Jump Start Your Spring Lawn | April Lawn Chores

Its time for those monthly lawn chores. Growth in the lawn will really start to pickup in this month depending on your location. Hope you enjoy the video and checkout the other videos if you are just joining the channel.
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[@ogsan1296]

Your lawn is absolutely the benchmark of a beautiful fescue lawn. Very impressive Sir !!!!

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

I definitely appreciate that 🙏🏾. Its still a work in progress but it seems to get a little better every year.

[@ogsan1296]

@@ElevatedLawnscapes What is your HOC on your yard. Also is that Mountainview grass seed ?

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

@@ogsan1296 3" HOC. Yep, its MVS TTTF mixed with some MVS KBG.

[@allensadicario5196]

Always good vibes thanks again brother

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Thanks 🙏🏾! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@zayshaunsprouse6412]

This was on point. I was trying to figure this out. And I just seen this. 🎉😂🎉 Thanks. But here’s what had me come here first tho….

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Glad it was helpful.

[@willial4]

Beautiful lawn. Great advice.

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Thanks!

[@pghmoore]

That lawn is crazy! I’m trying to get like you!

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Thanks, I appreciate that!

[@Aerialphotovito]

Love the content and awesome advice here always - lawn looks sensational

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Thanks Vito 🙏🏾!

[@Mrs.Portia_G]

WOW!! As always, beautiful lawn!! 🔥

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Thanks Portia and thanks for watching 🙏🏾!

[@davidcrowson4745]

Yard looks great 👍

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Thanks 🙏🏾!

[@PoloFieldsLawnService]

Yes Sirrrr, awesome information for the month of April. We Workin 💪🏾 💪🏾 💪🏾

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Yessir 🙏🏾! We Workin' 💪🏾🌱!!!

[@lucianomj79]

Great content! Just put down my first preemergent app yesterday in South Dakota.

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Glad you enjoyed the content. Thanks for watching 🙏🏾!

[@danielhove9472]

Hey Cameron, newer follower here. This is my first year with a lawn of my own to take care of. You mentioned sharpening your lawn mower blade. I don't have that angle grinder, but have some hand files. Do you have a video on how to use head files to sharpen the blade? Thanks so much and love the monthly lawn tips!

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Thanks for watching the video and subscribing. I do not have any videos on using hand files. I made the investment for power tools and the blade fixture.

[@DanTheLawnMan]

Looking good

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Thanks man!

[@conectiv03]

Another great video Cam.... I saw you on a podcast a couple weeks back and I can't find it now... What was the YT channel?? Thanks for all your help....

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

It was Turf Therapy Channel.

[@weavvek]

We Working 👌🏽♦️

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

You already know!!! We Workin 👌🏾♦️

[@2DaShowRomo]

Cam, I live in Northern Virginia. Why does my grass look dormant? I would love to send you a pic.

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

There could be a number of reasons but you can send the pictures to [e-mail]

[@jitansudas9348]

Hello, Thanks for making informative videos. I am in cool season zone and I had put Tenacity when the temp was 50-55. I aerate the overseed the lawn. There are no weeds. Do I have to put down post emergent? If so, what post emergent and when? Also, please let me know what is that .2 or .4 fertilizer you put overall growth? I like liquid because those are cheap and very effective. Thank you for educating and helping the community. Much appreciated!

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

You only have to use a post emergent if you have weeds. If you do not have weeds then there is no need to apply it. My fert application will probably be from Lawn Supply Company.

[@grayfox9911]

Good video Cam!

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Thanks!

[@paulataffeadams6084]

Cam, what is preemergent? I’m following every step you suggested and my lawn was amazing last fall. Please drop the link .

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Im glad that you had great success last fall. Keep it going, you got it! I have been talking about Pre-emergents in almost all of my videos so far this season. So watch everything from the February Lawn Chores to this video and you should have a understanding. Simply put pre-emergents prevent some weeds from establishing in your lawn mainly crabgrass, so you will have less weeds in your lawn. @polofieldslawnservice also has a great video on Pre-emergents: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmiveJ5pntufi9k

[@DalHarpJr]

Damn! Where in MD are you at? Your lawn is gorgeous! Do you have a sprinkler system? I'm in Charles County and inherited a lousy lawn when I purchased my house in 2013.. I just started putting more time into it last year after trying to revive it years earlier.. I use the Sunday program with a little bit of Scott's granular fertilizer too. Just installed a sprinkler system last fall, and right now my lawn looks better, but ill see how it holds up during the summer. I'm still like a 4 to your 10, but hopefully I'll get my lawn to look like yours within the next several seasons!

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Thanks I appreciate that! I do have irrigation which I ran for the first time today because we need some rain. I like that you have the right mindset about seeing the improvements over the next few seasons. It is a process so just continue to learn and get a nutrition program that works for what your lawn needs. You can do it, my front yard has not been fully renovated it is just a 3-4 years of being consistent and improving the care on the lawn. Thanks for watching!

[@whereisthedollar]

@@ElevatedLawnscapes No question about it. We need some rain, been 3 weeks and even that was just a brief shower. This April too many 85+ days and tomorrow and Friday near 90 again. Full sun, 12 hour days is toasting my TTF. Mrs. will have to forgive me because I'm watering to save it.

[@garycrawley1868]

Love the channel man!!! 100%🎉

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Thanks man, I appreciate that 🙏🏾!

[@Dieselprescott]

Good stuff, beautiful lawn! Where are you located? I’m in Ct and am about to make my first cut now. I did scalp it pretty good at the end of last year and over seeded maybe a tad late

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Thanks! I'm located in Maryland. Once you make that first cut the season has officially started. Enjoy it!

[@douglassmith3510]

Hey Cam, hello from outside Ocean City, yard is looking great. Is that a bit a poa triv in the front? It’s the thorn in my side down here

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Yeah, it is. I hate it and hopefully it will die back when I start applying my PGR. If not, I will be killing it off in the fall to get rid of it.

[@DavidD-fj3vq]

My soil is so bad what product can you recommend? I bought i bag of jonthan green love your soil..

[@DavidD-fj3vq]

I would love to send you some photos for your recommendation any way for me to send you photos?

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

I recommend identifying the nutrients that are currently in your soil and the characteristics of your soil. Have you completed a soil test? Blindly throwing products on your lawn to see what works is not a solution or method that I recommend.

[@cpercival02]

just subbed...your lawn looks great this early in the season....you in the south?

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Thanks for subscribing! I am in Maryland so Northeast.

[@cpercival02]

@@ElevatedLawnscapes oh dang! I would've bet money it was still cold in the Atlantic region and that you were defiantly in a Carolina or GA. Either way out here in CO were still coming outta winter (even tho it spring) and all I've done so far are have my soil tested. Started watering when its a warm day and had the lawn aerated. Not much else can be done as of yet as my soil temps are still below 55 on average...but I'm ready for the transition to spring and summer as they are very mild where I live. Your turf looks incredible and I'm ready to get back to dominating my neighbors for the 3rd year since we built this home. lol keep posting ill keep watching, Its refreshing see another face like mine

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

@@cpercival02 Will do! It seems like you have kicked off your season and you just need the weather to warm up. You know the warmer weather is coming so just get those blades sharp and ready for when it gets there. Thanks again for watching 🙏🏾!

[@cpercival02]

@@ElevatedLawnscapes sorry about all those typos. I was typing and talking and didn't proof read. Ive since corrected it. lol apologies.

[@grantt1836]

I also have had my 3rd mow. I waited a little long for the first one but the grass is growing in nicely! What’s a good brand blade? Iv got a cheapo from Lowe’s atm but want something better.

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

I have the Gator blade and I have heard good things about. Honestly, I get the cleanest cut with the regular OEM blade from the Big Box store, I just keep them sharp.

[@riflebear1711]

Where do you live? I'm in Washington. My battle is always fighting weeds while trying to over seed while not using pre emergent because I'm trying to over seed. Only thing I can think of is to scalp, aerate, seed, apply starter fert, lime, and spray with Tenacity, then cover with peat moss to get me through to the fall, then maybe over seed and starter fert in the fall too, along with Tenacity. Then the following year start with preemergent and hopefully by the first sign of growing season my lawn will be thick enough to not need to over seed. Yell make it look too easy!

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

I'm in Maryland. I suggest that you pick the best season to overseed either fall or spring for your area. Then the opposite season you apply your pre-emergent. Trying to overseed spring and fall makes it hard to prevent any weeds. You can always get on a good post emergent weed control to control broadleaf weeds. Fall seedings tend to establish better by springtime for cool season grass, then you can apply pre-emergent in the spring to prevent some of the heavy weed pressure of spring and summer.

[@winstonwilliams697]

Is that some sort of bulk mulch you have in the back? Trying to get some super red mulch

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Dye it more if you want it more red. I'm ok with what I have.

[@brianchristman5808]

Cameron I too have some poa triv in my yard this year. Any suggestions to treat it this year, and perhaps long term? BTW your lawn looks really nice

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Yeah, I do. I will start using Anuew PGR, which is known to suppress Triv. Right now, the only long term solution is cut it out or spray it out with a non-selective herbicide.

[@stevequach1869]

You lawn is looking juicy

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Thanks 🙏🏾!

[@joelehoe3542]

Hey Cam, speaking of mower blades, even when i give my blades a fresh sharpen, my grass blades still get frayed. I have GCI tttf and mow with ego dual blade. Also have same toro as you with mulching blade. Both make my grass blades frayed. Any suggestions?

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

My only thought is that you aren't actually getting a sharp cutting edge when you sharpen your blades or your cutting edge angle is not optimal. Thats why I bought the All American Sharpener tool to make sure my cutting edge angle is correct everytime. Especially being that both of your mowers are doing the samething. I have cut the GCI TTTF before with no issues. Hope this helps and thanks for watching.

[@joelehoe3542]

@@ElevatedLawnscapes thanks for replying, im a fabricator for 25+ yrs, so im work with metal,grinders, machines everyday. I don't think its a sharp or angle issue. I even bought new blades for both mowers last season with same results. Those grass blades are some thick boys, but still not sure why it happens. Thanks for the input sir. We still workin!

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

@@joelehoe3542 No problem. Also, check the balance on your blades being that you are positive with the cutting edge. Those are the only thoughts that I have for you to check.

[@jmbiii3894]

great video. where u located brother?

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Thanks 👍🏾! I'm in Maryland.

[@zayshaunsprouse6412]

Sorry for the essay 😄 So I am trying to determine when I should apply my 2nd pre-emergent and/or post emergent applications on my yard. My first pre-emergent app was 3/25. Post -emergent app 4/10. I have noticed many spots of weed starting to dye off but looks like some may recover as well. Soil temps here have been fluctuating still. But have actually crossed 70 for a few days or two now. In the past and here again. But averaged in the low 50s to low 60s. Depending what week it is. Temps here having been playing since mid March. Any thoughts?

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

This is my way of doing Pre-emergent, I base it on duration of coverage. My first app is early before things start to germinate. That app is about 3 months of coverage. About 2 months after that first app, I apply my second app for about 4-5 months of coverage. At the end of that its time for overseeding. I don't worry about soil temps at all for the second app. For you post emergent, make sure you are using the proper application rates and methods as directed on the label for a effective kill. You can reapply based on the time period directed on the label.

[@zayshaunsprouse6412]

@@ElevatedLawnscapes thanks. Makes sense.

[@terrywatts1060]

My guy, Cam

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Yessir. Hope you are doing well this season.

[@MikeMenard]

What are the lighter green spots on the front lawn @4:19? I have the same issue. Is it Annual Bluegrass?

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Its Poa Triv.

[@Youtubeuser1aa]

What is your cut height?

[@PoloFieldsLawnService]

I think he is around a 3 inch cut

[@Youtubeuser1aa]

@@PoloFieldsLawnService thanks

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Yep, Polo is right 3".

[@dang3402]

Which mower height?

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

3". Thanks for watching 🙏🏾!

[@garyfreeman3494]

🔥 ⛳️👍

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

🙏🏾💪🏾🌱

[@juansanchez7769]

🇺🇸

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Stripe Nation

[@tracygilbert5731]

Man, I'd hate to be your neighbor.

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

It would actually be a good thing. All you have to do is ask me to manage your lawn and I would do it...for my fee of course. My smart neighbors have done that and theirs look just as good. I help any of my neighbors that want it.

[@kento702]

Broooo.... SHE Thiiiiiick

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Almost too thick for me, makes me nervous for the 4th qtr disease pressure. It looks and feels good right now.