How Soon Can I Cut & Feed My Renovated Lawn? // 12 Day Lawn Renovation Results

12 days on since I scalped, scarified, levelled, over seeded and top dressed my lawn. How has it got on?
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[@DarrenJamesNI]

The Ferris Bueller outtro was pretty funny 🤣

[@TheReelMowingMowingClub]

Hahaha Thanks. Thought I'd do something a bit different 🤣

[@thedude5435]

Great Job and coming along nicely 👍🏻 cheers from Germany

[@TheReelMowingMowingClub]

Ah Guten Tag! Wie gehts? Thanks for the comment and watching. I wonder if the algorithm picks up my Aug Wiedersen at the end of the videos ? 😀😀

[@Adamace1972]

Looking amazing, top job, but I'm so lucky cause the Mrs does my ironing lol

[@TheReelMowingMowingClub]

Cheers Adam! Hahaha she won't do my ironing as I apparently say it's done wrong when she does it!

[@denver247]

Nice work DJJ. Is that Hayter mower a rotary or cylinder?

[@TheReelMowingMowingClub]

Rotary Joseph. The cylinder will be out in a week or so. Don't want to dull the blades from the sand media

[@Keith-rm3cy]

Looks great 👍🏻

[@TheReelMowingMowingClub]

Thanks Keith. Hopefully it will get better and better over the coming weeks

[@GardeningOnALowBudget]

Looking good buddy. 🙂 Also just joined The Lawn Care Community UK group. 🙂

[@TheReelMowingMowingClub]

Brilliant! It's a crackin little club!

[@GardeningOnALowBudget]

I will look out for you. 😉

[@stevenbelcher5658]

I tried using a fleece for overseeding my back lawn. The existing grass grey and lifted it up in a few days. The only areas that germinated were the patches where I was levelling . Lesson learnt not to use a fleece for overseeding lol. It may all come up now but it should be ok. I did about 7kg of seed for 100 m2 lol (70g / m2). I reseeded a with another 2 kg after removing the fleece as its been 3 weeks since seeding and not much as happend. Water doesnt really get through the fleece. It gets damps and forms a few drip areas but thats not going to help overseeded seed germate. The new lawn cam through well as it spend 2 weeks flat on the soil. I took it off once the grass started comming through though as it needed watering. Its got grass types I dislike like rye and smoothstalk meadow grass. It doesnt really matter if its too dense lol. Im redoing it all when I do landscaping at somepoint anyways.

[@TheReelMowingMowingClub]

I think the GSM of the fleece needs to be factored in too, along with the prep. I have fleeced for renovation in the past and had reasonable results, but always look to scalp back to the crown first so that it gives the seeds a chance against the existing grasses. The fleece I have is 17GSM, and I make sure to soak it thoroughly on the first water to ensure it passes through, almost removing that wicking barrier on the fleece. The small lawn germinated after 4 days with this fleece, but ssshhh - thats for another video!! :D:D Good luck with the landscaping - I do not envy this job one bit!!!

[@4u2nvme4ever]

@@TheReelMowingMowingClubpray, tell more on the smaller lawn lol

[@stevenbelcher5658]

@@TheReelMowingMowingClub I used a 17 gsm fleece and watered it 3-4 times a day etc. I coulnt cut it very low as it was about 15mm but I scarified it in multiple directions too. I need a reel mower to get it down to 5mm to have a chance with a fleece. 15mm is already too high for the fleece to touch the seeds.

[@ThompsonThe1988]

How do you get on with the fertilizer and the dog? I just ordered some of the Angus on your recommendation and never thought about the dog. Thanks

[@TheReelMowingMowingClub]

I try to water it in as soon as I apply it then keepnthe dog off for at least 48 hours as it would all be in the soil profile by then

[@ThompsonThe1988]

@@TheReelMowingMowingClub Thanks for the reply. Looking forward to more of your videos ;)

[@stevenbelcher5658]

Do you think it's worth using a light reel mower for the first few cuts? My Hayter is about 20kg. A reel mower is only about £100 but i'm not sure if its worth it and I wont really use after that as its not great at catching clippings / and weed seed heads that may exist. Useful for cutting shorter when overseeding too as rotaries don't go low.

[@TheReelMowingMowingClub]

I would get one as they are great. I love mine and not had much of an issue when the bag is on. However, the first few cuts, the grass will be super long, and a reel mower will struggle to be efficient and cut well on the new grass. The Hayter will be fine in my opinion. If you have money to spend, look for a lightweight rotarty - like a Bosch Rotak.

[@stevenbelcher5658]

@@TheReelMowingMowingClub Thanks! The one I was looking at (Gardena) goes from 12mm- 42mm. I would cut at about that height on the hayter anyways. I'm waiting for the grass to get to about 60-75mm so 40mm is about the right amount to take off. It's a lot of money for something I wont use much but the last thing I want to do is damage the grass after watering every day multiple times for 6 weeks before cutting. It's just over an inch after close to 4 weeks now. Usually fescue / bent take 6-8 week before it needs. cutting. I did have another lighter mower but Got a scarifier and had to get rid of it to make room so that I could store it. The Gardena reel mower is very compact and only weighs 8kg. I'm not sure rear rolling fine fescue on the first mow with the heavy hayter would be a good idea

[@haydenwareing9405]

Looks great, must be a good feeling when neighbours are stopping asking about it. Can you help me to understand something mate. The fertiliser you used contained iron. There’s so much mixed advice about iron and new seed. I’d been told prior to watching this not to use iron 2 months prior to overseeing also to wait 2 months after.

[@TheReelMowingMowingClub]

Yeah it's good to get them asking about it and having a gawp! The iron is a tough one with opinions all over the place. The feed I've put down has a low iron rate in it (3%) and based on the green care website, the lawn will be getting 1.5g per metre sq based on application of 50g/m². So at my rate I'll be just below a gram per m² so it should be ok. Also, the existing grasses will benefit from it too. I wouldn't go on with an iron sulphate spray just yet though

[@haydenwareing9405]

@@TheReelMowingMowingClub ah no worries thanks for clearing that up anyway for me.

[@jfsx100]

Could you make a video of which lawn you prefer premiership Johnson or barenbrug extreme?

[@TheReelMowingMowingClub]

Not a bad idea that.

[@jfsx100]

@@TheReelMowingMowingClub cheers have you tried A1 lawn premiership pro would be curious to hear your opinion?

[@TheReelMowingMowingClub]

I have in the past. in 2021, I used A1 Prem Pro and had good results. The following year I bought A1 Lawn AM Pro 25 seed and was very disappointed with the germination (hardly any) and the support from A1. I composted and fleeced it as usual, but hardly anything. A1 suggested that the compost top dressing could have hindered germination. On this, I moved away from them using the Johnsons Premier Pitch which has proved its value in germination time, how it looks, and how it coped as a very young grass over the recent winter (seeded in August 23, was cutting it once a month at least over winter (even a Boxing Day cut) - videos on the channel), and again with the overseeding done at the start of May using a 12 month old seed. The barenbrug is working out well too, and time will tell on how that copes.

[@photoheroes8197]

Awesome! Where did you get the sprinkers and do they auto rotate?

[@TheReelMowingMowingClub]

Thanks. Amazon, can set the orientation between 0 and 360 degrees www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07F1YWC7C?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

[@photoheroes8197]

@@TheReelMowingMowingClub Thanks, I appreciate it!

[@kylesmith7012]

Do your own ironing.

[@TheReelMowingMowingClub]

I do my own ironing

[@markslade9722]

Coming along great now mate, that Johnson's prem pitch is such a beautiful dark green colour, won't take long to fully thicken out now at this time of year, think your neighbour just spotted the camera and wanted to be famous😂😂😂she wont be happy with such little air time😂😂😂and as for you ironing, a little bird told me that the story is your wife took you up to the bedroom, laid on the bed naked and said make me feel like a real woman big boy, so you took your shirt off and said "iron this", the rest is history🤣🤣🤣congrats on getting near hitting 1K subs🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@TheReelMowingMowingClub]

She's been past a couple of times wondering what I was doing to my lawn when I dug it out! Proper invested apparently! 🤣 The fert will hopefully turbocharge the grasses and regular cutting will get it where I need it to be. No comment on the ironing now. I've been warned! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦

[@markslade9722]

@@TheReelMowingMowingClub 🤣🤣🤣🤣yeah just need to let nature play it's part also, and it will soon be like a thick lush green carpet. And by the way Danny Dyer always used to wear Linda's pink dressing gown in EastEnders, so swap that one for a pink one, make the look alike even more authentic🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍

[@TheReelMowingMowingClub]

@@markslade9722 haha. It's supposed to be a la Ferris Bueller!!!@

[@markslade9722]

@@TheReelMowingMowingClub 🤣🤣🤣🤣