What Should You Do At The End Of The Lawn Season??

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

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[@billwebb2]

My grandpa made a heated cabinet with a light bulb for all his liquids in the shed. Works!

[@UncleFester2240]

I find that since caked up grass can hold moisture, it's best to clean the bottom of the mower deck before winter storage to help prevent rust forming.

[@BobbyJOnline]

Oh yeah!!! Thanks for reminding me

[@DirtyJobsGuy1]

I go one step further by spraying a coat of Fluid Film on the underside of my mower deck. After sharpening the blades.

[@caseyporter499]

that makes sense plus mold and everything

[@fredroberts6778]

TOTALLY AGREE DONT LEAVE WET STICKY GRASS ON YOU DECK ALL WINTER IT WILL RUST OUT THE DECK.

[@caseyporter499]

@@fredroberts6778 calm down Fred. No yelling

[@pitbull1026]

The best thing about following Ryan is I also live in central Iowa. (WDM) Just makes things easier. We have the same temp's grass types and etc. Hard to mess up. My yard looks so much better since I've been following...thanks

[@bradneilly]

Marion Iowa checking in here.

[@kimm9289]

Hi from Ankeny! My yard is Kentucky Blue Grass.

[@pitbull1026]

@@kimm9289 I just overseeded my lawn with KBG. So far, so good.

[@goingruby]

Urandale is here too!

[@cscotet4202]

Denver, Iowa(10miles north of Cedar Falls). I live in a residential wooded area...and have dozens of trees....so I have piles of leaves everywhere and will continue to fall for another month. I try to get most of the leaves off the yard...but it's multiple runs with a larger riding John Deere mower, which just pounds down the grass. Any experience/suggestions with larger mowers and picking up leaves? I have several acres, so it's multiples hours of mowing a week.

[@kevinshepard1748]

Another season comes to an end. Leaf season keeps me mowing up until snow falls

[@Sig_P229]

Load up on fert. Who knows how next year's supply line will look?

[@hatpeach1]

So weird how the grass looks AMAZING, then the battle starts back up. Have a good winter, all. Time to start planning for the Spring!

[@caseyporter499]

yep. some time off then crazy money starts again in summer

[@DaddingAllDay]

No no… I’m not ready for this conversation. We did just have our first night in the low 40’s but things are trending back to normal. So hopefully I have another month or so to establish this lawn. Excellent tips as always!

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

Low 20s for me next week

[@Self_Empowered444]

Ryan at the beginning of every ‘end of season’ video: “Well guys, as you can tell, I’m feeling a bit under the weather.” 😂😂

[@wilburyuen]

Do you have a video on cool season grass, dormant seeding? Trying to learn some more about that. Thanks.

[@markacuff8001]

Thanks for all the information Ryan, my lawn has never looked better.

[@markchase8128]

I buy the 93 octane gas for my Toro mower. Up to 10% ethanol around here, can't get ethanol free within 70 miles or so. Its a mower i got from the curb, runs strong, even leaving the gas in all winter. Hoping the few weeds i have die off with freeze expected this week, else i'll spray this weekend. Insulate above and the walls of your attached garages if you can, keeps mine plenty above freezing. No issues with my liquids freezing.

[@theCastleberry]

Aiming to mow in the snow...why not!

[@gary4738]

Ya, let’s go!

[@kevinbrooks1104]

Thanks have a good winter break

[@willyromney]

I live in Chicago and I'm looking forward to Spring already

[@padroooo]

I winterize my sprayers by running a little RV antifreeze through them and don't forget your pressure washer if you leave it where it freezes.

[@martinschulz9381]

Right on. Use stabilizer with ethanol or non ethanol gas. (Modern gas doesn't last long). Raking or removing leaves should be a thing of the past. Raise the mower deck and blow the leaves inward and just chop them up. Do it a few times as the leaves fall. Chopped leaves will quickly break down and disappear.

[@PawsAndKeys]

I left some bird seed in a plastic Craftsman bin in my shed. The buggers chewed right through the hard plastic and left bits of red plastic everywhere. I'd recommend a metal container for your bird seed, it may be more tasty/motivating than grass seed, I wouldn't know since I threw all my grass-seed down by mid-fall.

[@FFHunter-Killer]

I end up chopping my grass down to around 2" at the end of the season, while leaving it around 3" during the growing season. I need to chop mine short or else voles and mice will have too much fun and destroy it all.

[@Zaral7]

Seconded. The voles go ham in the yard when it is above 2".

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

height hasn't seemed to make much a difference for me in that category. Even at 2 I still have trails

[@Zaral7]

@@ryanknorrlawncare I was thinking the same thing after watching your vid last year on the voles. No clue what the difference could be.

[@LeprechaunGinger]

There is no end to the lawn season bro! Welcome to South Carolina!

[@BUDS228]

I’m going to put down two antifungals this year before the first snow and see if that helps prevent snow mold.

[@bk9852]

Yep going down to the 40's in Michigan now Mother takes over she knows best!

[@scottwoodtraining]

It feels like just yesterday we were covering this topic for last year. It's always sad. Things coming to a close always make me melancholy.

[@briandeyette5071]

I do the same thing with the fuel. I have never used ethanol gas in my equipment.

[@erinpackard9768]

Ryan I just realized you are getting really close to 1/4 million subscribers.....Congrats!!

[@b757cb1]

It does suck it’s the end of the season but we have next season to look forward to! We’ve already had almost two weeks of 20s for lows up here in North Dakota. Still the rye is growing though. Have had to mow multiple times this week and it felt so good!

[@markchase8128]

My final mow last year was around Dec. 15th. Living in StL. Maybe could have done another near Christmas to get most of rest of the leaves. At least the growth has slowed, but far from over. I am putting together my plan for next year, since only have the winterizer to throw down. All those plans I had for a renovation didn't happen, maybe next year,

[@landmarkcreations1183]

The most important question is: Will the mullet make a return?

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

You never know

[@licia9marie]

🤣🤣

[@maxharris713]

Video Quality is amazing!

[@FAC1806]

sound advice..thx. just a note...i usually cut it very short because of a vole issue and that seems to help a lot .... I tried last year for the first time a high nitrogen fertilizer just before the snow fell in late november... my lawn in the spring really popped! I will try again this fall to see if that was really the case....

[@That_1_guy69]

I enjoy how Ryan's also in Iowa. I live 3 hours west of him. So our weather is damn near the same. Makes my life easy

[@dalewiley9208]

And your point is...

[@puggie47]

His point is he can do exactly what Ryan recommends. It's,easy because he's not on the opposite end of the country dealing with different climates etc.Dale the douchebag.

[@dkoundakjian]

I bring the batteries for equipment inside because the cold is hard on them.

[@KC-re1de]

I love your channel. Who knew lawn care could be so entertaining?... lol

[@grayfox9911]

Thanks Ryan! I hope you feel better soon...

[@ltlfamily]

How the time flies. Another season almost done. Thanks again for all the great content. It's going to be another long hibernation until you emerge again in spring.

[@DirtyJobsGuy1]

Such great tips! I really appreciate the time it takes to make and edit these

[@mattluongo7763]

Same here I use non ethanol premium in my small engines. My chain saw fired up after sitting for a year and a half with no additives.

[@Ron_Boy]

No need to winterize my chainsaw. I live in MA near the coast -- and the storms -- and use it year round. Good reminder though.

[@Analyzer52]

Can believe your area gets that cold that fast. In Maryland I'll be cutting until about December 1st.

[@njphil1279]

Cracked the pump housing on my pull behind sprayer because it froze. Would be nice to get some ideas on how to protect it from freezing, just draining it doesn't work. Thinking about running some RV anti-freeze through it

[@tmondaro1]

Thank You Ryan, thanks to you we had a great year !!

[@Chickedits695]

So I have a question now about weed control at this time of year. I live a few hours east of Ryan outside Chicago and am late to the party when it comes to lawn maintenance. I have a horrible case of Creeping Charlie which I tried to spray with something that did not really work. I found this channel and want to try T-Zone but still waiting for my project which I just ordered yesterday. Is it too late to apply weed control on my overgrown Creeping Charlie? We had our first frost of the season last night, November 1st. Weather will be in the 40s now for the rest of the week but may be low 30s at night.

[@patbowman9959]

I always say Hallelujah and Amen!

[@shawnglass6137]

I live in Central KY and last winter i would periodically pull the mower out of the shed and run it for a couple minutes. This made things MUCH EASIER when it was time to mow as previous seasons it would not start.

[@joshua7999]

Don’t store it over winter with gas in it. Run that sucker dry

[@thetommantom]

Man this tree in my neighboors yard hail stormed 35 gallons of acorns that got onto my yard there are moon craters from where stuff piles up I put dirt and got grass seed growing on some of that area

[@Wojas122]

Hello, I live in middle part of Europe(Poland) and I need some help with applying winterizer. I did full fall lawn renovation and it went great. Also I planted some new grass(Tall fescue and Perennial ryegrass) in the back of my house but its growing really slow it's got like almost 2inches long. In the end of September I put 10-8-12(N-P-K) fertilizer when I was doing renovation. Now we got almost end of October and we are starting to have temp 11-12 C(51-32 F) in the day and 0-3 C(32-37 F) in the night. My question is should I apply some winterizer as we will be getting rain in the couple of weeks? Should I use 10-8-12(N-P-K) or 12-23(P-K) with no nitrogen?

[@joehuff1110]

Scotts winterizer works for me. Has a nitrogen rating of 32

[@ryan.coogler]

God bless Poland. Beacon of freedom and Sanity

[@bbqguy777]

Thanks for all your help and advice this year. My lawn is looking a lot better than it did at the beginning of the year. Couldn’t have done it without your channel! 2 questions, can you store liquid poisons outside in the winter (I’m in Iowa)? Will freezing and thaw change the effectiveness of it?

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

I wouldn't let anything freeze if I want it to be used the next year

[@stevenmishos]

Thoughts on aeration around this time of year?

[@DMUSA536]

From one extreme to the other with weather. I bag and compost leaves and Cut my grass short. Fert is down. Going to try dormant seeding and see how that works.

[@joehuff1110]

Dormant seeding you take a huuuge risk in losing 90 percent of the seed you put down. Once it's wet, then dries. It dies. Wait for early spring.

[@DMUSA536]

@@joehuff1110 just a little area with a small amount of leftover seed. early spring can also be a bad time with the ground to cold. Obviously the best time is fall but I have thin grass from renovating this fall.

[@joehuff1110]

I sewed mine 1st in early spring and then again this fall using Triple Crown Elite Fescue. I've had great success. As for fungus. I forgot to put down a prevention treatment and had some small brown patch and dollar spot. My biggest issue right now are stray animals scratching and using my lawn as their litter box. Cats love fresh dirt. Smh. I set traps today and going to release them some where else. Lol. Good luck.

[@joehuff1110]

I live in Zone 6 Kentucky.

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

I did some dormant seeding last year with good results. It's just a gamble depending on spring conditions but grass seed is often a lot more resilient than people think it is.

[@davidc.2266]

Here in Southern California grass season never ends. Gonna try your RK rye grass for "winter."

[@marky8728]

Do all mowing and fertilization recommendations pertain to newly/this fall planted grass too?

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

Hopefully that new grass is fairly well established by now and it's not going to really be any different at that point

[@libertyvilleguy2903]

Lawn looks great Ryan, thanks.

[@sandor_bodor]

When do you stop watering the lawn and how much do you water this time of the year?

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

Usually as the mowing starts to end the watering goes along with it

[@mattholewinski3592]

i suggest rest, fluids, and tylenol severe cold and flu to help with the symptoms such as congestion, coughing, etc. hope you feel better soon! ✌🏼 from GB, WI

[@corylhiggins9651]

I am in the process of buying a 3.25 acreage with established yard around Lincoln NE. It is late fall now and I have not seen the grass, plants, and trees in the growing season yet. My question is how should I attack spring, so I can know what I’m working with and how to correct or renovate next fall if need be? I have nothing but months to rack my brain and make a plan. Any help and direction would be nice. Thanks. Pod cast listener.

[@BrodeyDoverosx]

A little bit of fuel stabilizer (Amsoil quickshot), prevents the need to add any large amounts.

[@BrodeyDoverosx]

Oh and it’s getting time to do a soil sample.

[@ElevatedLawnscapes]

Nice video Ryan to start wrapping up the season.

[@elkenneth2]

Hey Ryan, I’m in New Jersey. When will be a good time to winterized the grass

[@MyGreenLawn2019]

Im in the same position - lol The wife loves it (NOT) but its got to be stored somewhere. Good content as always - We are also in our business clean up mode. We are pretty much wrapping up the mowing, and blowing out the underground sprinkler systems, here in Minnesota. We are right there with ya Ryan! lol - Filling the tanks appox 95% full will help prevent condensation from building up in the tank and carb. So I normally fill 95% full, then add the stabilizer.

[@thebigv8644]

I live in MN....I have completely mulched leaves, I have completely bagged every last one as they come down and I have said to hell with it and left them. Every situation I have got "snow mold"....what are your tips for battling this.

[@Djm4114]

Where did you buy your Lawn Height gauge? I can't seem to find it anywhere and it's not on your website.

[@mattluongo7763]

I believe it was gifted to him.

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

www.turf-tec.com/hg-prismlit.html

[@Djm4114]

@@ryanknorrlawncare omg Thank you so much! EDIT: OMG it's $350, no wonder it's not on the website.

[@shane6002]

Hey Ryan have you ever looked into a manual oil extractor pump instead of turning your mower on its side

[@spankyslawncarellc7822]

How late cam we spray bio stimulates

[@szuber42]

How should one handle lots of leafs and many acorns????

[@mrdr89]

How many mowers do you have and what do you use them all for?

[@kazry1]

Anything we can do now to help prevent damage to high traffic areas during winter months?

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

Not really anything in particular to prevent damage. It's going to happen if you have a lot of traffic on the dormant grass

[@njphil1279]

It's getting ColdORR here in NJ and WintORR is just around the CornORR

[@njphil1279]

Can't wait for next SummORR

[@Zpkicksfit]

Mow with bag or no bag?

[@bbtank3000]

Mow short to discourage the winter volves from eating your grass as they tunnel under the snow.

[@Myvirtualbulldog]

U ever think about a 48 inch cut for the back? Maybe a honda 48 w jungle wheels?

[@Truckdriverguy]

Thanks for the advice

[@courtneycrawford2892]

Should one worry about frost if they are cutting the lawn/ mulching leaves late in the season? I'm in zone 6, and it is starting to get chilly!

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

Definitely don't mow when it's frosty in the morning but after that comes off during the day you will have no issues

[@Thrash230723]

Thanks, that was really helpful!

[@Freepalestine10723]

forgot to mention to some people not to forget to winterize or bleed their sprinkler system :)

[@dennisburke4509]

Come to south Florida. The lawn season never ends here

[@TerranceSTL]

Do you think I should put down my last app for microgreen ,and fertilizer down

[@jfarm_1311]

Lots of good info here. Thanks Ryan!

[@ryandonahue9408]

Should I dethatch at this time of year?

[@thetommantom]

I think I would run the tank empty or 1/4 tank then next year fill it up and get mostly fresh gas

[@x_Liquid_x]

Yea I always run mine bone dry after the last cut, honda push mower. Starts right up in the spring!

[@yassersalem83]

Can I leave my electric mower in the shed? I live in Canada where temperatures reach -30

[@apineiro010858]

I reseeded in September and I a lot of clovers came up is it too late to use a herbicide? Hope all is OK with you and your family Ryan.

[@kevinpipes5914]

How about your backpack sprayers? Are you not afraid there will be liquid in them that could freeze and crack them?

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

I take those inside as well

[@Mattcarr3]

My first season with my Ego mower and so happy I don't have to worry about changing oil and dealing with gas stabilizing anymore. If I was thinking about getting an irrigation system, would now be a good time to do it and then repair the damage come spring? Or should would it be better to just wait until spring when the turf is growing again to get it healed better?

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

If it were me, I'd probably wait.

[@Mattcarr3]

@@ryanknorrlawncare Sounds good. Thanks. Ryan.

[@stevenmondazzi4192]

What about laying down a pre-emergent prior to winter? Or is it better to put that down in early spring? Thanks!

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

I would go for spring

[@waltermaley5228]

Ryan, Can you, or should you roll the yard in late autumn? Here in Northern Indiana, it has been extremely wet this fall. Wondering if I could roll yard to smooth out ruts caused by being wet.

[@thehandyhomeowner9781]

Aerate it and level it with sand. This will also make it a little less soft for the future when it's wet ground and you need to be on it. There are some good videos on that. Rolling it will cause compaction of the soil.

[@zachsmith1592]

Do you ever dormant seed before the snow hits? If you do can you send me some tips to follow? I’m also in Iowa.

[@JCL-nu4ge]

Is it safe to keep a lot of what seems like chemicals in one small area?

[@TheGibsOfTheTube]

Hey, here is my issue that I don't know what to do about... We just bought a house and the yard is utter TRASH! I am not joking when I say it's 80% weeds! Dandelion and clover everywhere. Everything I saw said that I need to start with weeds since they are so prevalent! I applied the Scotts Fall weed and feed granules. It didn't do anything to the weeds. Even 2 weeks later they didn't care, still showing signs of growing. So I purchased a sprayer and broad sprayed the whole yard with Ortho WeedClear. They are finally dying off now.... Unfortunately way late in the season. I read that you should overseed in fall though. I am pretty sure it's too late for that though here in Northeast Ohio! We have gotten really cold temps and I definitely can't water it the way the seed needs it. So is it ok to overseed in spring? When should I do that? I also didn't mention that I did also dethatch. Using a yard sweeper to pick it up I had 5 FULL heaping loads in the sweeper on just half acre!! So what's my next action??

[@Damien63P]

Hi Ryan, Is it to late to apply Tenacity? I have a bunch of creeping Charlie and would like to spray before the winter.

[@gsp4prez]

Ryan! I lost probably 50-75% of my front lawn to grubs! Curative now, or wait and treat the hell out of the lawn next spring? I’m buying a 25lb bag of your seed in the spring. Top dressing, and I dethatched late September so aeration next fall. I live in Minnesota, skol Vikings!

[@erinpackard9768]

Use a pesticide that Kills Grubs (read the directions closely because some of them say "Kills Grubs" and in the notes it says in gardens not in lawns). Next spring from June 1st to July 15th apply a Grub Ex style grub control (Scotts or Bayer). I plan to reach out to my local Site One for a granular that kills and prevents grubs for next year. I lost most of my front yard this fall too. I also plan to have Japanese Beetle traps next year to keep the grubs to a minimum.

[@zarethd]

My experience with KBG/Tttf mix in winter is without a heavy fall N application (and even another 1lbn/1000 after the turf stops growing) it yellows aggressively When I do apply plenty of n in the fall and that final full dormant app it stays green 90% of the winter and greens up much quicker

[@Sammy2019]

Hey guys, I just purchase my house. 75 % of my lawn is dirt, can I still plant seed in North Carolina at this time

[@samuraioodon]

Hi Ryan, how often are you still watering? I’m in north Texas. Thank you.

[@DocBryan3D]

Thank you for sharing your insight, I really appreciate your videos. I live in central Oklahoma where we have yucky Bermuda grass to maintain. I've been wanting to overseed in the fall for sometime now and just don't know how. What are thoughts and recommendations for products to use. Many thanks in advance!!

[@preyfox7191]

I live in Alberta Canada what kind of program for my lawn would you think I should use

[@StripeLife]

We're you able to get the liquid iron down from SLS with all the rain we had this week??

[@dustyyoung5054]

Just got my Rye going here in Tennessee for the first time. Hope to have a green yard for the winter instead of the nasty brown Bermuda... Keep the green alive!!!!

[@dustyyoung5054]

oh and just got in my first Ryan Knorr essentials gallons box this week.

[@sonicboom2000]

Thx

[@Bradbeard-nv1vo]

How often should I bag my clippings? I bag with every mow but I see almost no organic material on my lawn so I feel like this is hurting it

[@markchase8128]

I mulch every time I mow, only bag when doing renovation work for dethatch, or after a very wet mow to go back and pick up some of the clumps. More an issue of needing to mow more often so the grass is mulched very fine. The clumps will hurt the lawn a little. Mulching adds ~ 1#/1k sq ft of nitrogen to the lawn. If you are fertilizing properly, then maybe bagging every time is ok. I have averaged 6 days per mow this season, not enough, especially during the heavy growth months. I'd consider bagging once maybe every 4th or 5th mow at most. Leaves get mulched, but I'll bag at the end of the season to get debris off prior to winter.

[@kellyf618]

Hey Ryan, I have a question. How do you winterize a backpack sprayer?

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

I bring mine indoors as well

[@kellyf618]

@@ryanknorrlawncare oh I bet the wife loves that! 🤣 Thank you I'll do the same

[@jeremyespinoza279]

I’m in Texas, temps are in the 70s, would it be a good idea to use carbon pro g and some 16-4-8 fertilizer?