Dethatch and Overseed for a THICKER LAWN

[@gfranks007]

I cannot believe you detached your lawn by hand! You are the man! Even with a machine it's a lot of work, I'm dong my lawn right now! Thanks for sharing your process! Love your humor!!!

[@BermudaBrian]

Enjoy those American Girl doll days. They go by fast! One thing I like about your videos is you don't push one certain brand on everyone. Lawn is looking good man!

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

I'm trying to enjoy them!!

[@jrwilkz]

The scissors at the end made me laugh. Love the content man!

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

Thank you!!

[@Mdg87]

I didn't know Koreans were so good at lawn care. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Mahalo!

[@nxtlvlthinking65]

His daughter left like she was late for work! 🤣🤣

[@gyasiwynn1367]

Future Boss Lady;

[@davidgonzales-ec8bo]

Good job dad. You're killing it at dadding.

[@SuperTA329]

You need the Grounds keeper 2 rake. Best rake I have ever owned. It made my front lawn reno go so much better.

[@timvandermey4792]

I was hoping to find one local, but so far no luck. Think I will have to order. They do look very efficient. -Danya

[@SuperTA329]

@@timvandermey4792 never seen one local. Got it on Amazon in 2018 for $42 shipped. Hard to get though, not sure if it's high in demand. There is another brand similar and it's called Maintainer 21" multipurpose debris rake. Good luck.

[@JD-uj3fy]

Found mine through Acme Tools website. Total was approximately $62 but included shipping & handling. Shipping was fast btw.

[@SuperTA329]

@@JD-uj3fy WOW, thanks for that site. I searched rake and found it. On sale for 34.99 but out of stock but ships in 2 or 3 weeks. They also carry the 9" rake also out of stock but will order. Thanks again for the tip. 👍🏻

[@timothybreen8956]

I bought it a few weeks ago at a local Massachusetts hardware store for $30. Simply the best rake EVER....dethatched 15,000 sf in about 2 hours and I was ocd about getting everything up.

[@kcstevensutt]

Cutting that grass with scissors at the end....you crack me up! 😂😂 Love your vids! They're informative and funny!

[@j.harris1903]

Enjoyed the video as always. Lots of great info and enjoy watching the kids help out dad. I picked up a lawn sweeper which is golden after dethatching my 10k lawn.

[@rkwatchauralnautsjediparty7303]

Loved the kid-terruptions. My two youngest have been harassing me all summer, so I can relate. Subbed for the Michael Scott joke.

[@moneyb22]

Gotta love the challenges of lawn work with a little one 😁

[@thefpvlife7785]

My goodness .. your opening song choice took me way down memory lane an Allen Hayne episode.

[@hmh4206]

Based on your recommendation, I tried Tenacity for the first time ever. The results are jaw dropping! #SubscriberForLife

[@Dtraynor]

Love your pink scissors dude

[@beteeho]

I definitely like it to feel thick when on top of it

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

😂😂😂😂😳

[@MeisterofMyLawn]

Man that dethatcher is in my budget next season. Thing is sweet.

[@trevormuggeridge4560]

First Aussie 😁. Coming along nicely. 😎👍👍

[@jamzach4]

Used the Sunjoe and overseeded with Cool Blue a week and a half ago. Little cool blue babies just started coming up 2-3 days ago. Lawn looks tough right now but my goal is “green tho” by Halloween.

[@JonsDailyHustle]

Your definitely gonna have a great looking yard

[@lawncarelady8204]

Awesome! I used a rake to dethatch. The groundskeeper 2 is amazing! :)

[@MrFergusonLawn]

I went Earthwise and it does pretty well too. Needed a dethatcher but went a little cheaper. Looking good dude, great info as always.

[@joshcurry3438]

Oh hell yeah im pumped to go work on the yard after work now 🤘🏻

[@SONICBOOM98]

Dethatched my lawn about a week an half ago & over seeded. Lawn is coming back nicely after the pounding it took (that's what she said). I'll need to figure out something for watering next season. My water bill was $500 dollars more this last qtr 😱. Very little rain this summer in the Midwest were I'm at.

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

We havent had rain in forever its crazy

[@CHB_98]

Did you add top dressing after overseeding can’t find any answers

[@b286guy]

Looking good! The lawn too 😜

[@GW._.]

Growth regulators help massively when over seeding.

[@Mom23kitties]

Your little girl is so adorable...love her thinking. Gonna look into getting a sun joe...really hate raking 😎

[@Aerialphotovito]

Nice info Justin , I actually did the same approach , no aeration only liquid form and ran the sun joe with the dethatch cartridge and overseeded , waiting for week 3 to give it a cut . thanks for sharing this method .

[@CHB_98]

Did You used top dressing

[@SilentKiller-fx1qj]

Great video

[@victoriasanque6540]

I just bought the sun joe, I see you talk about dethatching but what about scarifying? I’m just starting to learn how to do my lawn and I wanted to know when to use the scarifier attachment... I was going to overseed

[@CHB_98]

Detatching tool the one with tines in it is real just a power rake (remove dead grass not thatch. To remove thatch your need to use the other adapter with the blades it will cut lines into your lawn.

[@rustyfan89]

Wow the traffic in your driveway is crazy!

[@scooterpoynter]

I hope I didn’t screw myself over by not dethatching before overseeing last week. I really needed to but ran out of time. Can’t wait to see your results!

[@neilfpv]

You just grew a new lawn there right or was it only on one side?

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

Only on the other side

[@neilfpv]

@@TheLawnWhisperer I can't wait for my SS1000 TTTF to sprout but I'm also worried since I seeded too late, Sept 27. It's getting colder in our area. It was 43f last night.

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Who doesn't like playing with their weasel? 😂🤣

[@moneyb22]

At the 5:43 mark when you were running your hand through the grass, what was that grass that looked a little leggy?

[@CHB_98]

Did you add top dressing after overseeding

[@njyo8135]

I'm glad I found this. I am obsessed for having a nice looking yard; one you can walk barefoot on and it feels like carpet. Blame my dad for this because his yard was the best! I saw your Hoosier sign (I'm from IN, too) so are you from IN? Too funny when you said, "car" and stopped filming.

[@terrywatts1060]

Really nice

[@29Turf]

Looking nice!

[@fbueller]

4:44 OMG!!! Too funny.

[@okielawnguy]

You ever heard of Mountain View Seeds? Great company & great people!

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

They make the legend that I put in my front little strip reno

[@lancescott1453]

It was cheaper than Hogan’s. I bought their seed this year. Cost me around 130$ for 75 lbs with 6 cultivars between the2 bags ... for germination in 5 days as well.

[@okielawnguy]

Lance Scott What was the seed called?

[@lancescott1453]

Kendal Eschbach it’s called Top Choice, has avenger2, supersonic, firecracker,dynamite ls, valkyrie

[@okielawnguy]

Lance Scott where’d you purchase it from?

[@moesawad]

How about Overseeding the bare spots in your lawn renovation? When should you do it?

[@robd2456]

Dethatching with a rake got old fast, I had to get an electric one. Well worth the money imo. Now I can save my back for other things lol.

[@grasshopperlawncareservice3269]

Can you treat for grubs with fresh seed on the lawn?

[@beteeho]

A lawn raking app... I'm in 👍🏻 Let me know when that is available 😁

[@YardGuy]

That was some hot scissoring action...

[@SuperTA329]

? About watering...So my Reno went very well and growing in very nice. I haven't had to water as frequent since weather was cooler and unfortunately I have a light green fungus on top layer of soil. Water doesnt seem to puddle so I'm curious as to why i get the green fungus layer? So frustrating to say the least. My PH is at the high end of the optimum range and Phos is high but everything else is ok. Any idea why? Happens in my backyard also.

[@RahwayBand]

Your wife is going to be mad that you are using her pink scissors to cut the grass. Hahahahaha

[@juanfercho12]

I overseed and I put my starred fertilizer, it has been 16 days and today I cut my grass for the first time. When do you recommend putting more fertilizer again?

[@movingforward1981]

Loving the video, amazing how satisfying scarifying / raking the lawn is. I just done a video on a model from VonHaus and it worked like a champ, just wished here in the uk we could use Tenacity :-(

[@mctend9108]

Where did you get the pink scissors?

[@danvozza3799]

If i bag my clippings,u think i still need to de thatch?

[@ericd4282]

Came for slapping and even gave the sunjoe a good slap. I just went through this same process and currently reducing my watering after 1-2 weeks of germination so I'm curious to hear your thoughts.

[@glkn04]

I would love to know your avg annual spend on your lawn... I have learned so much. I am sooo happy with my healthy green green lawn. thanks for all the tips

[@mkw7623]

Fall preperation, I have new grass that gets full sun all day. How to keep it green all winter

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

New grass will stay green its first winter. After that, not a ton you can do. It goes dormant in winter

[@BenjaminT.Minkler]

I do this exact process, but I have always used the 'verticutter' blade reel with my SunJoe ...my buddy wanted to buy a dethatcher, so I was thinking of selling him my SunJoe with the new/un-used 'dethatching' reel(at a discounted price, like half the $150 I paid) then I would just get another new one with a new 'verticutter' reel(as my blades are worn enough that now I can only use it on the lowest setting) ... however, now the SunJoe is either sold out or they want very high prices for them! are they "discontinued" ? is there another brand that does verticutting? - as right now I am forced to keep my SunJoe and try to find a replacement blade reel

[@TheSoloAsylum]

"The neighbor washed it" I don't know why that cracked me up so hard..

[@skyebolgren4418]

what time of year should i do this? i live in zone 4.

[@tite732]

No need to throw down peat moss when overseeding? I didn't during spring and it came out fine but I'm changing from Rye to TTTF Cool Blue and want as many seeds to germinate as possible.

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

No need when overseeding

[@tite732]

@@TheLawnWhisperer cool thanks

[@unluckyknight]

So i can dethach then mow low and overseed? I don't have to use a aerator/ top soil? My yard has gopher netting under the soil which prevents using an aerator, and i thought i would be stuck with my thin lawn forever

[@mrpcakes]

sunjoe has an awesome tiller , save my back this year. Also curious what height for winterizing . leave high or go low?

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

Low but not scalping. For example I mow my lawn at 2.25 in fall, my last couple cuts will be about 2" or so

[@brandonkeith7169]

On the Tenacity you mentioned using 1/2 ounce per 1K. Do you mean 1/2 teaspoon, or do you use 1/2 ounce? If I’m reading the label correctly it would be 1/2 teaspoon.

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

1/2 tsp! Dont use a half an ounce!!

[@petesspspsps]

How do you avoid your sprinkler heads with the dethatcher? I would be worried I would tear one up.

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

Just go around them

[@petesspspsps]

@@TheLawnWhisperer lol, good point. Just need to remember where they all are. Do you dethatch every year? When should I do it, spring?

[@silentsyndicate1958]

I’m confused didn’t you just plant grass and now your overseeding the newly planted grass ? I was looking forward to see how each type of grass seed came out . Wasn’t the chameleon spill before the renovation?

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

This is my front yard. I didnt kill off my front yard

[@nateluongo5260]

Have you noticed a difference since adding KBG to your TTTF? I’ve got the GCI turf fescue and I’ve been debating adding in KBG to help naturally fill in when we experience some of the summer damage that we get in Maryland. Wondering your thoughts. Thanks! Love the content!

[@xrpxtrariceplease2811]

what city are you located?

[@Grumpyoldtrainer]

Hi. Saw your recent videos of throwing down new seed. Did you use the dethatcher after putting down the new seeds? Was that to get seeds in the soil a little deeper? Did you use the prongs or the scarifier? Thanks

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

Yes. Everything I did was stated in the video. I showed I used the dethatcher with the tines

[@Grumpyoldtrainer]

@@TheLawnWhisperer oh ok sorry for missing that in that video

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

@@Grumpyoldtrainer no worries!

[@benharrison1069]

Good video and right on time too! Yes, the SunJoe would have made the dethatching much easier for you. It looked like you might have been using a standard leaf rake to get the thatch up, but, if you haven't seen it, I would suggest that you take a look at the Groundskeeper II dethatching rake if you have to do this part manually. Also, if you are using Scott's Stater Fertilizer with Weed Preventer then by putting down the Tenacity is just duplicating the active ingredient in the Scott's Starter Fert, right? Keep up the great videos!

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

I didnt use the Scott's starter. I used propeat 11-11-11 and tenacity

[@davidarriaga1896]

You water after applying tenacity? Or you wait a couple hours to dry before watering?

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

If using it in this sense as a pre emergent then water it in

[@davidarriaga1896]

Oh ok so you wouldn’t apply a surfactant with tenacity because that would using it as a post emergent?

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

@@davidarriaga1896 correct. Using as a premergent= no surfactant and water it is. Using as a post emergent = surfactant and let it dry

[@davidarriaga1896]

Thanks bro your a lot of help!

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Careful you don't play with your weasel too much. You'll go blind.

[@gnovincejr2]

Awww....her little boots! LUL!

[@jaymetheaccountant]

what about night raking? Is that required? Asking for a friend.

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

😂 not required but recommended 😎

[@PNWLawnGuy]

Was that a Sunjoe slap I saw? Bags are getting jealous

[@chrisa2913]

Great video man! When you mowed 2 weeks later what height did you mow at?

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

My typical mow height in fall which is 2.25"

[@chrisa2913]

Wow even tall fescue? I didn’t know you could go that low with TF.

[@robrob7011]

Is it bad that I click thumbs up while the ad is still playing??

[@BrettSucks]

Yes,you are correct.

[@gtjman1]

Great content. I do wish I was able to see the sun joe used. Did you figure that the water shorted it? Or was it a cord issue? I just bought mine and would like to hear any must-know tips/tricks.

[@vegetarianfoodie9091]

Check out Jimmy Lewis he just did a review as well

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

Blew it out later and it worked just fine. It is an awesome little machine!

[@gtjman1]

The Lawn Whisperer Nice! Glad to see you’re still getting to blow it out. 😉

[@JJ-pg4ud]

SunJoe quit after 1 second? Mine did same thing. Called company and they sent new one! Did you say you had a way to fix it?

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

This was because my neighbor washed it and there was water in the motor. After blowing it out it worked fine

[@je-detailing]

How’s that hogan seed? Zero weed seed/other crop? I was looking into their Hogan Blend TTTF. Trying to get a hold of them to see the price/shipping to Ohio.

[@Gettingthebasicsdone]

I'm seeding too

[@mikaylaclark7901]

After applying Scott’s weed and feed and tenacity .. is it normal to have grass that’s 3 different colors ? My grass is dark green, light green, and a normal colors green if that makes any sense lol smh

[@donslawns1]

Moist seed is happy seed! 🤙🏼

[@vinnypinatelli221]

Awesome man I have the same seed from gci and love it thanks for sharing and the yard is looking amazing brother

[@Philj215]

My Sunjoe did the same thing.. turned out I was using the wrong extension cord.. you need to use a12 gauge cord.

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

Extension cord is fine here. Had water in it from being washed

[@TheSoloAsylum]

I got a question. Does Barry Manilow know you raid his wardrobe?

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

Wut

[@jackfraser9372]

Man, backyards in the US have no privacy! Ryan Knorr’s is the same!

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

My next back yard will 😎

[@SLickev92]

Lol! You see 2 backyards and you think they are all the same in and entire country.

[@MrMbrownjr]

If your daughter invented something like that, she'd be much, much more than a millionaire. Probably the first ever trillionaire

[@ericgraebe7228]

My bad broseff! Note to everyone: don’t power wash electrical devices! The rake gave you a good sweat anyway.

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

😂😂😂

[@drewmania6034]

Every time I hear “tall fescue” I get a mild heartburn, not sure what that’s about

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

Might wanna get that checked out

[@RWilli26]

Try a different extension cord. They recommend a 14 AWG for under 50’ and 12 AWG for up to 100’... you may be overheating the unit due to using what appears to be a 16 AWG 100’. May be worth a try.

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

It was because my neighbor washed it

[@davidhintz1806]

1\2 OZ per 1000?

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

1/2 tsp!!!

[@kove]

"It's more fun when not doing this" 😆

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

Truer words have never been spoken haha

[@delt19]

Dethatching by hand? Whaaaaa???

[@hotlatinimport]

That Hat/Shirt combo looks 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@s2kane]

She was kind of right. Could just press a button on the phone and hire someone to do all of this, haha.

[@hulkinbrent6376]

The sunjoe activation button to lever is annoying!!

[@lifeandmylens]

Love your videos. The tenacity - definitely not 1/2 ounce per 1000. I think you mean 1/2 tsp :)

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

Yes I do haha!

[@strippedgears82]

Boom 1st

[@mteske1]

You mean 1/2tsp per thousand. You said 1/2oz...

[@TheLawnWhisperer]

Oh my bad. Yes 1/2 tsp!!!

[@seansmidwestlawn8991]

Pretty pink scissors at the end there #girldad

[@Broncos2315]

Always good content, when your daughter video bombed you that was great!! Lmfao

[@ChuckUnderFire]

“Car!”.. Powerwheels still count