Top 15 LAWN MYTHS!!

I stumbled across an article that was entitled "Busting the Most Common Lawn Myths and Misconceptions" and I thought it was info that I definitely need to share with all of you! I also explain many examples of what I've seen personally related to these myths and also tons of info on warm season and cool season grass tips and tricks.
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0:00 Intro
1:01 Bonus Myth - All Grasses are not created equal
2:19 Myth 1 - Grass seedheads will seed the lawn
3:52 Myth 2 - Mowing short means mowing less often
5:32 Myth 3 - Mowing low will always look like a golf course
6:54 Myth 4 - I need a backyard putting green
8:17 Myth 5 - Moles are caused by white grubs
9:30 Myth 6 - Remove grubs with chewing gum
10:13 Myth 7 - Fertilizing early spring
11:52 Myth 8 - Spring is the best time to seed
14:12 Myth 9 - Fertilizer numbers on the bag don't matter
15:00 Myth 10 - Leaving mulched leaves on the lawn will damage it
16:46 Myth 11 - All lawns need lime
17:48 Myth 12 - Shade tolerant grasses always grow in shade
20:00 Myth 13 - Golf spikes or aerating shoes will aerate your lawn
20:44 Myth 14 - Returning clippings will cause excess thatch
21:50 Myth 15 - More irrigation is always better for a lawn
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[@ryanknorrlawncare]

For more cool season info, check out my lawn guide - ryanknorrlawncare.com/product/the-ultimate-guide-to-cool-season-lawns/

[@michigan0207]

What is the best grass for Minnesota to cut short for dogs? Is it better to have short for easy 💩 pickup? Or keep long and let fertilize?

[@kevincorton147]

Ryan knorr lawn care. Live in central wi. Why do i have lime green spots in lawn. There round and in all parts of yard. Thanx

[@mountains889]

I must say I appreciate your sound. (i do some freelance audio engineering - so many podcasts and videos with awful sound including some gov't press conferences)

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

@@mountains889 my degree is in audio so i appreciate you noticing 😀👍

[@leepinnguin9682]

You are "Sowing the seed of knowledge" Thank you, it is not easy doing a lawn when you are red/green color blind (not a joke) but listening to you gives me hope.

[@beerontap9352]

I'm also a lawn care professional, currently residing in Los Angeles. When I attend a Dodger game I always take my binoculars and study the details given to the field because I recondition sportsfields. I have read an article in a turf management magazine about issues Dodger stadium has keeping turf in pristine condition. Home plate area is in shade most of the day and turf needs to be replaced periodically. If you look close you will notice the seams . Even professionals have issues.

[@user-wk8gg2uj8b]

How do you get rid of wild garlic in yard there’s nothing that kills these things other than digging them up and that will only control it for a while they will always come back?

[@seanslawns]

Do you maintain all sizes of properties? I can’t imagine what the pricing must be like in LA.

[@rjfalski100]

I’m glad I discovered your channel. For so many years I’ve worked my lawn the way I thought it should be worked and seemed to always be fighting it. However thanks to you, I’ve discovered I’ve been doing everything thing backwards!!!! This year I learned why I shouldn’t have thatched and planted seed in late March😂 it looks like a disaster now.... I should have just left it alone. So I’m taking my lumps this season and have been listening to what your saying and greatly appreciate it all.

[@-What-are-your-thoughts]

This was a great video for people starting out, covered some great basics.

[@seminole715]

Great job Ryan, covered a few of my lawn issues and very interesting, thank you for the video!

[@andrewwesthoff7416]

The thatch information was great! I missed that other video and I was always a believer in bagging to prevent thatch buildup. That's changed now!

[@Doober80]

Your boy loves the ShedCast! Great explanations on some common myths. I knew this stuff anyway and still found it compelling!

[@saint272]

Great video. I have never considered a soil test up until today. I have a tall fescue lawn and I’m starting to notice I’m making the mistake of dumping milorganite when it might need other nutrients. Thanks for the info, Ryan !

[@michaelprice7005]

Good job. In the early 2000's I renovated the lawn of a house I rented in central Mass. I raked out 6 wheelbarrows full of trash, seeded, fertilized, and bought a cheap Murray mower from Walmart. After successfully turning an eyesore into a point of pride my landlord asked me why I was doing it. I told him "I live here and it reflects on me". A week later he scalped the lawn while I was at work...after that I was done, I moved.

[@GusDaCosta]

I’m in Hudson!

[@bldmovs]

I would have been livid. Good on you. I'm glad you moved on. What a jerk.

[@michaelprice7005]

My neighbor was a landscaper and she couldn't believe the transformation. Before and after I did all the work the landlord would mow twice a summer.

[@rer1967]

@@michaelprice7005, I hope you were able to get into a home of your own. Landlords are as bad as the nazzi neighborhood associations. Would have been funny if you would have sued him though since your landlord most likely didn't have a landscaping clause in the contract. If not then he was trespassing.

[@SciaticaDrums]

I'm in Rutland, the real center of MA.

[@KenyonPayne]

I think a cool thing this season would be to gather up some more of the popular push reel mowers, including some of the less and more expensive models and compare them all at the end of the season and see which one you prefer most!

[@deucedawg01]

Hi Ryan, just picked up your book. I'm in the Pacific Northwest and you are spot on with the moss issues. It seems to be a yearly issue for a lot of folks in this area, with the limited direct sunlight during the fall and winter months. At any rate, I enjoy your content and just learning more about lawn care. Keep up the good work.

[@SVW1976]

How are you dealing with the moss. I have some that grows around my big tree. I try to rake it up and replace with seed but the moss comes back.

[@jfarm_1311]

Great explanation of common myths. Too many people go off of what someone told them without doing any research of their own

[@lushlawns8904]

Great video touching on alot of myths i run into when speaking with customers.

[@soilworker3]

Thanks for clarifying some great info here. You all but gave me another option, I am faced with aeration at the very least and maybe even tilling my yard to actually get some decent growth. The major problem is the shade. There is moss everywhere, I have dethatched, relentlessly watered and mowed carefully all summer. At least now I am only left with grass. I was able to get rid of all the clover, weeds, and crabgrass. Here is the foil in my plans you mentioned, all the trees blocking sun are in neighbors yards. So, until those enormous things are gone, I am pretty much swimming up stream it seems. Either way, I took much inspiration from many of your videos and will continue to do so, hopefully at my next place, thanks!

[@rxman2011]

Slowly opening up to the idea of mulching. Grew up in a house where we bagged every time we mowed, and bagged leaves too. Thanks for the info!

[@Pills161]

Mulching is indeed great but it really depends on the mower you're using and how often you mow. If you're using a decent mower with mulching blades and mow regularly then you're set as those particles are smaller and can be processed by your lawn. If you use a cheap mower though with standard blades and try to mow tall grass, you're just going to leave huge clumps everywhere that will choke out your lawn and cause unhealthy thatch.

[@colmortimer1066]

I tried to leaf munching the last couple of years, and really kept up with it. I gave up a bagged it this spring just because there was so much left on top, and I seeded there. I think next year I will bag it in mid fall, maybe early to mid November, and then mulch through December. I am still seeing leaves blowing around even now nearing the end of April...there are just too many old trees and too many neighbors who do nothing, to just return it all to the lawn.

[@kenlong5033]

Thanks for this video Ryan. As I have a lawn half nut I use a lawn service service my yard. I live in southern Michigan so we are in the same zone.

[@jayq6767]

Great information, thank you. We need to tell people that spring is the best time to buy fertilizer because it's on sale but wait a bit to use it

[@operator8181]

Sidenote - The quality of your videos from the beginning of the channel to know is impressive, keep it up!

[@MannahWar]

Thanks brother. Appreciate your professionalism; says the old man all the way down from Birmingham, Al

[@justinbowen2365]

Love it.... But I'm from the south and am trying to get Bermuda to grow... just had soul samples done and still learning... Thank you for all this information!!!

[@michaelmalone3]

Hey, Ryan... thank you for sharing your story!

[@seanslawns]

RK, thank you for sharing your knowledge. I most definitely appreciate it

[@brianbennett4374]

Another great video Thanks David and Sheri for all you have helped me and other Bee keeper 😊

[@williamrutkowski]

Thanks for explaining these myths. You have great quality videos.

[@andrewp.619]

Great video! There was tons of good stuff to listen to. I liked the Shedcast.

[@alanjames3707]

Thanks for the video ryan! I thought I had poa everywhere in my lawn!!! Good to know it's just grass seed. Big weight lifted off me.

[@truthymchurtsalot7188]

PERFECT first-thing Saturday morning M O T I V A T I O N (like we need it haha) we love your videos Ryan. Thanks! Stay safe ❤️

[@harsahibwalia8903]

The best lawn care KZbinr

[@Erix7810]

Without a doubt. Easy to listen to and not trying to be some obnoxious YT personality. Keep it up man.

[@conscienciapositiva8706]

I am old ..and many decades of lawns on my property and I still learning and "creating mistakes". I strongly advise that we should cut as often as possible seed pods but just and only the correct height to remove those pods. Some seed pods are very lower then the correct lawn height which means, bad luck, not possible to cut the pods. As an example, Buffalo grass and Clover it's fine because usually Clover's pods are over. Nevertheless, don't forget that clover it's a side effect of excessive water but it doesn't mean present day. Probably the excessive was from the past and laziness. As soon as we can see clover "popping out" or spreading we must attack ASAPossible. Clover spands via root system or seeds.

[@chriskozub8012]

Connor Ward is.

[@AmandanLeeloo]

Preach it on the shade info! I've been battling a 3ft sliver of lawn next to my fence that just never gets sun. I want to landscape it, but I'm renting and it's not worth the cost, so I'll just keep trying and hoping the grass grows in just enough to not be muddy. 😫 Great content, Ryan!!

[@jaydenlee6907]

plop some seed down and water, the crabgrass will take over the rest

[@tchen8124]

@@jaydenlee6907 crabgrass doesn’t grow under the shade

[@bj6951]

Thank you! Lots of information and insight

[@mdlclassworker3384]

Great video, especially for those of us up north, the best thing I've found for moles is my cat, lol he's on duty 24/7 apparently and he's even taken care of my neighbors moles

[@lyssalue6280]

Thanks for the information I'm learning a lot!

[@TanyaScorpio]

I've watched this multiple times. I'm a beginner and you're videos have really helped my lawn is turned around. Question do your neighbors ask you to help them, want to hire you or do you do their lawns? Just curious what they think...

[@maxviking3210]

Great video! I thought about the comment returning/leaving the clippings after you cut your lawn. Here in europ, uk, sweden (where I live) and so on many product you use on your lawns in us have been banned for many years. Leaving the clippings is a way for us to returning all good things in your lawn and many people have found we don’t have to use so much products any more. Just thought it would be an interesting comment on that subject. Thanks again for great videos

[@MQuinn-uv7nw]

Thanks Ryan interesting and informative and well presented.

[@TMF-8400]

Great video Ryan! I stuck around for the whole vid. Really good for the newbies. Give your Westies extra loving for me. Take care!

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

Thanks! Will do!

[@tonypaul3440]

Great videos Ryan! Keep them coming...

[@stevenvalbracht5721]

Great informative video! Thanks Ryan

[@ricardohdz1987]

People think that they can just fix their lawn right away, that is not true, bought my house 3 years ago, and finally after watching all your videos my neighbors are impressed. Now because of covid-19 and being unemployed for almost two months i am on top of it, and it looks amazing. Thanks for all of your tips, i don’t comment very often, but i never miss any of your videos, great job, glad to see your channel growing

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

Patience with lawn care is something you will have to find fast...I still struggle with it

[@bradatkins8763]

Great video.....I'm going to utilize this vid in my next training session!

[@My_Family_Colo]

Awesome video Ryan! Very informative.

[@johnds6621]

I'n my area Northeast USA I've seen people have artificial putting greens put into their lawn. You just have to cut around it then and blow off the green. You can have them put a few holes in the green because unlike real grass greens you can't cut a new hole in artificial turf. Good review. Thanks Ryan.

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Great stuff Ryan.. thanks for sharing that 👍🏻

[@nickdallege4740]

Reusing the HyVee ice cream buckets is so Iowa. I found your channel recently and I’m learning a lot. I’m over in Iowa city so it’s nice to see a fellow Iowan on KZbin.

[@andyleo8418]

Very informative. Thanks!

[@RyRyWags]

Great insights on lawn care!

[@mattieice2988]

Absolutely Awesome video as usually thanks Ryan

[@robertlombardi2228]

Great video - contains a lot of useful information.

[@Nero557]

Ryan, how often do you aerate your lawn? And how often would you recommend a normal lawn be done? Is there a way to tell that you need to aerate? Great video, very informative.

[@MargaritavilleHockey]

Ryan, love your videos! I'm a new homeowner in Virginia & my grass type is [more than likely] tall fescue. Could you do a video on the transition zone? It's a weird in between area & I think lawn care is confusing to a lot of us in this region. Keep up the great work!

[@waltofalltrades6817]

It is definitely confusing. I live closer to the warm season "border" so I just go with warm season tips. Not sure if I should though to be honest, still confused.

[@bigbotno1]

I fertilize and overseed my lawn usually beginning of april, after the first 1-2 mows of the year. I also aerate then and add compost and sand. Temps are above 9C (max. 20C) and the sun begins shining on my lawn. That time it often rains a lot, so I don't have to water my lawn. About 4 weeks later my lawn is perfect. :-) Seeding in the summer is a lot of work, in the fall it's too late.

[@710Garage]

as always i love the videos!!! thank you for all the tips!!

[@rkwatchauralnautsjediparty7303]

2:32 - Who has two thumbs and thought this exact thing on my new lawn in my new house, and spent several hours today searching for the type of weed I had, only to come up empty, then searched for my grass seedhead type after watching this and found a picture of my "weeds" just now? *THIS GUY!* XD THANK YOU!

[@landmarkcreations1183]

When I see your videos pop up I act like a little kid getting an ice cream. Your videos are awesome. Edit: P.S thanks for the recommendation for the weed killer a few weeks back. Finally found a good product

[@arnoldfonar4199]

Great video. Thanks!

[@waltnakonechny4548]

Great video Ryan. Really enjoy your channel.

[@VolksStokes]

Thank you!! For educating us. Wish our schools would teach us real stuff like this but no, they wanted to teach us pi formula and Cos2(theta) stuff that i never understood 🤷🏻‍♂️ how to apply in real life

[@mikebrown8180]

Great video. Right on point

[@rogermcdonald1607]

Ryan, that was a very helpful video! I live in iowa also and have struggled with moles. I always use grub control but still have them. Have had no success with those traps! Thanks. Roger

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

They are a huge nuisance

[@semajniffirg230]

I've had some success with the solar mole spikes that vibrate the ground and chase them away.

[@SheaStehm]

Being in the Transitions Zone I always feel I'm being pulled in two different directions. LOL

[@DomsRusticGarageMore]

THANKS FOR THE INFO

[@garyboardwine3349]

Good info, I'm in the mid Atlantic transition zone, 24 years golf maint, toughest in the nation

[@vdigi3370]

That mole eliminator trap I saw you set worked well for me last fall.

[@kevinshepard1748]

Great job!!

[@TheLawnGuardian]

Every person starting out in lawn care should listen to this because this touches on pretty much everything I have heard people ask about or assume they know. Good stuff!

[@raymondmccaskill3728]

Great Video Ryan!

[@GrandNational66]

I seed just before before snow... dormant seeding in mid November about 4 weeks after winter fertilization & let the weight of the snow push the seed down...in spring the snow melt helps with watering then i do my spring fertilization in late April.

[@teamclarktrackfield]

Great Job Ryan....

[@zed8083]

Great vid Ryan!

[@pault477]

I live in WI and have taken your great tips to create a awesome looking lawn. Probably one of the best in the neighborhood according to my great mail carrier. So I’ve applied Crabgrass preventer and fertilizer several weeks ago. What would you recommend next using your products.

[@thelog86]

I view your channel more than any other lawn channel. Other guys do too much. They try to make it rocket science and it isnt. Keep it simple and get to the point. That's why I watch your channel

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

I appreciate you watching

[@HarlyGuy13]

Just found your channel and after watching this one video I’m hitting that sub button!

[@3scape4rtist]

Great information! Thank you for sharing! I think a supplement to this video would be talking about when it's appropriate to bag vs mulch and the pros/cons of each. I know in my area, the PNW, because of the excess moisture in spring and warmer temps, fungus and weeds are a consistent problem. Because of this, i bag my lawn in the spring to keep from spreading it everywhere in the mulch. I move to mulching in the summer when those issues are no longer present. It's more or less a situational switch, but i'd prefer to mulch all the time.

[@bnixy7]

I would also love to hear more on mulching and returning those weed clippings back into the lawn. Is their any concern with that spreading the weeds to healthy areas of the lawn?

[@3scape4rtist]

@@bnixy7 It has been for me, but that's purely anecdotal. When mulching low and going through weeds of any kind, it becomes really important to wash the deck afterward so i'm not carrying it around to other parts of the property.

[@bnixy7]

3scape4rtist thank you!! I bag currently but didn’t think about washing the deck.

[@skylarsky3173]

Awesome video!!!

[@marx769]

Cheers from Southern, MN! 🤘

[@Wait...whaaat]

Personally I have tried different ways to deter moles away.. different stinky balls/chemicals and even few traps. So far I have had 2 affective results with two things: 1) "mole netting". Moles did cause some issues in areas where I initially didn't sunk the net deep enough but eventually turf with it's roots made the top ~5cm of soil tied together and moles haven't ever since been able to penetrate trough it. Moles started to look around the net area but there those areas generally had either ground source heat pipes or were out of my yard. 2) Mole trap. I did end up using one, which has been working quite effectively, to catch few stubborn ones in either my yard or mostly from neighbours yard (to where they initially did not go at all). Mole trap, that has been working the best for me is Talpirid moletrap.

[@ryangkidd]

Mole windmill worked for my mo in law. She was having a company go around trapping the moles but said eventually she put up a couple mole wind mills out and they left her yard. They hate the ground vibrations from what I understand.

[@fiesty161]

Great info

[@tammymr15]

Ryan your grass looks so great and I appreciate all the helpful information. This may be way off the subject but I have alot of bamboo in my back yard, first of all we are thinking of just covering it up with top soil and planting grass and just keep it mowed. Do you think this is a good thing? thank you for any help.

[@charlesbaldo]

I live backed up to a park so no neighbors. For grins and giggles I let a 20x20 patch grow for the season and picked the seeds at various times. I tried to grow the grass in flower pots. I had very low success best success were the seeds I harvested in august an still had little success. I live in NY

[@philipzhao9287]

Great content, quick question on overseeding after dethatching, do you need to cover the seeds with more top soils? or will it germinate just seating on top of the existing soil? many thanks

[@dustinpomeroy8817]

Rule of thumb for me is to never cut off more than a third,and my step dad uses starter fertilizer in the fall and spring and that's the only time he uses fertilizer,his lawn is KGB and it must work because his lawn is gorgeous

[@hassankhan]

Hi. Great Videos! Love from Wisconsin 🧀🇺🇲 Also, can you pls 🙏 do a detailed video on your storage shed and irrigation system. And on the machinery that you uses regularly and recommend 👍💕 since most people are struggling financially and want to purchase smartly!

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

I have a video on my shed and irrigation as well...just search the channel and you'll find them there :)

[@thadboudreaux5692]

Thank you 👍

[@flyinguy86]

Thanks for sharing the article. What are your thoughts on underground irrigation for grass?

[@gregorycoffey932]

Another point of PH I thought might help to bring up...my city water supply is from a limestone aquifer. It's PH is listed as 7.7. As I will water my lawn using that higher PH water, the more I water it, the more I raise the PH. So, I suggest everyone check their local water sources to see what PH it is listed as having and, adjust accordingly.

[@d_dizzie_druck5753]

people always fight me on the time to water. I say in the mornings, like you do Ryan, but so many people just keep yelling @ me that the night/evening is best..... I explain that the water can evaporate over night on hot nights, & the lawn will absorb that water before the sun come up most times. Watering in the morning will allow the lawn to use the water for photosynthasis dureing the heat of the day when it really needs it. I also wish you would have talked about beat time to do a core arraetion too.

[@luketuttle1096]

D_Dizzie _Druck You are correct morning is the best time. If you water in the evening it keeps the grass "above the roots" wet for a longer period of time. This allows more time for fungus to grow! Watering in the morning allows the soil "roots" to get the water, but sun will burn off moisture on blades helping reduce chance on fungus. Made money every year from homeowners who want to water in evening, then get a disease/fungus in lawn and have to pay us to apply a fungicide

[@velcroman11]

I am in Sydney Australia. We have just put down a new lawn. It is called ZOYSIA SIR GRANGE. It is drought, shade and traffic tolerant. I have noticed that the grass is very good in shade. The grass is emerald green. This grass can be mown bowling green height, using a reel mower of cause. The grass is slow growing and uses much less fertiliser. Earth worms are good for your lawn. Natural fertiliser and natural aeration.

[@theeresistance970]

GREAT VIDEO✔

[@dgoode2846]

Thank you 👍👍

[@peterleiza4351]

I give this guy an A on his lawn knowledge. Coming from a scotts lawn guy. I know a few tricks too.

[@lpuig73]

Happy Birthday Ryan!

[@recovery116]

Thanks for valuable information. Congrats on 333k views. 🎶

[@Avital4414]

Hi, great video. How long do I need to wait before overseeing a lawn that has been treated for crabgrass? My landscaper says at least a few months. Seems like a long time. Thanks!

[@lisacash7238]

You're good, Ryan!

[@Nero557]

Ryan, how often do you aerate your lawn? And how often would you recommend a normal lawn be done? Is there a way to tell that you need to aerate?

[@brendanroney]

Shedcast - amazing

[@lukesmith2725]

Damn, you are a grass GOD. I could listen to you talk about lawns for hours! Thanks. Very informative.

[@garyboardwine3349]

Creeping red fescue works well in shaded areas in cool season, if you must have turf under your trees