Late Spring Grading and Renovation - Part Two

[@PNWLawnGuy]

👀 !!!!! Thanks for having us up yesterday! Looks even better in person

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Thanks for stopping by man. You're welcome anytime. You're right, the camera really doesn't do it justice. 👍🏻

[@Striperman]

Wow. Looks amazing. Every step was done exactly like the book says. You nailed it. Can't wait for the update. Great job. 👍💚🦸

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Thanks Keith. I'm super excited to see it mature. 🤗

[@ciaranomalley919]

Well done Nate! Looking splendid! Being lodged on the corner makes life tougher! Cheers!

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Thanks bud. 👊🏼

[@stanhall1978]

Beautiful lawn from a fellow Pacific Northwester.

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Thanks Stan 👊🏼

[@BudgetLawns]

Each video that goes by in this process makes me even more happy to have bermuda HAHA. You've made it look easy, though I know it wasn't. Looks great so far and no doubt will keep looking better. Awesome job!!!!

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Thanks Travis. I am liking the KBG I have in the backyard. It seems to be spreading pretty well and filling in spots faster than I really expected. I may add some to the front yard some day. Thanks for watching bud. 👊🏼

[@LawnNOrder]

Great job on all the work you put in. Can’t wait to see the lawn fully grown in. 😎🙏👊

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Thanks bud. 👊🏼😎

[@jamzach4]

Looks so good Nate !! All your hard work is paying off brother. Can’t wait for the next update.

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Thanks Scott. I'm super excited to see it progress. 😁

[@theperfectcutlawncare]

Great effort, beautiful property. Love how fast the PRG establishes. 👍🏽

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Thanks bud. 👊🏼

[@chrisphillips3810]

Those drone shots are looking good

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

They are. 😎

[@SuperTA329]

Outstanding job. That was a lot of work and it turned out beautiful. Perfect time to put a manual reel mower on it for its first couple cuts. 🤞...Caution ....If you do cut the baby grass with it you just might get hooked. 🤔. That peat moss spreader looks like a back saver, spreading Peat Moss by hand was the worst part for me. See you on the next update. 🔥👍🏻

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

I still have the reel mower I used last fall. I'll probably start cutting it in a few days. No way I'm sticking with a reel though. 🤣 I rented that peat moss spreader from HD for $18 a day. Well worth it. 👊🏼

[@SuperTA329]

@@PacificNorthwestLawns Time will tell 🤔🤣. I didnt realise you could rent. I will have to see if our HD has them. Would be great. Thanks for the tip.

[@Fmrdevildog78]

Looks awesome! Great job 👏👍

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Thanks Bryan 😎

[@pnwmike3415]

Doing good great job

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Thanks Michael 👊🏼

[@SAMUELPEREZ-yc8uq]

Nice work. Thank you for sharing. Now I know what to do with the Poa.

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Make sure your dealing with the right "poa". They aren't the same.

[@SAMUELPEREZ-yc8uq]

@@PacificNorthwestLawns yes, sir. It’s Poa triv......

[@thelawnanalyst7377]

Looking good! Can't wait to see how things progress.

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

You and me both.😁👍🏻

[@bryanfelver6125]

Looks good . Keep up the great work.

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Thanks Bryan 👍🏻

[@BermudaBrian]

Look at you! Nicely done Nate!

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Thanks Brian 😎

[@jandacy4759]

impressive job!! Congrats!!

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Thanks Jan 😁

[@marshallhoux7987]

Looking good

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Thanks Marshall 👊🏼

[@ayy1n]

Wow great germination man 😎✌️💪🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

It would have been a whole lot better if a storm didn't wash a bunch out. That's the risk ya take doing a spring renovation with a cool season lawn. I fixed several places on Saturday. We'll see how it fills in. Appreciate ya man 👊🏼😁🍻

[@lxiong1077]

Wow the magic of PRG. Nice work!

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Especially this GCI stuff. So far I'm really impressed with it. I can't wait to see it mature. 😉

[@NextLevelLawnCare]

She looks mint bud!

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Thanks Caleb 👍🏻

[@TheLawnShark]

Nice video! Looks great!!!

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Thanks Dino. I appreciate ya 👊🏼😎

[@richv70]

WOW! Looks great!

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Thanks Rich 😁

[@YardGuy]

Great job!

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Thanks Jason 👊🏼😎

[@tima9531]

Looks amazing great job!!!

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Thanks Tim 😉

[@kove]

Looking great!!

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Thanks Koven 👊🏼

[@jcs1758]

I think if you didn't need to grade, the spring seeding went well. Some thoughts. I've used peat moss in the past but I've changed to using a dethatcher. I spread the seed then use the dethatcher/slit seeder. I think it gives me good soil contact and saves the cost of the peat moss and needing to roll it in. In 1/2 acre the peat moss $ really added up. I use Scotts starter w Meso for weed control, usually 2 apps 30 days apart.

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Actually the whole point of the spring renovation was to kill of the incredible amount of Poa Trivialis I had. Best time to do that is in the early spring. The grade work I decided to do since the entire yard was dead anyway. I'm not a fan of Mesotrione, never will be. It's proven itself to me time after time that it doesn't work all that well.

[@jcs1758]

I agree on killing Triv in the spring. The meso does work in weeds but I have to agree it has a short effective window and for the 2 poas it's useless

[@GirLzLawn]

Man, it's coming along great.

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

It definitely is. Thanks for stopping by 😎

[@tjenks24]

Looking mighty green! Did you mix the GreenPop and Rgs or seprate apps? Looking forward to the progress.

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Mixed it in the backpack sprayer. I don't recommend doing that in a hose end sprayer though.

[@tjenks24]

Awesome. Thanks for the clarification.

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

No problem 😊

[@appledcn]

Hi! We just moved in to a new house with a pretty good size yard but it hasn't been dethatched, weeded and leveled for like 2 years. We used Spectracide on the dandelions but it didn't seem to work. Should we just go and rip the entire lawn up or there's hope yet? I was planning on skinning the part where the dandelions are, pull the roots out then level with top soil, which I have already ordered and delivered. I also just ordered Sun Joe dethatcher. We were initially planning on just leveling it out, overseed etc. But looking at your lawn, now I'm conflicted. Help. 😅 Located here in Pierce County, Wa.

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

I personally do not recommend doing any of that right now. I did this renovation in the spring for one very specific reason and that was to kill Poa Trivialis while it's actively growing. You'll be far better off doing that stuff including the dethatching in the fall. Right around Sept 1 as the soil temperatures drop back down to 70*. Dethatching now going into summer, or top dressing and seeding going into summer is setting yourself up for disappointment. Cool season grasses can't handle that kind of stress in the summer heat.

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Also the spectracide should have worked on the dandelions if you bought one with 2-4-D in it. I'm assuming you used a liquid and not a granular. If it didn't work I'll bet you did some step wrong or missed a step. Be sure to read the label. Dandelions are literally the easiest weed to kill.

[@appledcn]

@@PacificNorthwestLawns the dandelions are slowly dying now. Probably because temp dropped to around mid 40s low 50s in the last 3 days after we sprayed. Label said between 45 to 85 is best. Then rain. Of course rain. 😂 how about we just level the divots from the dandelions?

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

@@appledcn you could do that, sure.

[@appledcn]

@@PacificNorthwestLawns thank you so much! It's so nice to have someone from PNW that shares garden and lawn information on KZbin. More power!

[@saribmahmood]

GCI does not seem to have perennial rye grass anymore.

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

It hasn't been available for a while now. They're hoping to have it again later this year but no guarantees.

[@rickkeeler75]

Looks really good! Going to doing a small lawn with rye grass this Fall. Where did you get your 0-0-50?

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Thanks Rick. I got the 0-0-50 from a company called Concentrates NW in Milwaukee, Oregon

[@marcl9232]

What's your plan moving forward sticking to an all liquid plan or a combination of both liquid and granular?

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

The front yard has always been a combination of both and will continue that way. It's just to great of a combination to ignore. 😎

[@marcl9232]

I agree. What do you have more confident using liquid or granular?

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Definitely the liquid.

[@frankieb8974]

👍👌👊

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

😎

[@kevinmeyer5329]

How many days before you can do your first mow?

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

I'll probably cut it when it gets 3in tall ss I plan on keeping it at 2.25. It's at 1.5 now so probably next weekend.

[@zmjackson1]

Where did you get the peat moss spreader? Buy it?

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

I rented it from Home Depot. It's about $18 for the entire day. We'll worth it.

[@ayy1n]

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[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

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