Soaping up the edges of my lawn

Using dish soap on the edges of your lawn, and other brown spots, is an easy way to allow more water into the soil to turn the brown grass green.
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[@jeff99usa1]

Great....I took your advice and now I have a sink full of dirty dishes and my wife is angry at me because I used it all on the grass.

[@mcnell311]

"But honey, in 2 weeks, the edge of our lawn is going to look much better!" :-)

[@GrassDaddy]

I buy my own supply of soap at the dollar store, being careful not to use hers =P

[@iamlyons3530]

Lmao

[@yeltsin6817]

Next time just throw your dishes on the lawn while you soap it up. Will dry better!!!

[@MacAttack2010]

Thank you for the great information and showing us it actually does work! side note... Seriously who goes to videos and gets off on giving a thumbs down? Sorry that's my rant for the day.

[@GrassDaddy]

+MacAttack ya someone who is subscribed and doesnt like me I guess. Oh well, KZbin sees likes and dislikes both as positive interaction because the video is getting a reaction.

[@halcooper6059]

I put a cup of concentrated dish soap in an Ortho sprayer, top it off with water, dial in an appropriate rate and then spray grass edges and dry spots in my yard.

[@drumermp]

My daughter heard your voice and ran over. Watched for a minute and said: dad can I help with your lawn like his daughter when it gets brown? :-) :-) :-)

[@GrassDaddy]

+drumermp aww! You dont have to wait for it to be brown ;)

[@davidjenkins7611]

Aeration will also help especially on those sloping edges. Thanks for taking the time to make these videos.

[@robj422]

David Jenkins Agreed

[@GrassDaddy]

Definitely, if you could do both it would have great results.

[@gardengangTX]

Thank you for the sticker! My son was blown away that someone from KZbin sent us something! 😂 Keep up the great work!

[@GrassDaddy]

Haha awesome!!

[@JoyBunni]

I had a slip and slide out for the kids and used a bunch of dish detergent to make it slippery for them. Now my St. Augustine grass in that area is all brown and dead looking. Do you think that it will grow back green?

[@LawnTips]

Nice man, good cheap wetting agent. Love it!

[@SharonsPix]

Just noticed your name and wondered if you have heard of the Bluegrass band called the Grass Daddies! AWEsome music!

[@kclaeys3085]

I thank you for the info and video on lawn care. Your ideas are great.

[@dr.nickodell2514]

I think "hydrophobic" is the word you were looking for

[@GrassDaddy]

Yes! LOL I'm not good with words

[@BenoitStPierre]

Your kids are adorable! Thanks for the tips, and congrats on 10k subs!

[@GrassDaddy]

+Benoit St-Pierre thanks!

[@robjrivera]

Is there a soap to water ratio? I'm using a chameleon sprayer

[@James-uc2nd]

Good video and work! i might give this a try on my lawn

[@johnathanpinkerton]

+1 for saving the EARTH!

[@rudy5454]

Using the Dawn dish soap, how much of soap should I use/add to a 32oz/ 1L hose bottle I have to spray it on the lawn? Tks.

[@LonghornsLegend]

Well done on that nozzle I am gonna hunt Amazon for something similar cheap or not it's good stuff lol

[@GrassDaddy]

Yeah sometimes the basic stuff works the best

[@michaelmohr1882]

Give lesco moisture manager a go. Worked well for me. Was able to maintain grass in a really terrible part of my yard that grass never survived.

[@LonghornsLegend]

I'm thinking of trying this out this summer. Did you spot spray in a dew spots or blanket the lawn? I have some weak thin spots I think this would help with

[@obadiah7771]

Where did you get that nozzle ? I need that in my life.

[@GrassDaddy]

+obadiah7771 ocean state job lot

[@Trishspoon]

What brand is the nozzle?

[@wayneessar7489]

I just learned today that the fine fescues I am growing may have an allelopathy for other grasses. Sic'em boys/girls!!!

[@GrassDaddy]

+Wayne Essar ya its crazy the more you learn about lawn care

[@samuraioodon]

Can ido this when I have seedlings? I have barespots and green here and there, noticed it was clay compact... Thank you!

[@thefreonfamily5559]

THANKS

[@wayneessar7489]

It is really going to look soaper!

[@NotSoLiberal]

So how did that turn out ?

[@ezegqfouru2018]

Dad it's not doing better it just started!!

[@DJB10T1C]

probably why there is not really any grass on the edge anymore xD

[@Americanfamily-uq1nh]

I think I going to buy a surplus of baby shampoo over the winter and do this to the entire lawn in the spring. Maybe that’ll help if we get another insanely dry summer next year

[@GrassDaddy]

+Americanfamily2010 check out my best lawn soil conditioner video, much cheaper for large quantities to make yourself ;)

[@Americanfamily-uq1nh]

Grass Daddy will do, thanks

[@rrrreeeeee]

Wow, I'm now seeing this video. My edges are fried like that! Can I use the dish liquid and then put down fungicide?

[@GrassDaddy]

You can, the dish soap won't interact with any other lawn products

[@crpth1]

Geez! People for goodness sake! I know most of you, "chemical" guys, unfortunately don't have a damn clue about what you're doing! In fact if you guys had any clue about it. Wouldn't be doing it in the first place! Period. It's that simple! Bacteria and fungi are the ones making the hard work of keeping things alive... Proposing killing them, sounds (add your expression here). ;-) Yes, you can use the soap/shampoo as a "band aid" treatment! So use it in low concentration. Although over time as ANY "chemical" approach to soils. It will need more and more, but the effect will be less and less! In fact apply too much and you'll kill your grass! That's a good tell tale of the entire argument! Time to say. Oops! Welcome to modern day farming! Ring any bells?! LOL :-) "Treat" the affected area(s) by adding a light amount of a decent organic compost!! Yep! The microbiology will take care of your soil. It's not a "next week end" solution! But a more sustainable and over time less intrusive (less work) solution! Introduce the right biology in there and the soil, will work for you! Instead of you working (to mess up) your soil! Cheers

[@TheQuarterbackX]

Hyperbolic, maybe you mean hypo- and hyperphilic. Hypo-without, Hyper-with taking in lots of water. An biology term I learned years ago. Though it was mainly associated with cells.

[@jordankerr1377]

Hydrophobic is the correct terminology

[@shadwell749]

Wonder if this works on clay

[@MacAttack2010]

Don't know if you know, but your outtro volume is very low. noticed it on a few videos.

[@GrassDaddy]

+MacAttack thanks! I think I messed up my settings in the template Ill have to check for future ones

[@qffi]

Do you ever have after photos?

[@GrassDaddy]

Mark Desmarais I do more of a vlog style so I usually don't have "before/after". I'll see if I can find the two videos where it shows this works.

[@GrassDaddy]

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[@HIGHGRADECHANNEL]

It's the fact that your watering more. Too much soap can kill your grass. And other plants at too high of a volume.

[@lilbabykenny]

I just aerated overseeded with kbg and fertilized the other day, is this safe to do on a freshly seeded lawn? I have plenty of baby shampoo in hand...

[@GrassDaddy]

+lilbabykenny yup!

[@johnathanpinkerton]

Gave up on mixture with yucca?

[@GrassDaddy]

No... I couldn't find the bucket full yucca & soap so when I was at the dollar store I grabbed some soap. Then a few days after shooting the video I of course found the bucket. But whatever, both help =P

[@luigitassone8759]

Looks like you’re using antibacterial dish soap, I thought that you weren’t supposed to use it, only non antibacterial soap only

[@chrisfink1]

How is the lawn responding to the urea?

[@GrassDaddy]

+Blue Grass King very nice, gonna do some more soon

[@chrisfink1]

Grass Daddy I put down urea a few days ago at a very low rate and it is responding well. Next week I'll reapply but slightly heavier. My first app was on my spreaders lowest setting. On another note I've always mowed at 4" but I'm down to 2" now and really liking it. Thanks Connor Ward for giving me the itch...now I'm thinking of leveling with sand in the spring...but I probably won't go much lower since I don't want to be committed to mowing 3x a week...but those toro greens reel mowers sure do look nice!!

[@GrassDaddy]

+Blue Grass King haha yeah I like it too but during the summer cant water enough if i cut it short

[@dailyDIYdude]

Definitely need hose nozzle info buddy

[@GrassDaddy]

+Michael Wassenaar its a cheap plastic nozzle I got at Job Lot which is a regional chain that is between dollar store and walmart quality lol

[@Holey_Moley]

Hydrophobic = afraid of water Hyperbolic = exaggerated

[@purpguy69]

Add a charcoal filter to your hose, town water has chlorine.

[@GrassDaddy]

+purpguy69 so your comment intrigued me but actually chlorine isnt bad for the lawn in drinking water levels, even pool water is OK to an extent

[@purpguy69]

Grass Daddy I was thinking more along the line of bad for the microbs in the soil.

[@purpguy69]

There is much debate about that as well!

[@GrassDaddy]

purpguy69 yeah everything is that way these days =P

[@ColonelK0rn1]

There's a perfect solution for having grass that grows well in the heat, and next to driveways. Plant bermuda! :D

[@GrassDaddy]

+ColonelK0rn haha no way

[@johnsonandson7772]

Hyperbolic lol its hydrophobic

[@AbladeabovetherestOzark]

Won't that kill it

[@GrassDaddy]

+A blade above the rest lawn care And More nope, this isnt bleach just plain old soap

[@AbladeabovetherestOzark]

Grass Daddy awesome ty

[@weignerg]

Hydrophilic

[@NotSoLiberal]

Hydrophobic

[@Jonathanmtb]

Baby shampoo

[@GrassDaddy]

Same thing