Reseeding Lawns - Does and Don'ts

[@jacobwaddell6075]

This is the best channel on YT. I have learned a tremendous amount by watching your vids and I am a young first time homeowner. You are the man Doc appreciate you passing down your knowledge to us young fellas!

[@jbaruman272]

This is right on time Doc. I just scalped my lawn doen to an inch yesterday and am breaking out the sunjoe forthe first time this week to scarify.

[@sw71427]

Hey Doc, I had to start over on my lawn this season after 10 years of no irrigation or fertilizer, Just mowing. I'm not sure what type of Bermuda was here when I bought the property 20 years ago. I choose Scott's common Bermuda and followed all of your recommendations and now have a beautiful lawn. So I am here to say that common Bermuda is not the red headed step child. So if anyone is starting from scratch common is not bad, as opposed to what you call really good seed. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say. I also use the SunJoe scarifier, since I have a rotary mower. I was wondering why you don't use a scarifier cylinder on your reel mower? Or do only certain reel mowers have the option for dethatch and scarifier cylinders?

[@vernonburt9140]

Great info, as always Doc! You brought Barb's lawn back from the brink of extension. Tell Ryan I will him all the best in his Law School endeavor!

[@jvcyt298]

I have patches of Zoysia from seed in my front yard that I've been unable to positively identify until you mentioned that there is a difference between sod and seed with Zoysia because I suspected it was St. Augustine, but that should have died when I treated the undesirable grasses with Q4 herbicide. I did an experiment with taking plugs from the front and planting them in shady areas in the back yard and the plugs are pretty happy there, so that might be a September project.

[@frankshyne7405]

Hey Doc Where can I purchase a Green Shocker Tee Shirt. Love the product & enjoy watching your channel. Frank

[@singingriverwoodwork]

Doc, do you have a video of how to pull zoysia plugs and implant them for maximum spreading power?

[@GerkinsGames]

I’ve been watching all of your videos and learning a lot. It seems that you always speak from the perspective of having started with Bermuda. I have a lawn that basically looks like a mix of grass and weeds you’d find on a hillside. How would you tackle a lawn with multiple grasses, if we wanted to change to a really nice Bermuda turf? I don’t mind it being a multi year project. Thanks!!

[@dane8122]

You can do this one of two ways. You can do a full lawn renovation, which would require you kill the whole area and bring it down to bare dirt before planting. Or you can start treating it like its a bermuda lawn. Meaning, mow often, mow low and push the living daylights out of the growth during the growth season. I wouldn't do this option this late in the year, but you can start mowing often and mowing low. DO NOT SKIP PREEMERGENT. If you skip your preemergents, you will have a massive fight on your hands with the crabgrass and poa annua.

[@Xeirus911]

How long do you water normally vs a lawn needing to recover?

[@justincoffey7429]

Been following you for just a little bit, but have learned a lot. I recently did a backyard reno with GCI's Bermuda (Rivera, Blackjack, Maya) and have it looking good - did this because I have two German Shepherds that like to explore and dig. I have a side yard that leads in to the backyard that I have to drive over occasionally and its in GCI TTTF which every time I drive over, it takes a beating. My plan is to smoke it off and seed the GCI Bermuda this coming spring. Now my question. I have GCI TTTF in my front yard, and I can already tell that the intense dark green TTTF isn't going to match very well with the "darkish" green from the Bermuda. I have two Maple trees in my front yard and a neighbors Pin Oak from giving me full sun on my front to do a Bermuda reno. Would Zenith Zoysia semi match color of the Bermuda in the side yard once its established, and would the Zenith be able to withstand a fair amount of shade? Not completely black out shade, but given said trees. Looking to keep the Bermuda at 1" and the Zoysia at 1.5-.75 if you think it will thrive. Honestly don't want to go through the hassle and the extreme upfront expense of Zoysia sod like Toro/Zeon/Geo that is known for the shade tolerance. Thanks.

[@ConnorIngramDrums]

How would you recommend using HumiChar vs Dirt Booster Plus. Not exactly sure when you would use one vs the other.

[@Krucifixo206]

What lawn guide should I follow for the Pacific Northwest region??? Washington and Oregon state???

[@dank630]

So in august and perennial rye grass , San Diego zone 10a , I had a grub attack … can I try to patch with topsoil and add seed now ? Or wait until October and power rake and overseed the whole lawn ?

[@WhittyPics]

I ordered some seed from the site you put out in your last video. They didn't have the same seed you used so I ordered BlackJack. I hope it is good. I just want to hit a few dead spots in the back.They are out of Yukon.

[@bm1943]

Thanks Doc! This was exactly what I needed for my backyard. I already purchased the Princess 77 & Sultan Bermuda seed, as well as some Arden 15 Bermuda seed. Are these comparable to the Yukon?

[@HowTowithDoc]

Yes princess and arden are good.

[@AeonOfAwareness]

Hey Doc! Question, what if I want to seed Perennial Rye so that it can over take and replace my old thin grass in my front yard. My front yard has never been loved and I started this year but it is awful and my back yard sod that was put down this year doesn’t handle wear well and I want to replace it. I am in Washington so a cool season area

[@Lamski3]

Doc, the previous owner of my house put down some big box seed on the bermuda hybrid lawn. Now there is a huge patch of common bermuda in my hybrid lawn. How can I fix this and get it back to full hybrid bermuda?

[@wat2000]

I plan on overseeing this fall so do you recommend scarifying my current fescue lawn then adding seed and then stopping or scarify , seed, scarify ,seed again?

[@ralphzaragoza3767]

Damn watching Doc’s video just make me want to blow up my lawn and start over

[@kevinterry3698]

Doc, I haven't been able to find a good answer to this question so I'm hoping you can help guide me in the right direction. If I put down a bag of Yukon over my existing grass to fill in some thin areas, should I still be mowing? If I don't mow for a couple of weeks while the new seed germinates the existing grass will get too long but I'm worried that it will impede germination if I do mow. Any advice on this?

[@suzrmx250]

Bottle that water and send it to Texas . The two drops of dew that accumulate on my lawn is down around 1am and gone by about 2.30am

[@davidphillips2541]

I have centipede grass Do you offer any guides for that

[@jvcyt298]

I checked out the link for the Yukon seed and the picture with the golfball doesn't look like a hybrid, it looks more like a common Bermuda. I'm pretty sure my Bermudagrass lawn is Princess 77, or something close because it has such a fine blade and texture.

[@DrB_CU]

Should remind warm season grass folks that now is about the last week to seed warm season grasses because cool weather will stop them in September if you get it, and the seedlings won’t have enough time to build and store for winter.

[@HowTowithDoc]

Did that in the video

[@Moondoggy1941]

When does your season end?

[@mpo2900]

When you say “push it”, do you use more PGF than bag recommendations or more often?

[@keithsecrist]

Why did you transition from Arden-15?

[@dane8122]

So I'm curious - why not plug the areas you are trying to fix? Would that be less effective than seeding?

[@donnieyoung2904]

How many sqft does that $100+ bag of seed cover?

[@nickb2912]

Doc the seed you use have negative reviews on them stating that they are full of weeds. What would you say about those reviews

[@HowTowithDoc]

You can literally see that the bag is 99% pure bermuda seed. (it's a small bag) More than likely people are planting and don't understand that weed seeds are present in their lawn already or are brought in when they work the ground.

[@shaolinmonkey1112]

What can I do to get wild violent out of my Bermuda grass

[@BigRedAtl]

Are you in suwannee?

[@cjvx7208]

That's perfect from my house

[@tombo552001]

I wish I could put a ton of water on my lawn, Calif drought and can water 3 times a week 20 min a station

[@thefosterhousevfx]

Hey Doc, I have a section of Bermuda lawn that was neglected for many years. After a year and a half of using your lawn guides, pre-emergent, and selective post emergent treatments, there was barely any Bermuda left as there was so many weeds and bugs. I've gotten out nearly all the weeds and have been pushing the Bermuda to spread, but it's slow and it left many bare areas. I don't want to reseed if I don't have to. But now the entire lawn is infested with chamberbitter. I'm mowing 2-3 times a week and bagging the clippings. how do I take this weed out without damaging the burmuda?

[@citizendan6390]

so its ok to seed Bermuda in august?

[@kenbarbret6632]

I always thought that if you used preemergent, that you couldn't seed within 4 months of using it. This must not be the case then if you are re-seeding?

[@HowTowithDoc]

Each PE will have a reseed time. It's listed on the label.

[@laddymc]

How do you kill off small strands of common Bermuda, so it won't take over my new Tahoma 31?

[@sandieweatherup]

Which seed won the battle at your daughter's house?

[@chasewilliams8526]

throw some blackjack down lol