Spring Day In The Lawn // Seeding Talk + Blade Sharpening + Dark Green Spots

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

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[@aarons5594]

Ryan, I wouldn’t take the negative comments to heart. A large majority of us who have been here from the start are very excited and happy for you and Kelsey to be taking on this new adventure. Can’t wait to see what’s in store for the property this year!

[@hanspetter9466]

Been watching your videos for 2 years now and now its my turn. Gonna renovate my lawn this weekend. Cut it as short as possible, scarify, a LOT of topdressing, seed with perinnial Rye (barenburg RPR) then finally peat moss with landzie! Wish me luck! Ps “cold weather” climate, located in Denmark.

[@porterhodges727]

Loving the new content Ryan. You have years of suburban home owner content, so now to see you step up to rural life is exciting. Keep it going.

[@2447adam]

Did my front yard renovation last fall. Planted perennial rye and man it looks amazing this spring already! Thank you!

[@WeatherNut27]

@4:35 my favorite part! 🙂 Little tip, put a slope on top of the 2x4 so you don't get splash over with the flat top. Slope it away from the Gauge. Also doesn't have to be that low, I have it at chest height, makes it easier to read. Nice open spot there. Looking forward to hearing your totals

[@grayfox9911]

It's easy to see that you are back in your element now. I hope you will find enough time between the grass & the house to get a lawn anyway...🙂

[@wiggins139]

I can see some great content in the making, like a cool season Ben Simms. A cool season golf hole would be awesome. I miss the shade spot, a whole episode on that would be good, even a podcast. I've got my own and there aren't many informative videos on them. And I hate reading 😅

[@garrettnelson8469]

I don't understand the negative comments Ryan. Don't worry about them. Great content as always and keep up the good work. Looking forward to seeing your new lawn around the house/shop come in.

[@TofuInc]

I did part of my lawn 70% fescue and 30% perennial rye and it honestly looks amazing. For your clover plots if you decide you want to use an herbicide, 2,4-DB is what you want to use. It's used for bean crops but also labeled for lawns. That "B" on the end is the important part.

[@bbtank3000]

Using a level on your rain gauge. Now that's next level lawn care 😎

[@nickmeyers2977]

Watching this video makes me feel good about my tall fescue. Mine is slow to wake up from the winter like your test plots.

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

This is spring #3 and it seems a little better but still much slower than blue or rye

[@terrywatts1060]

Now we're back in real spring weather 51 degrees

[@jfarm_1311]

I’ve seen a lot of people spring seeding this year. Hopefully the weather holds out. Plots will be ripping soon!

[@DMUSA536]

Just mowed today. Been very warm like you here in upstate NY. I did bag it just to get some leaves and other debris off.

[@jnusbaum_89]

You Betcha shirt 😎 Midwest is the best, everyone knows that

[@grantt1836]

Idk what’s different this season but I’m already on my 3rd mow. Grass grew in so fast compared to last year.

[@kevinshepard1748]

Let's see that irrigation in action!!

[@thomaspaquette9991]

Last pile of snow completely melted today. We’re getting close. Can’t wait to see if my mower is working properly.

[@philliphall4506]

Thanks Ryan, Great video! I enjoy watching. You do a get job with high quality content.

[@BenNawrath]

If that mystery grass in your plots is clumpy, meaning it kinda stays together if you pull it, you may want to try the fiskars weed puller. Not sure if you've used one before, but it's pretty awesome.

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

It's not as clumpy as I would hope or it would definitely be a lot easier to pull.

[@mowaterfowler123]

I have some of the same weeds popping up in my yard as you do in one of the plots. From what I’ve found it seems to possibly be some sort of brome.. maybe downy brome.

[@mowaterfowler123]

I did some other research and found that the weed you and I both have could also be referred to as velvet grass…

[@bobleeswaggr]

For clover plots look into research for deer food plots. I use Imox and clethodim to control weeds in my clover plots.

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

I'll check it out.

[@patricksquires77]

Looking good. Weather is definitely feeling better to even great here and there. Find any Connor Ward in all the spring cleanup?

[@brianbell9472]

Ryan can you do a video on poa trivalias it’s really bad here in New Jersey and it’s such an eyesore in our yards

[@dylan8285]

That unknown grass my first thought was orchard grass but when u said purple in the winter that be Little bluestem which is a native warm season bunch grass. Idk only true way to ID wild grass is the seed head

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

It doesn't seem to get tall and orchard doesn't have hair I don't believe. I'll keep researching.

[@Overpar73]

Hey Ryan, I sure would like to rent the Ventrac this fall after Paul gets done with my building and I can start all the landscaping, I also have a couple hugh walnut trees to trim up and a few small ones to remove! I'm really looking forward to the build, take care and don't work too hard!

[@markchase8128]

Whatever that grassy weed with the fine hairs is, I've got exactly the same thing in my front yard reno too. Working up a strategy to ID and get rid of it.

[@TofuInc]

Look up orchard grass and compare it to what you have. I'm 80% sure what was in the video is orchard grass.

[@msilv8335]

@@TofuInc I was thinking barnyard grass but either way, tenacity will do it.

[@TofuInc]

@@msilv8335 Barnyard grass is a warm season annual and wouldn't be germinated yet that far north. Tenacity won't touch orchard grass. It's not labeled for it and I personally have sprayed a yard full of it with multiple applications of mesotrione. It's impossible to remove selectively from a cool season lawn with herbicide.

[@Striperman]

Don't think the clover will stripe though lol😂

[@godfather1116]

Oh wow the original rain guage is back :)

[@corn1971]

Would like to see how your shade grasses are doing coming into spring. Are they more sparse than these full sun plots? How they fill in as the grasses there wake up.

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

Update coming soon

[@MrScott_e]

Ryan, I noticed the dark sky behind you in the opening part of this video. How close did the tornadoes come to you and Chelsey? I was hoping you two were spared so, seeing this video was a encouraging. God Bless!

[@mgriffin12]

It was a surprise to me to see dog pee spots growing really thick and green. I guess the right amount of urea works wonders 🤣

[@stlturf4618]

I have a variety of dark green spots and most are from dogs and are likely in areas that will continue to see traffic/get more nitrogen- my dogs in the backyard and walking dogs along the sidewalk in the front. In those areas should I try to give them less of the fertilizer programs? Especially in the fall when I’m putting down lots of nitrogen?

[@stevenhall1004]

How do you find the milwaukee mower? Is it as good as a petrol toro. I've been waiting for a house update on your other channel to. Cheers

[@davidkleinman4920]

Can you do a video of leveling a bumpy lawn?

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

Just posted one today!

[@darrellnelson2501]

Hi Ryan,looking into a battery mower (specifically a toro)did you do any research on battery powered mowers before you bought the Milwaukee?

[@littlebob1261]

Hope all is well at the Barndo 😀SKOL

[@ginovolta6122]

Hey Ryan, another great video. I got a sand leveling question for ya. I’m in Tn. I have TTTF. You think I can use sand to level?

[@allensadicario5196]

Here in New York city the grass is good

[@LeakyBucketHandle]

Would like to see a video trying reel mowing on clover. I don’t have high hopes but I don’t think I’ve seen it.

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

I was reel mowing it last year. I don't know what my plan is currently for height on it

[@marcobrown83]

Nice cideo!

[@davidborysewicz8676]

Hey got an early spring question. I sprayed prodiamine 65 wdg into my lawn 5 days ago. I haven’t watered it in yet because I am waiting for the rain that is coming. Am I able to mow the lawn without watering it in?

[@douglasauruss]

Weren't you wanting to put down an all-sand base in this front yard? Is that going to be down the road?

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

After I found out how sandy my native soil is I'm just rolling with that for now.

[@zachgorman]

You betcha shirt, nice

[@pepman2230]

I don't understand the "out of touch" comments this video is receiving. Grass doesn't care the size of equipment being used. I LOVE the multiple plots! We can follow your journey and see how they respond to a lawn care program allowing us to make informed decisions on what might work best for us. I can't wait for side by side comparisons this summer. Will the KGB stand up to Iowa's summer heat? Tune in next week to find out 😉

[@adamfrbs9259]

I thought my green spots in my kgb were from unlevel soil and water with accumulated slow release fertilizer in it pooling and bringing more fertilizer to one spot, while away from the rest of the area. That combined with my unequal fertilizer cover from not using a spreader lol. Hard to say for sure, I got a dog too, but I shake the leash so his pee goes spraying everywhere and not in one spot lol. (Neighbors probably think I'm nuts for doing that one lol)

[@magnuspiotrowicz7662]

About clover........... im really intrested to see how you kill this "weed" :) In Sweden we have alot this s*it in the lawns.

[@MrScott_e]

How can I send you photos? I have little dirt piles ( 1” tall x 2” wide). I’ve not seen any flying insects burrowing so I was hoping you might know what this is. BTW, I use pre-emergent in the fall and spring so I’m concerned what this is and how to treat. BTW, I live on the MS Gulf coast and my lawn is Zoysia.

[@criscristofferson7381]

Man, I was hoping you’d do some Bluemuda on the side over by your LP tank!

[@TofuInc]

He's a bit to far north for Bluemuda. They do Bluemuda where I'm at on sports fields. I killed off my parkway strip last fall and trying my hand at Bluemuda from seed.

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

Planning some straight bermuda this summer

[@TofuInc]

@@ryanknorrlawncare Have you decided which variety? I was trying to get some Arden 15 however it appears it's no longer being sold.

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

@@TofuInc Ironcutter sod hopefully

[@romeropostali520]

Really miss the old regular house front yard back yard content. Seemed to be alot more relatable

[@VW.907]

Agree, I thought, just get out your ventrack. Getting more relatable to some, and less to others.

[@alexschmitt9317]

I can appreciate that, but he now has actual wide plots to show how all the different variations grow. Good thing about KZbin is that you can go back and watch old videos, I definitely do.

[@derrickp]

So he will sell his house and move back to the city because you asked 😂

[@titosrevenger]

I find this content to be a lot more interesting. I didn't relate to a low cut ryegrass yard because that's not what I have. This new property has something for everyone.

[@titosrevenger]

Also... Just wait until you see Ryan's lawn this fall. It's going to be epic.

[@karlshomeremodeling123]

Nice new toy. Have you taken it to the grocery store yet...haha

[@kingcish]

Just ordered MaxOrr

[@Cheeser1764]

That mystery grass looks like velvet grass. It’s also called Woolly grass. Hard to control. Invasive.

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

This stuff doesn't get tall though. It stays more close to the ground and from afar looks like turf.

[@MrAwesome3O5]

Hey can you demo a blade sharpening vid for your manual reel mower

[@davemanmartin]

I think Ryan pays someone to sharpen the reel mower blade, but I’m not sure

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

Hopefully I can get time for that soon

[@GeronimoJenkins]

Where can I buy those sunglasses? Specs game been on point last couple years.

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

Generic prescription pair I got years ago that I don't think are made anymore

[@msilv8335]

Weeds kind of look like barnyard grass. whether that’s exactly what it is or not, tenacity should clear out those plots.

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

Kind of does but I don't think that's it when I go look at more example photos

[@MrScott_e]

Not to be critical but why don’t you spray the under carriage of your mower after each mow?

[@RioTheHitman]

Ryan have you put any water on any of your plots yet this year?

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

Not yet but it's getting very close if we don't get rain. I usually wait to see a slight amount of wilt before I get to it but I have sandy soil so things dry quickly

[@matthewstover6789]

I’d be interested to know what the name of that grassy weed is if you ever figure it out. My lawn is loaded with it in large clumps. 🤷‍♂️ 30% or so in the back & side areas.

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

I'm going to send something to Iowa State and see if they have any ideas

[@AndrewOlsenMusic]

Do you think it's too late to lay down some spot seeding in Kansas City, MO? I laid down some starter fertilizer a couple weeks ago because I dormant seeded, but there are some spots that look pretty bare. Love your videos!!

[@grantt1836]

I’m in Kansas City too. I laid some seed down in some bare spots a couple weeks ago. Even after I had prevent down. It’s growing in pretty good. Not sure if that helps you or not.

[@msilv8335]

Never really a bad time to seed. Just keep the watering up.

[@AndrewOlsenMusic]

@@grantt1836 definitely helps. I'll try to get some down before the next big rain!

[@marcaustin]

What's the best product to kill clover. I have a serious problem developing. ty

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

I actually like quinclorac on it but triclopyr is usually recommended too

[@farquadshmoogle9120]

why not use a TTTF and annual rye grass mix on that sun side, so the rye will help the TTTF to establish, and then you can overseed TTTF in the fall???????? no?

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

Fescue isn't super slow and annual rye has a much different growth rate

[@farquadshmoogle9120]

@@ryanknorrlawncare gotcha, but rye will germinate faster, & you were making it sound like you wanted perennial rye for erosion & help the fescue.

[@patricksquires77]

& my unasked for 3 cents opinion for - on up against the building ground material. Crushed limestone - hard for animals to dig through once packed down - animals/pests dislike it / stays in place. Tends to splash a gray muddish on any near surface but the dusty lime does wash out lower and I did not have that issue later. Again - this could be bad choice for other reasons - I am not a expert on it - what I used where I wanted to have something low maint and tough and could handle my driving up to it and placing ladders on was the additional benefits I saw.

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

That's what our driveway is made out of. It's hard as a rock (don't worry I'll be here all week)

[@alexschmitt9317]

I laid RK Elite PRG/KBG in the fall and had the exact same weed sprouts in your KBG plot. I'm told it's dallisgrass (Paspalum dilatatum), freaked me out; looks like crabgrass, low-lying, creeping-ish, and purplish shoots. But I don't know. I put down fusilade last week right before I filled in low spots, added top dressing and overseeded, and although the underlying turf is growing, and it's doing tenacity type stuff and looks like a 40 yo's head of a hair (not concerned), I'm hoping it's hitting that weed. Please, if you figure out what that is, let us know. Thank you for all of your awesome content!

[@TofuInc]

Dallisgrass has much thicker leaves. The grass in the video is orchard grass.

[@alexschmitt9317]

@@TofuInc and that is EXACTLY what I have, Google search and my alma mater has it in the first image. Thank you. Now, how do Ryan and I get rid of it? Lol

[@TofuInc]

@@alexschmitt9317 Dig it out or spot spray glyphosate. It's a common contaminate in grass seed and is listed under "crop seed" since it's grown and sold for pastures.

[@TofuInc]

@@mattb9664 Orchard grass is "crop seed" won't be listed under "weed seed", contamination literally could come from anywhere though. Since is grows so fast you can grab the tall leaves and paint glyphosate on it as well, tedious but effective.

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

Orchard doesn't have hairs on it though from the research I've done.

[@FreedomRock44]

I think I spy the VENTRAXX!!!

[@jeepwild5772]

Don’t use mulch up against the house , that white siding will get artillery spores all over it

[@jaymetheaccountant]

ha! Firsts!! Ventrac....ooooohhhh aaaahhhh

[@smithbeee]

I don't think the people in the comments are correct about it being orchardgrass, as orchardgrass doesn't have hair. Google some close-up images of blades of Hairy Crabgrass and see if that looks like what you have.

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

Doesn't look exactly like that either. I might send something to Iowa State and see if they have an ID

[@benshuh2455]

First

[@rickhelm2244]

I agree with others…..the content these days isn’t really beneficial to the average homeowner taking care of a cool season lawn. The older content was more informative.

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

All I'm talking about is cool season lawns in the entire video

[@porterhodges727]

Lol, so don’t watch.

[@licia9marie]

Also- he is showing now from the dirt up - a cool season lawn from seed to finish, it’s still a normal Midwest home 😂🤷🏼‍♀️

[@tjmarx]

I used to watch your videos and they were great. You haven't popped up in my feed for more than a year though so I was excited when this video showed up. I only made it 1:07 into the video though before I realised* the scale and equipment you're using now has no relevance to me anymore. It was great when you had* a standard suburban block, but now I can't relate. Sorry Ryan, going to unsubscribe. Wish you all the best

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

I think you're completely missing the point. I have EVERY cool season grass type to cater to every person no matter their situation (high cut and low cut) - equipment has nothing to do those plots and what you can learn by looking at them through an entire year.

[@tjmarx]

@@ryanknorrlawncare I think my point just went completely over your head. Have a nice day Ryan.

[@porterhodges727]

I don’t get it. Are you wanting an apology?

[@tjmarx]

@@porterhodges727Nope. It's not for you to get.

[@licia9marie]

So he should keep living in the same house for 40 years so people can relate to him? Have you never moved or built something for yourself? He wanted more space so he can model ALL types of lawns for his subscribers , not for people like you to comment on his property 🤷🏼‍♀️ also they’ve been 1000% transparent from purchase of the property , plots , home building this shouldn’t come as a surprise 😂

[@blipblopride9024]

Don't become out of touch with your viewers!

[@porterhodges727]

His content is more relevant to me now, so why are you more important?

[@blipblopride9024]

@@porterhodges727 The channel grew based on people with multiple lawn plots and heavy equipment? The suggestion is to make sure his core watchers who started watching when he was doing home lawn maintenance have something to consume.

[@saber-jocky3436]

That spindly stuff looks like some sort of field fescue. If it is, cutting it short probably wont kill it off. It's designed to survive cow grazing.