never had issues with bentgrass or Poa trivialis til I dethatched my lawn. Now I’m dealing with nothing but poa triv and perhaps some bentgrass in my TTTF/KBG lawn. It’s just too wide spread to kill off most of my newly seeded lawn. And it was looking awesome. Wondering if your turf has blended all in now with the sod? It’s a costly approach, but I don’t want to look at a dead lawn through spring and most of summer if I use glyphosate. Like your channel!

[@marcemarc6516]

In any project, prep is the key! The actually work of painting, laying sod, remodeling, and so on is usually the final and easiest step. If you take the time to prep your projects accordingly, you’ll always end up with a superior end product

[@BEAZY_5150]

This gives me hope to dig out a couple bentgrass areas around a recent planted tree. I didn't want to poison the area, and also didn't want to spend that much on a bottle of tenacity either, even though it would last a while but I have 1300 sq ft to maintain. I know lawn care is expensive, but I like to save on the stuff I can do a different way. I'm always making garden beds, so I know where I can get the sod from. Thanks for the video

[@lakehouselawncare1755]

Thanks for watching, Doc! This was done over a year ago and none of it has come back. Good luck to you!

[@tmontemage22]

Great video man. I have this issue in quite a few spots. It comes up like a carpet. I really hate it, but don’t want to nuke everything. I may look at this option. Thanks!

[@swimbait1]

Bent just keeps coming back for me but this looks like a great approach. Thanks!

[@lakehouselawncare1755]

It can be a pain for sure. It has been over a year and it hasn’t come back for me. Thanks for watching.

[@marcemarc6516]

Glad to see you loosen the soil going under the sod. I’ve watch large swatches of new sod die from being laid over grass or the soil bed not being loosen. Sometime you’ll get lucky without the prep but more times then not you’re throwing away premium money because of lazy prep

[@pault5363]

Thx for this vid! Did you figure a 1 foot boundry around the bent grass with the shoveling?

[@mikeje305]

Nice video I enjoy watching your channel

[@lakehouselawncare1755]

Thank you, Mike! I appreciate you watching.

[@gheerock4077]

this is very helpful. thank you.

[@sbond1963]

Just wondering, do you think putting that sod over the top would just smother anything trying to grow from underneath like the roots of the Bent grass that was left?

[@stevekane615]

Thanks , I might try that , got a big patch of bent grass driving me crazy

[@lakehouselawncare1755]

It has been 2 year and it hasn’t come back. Good luck!

[@mervewilson4162]

Great vid pal. I have to do the exact same thing this year.

[@lakehouselawncare1755]

Thank you, Merve! I was worried that it might come back but it has been almost a year and there are still no signs of the bentgrass. Good luck with your project and thanks for watching.

[@fletchflips1017]

Good video! Tackling my lawn this fall. I live on a golf course that has bent grass greens, fairways and tee boxes....ugh! My font lawn is more bent than not so it's tenacity for that. I'm going to use your method for the back because there's smaller patches which is strange because it's on the course side. Go figure! I have 21,000 sq ft of lawn total so wish me luck! LOL

[@lakehouselawncare1755]

Thank you, Fletch! It’s been over 2 years and none of it has grown back good luck to you and thanks for the comment.

[@gordbaker896]

Well done. Great Helper. That may not be Fungus. Cat or animal pee will do that. Beautiful grounds. I understand that Bent Grass can be spread by lawnmowing, even clippings from another yard.

[@lakehouselawncare1755]

Thank you, Gord!

[@adanarceo4636]

Damn bro, that was cool. Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@lakehouselawncare1755]

Thank you! It's all blended in now and you can't even tell where the sod was placed. Thanks for watching!

[@joewilliams4142]

Will be interested to see it next season. I’ve heard the stolen run way out and it often comes back on the outer perimeter next year. I just treated 10,000 sq ft with Tenacity. Ugh

[@lakehouselawncare1755]

It has been almost 2 years now and none of it has grown back! Thanks for watching and commenting, Joe.

[@joewilliams4142]

@@lakehouselawncare1755 Well, three weeks later all I have is a bunch of patchy yellow areas. And SOME of the clover died. I plan another dose tomorrow. But so far it did not do much. Hmmmmm.

[@vashon100]

stolon vs stolen

[@joewilliams4142]

I gave up. This stuff did not work for me at all. And I’ll never use it again It did not kill very much at all other than my bank account.

[@derrickp]

@@joewilliams4142 how many applications did you do?

[@yviesolomon2847]

I’ve been told by my lawn service that we have bentgrass. The suggestion was to use thatcher rake, (never used one, first time with bentgrass), add seeds and topsoil. I realized your way a lemonade waiting for grass to grow but what do you think about using this specific rake? Will it be beneficial if I can’t get sod?

[@fireball1066]

You'll need to kill (or totally remove, as in this video) the Bentgrass first. The rake will help in loosening the soil, but not in removing the Bentgrass and its stolons. Bentgrass is very frustrating to deal with because unless all is killed or removed, it just keeps coming back. For re-seeding, I've had great success with Scott's Lawn Soil, which helps in getting all the seed to take root. I loosen the soil with a stiff rake first, then add seed followed by the Lawn Soil -- just enough to cover the seed. Light watering every day is important. I've seeded in late spring, but fall seeding for me has been the most successful.

[@tundrawhisperer4821]

How does one identify what type of grass they have? I have something similar to this in my front yard, but not sure what grass type I have.

[@lakehouselawncare1755]

Since you are in the North, you will have cool season grasses, which include bluegrass, ryegrass, fescue, and bentgrass. If you google each of those and look at the images, you should be able to identify which ones look like your grass. Thanks for watching!

[@lxiong1077]

First... good work man! Nice tips!

[@kylecolborn1413]

Thanks, buddy! Enjoy that reel mower!

[@Justinvancemckinney]

At the 3:57 mark, you cut a piece of sod in half. Why didn’t you just turn it sideways instead of cutting? No offense just curious.

[@lakehouselawncare1755]

haha good point. It does look like I could have just turned it sideways, but the piece closer to the camera is a little bit wider than the one that is farther away. Thanks for watching!

[@jamzach4]

Nice job brother !

[@lakehouselawncare1755]

Thank you, Scott!

[@DRK_BBQ]

How could you tell it was bentgrass and not nimblewill? I still can't tell the difference from images or video

[@lakehouselawncare1755]

Good question. It is really hard to tell the difference between the two. From my experience, bentgrass has a little more of a blueish appearance. Then again, it could very well be nimblewill. Either way, I would do the same things to get rid of it. Thanks for watching!

[@critterdude311]

@@lakehouselawncare1755 @Lazy Lawns - nimblewill is a warm season grass / weed, so it will do better in the summer when the bentgrass is struggling and becoming diseased & drought stressed. I think your analysis was spot on for this one.

[@duaneross9271]

I'm sure there are many pictures of bent grass out there, our bent grass looks more green than regular grass. All I know for sure is bent grass is a pain in the You know.

[@neilfpv]

Amazing technique! Subscribed!

[@lakehouselawncare1755]

Thanks so much!! I was worried it might grow back, but no signs of it so far. Thanks for watching, Neil!

[@GirLzLawn]

Good watch. Hope that was the best decision for ya.

[@lakehouselawncare1755]

Thanks, PJ! It actually worked really well and you would never know all that bentgrass was there.

[@GirLzLawn]

@@lakehouselawncare1755 Excellent 🙌🏽

[@gregchapman2035]

I did the same thing but unfortunately within 2 years it came back.

[@shanew7361]

Ome way to do it. Way too much work. I use Round Up, smoke it off, then lower mower to 1 inch and scalp it all out, put top soil down, and either re seed or sod.

[@firstedition1083]

digging up my lawn would kill me

[@lakehouselawncare1755]

Haha I was not looking forward to it either.

[@nicholasroussel1374]

this was not helpful at all. Half my yard is bentgrass.would cost a mint to do sod.what causes it.no one seems to know

[@lakehouselawncare1755]

You could kill it with glyphosate then seed that spot, instead.