Repair an UGLY LAWN Using 5 easy steps. Hazy brown grass, Dead spots, Lawn Fungus, under watered!

Have a lawn that looks like this? I teach how to diagnose and repair lawn problems. This lawn has a front yard that looks brown and half dead. The back yard looks like a half dead and full of dead circular blobby shapes. Watch as i give you both the diagnosis and the repair.
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Thanks for tuning in! I specialize in solving lawn problems and implementing strategies to fix lawn problems. Weather you have crabgrass that's not dying, too much thatch, lawn fungus, over watering problems or an ugly lawn there's not a lawn problem I can't solve. Try the Ginja 5 Steps to diagnosing a lawn you'll be glad you did. Don't forget to checkout my playlist.
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[@morte2195]

I absolutely love the "What's Wrong With My Lawn" videos. I've learned so much. It is, hands down, the best lawn care series on KZbin for diagnosing common lawn issues. Please keep them coming Ginja.

[@pestandlawnginja]

Thanks 🙏 😊

[@daviddorge1559]

Such an underrated vlogger. Knowledge is outstanding.

[@pestandlawnginja]

My man 👊🏻

[@13deangelus]

Yours is one of the better channels out there so much appreciated. Keep it up good sir! Oh yeah, and he got locked in his limo and ate himself! To death!

[@pestandlawnginja]

👊🏻😂

[@andrewszabo1552]

Wow, I really appreciate your patience in providing this content. A baby could have been conceived and born during the time lapse of this video.

[@pestandlawnginja]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheBender1000]

Are we going to see the fixing process and final result of this lawn? That'd make for a great video series!

[@pestandlawnginja]

Yes. The homeowner already put in 8 hours today.

[@3237fish]

loving this series. learning a lot. appreciate the awesome content!!

[@pestandlawnginja]

awesome! glad its helping out!

[@comingtofull-ageinchrist6736]

I done the same with Bermuda at my last address last spring, and just kept the Peat Moss moist, like you said, and I set the spreader double what they called for on the bag! I came in great!

[@pestandlawnginja]

Good stuff!

[@rustyfan89]

Another good vid, so glad you found the time to bust out some new ones!

[@pestandlawnginja]

Thanks brother!

[@TheINFJChannel]

Thanks!! The mother moved in and our grass died but nobody knew why. Turns out she was dumping her porta potty bucket on the front lawn at night. Sneaky and disgusting, not to mention illegal (and no she's not losing her mind, she just doesn't care). Regardless, I need to save our lawn from human piss! 🤜🤛😊

[@pestandlawnginja]

Wowza 😮 Not gonna ask how you figured it out but I’m impressed!!!!

[@thedoo777]

top dressing the whole lawn set me off I am just amazed! it's quite affordable! you know I'm stunned at how well the top dressing turned out! together with a sprinkler system! I put some liquid variation down today I hada erated last fall

[@pestandlawnginja]

Feels like a beach with grass on it!!!

[@decentgarage]

Excellent video man!

[@pestandlawnginja]

Thanks!

[@wicksies9067]

Thanks for sharing all of your knowledge. I'm pretty sure my issue in the front is thatch. I just raked 3 wheelbarrows full of dead grass. Hoping the bluegrass will start filling in and will overseed this fall.

[@pestandlawnginja]

Rad! You're well on your way!

[@trinisan]

This vid is right on time. This is how my front yard looks. I'm holding off till Sept to begin working on it. The yard is on a slope and i'm wondering if to scarify after the seed, peat moss and tackifier has been put down. To increase seed to soil contact and really hold the seed from washing away.

[@pestandlawnginja]

Ideally we want to do it before seeding.

[@mattb9664]

These are great and help out a lot of people, and there is still an entire month to fix things. For future topic, I think I good one would be dealing with a bed of rocks underneath the soil. I using my manual aerator for my 5 minute chore, and noticed that one of my trouble areas, 10'x10' has absolutely no give under the top layer of soil. I can tell the grass struggles, and I think my only options are to lay out more soil to give the grass some roots space.

[@pestandlawnginja]

I will do my best. Same thing happened to me at another house I owned. 60’x3’ in total. I was told it turned out to be an old equestrian path that the grass grew over

[@markchase8128]

I'd recommend digging it all out at least a foot deep and replacing all the soil. I've got a similar size problem in my front yard, and I am sieving the dirt/gravel mixture with wire mesh. Found it using the screwdriver test. If I could get rid of the dirt/gravel mixture easily I would, but its back breaking work. Probably there since the house was constructed. Sieving down to 4.5 mm mesh, see if the area does ok this summer, that's when the grass dies off due to high sun and heat.

[@wcbscout]

Smart stow, if you are serious and not joking, its the fact that the mower folds in half and stands up to tuck away in the garage all nifty like. Smartly stowed.

[@pestandlawnginja]

👊🏻

[@jmax5105]

REALLY liking the "What's Wrong with my lawn" series!!! I think I'm going to have to get me one of those Landzie spreaders one of these days. Spaceballs is a CLASSIC!!!! Love the reference! This lawn sounds like a lot of work! Have you ever used TZone SE for lawn weed control? It was suggested to me by the guys down at A1 in Sandy, hoping it's better than what i've been getting at the big box stores every year... Thanks for all the great info and the videos!

[@pestandlawnginja]

T-zone is my preferred herbicide for cool season lawns. It’s fantastic

[@comingtofull-ageinchrist6736]

yeah, that's something I always look for when I'm mowing because I do bag my grass, and as soon as I see a trail start, I know it's time to empty the bag; usually, I reach down every so often and lift on the bag to see how full it is, but I have also caught it not getting into the bag because the grass either got too tall when spraying fro weeds or it's too moist from watering, rain or both too tall and didn't let it dry out enough after a good rain. I'm pretty regular about adding nutrients to my soil also; Ironite, Softcal (great option if you don't want to affect the Ph level of the soil and also Humic and Sea Kelp. I've even mixed organic vinegar with the mother in it 50/50 with water and sprayed areas that got a lot of shade and had a problem with mushrooms growing real bad; don't ask me what moved me to try it, but it worked. The one area at my last address was in the shade the greater part of the time, and I had a real time with it. That was the area I used the water vinegar mix! I think part of the problem may have been where I got the top soil mix from, which seemed real good, but I got some real exotic looking mushrooms from it in the back part that didn't get as much shade. The front may have been the same but was affected differently with the mushrooms because of all the shade; they started clumping together in bunches like some kind of fungus or something. Crazy, never seen anything like it before, and I was always treating my lawn for mold prevention when I was watering heavily.

[@TheDevlynnHawke]

A John Candy classic for sure.

[@pestandlawnginja]

👊😀 Miss that guy!

[@nedg3740]

Comin up on half of a quarter million subs Ginja. Lol Way to go!!!

[@pestandlawnginja]

👊🏻😁

[@reneewarner8182]

So glad to see someone from UT. I love all of your KZbin Videos. I did buy the SUNJOE ElectricScarifier + Dethatcher. I had so much fun using it best of all it saved my back from racking. I have reseeded again for the second time this year and used peat moss on the top and bottom of the neew seed I just put down. Now I am anxiously wating to see if the grass will grow in these areas. I have pictures of my front yard and the progress after using the srufactent for the broad leaf grass. Thanks for the great videos! What kind of fertilizer do you use?

[@pestandlawnginja]

Awesome Renee! Slay that lawn!

[@nancyw444]

I sure would love to have you come analyze my yard if you're ever in San Antonio

[@pestandlawnginja]

always a possibility!

[@josephrottina1901]

You the MAM.👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@pestandlawnginja]

👊🏻

[@stash7714]

I just bought that same mover last Saturday 😂. I didn’t know they made self propelled mowers. I’ve been pushing this old crappy mower hurting my back for 10 years.

[@pestandlawnginja]

😂😂😂😂 awesome!

[@decentgarage]

Ginja, how can someone local to you contact you to have you come out for a consult and treatment plan?

[@TheBrookeJackson]

Looking for this too!

[@pestandlawnginja]

still working out the details. i'll be publishing a calendar signup on lawnmastersacademy.com

[@jazzylvr69]

I have a lot of mushrooms now due to so much rain, and noticing some brown spots which I'm assuming is fungus. Should I go with fertilizer and let me the nitrogen kill it or use a fungicide?

[@aredesuyo]

What's your opinion of the IFA lawn fertilizers with the 4 steps for different seasons? Have they got the nutrient proportions right? (I'm in Cache valley with our calcareous soils.)

[@pestandlawnginja]

They’re decent. My only issue is they use a lot of urea. Our region is well known for necrotic ring spot fungus and urea is a catalyst to getting that fungus in soil and Kentucky bluegrass is very susceptible

[@TheBrookeJackson]

Hey! Utah residents here! I would love to sign up for a “What’s wrong with my lawn”. What’s the process to getting to work with you?

[@pestandlawnginja]

Hey Brooke! still working out the details. i'll be publishing a calendar signup on lawnmastersacademy.com

[@Michael_Livingstone]

My house sits at 3900ft above MSL in Airdrie AB. Should I not be mulching when I cut? This area is relatively dry and to the point that mosquitoes are very rare. They only show up if we get a prolonged period of rain.

[@pestandlawnginja]

It’s fine if you’re doing it right. My suggestion is to mow 2-3x per week when mulching

[@ging3rb3ard25]

I've got a lawn for your next episode.

[@pestandlawnginja]

Love me a good gingerbeard

[@mikekosar6135]

Lmao..😂 those are deer… I don’t mean John Deere..!!! L M A ..!!! Nice…!!!

[@pestandlawnginja]

👊🏻

[@bbtank3000]

I never thought a lawn could get fungus in the Spring, but guess what....mine has dollar spot. Night temps are still in the 50's, but we just had like 2 weeks of rain, and I'm guessing that's what did it.

[@pestandlawnginja]

Wowza! Crazy.

[@janeidebezerra3743]

👏👏

[@pestandlawnginja]

😁

[@johnsonk1d12]

Space Balls!

[@pestandlawnginja]

Yeah buddy!!!!

[@LawnTubes]

Why didn't anyone tell me my ass was so big?

[@CopperCanyonTerrapins]

Where do you pick up your fertilizer products? I am local and would like to start using the products you recommend.

[@pestandlawnginja]

j&j nursery has propeat, ifa has tenacity and the non ionic surfactant. the prices aren't as cheap as they are from domyown.com so just keep that in mind. I get the peat moss from home depot or lowes. home depot recently changed brands of peat moss and there was a ton of chunky fibrous material. wasn't too happy.

[@CopperCanyonTerrapins]

@@pestandlawnginja thanks bro!

[@I_O_2004]

I got an area that gets about 6hrs of sun and than shade and is yellowing. I did a soil test about 6 weeks ago and recommended i need lime and fertilizer which i applied 2 weeks later and also applied fungicide . What should I do now 😢 I'm confused

[@pestandlawnginja]

Let’s check on the water saturation in the soil. You’ll want to do a followup fungicide now if it was a fungus

[@I_O_2004]

@@pestandlawnginja it wasn't fungus but i applied it just incase anf for future reference, maybe is to much water because i seeded an area next to it

[@CoolSpirit08]

So, Ginja... Is it to late to do anything to free my lawn of poa???

[@pestandlawnginja]

Not at all. Few products you can look into: a perennial growth regulator. Also certainty herbicide if and only if your grass species is listed as tolerant to the herbicide. Hand pulling works great as well

[@medicbiff79]

Wanna come have a look at my lawn in Draper?! I'm practically starting from scratch in my backyard.

[@pestandlawnginja]

hey brother! slay that lawn! you can always follow my lawn renovation playlist. draper is an interesting area. some soil is pure sand and others and sandy loam and some clay.

[@medicbiff79]

@Pest and Lawn Ginja I've got clay. Orchard grass was starting to take over, and last year's voluntary water restrictions didn't help any. Had kill off half my backyard to get rid of the orchard grass. Did a power rake/de-thatch this last weekend, and I'm laying down a seed/fertilizer mix (Scott's) today.

[@masonp5083]

When you say 45-50 minute watering daily to fix saturation issues do you mean per zone? Maybe me not believing that is the reason I have saturation issues and my grass dries out? Seems like a lot!

[@pestandlawnginja]

For an average system it will be 45-50 minutes per zone. This won’t be forever. Just until we get the water back into the soil. Keep in mind every system will have different water output per hour. So the numbers are only a ballpark

[@I_O_2004]

I did soil test and my iron is low, and i applied 16-0-8 fertilizer, so should I also apply iron 🤧

[@pestandlawnginja]

I personally would

[@I_O_2004]

@@pestandlawnginja aby recommendations what kind/brand thanks

[@tomleiss5374]

Spaceballs 🍕

[@pestandlawnginja]

💯

[@harlleykvlo]

First one, good job as always

[@pestandlawnginja]

lightning fast!

[@wermzer1312]

Every day I lean more and more to killing off my lawn & growing native plants & trees instead.

[@pestandlawnginja]

🫶😂

[@Fingamyaz]

I only see seeding during spring or fall. How about summer?

[@pestandlawnginja]

Depends on the soil temps. When they get above 75 degrees the seed germination slows way down

[@Fingamyaz]

@Pest and Lawn Ginja I guess I'll wait until fall. I guess 2023 I'll just look at my dead lawn 😭😭😭😭. Only if I knew what I knew now. I wouldve detached in spring 2023 and overseed.. Mean while my neighbors do nothing to their lawn and they have decent green grass. SMH.

[@pestandlawnginja]

@@Fingamyaz just keep in mind that the greener grass on the other side of the fence is a thing. i'm sure they're doing plenty to keep it green or it may just be its not as nice as you suppose until you get right on top of it.

[@Fingamyaz]

@Pest and Lawn Ginja I'm going to overseed a 10x10 spot on my lawn. 85 during the day and mid 60s during the night. I will let you know if it worked out or not in 60 days.

[@pestandlawnginja]

@@Fingamyaz awesome. best of luck

[@nesto2302]

Not liking the new model, you made a great point, it sounds like a whistle and weighs a bit more than the current model. I'm not sold on the new model and I'm sure it's more expensive.

[@pestandlawnginja]

👊🏻

[@slcbodyshop]

Poop show. Ha ha. As I’m on the pooper.

[@pestandlawnginja]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MichaelWilliams-yf1eo]

Bahaha pizza the hut...classic movie

[@pestandlawnginja]

Soo good!

[@LawnTubes]

1-2-3-4-5, that's amazing. I have the same combination on my luggage.

[@gusfusses44]

The movie is Spaceballs that has pizza the hut

[@pestandlawnginja]

😁👍👍

[@steffen707-]

Or else Pizza is going to order out, for you!

[@steffen707-]

Other favs, comb the desert! Ludicrous speed, go! I see your Schwartz is as big as mine. Her majesties matched luggage!

[@pestandlawnginja]

Comb the desert was pretty epic 🤩

[@BenNawrath]

I knew it... I'm surrounded by a55holes!!

[@LawnTubes]

Keep firing a55holes!!

[@pestandlawnginja]

😂😂😂😂

[@Striperman]

First

[@Striperman]

2nd first 🤷

[@pestandlawnginja]

I still like you

[@pestandlawnginja]

sooo close!!!!

[@everss02]

that Toro, piece of junk, no wonder the grass is uncared for

[@pestandlawnginja]

soil temps have been low. grass is just now starting to thrive here in utah. not uncommon for our area.