How To Fertilize Your Lawn - Step-by-Step

In this video we cover: How much fertilizer to put down
What spreader settings to use (how to know)
How to Actually Apply lawn fertilizer
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In this video, the Scott's Bonus S is 29% N (29-0-10)
The recommended application rate is 3.45LBs/1000 Square Feet
3.45 x .29 = 1LB/N per 1000 Square Feet
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[@chriszuccaro7074]

Big thumbs up for the "Circle Dance." We all do it!

[@Topher2k4]

Now its public! Everyone will know what we're doing while we're out there dancing!

[@MariottiMichael]

OMG... me too! Everytime!

[@harryl7946]

I never knew what it was called, all I knew was it had to be done to complete the task at hand! 🖐🏼😁

[@willgarlick5456]

Haha I do it!

[@JonathanThompson1320]

LOL, this is awesome. Circle Dance Crew!

[@kontrolledkhaos4853]

I spilled fert at 23% nitrogen non-organic in a spot because my spreader malfunctioned and it burned the shit and kill it that spot in 3 days it was dirt spot I was stunned since we don't have milo in Wyoming yet unless I special order which I did not have the time to do I will order for the forth never using non organic again this is the first year of lawn practice since we relandscaped next early spring I'm putting down weed and feed and all organic fert your yard is good I'm dominating my neighborhood thanks to your informational videos

[@fasturtle30]

What part of WY you live at? What spreader did malfunction? I am about to fertilize my new lawn. I am in Cheyenne

[@chasingthefish9042]

Just used the information I learned from you and correctly weighed and spread for my first time ever with little to nothing left in the hopper. Thank you for being the best source of lawn care I can find with saint Augustine.

[@demisx]

Excellent video, bud. Thank you for putting it together with another cool soundtrack.

[@Thelawncarenut]

thanks!

[@Stormin_Norman]

Good video, your right I do the circle dance all the time.... lol

[@herdbrian6662]

That's awesome! I love the domination line and the circle dance. Going to have to adopt the domination line!

[@clydeperrine2959]

I am a new sub, and boy I am glad I found you. Thank you so much for sharing your expert knowledge. I recently lost my job, so we are going to have to halt our lawn service for a while. In years past I didn't have the motivation to arm myself with solid lawn care skills. So it was easy to let someone else do it for me. I like my St Augustine lawn. And you are a very valuable source of information on how to "dominate" in my own hood. Thanks!

[@velocityturbosuzuki]

Great video. I'm new to all this taken care of the yard stuff, my neighbor across the street is dominating my yard with his. So I went and bought some kind of grass grow stuff and I don't have a spreader thing, well I just did it by hand like throwing bird seed and man wow does my grass look like shit now. Trying to learn so I can get my yard looking better but take it from me guys, DON'T spread fertilizer by hand lol.

[@petezerria]

This guy cooks up videos that are accurate , honest , informative and very entertaining. Why HGTV or some other cable show hasn't hired him is beyond me. Your the " Iron Chef" of lawn care Mr. Hane so , Rock on sir, Rock on !

[@Starman-kh8zi]

I don't do well with math, so when I followed these steps I was amazed to find that my math was (virtually) perfect. With my 8,066 sq ft yard (give or take 10') I was left with just a few lbs of fert from a 40lbs bag (treats 10,000 sq ft). This is my first attempt at restoring my lawn so I'll be watching more vids as I progress, so wish me luck.

[@RebelStateSovereign]

St. Augustinegrass performs best when fertilized with 2 to 4 pounds of nitrogen (N) per 1,000 square feet per year depending on location, health of lawn, soil type, and many other factors. In spring, apply ½ to 1 pound of N per 1,000 square feet several weeks after the last expected frost. I recommend to submitting a soil sample to determine nutrient and or lime requirements. Keep up the great work buddy :-)

[@1704238]

LCN, first, thanks for all the great tips and videos! Started watching your stuff and it greatly helped early spring up here in Michigan to get the lawn bad into shape. First year throwing down Milorganite with granulated lime, Scott's fertilizer for the weed & feed and it starting to show results. Started working the lawn late March and hopefully we'll dominate the neighborhood... thanks, enjoying your vids.

[@JonathanThompson1320]

"Heck no. I'm going to throw her down on the Domination Line boys." LOL, too awesome!

[@JC-mx1mk]

So that's what its called, the "circle dance". I also do it every time! Love your yard!

[@weskarcher483]

I only used Bonus S once on my St Augustine. It controlled bull thistles, but it caused my St Augustine to turn yellowish. It stressed the heck out of it so now i pull weeds by hand. 😎

[@hotrodhog2170]

Wasn't too long and I wasn't bored! I like the 15-20 minute vids, I seem to digest the info a little better. I do the circle dance with the double fast walk Lol. I missed the pre emergent window and bought some Spectracide weed control and can't get it down with rain every other day GRRRR! Dandelions are crazy this year

[@Thelawncarenut]

yeah we are in the middle of dandelion bloom for the mid-section of the country big time!

[@Capt-Mike-FLC]

Your videos are amazing! My awesome lawn care company decided I needed "green" and "yellow" strips in my yard. So your videos I am firing them and taking control of my lawn to dominate my neighbors!

[@nsteiner74]

"Straight domination line..." - love it

[@jasonwallace6659]

Thank you Lawn Care Nut my lawn bounce back after using the fertilizer need a little bit more help on spots that not come in

[@briansierzega]

80 degrees in Chicago! Watching this in my lawn chair! #Priorities

[@aguyandhiscomputer]

Brian Sierzega Same here in lower eastern Michigan. Crazy stuff. Happy Easter

[@EvilRais]

Allen stop worrying about the stupid people that keep complaining about some of your videos. I found your channel because I needed tips and tricks and I stayed because I am a nut like you, and I love all of the content.

[@chrisnovelli-n3architecture]

great vid as always. nice LCN over the stop sign.

[@ro866432]

hey bro i work for alldredge gardens in midland tx, i apply herbicides and fertilizer and at my boss's house i use revive, texas compost, and soil activator all micro nutrients that will help balance out water ph and its mostly organic

[@shawnamison2485]

Haha yes the circle dance! Every time! I have been using a drop spreader for a while since I got it for $4 or something at goodwill a few years ago. A bit tricky to get an even app down each time and it takes a lot of practice. Probably keep it for doing trim and borders and pick up a cheap broadcast spreader for the rest of the lawn. Drop spreaders take so much time.

[@Thelawncarenut]

you would like a broadcast for sure!

[@lsumaniac2485]

Alan how often do you put down the Milo, I'm really struggling to get my grass where I want it. We moved into our new home 6 months ago and the landscapers did a terrible job with the sod. We have clay soil and they did no soil preparation. anyway love the channel I learn stuff from you everyday

[@matthewgreen8276]

Is it bad I have been waiting all week for this??

[@valleydude5000]

Matthew Green me too! I also want a house tour lol

[@aguyandhiscomputer]

Matthew Green Try all winter.

[@25-8]

Matthew Green alongside with the playoffs? no lol I been waiting too

[@mwgreen9]

Yes. Yes, it is.

[@TheBoundBowman]

LCN AND LGR. My two favorites on the KZbins.

[@stevenflorin5155]

Bonus S was the first fertilizer I ever used. Loved the quick green up( micro granular). Did not like the longevity of it though. You are backing it up with Milwaukee-ite though so that will kick in when the scotts fails. Since I have worked my way up the fertilizer chain my favorite is now Lesco 24-0-11(80% SRN) backed up with some Bio-solids (6-3-0). Stays green the whole summer with one application. About 3 months after this application I put down Moisture Manager to hold onto what nature gives us plus some K-Flow(0-0-25). Micronutrients every 2 months the whole year round. Never thought about doing a lawn dance. If I have any left over, I set my spreader to a lower number and lightly go over the front till I am out. I have done some funny cuts though. I cut the whole lawn and then lowered my deck 2 inches and cut every other row in both directions(checkerboard). Leaves you with raised cubes

[@ronaldmartin8653]

Thanks to this channel I don't believe I will be able to move tomorrow. It's Easter, 45,000 sq ft, 18 bags of milo, my phone said 18,878 steps completed.

[@Thelawncarenut]

sounds like a party

[@noclssgt]

I think I'm going to have to give this a shot. I was paying a local company to fertilize, but while the weeds are mostly gone, the grass isn't as green as I expected. time to "throw er' down."

[@hooversgrass]

Yep. Did the circle dance a couple of weeks ago when throwing down some starter fert.

[@Thelawncarenut]

instead of Tiny Dancers, we are Circle Dancers

[@hooversgrass]

Man, I saw this reply and Tiny Dancer wouldn't come to mind. Instead, I kept hearing Rocketman and had to correct it by pulling up the video for Tiny Dancer.

[@julianhynes2549]

Thanks for posting Allyn!

[@jwhdesign]

This was a big help in learning to improve my lawn

[@markxamin6489]

great stuff as always. No one has covered how to weigh your fertilizer that I could find, so good to see you go over that part. Seems obvious but it helps!

[@GrassDaddy]

haha please video tape when the spray company tries to pitch you their services!

[@davidhintz1806]

Those Individuals are always "inspecting" my lawn and recommending a 6 step program Plus killing fungus plus killing all the bugs. 8 aps.

[@CountrifiedCanadian]

lol YES!

[@Herintruththelies]

Hey LCN big fan here. Two items of advice. Don't make me look at Cenk. But more importantly, don't apologize for explaining things. I came here to learn. Entertainment is fine, but for me the learning is the draw.

[@Thelawncarenut]

I don't like Cenk either.

[@dinettapropertymanagement1096]

Lol. I thought I was the only one that did the circle dance. Big thumbs up!!!!

[@Thelawncarenut]

it's definitely a thing :)

[@BADGT4]

ah man I check my youtube everyday in hopes to watch another great video. you rock mate. keep it going all the way from New Zealand

[@jamesgeiger4795]

Scotts Bonus S use to work fine. This year, it did nothing to the dollar weeds. I applied the the same way as every other year.

[@esparzaxenia]

"Putting some ass to IT" "look at me can you see me putting some ass in that walk" OMFG I ALMOST DIED 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Gixer750pilot]

I have a drop spreader but I too do the circle dance . Next time I do it I'm going to think of you 👨🏽‍💻

[@MWall711]

I put down essentially the same thing last weekend (finally no more snow!) and ended with the "circle dance!"

[@hammergohammer012]

lmao at the end..the circle dance..I do it all the time!

[@Executableapplication]

Get in get on get out get off…not the first time I've heard that

[@LambeauLeeeper]

mrmatalino What anout " Domination"?

[@ItsMrBang]

As a new homeowner, you are VERY helpful. Confusing as well :-D Seriously, thats why I subscribed to you early last year when I lived in NYC. You give some good assed advice!

[@theherschell7710]

The new place looks great LCN. Thanks for the content , keep er coming !

[@coltonkeasler]

Always did the "Circle Dance" but didn't know the name. Awesome.

[@btodal6504]

spectacular as always my friend!

[@chrisfi3d]

Alan out dominating as per usual

[@bugpumpermcgee8291]

Literally I do the EXACT same circle dance. That's halarious. Keep up the good content man look forward to the next one.

[@chuckpolhamus5080]

Man you really get into lawn fertilizer..good vid

[@eciii811]

WOW... I just realized that im 32 years old and im subscribing to lawn care nut videos....

[@rmaley69]

Haha! I did the circle dance earlier today throwing down some Ringer

[@grgman8637]

As soon as I saw the Scott's, I was like WTF, Hayne sold out to the man! Then without fail, the flashing "NOT sponsored by Scotts!" Love it, great video!

[@Thelawncarenut]

sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do and that product was what I needed for sure.

[@Boiler149]

Thanks for the gator update!

[@MsMrhawk]

After the circle dance comes the rain dance!

[@samnaghoon5907]

Thanks for the great instructions, I just did my lawn.

[@blowemall]

Hahahaha the circle dance, I do it exactly the way you did it there. Thought I was the only one!

[@jcoughlin325]

been following you since 2014 and I can honestly state that I definitely do the circle dance! Throw Er Down!

[@johnrosado9245]

Domination line!!! Circle dance, so funny we all do it😃🤓

[@calebroeben8434]

Nice Stop sign... LCN

[@Thelawncarenut]

having a little fun

[@czrs85]

Chris Roeben lol I Know .

[@mikel9567]

Great. All these years, and I've been fertilizing wrong. Thanks for the info.

[@shay5129]

Yea I do do the dance. I like LCN sign over the stop sign

[@JarretGrimesAquaticLife]

Great video Alan Definitely looking forward to ongoing weeks of treatment to learn more do and don't Lawn Tactics...

[@turbinedepot1270]

LCN...love your videos and tips! I'm in Houston TX. Had grubs kill spots in my lawn and had to SOD! Kinda drying out but coming back after watering a lot! Keep the videos coming! Frosty⛄️

[@joshthomas4225]

nice job man, awesome video! Your editing skills are getting beastly!

[@captidgas]

i know i was subscribed and i just had to click to resubscribe i just bought my first house after living in apartments my whole life and learning from basics

[@uzimasta3]

This video was done very well

[@doubleastocktrading]

Nice of the city to replace that stop sign for you

[@davidcranford7382]

Nice Dance Al!!! Good video!! Hope you have a great holiday weekend.

[@matthewhoward5366]

nice placement of the lcn logo on the stop sign! hahaha

[@brianmunro7551]

Thanks for your hard work and tips

[@jdorris5337]

"Love Taps" made me chuckle. : )

[@Thelawncarenut]

:) nice!

[@LambeauLeeeper]

I love your channel, subscribed a while nack. Buttttttt I think now you are understanding that Southern lawns are harder to maintain then Northern. Keep up the good work. South Texas out.

[@Kimber9758]

I wish I wasn't sitting in a coffee shop when you did the circle Dance that we all do. I busted out laughing and got some looks lol

[@Thelawncarenut]

ha ha nice!

[@edf7008]

Always good to have fun.

[@tomwallis722]

“Circle dance” I’m laughing hysterically right now! Well played :) I do the same thing!!!!! Ha!

[@chrisbensen1672]

Totally guilty of the Milo circle dance, almost Exactly!🕺🏼🏡

[@mikegeorge3866]

I can not tell a lie,yes I do the circle dance too,you got me,thanks again for the video,what a nut!!

[@JB-wu8zl]

Nice Stop sign at 9:30 (LCN sign).

[@barbarazylema3584]

Very familiar with the circle dance.

[@MarkParsonsCPA]

Couldn't stop laughing. I totally do the circle dance. Awesome video keep it up!

[@twodaend]

HAHAHA!!! "Circle Dance" Now I know what it's called. I was just doing that today!!!!!

[@kingjayhair]

Great vid. Always learning something. Ive done the dance and threw er down last wknd. Very funny. Keep em coming.

[@chadboyd3170]

You busted me on the Circle Dance! Thrower Down.

[@jonesy3089]

Long heck no I could watch you all day compared to the crap on tv nowadays throw er down

[@muddamshashank]

Vfc cVC

[@md3applianceandrepair]

The circle dance. omg allen i love your videos. im going dancing with my wife tonight. im going to bust out the circle dance out of nowhere...... only LCN's will understand... i would love to know how to get a LCN sticker?

[@polyhedral8988]

Thanks for the centipede advice!

[@Kevlux86]

one of your best videos! nicely done, champ!

[@Thelawncarenut]

thanks Bruh

[@tim66214]

Hey the video was good as always, look forward to the next video.

[@ddipaola]

My 10 year old who just started cutting the lawn this year quoted you! I asked what are we going to get done this weekend? His response.... "Seed is cheap. Throw 'er down!"

[@darrenwilson1095]

Hey, just wondering why you haven't made some lines inside your fert hopper. Weigh and load 2 pounds or 5 pounds etc. and make yourself a mark where it sits. That would help you even further with keeping your application rate correct. i'll need a broadcast spreader later this year when I move and think i'll try this out.

[@WorseThanChiggers]

I totally do the circle dance with my Earthway! Just didn't know what it was called.

[@Thelawncarenut]

The More You Know!

[@ro866432]

ive used 18 bags on an acre before, good thing it was a motorized spreader and always blow the side walks if you dont customers will be giving you a call lol

[@envieddesigns]

The circle dance!!! Lmao!! I do the same with my earthway. Great Vid as usual!!

[@benno390]

i Have to say you have the best content as far as any channel goes on youtube always look forward to your videos, i have to bulldoze my lawn this summer so i wont be able to dominate untill nxt year :-(

[@Thelawncarenut]

everyone has to start somewhere! be sure to document the process to make it more enjoyable!

[@jeffgibson5081]

i am a fan of the circle dance

[@randyrejer4219]

Yep always do the dance. Thanks for the video. I always learn something.

[@25-8]

great video lol I knew u we're gonna do that in the end with the spreader hopping it to release the last pieces lol 😂

[@robm6934]

LCN, thanks for all the videos! Been following you for about a month and since then, added sprinklers, followed you steps and started with some weed & feed (not the best, I know) so that I can lay something down for weeds and then 3 weeks later I threw down some milorganite, a bit of lime, top soil and seeded this past weekend... Hoping all comes in as planned. QUESTION: I am noticing some bugs (ticks and grubs) and some scary looking spiders... I ended up getting the Bayer insecticide concentrate and wanted to know when would be a safe time to spray the newly seeded yard with this stuff? Would be cool to see a vid on this! Thanks for the many vids and tips!!!