Is It OK to Fertilize Your Lawn Before Summer Heat?

[@kasiecastleberry]

*I absolutely ADORE you. On top of your videos being INVALUABLE as I tackle my 4000sf lawn; your VALUES are restorative @ a soul level.* Thank you for doing what you do here on this corner of the internet, brother. 🙏🏽

[@JohnJenkinsfarmmedia]

You can’t argue with how genuine this man is. I love these videos and I hope to turn my 1200sqft yard into a beauty as he has done! Thank you!

[@timcruchelow7288]

I apply your tips to my yard, and customers yards, and they look amazing! Love the show Pete! God bless the USA! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@michaelbotto4382]

Been mowing my grass at 4 inches stuff looks amazing thick to.

[@thomasmeagher4801]

Another great video Pete......man that opening gets me fired up everytime I see a post.....thanks for all your time you spend making us content to help all of us along....

[@jl331792]

I am a huge fan of everything you stand for, and all of your videos!! God bless you and your family!!

[@bookemdano1317]

Thanks for these two videos Pete, it's perfect for me. I've got clients who have huge lawns and can't irrigate and doing what I can to prep the turf for the coming draught is something I've wanted for quite a while, and what's really perfect is being that I'm in Rhode Island, your prep is a snapshot for me a month in advance. I'm hoping you do another video series about the humic acid and draught treatments. Thanks again, and God Bless.

[@stevenichols3374]

Great video Pete, I'm glad you mentioned that your grass was growing at a slower rate with the Protene. Mine was doing the same thing.

[@GCITurf]

I love it. I don’t have to mow as much lol

[@SuperTA329]

You are the King of growing healthy Turf for a reason Pete. Thanks for this video. Have a great day. 👍🏻

[@seedtimeharvestlawncare]

I love your show, the teaching you do is exactly what GOD would be happy with. Keep up the amazing work Pete. Oh by the way I love the music and I watch Daily.

[@mikemosley2121]

Whew, boy look at them stripes!!!! Thanks for all the videos, Pete! Got my delivery of Protene Summer Blend yesterday and ready to throw it down. Enjoy your weekend!!!

[@Thegoal60]

How can you not like this guy man! Looking forward to the Bermuda videos because I’m deep in the south and am covered up with it. I’ll keep watching no matter the grass type. Also love the leaked stripe! Can’t wait to see that video. I can tell you I think it’s my personal favorite so far due to how much I love baseball and would love my yard to have this stripe! Haha

[@Lawnvolution]

Good evening Pete!

[@Terry11111]

The lawns are lookin great 👌

[@strykerv1620]

putting down 5-0-20 this month down in Davidson nc. below you.

[@cjzx325]

Just threw down some Protene 12-0-24 I got from you this weekend following your guide. Excited to see how it holds up going into the hot temps. These last few weeks have been chilly in NC for this time of year but we got some 90s coming this weekend! Not much rain either.

[@shainmitchell3677]

You never disappoint Pete ! That lawn and flag compliment each other perfectly. Have a great week sir!!

[@briantraff]

Great video Pete! Really digging the new intro! I've been kicking butt with your GCI Cool Season Elite guide, thanks for sharing your wisdom!

[@throwingsparks]

Hey Pete, now that was a COOL video!

[@nobodybusiness5409]

Thank you sir for your great information that you gave. I am currently in North Carolina now and the grass is beautiful

[@taleibaify]

Summer blend ordered. My yard looks amazing with the spring blend!! Very thick

[@ea7654]

PFG works wonders

[@timborski1210]

Thanks for the code! Been looking for flag poles for our yard. Just need to figure out the best spot! Always love your videos sir! God bless you and your family!

[@lboggieslim407]

Thank you Pete

[@denisbrisebois7658]

Things are looking outstanding Pete 👌👌. Yes you are right, this time of the year is absolutely awesome !!!

[@solemncare]

Love the show. Great intro.

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Great stuff Pete! Looking awesome 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@adanarceo4636]

Damn Pete that's a beautiful green grass. Thanks for sharing.

[@joshnarron5624]

Ordered Protene and Cal-Tide yesterday!!

[@lamcarter]

My grass is thick, really green but there is still browning at the roots. I also have some brown blades in it that I think might be dormant Bermuda grass…I’m in Michigan and this is our first warm week so I am watching it to see if I’m right….but the root (at the edges) aren’t green when I edge. Thoughts? Love the videos! I’ve learned A LOT! This pandemic has allowed me to get all about my lawn. Started a neighbor project last year on your urging that turned out great and now I have two more neighbors asking for help!

[@clevejason]

God bless you and your loved ones Pete! Brought tears to my eyes hearing you talk about old glory. I feel the same way and I lobe that flag pole

[@samwimpy2600]

Your grass looks as good as I have ever seen it...may possibly be the striping, looks great!

[@dustinwaterman476]

Pete! Thank you for what you do for this community! And if you ever find your way over here to Nebraska, I’d like to buy you a beer!

[@KidFriendlyGaming]

What height is your grass in the front at 9:00

[@Mr1fingersalute]

Everything’s looking amazing Pete!🙌🏻

[@TwitchingHour]

Always giving us the common sense approach!

[@nygrasshole]

Pete’s got his color right! Woooooo boy

[@Mityob67]

I love Pete...puts it right out there. "Who in the world don't want a good root system?" This is my guy y'all. ✊🏾

[@littlefinkle7757]

I am still awaiting my Bermuda grass to fully awaken! Usually I let it be fully green for 2 weeks before my first application of nitrogen. Good video! 🇺🇸💪👍👊

[@mikebee515]

1st video, Subscribed. Killer content!

[@andrewpeters5907]

The Protene I put down this spring lit my new lawn on green fire! Can’t wait to order the summer blend especially given the dry spring we’re having in NC

[@nygrasshole]

Hey are you getting great color from the Protene? Pete’s looks great. Been using LCNs flagship and it’s great but I like to support both guys.

[@andrewpeters5907]

Yeah, it perked the TTTF right up after winter and got a nice dark green color. Huge contrast with my neighbor who didn’t fertilize! The color faded a bit after about 60 days when the heat/dryness affected it. If I irrigated, it would have stayed darker.

[@nygrasshole]

@@andrewpeters5907 nice! I’ll probably try it in fall and see which I like better. I already have enough Flagship and Double Dark but once I run out I’ll check out the Protene

[@ZekeMagnum]

Here in Scandinavia they recommend that you fertilize somewhere end of march/ early april, mid june and then septermber ish. 3 times a year 4-6 weeks apart

[@Tclasa]

I fertilized 3 days ago in central Mn with 20 lbs (flagstar) over 6,000 square ft. I suck at spreading fert!!! I cant see the fert coming out of hopper or wheel marks. Love your videos.

[@MJorgy5]

Slow release N, Potassium, Sea Kelp Hydretain and water. Mow it taller, mulch if you can. I like some liquid aerate before the heat starts in to prevent runoff on those intermittent big rains.

[@danielhylock642]

Hey Pete with GCI turf services.Great video. Love your respect for the American Flag. I agree, should be in every lawn in America. Interesting what you said about your bluegrass. I'm doing a renovation in the fall and was going to use your TTTF, but am considering your kbg/TTTF blend. How much direct sunlight does KGB need?

[@RavensHardCore]

Absolutely loved the video Pete! God Bless 😊

[@mikemorris8497]

You da man Pete ! Thanks for your videos.

[@brians09crf450x]

What type of Kentucky bluegrass is that in your yard that is holding up well to the heat?

[@JerseyFrank007]

Giving it a try, Pete. Newbie customer...but been a fan for years.

[@JerseyFrank007]

Update* one week post application....and WOW!

[@frankieb8974]

That fescue is 🔥 Any Protene with phos coming soon?

[@OkcBilly]

Burmuda grass hasn’t really been growing here much in Oklahoma this year yet. Inpatiently Waiting on the longer warm days

[@andyrussell8510]

God bless you Pete! USA USA!

[@s2kane]

Love the intro! When is the new Scag video coming?!?

[@matthewimi]

Hey Pete. Looking great!

[@bermudacare1758]

God bless your socks off Today Pete!

[@ciaranomalley919]

Pete, mate being here in Michigan temps be bouncing across the spectrum 60 to 90 in few days, how do me compensate for drastic changes in temp? Cheers mate

[@TheLawnSensei]

Love how you maintain the grass and that color too... still learning year after year! I renew my backyard with the Cool Blue Mix I am thinking at some point to over-seed with only KGB to raise that percentage!

[@1hotsocalguy]

thank you pete from so cal god bless

[@IHITSEEDS]

Is that 6-0-0 ..a 14% fe hybrid granular ur putting out July 4th

[@bfilz]

Great Video Pete! I was thinking the spraying helped water in the granular and that’s why you did it first, LOL!!!😎

[@dunkinhines7212]

Can you put granular fertilizer down right before summer say 85 degrees on a lawn that does not have sprinklers and the customer wants to rely on rainfall only? Thanks

[@programmingchicago]

We have not had rain in two month's now. We had 0.16". That's it. I am in the suburbs of Chicago. Just 15 minutes west. Ugh. We just got out of winter dormancy, only to go right back into it due to lack of any kind of rain. There has been a ton or rain south of us, north of us, east of us.

[@PatriotAmerican55]

Is there a grass that stays green year round. Or just green in the summer and brown in the winter?

[@joearnold1843]

Pete, I live in Clayton NC and can't get my fungus outbreak under control right now... I planted your fescue last fall, and it looked great for a while, but now it's really going down hill. I tried like 3 fungicides, they worked for like a week, then after I mowed (at 4 inches), the brown patch has really hit hard. Any advice is helpful. I quit watering at night like 3 weeks ago. My fescue looked sooo great until this last round of brown patch. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I know you're a busy guy.

[@jeff17792]

I started to get fungus in my lawn last year. This is how I started watching lawn videos. 1. Rotate the fungicides. They should be of different fungicide groups. They attack the fungus differently. 2. Bag your clippings until the fungus is gone. You can't keep putting the grass with disease back into your turf and spreading it every time you mow. 3. Next year, apply fungicide before you see any disease as a preventive measure. Just like you would put down Tenacity or any other weed prevention before it happens.

[@joearnold1843]

@@jeff17792 thank you Jeff. I used a different fungicide at a bit higher strength level and I got the fungus outbreak pretty much under control now. I'm also going to start bagging clippings until I am sure 100% of the fungus is gone now. Thanks.

[@172sbct]

Debating on natural edge or plastic edge for mulch bed. Ground is extremely hard here and can only get about a 2 inch deep edge. What would you suggest? Also if you do a natural edge and use a string trimmer like you do to edge, how much grass and dirt gets onto the mulch? We are getting black mulch so that would show up and look terrible. Thanks!

[@wayiamstarr]

Is this protene stuff your brand? And do they sell it anywhere other then online? Cant afford to have stuff shipped to kansas city

[@sheasmith1065]

I’m been experimenting with sea blend from ocean organics but I’m not sure about summer but it worked great in spring and I’ll test in summer and fall but it has an assortment of organics ; sea meal, poultry meal, blood meal etc

[@TheNurturingNestlings]

Can you do a video or point me to one of your old ones that explain the N-P-K composition, how to know how much to put down per 1k sqft, etc? I can't understand that piece of it.

[@GCITurf]

How about I do a dedicated video on this

[@TheNurturingNestlings]

@@GCITurf that would be amazing! Thank you!

[@richpicone7788]

Perfect timing, as I am shopping for a flag pole as we speak!!!! Question tho... I have sprinklers in the yard, but would you still feed the same if you didn’t have sprinklers. Thanks for your time.👍🏻

[@pearlintheoyster]

Hi enjoy ur simple teaching tech for all diy lawn turf seekers. I have a ques i live jn hot arid dry vegas. Its about 99 F degrees right now n leading into 106F soon then the dreaded 115-118F in the middle of summer I have overseeded a bermuda type turf with tttf. Can i lightly fert with some soil amendments now (may 28 2021) at 99F b4 it gets hot hotter? Pls advise darlin. I will consider n be open to ur suggestion 😊

[@MrBdogg317]

Can I add the protene to my liquid cool season guide regimen? Inquiring minds want to know

[@Lumpygrits76]

I’m saving up for a new zero turn so I’m watching the money but feel like I need to put something down before it’s blue blazes hot. I’ve also got about a 15,000 square foot front yard. Would Milorganite be ok on my turf type tall fescue? If so how many pounds per square feet would you suggest.

[@lilpap974]

Hey Pete, should we be throwing this down or the 6-0-0 before the summer? Already put down the Protene spring fertilizer

[@timfarmer8767]

Great tips and love your solutions and how you do it. Love the Lord always.

[@BuffaloNickel9]

thank you Pete for dispelling this misnomer of Idiocracy! The wrong knowledge is very widespread... nitrogen doesn't equal fungus, I've seen not only the study you speak of, but many others as well... And speaking for warm season grass, why you wouldn't want to fertilize your Turf in the heart of the growing season baffles me.... Beyond baffles me actually! why some people think the spring is okay but the summer is off limits?... The only reason you wouldn't want to fertilize warm-season Turf in let's say July or August (even Sept where i live is 95 degrees still) would be if you were in the middle of a bad drought.. you should always plan your fertilizer apps around a good rainfall and never underestimate how much water it takes to water in your fertilizer... if you don't have sufficient water you shouldn't be fertilizing or even growing grass in the first place.... My Bermuda loves the heat.. that's its peak growing season for Pete Sake!! which is why that's when you want to keep fertilizing! as well as the spring... you know I never heard this nonsense about not fertilizing in the summer before I came to KZbin but it seems it's very widespread misinformation... Edit: not only warm season grass but you're showing you can do it for cool season grasses as well... That protene fertilizer you showed a few videos ago seems to be formulated great for hot dry weather.. as always just make sure it gets more than enough watered-in

[@1234dubie]

Your videos are so informative, and you definitely have a great looking yard, but I must say the only thing better is that FLAG.. Thank You Sir!

[@derekdelvalle6312]

I noticed you didn't use a surfactant with CalTide. Is there a reason or just not needed?

[@Bucks5Live]

Pete, I’m in Ohio with a lawn mix of KBG and PRG. Not by choice, I’ve got tall fescue mixed/scattered in as well (not clumpy) and I really don’t like the appearance or look of it. Is there anything I can spray, besides nuking the whole yard, to get rid of Tall Fescue?

[@JL-qo7cs]

KBG goes dormant without water in the summer. It doesn't die. It's very hardy.

[@Keyboardletters]

Pete great job buddy you really know your turf stuff that's for sure!! I'm here in Chester Virgina with tall fescue and I'm working with about 68k Sq ft. Been spraying pre and post emergent with my 31 gallon tank behind my zero turn. Seems like it might be cheaper to go liquid Fertilizer as well so I'm thinking of doing some GreenePunch like soon.. Would that be fine to do in the next few weeks here in VA you think?

[@Keyboardletters]

Whatcha say?? 😏👍

[@snawburn5992]

Hey Pete, have you ever experimented with Muriate of Potash to increase K levels going into summer?

[@mattrapplean448]

Love the shop stripe patterns it almost looks fake. I wish they made a more that's a commercial type mower with a rear roller like on that push mower you have

[@michaelbotto4382]

Great job love the videos keep it up man

[@xBenny_Blanco]

I have never seen a blistering hot weather in this region of the US. So not sure what that means

[@JonP_4-31inf]

Love the cross rifle shirt. Infantry. Hooah

[@richp5064]

Hey Pete what size flag pole do you have? I really like it and am going to order one...thanks

[@jlbf0786]

Pete, Can you do a video on darkening up fescue? - Please

[@davidkessler270]

He has one

[@lawn2learn]

Throw down spray down 100% of the time. 🤘🏼🔥

[@liza-marie89]

I messed vermiculite and potting soil next to the steps in our yard this winter. I kinda just lazily pushed flat what I couldn't pick up. That patch came up like a carpet. Now I pitch the question... Can I make a mix of that and rake it over the lawn? Is this a good idea... We are just outside Jhb in South Africa so our summers go to 40+ degrees Celcius in summer.

[@craigthompson455]

Hi Pete. I have been watching a ton of your videos since firing my lawn care guy. He had multiple houses in my neighborhood and treated them all exactly the same. I am wanting to start a program using treatments non your site to kill off weeds and some invasive Bermuda patches in my fescue lawn. What can I start with? I am in Indiana and the heat is starting to build in. Considering Fusilade 2 and speed zone. Going to start using Humic to get my dirt right. I want to over seed this fall with your fescue/ bluegrass mix. Suggestions on where to start since getting a late start on the lawn? Going to start your cool grass program as soon as I can reseed this fall. Thanks for all you do to educate homeowners.

[@GRNYDRKNSS]

Old glory best thing going to show our pride

[@MatthewRyan2357]

Would 19‐19-19 or 12-12-12 work before summer? I'm in MI and have Barenbrug KBG and RPR ryegrass.

[@frankc1430]

I flown Old Glory from the first day.

[@CT-ju3vf]

Pete, thanks for mentioning our American flag. I feel the same way. Show your pride in your country people!

[@wayiamstarr]

What do u think about a high potash and potas for summer...also i got some stuff with a ton of iron and sulfer like 18 iron 30 sulf...its kind of a stronger better version of ironite

[@brianyoungberg9904]

I always worry about having nitrogen feeding the lawn fungus at the peak of summer

[@GCITurf]

Nitrogen doesn’t = fungus. NC State did a study on it. I’ll do a video soon on this exact subject 😎

[@Lawnvolution]

@@GCITurf can’t wait for that video!

[@BuffaloNickel9]

@@GCITurf thank you Pete for dispelling this misnomer of Idiocracy! as you can see from the comment above, the wrong knowledge is very widespread... nitrogen doesn't equal fungus, I've seen not only to study you speak of but many others as well... And speaking for warm season grass, why you wouldn't want to fertilize your Turf in the heart of the growing season baffles me.... The only reason you wouldn't want to fertilizer warm-season Turf in let's say July or August would be if you were in the middle of a bad drought.. My Bermuda loves the heat.. that's its peak growing season for Pete Sake!! which is why that's when you want to keep fertilizing! as well as the spring... you know I never heard this nonsense about not fertilizing in the summer before I came to KZbin but it seems it's very widespread misinformation...

[@IHITSEEDS]

@@GCITurf Is that 6-0-0 ..a 14% fe hybrid granular ur putting out July 4th

[@chipgunter]

I had dollar spot last year and had already applied fungicide earlier as a preventative .. because my Bermuda lawn ran out of nitrogen in the late summer .. so there you go :) Feed away (Bermuda)

[@Lawnvolution]

🇺🇸USA USA USA🇺🇸

[@stevengilliam3084]

Hey Pete, was looking at your cool season lawn care guide online. Do you sell grass seed or suggest seed to your customers? I live in Greenville, SC and am currently using Jonathan Green products for my fescue lawn.

[@richardwray797]

Hi Pete....I have around 8200 sq ft lawn...how much water do I use at the 4oz/1000 sq ft rate to cover my lawn with Cal Tide?? 32oz of product doesn't seem possible to cover that much of an area.

[@Gokywildcats11]

Here in ky. It's about 75 degree hot. What fertilizer would you put down. Also have Gordon's weed and feed 15/0/0. Can I ad this along with some liquid iron