Not Everyone Should Seed This Fall

Lots on confusion comes this time of year when you have different grass types from north to south. I hope to clear some of that up while teaching you a little bit about the growth habit of your particular turf type.
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[@Thelawncarenut]

Seeding Guide - everything you need to know about fall seeding, free download drive.google.com/file/d/1P-4_i1dn5pTTh-my3mu4JcjjQ2jW9oew/view?usp=sharing

[@thedirtprincess3293]

Great resource video to link for folks who are wondering! Thank you! Also, hope the incoming storm misses you!

[@user-xe7ng5ri8o]

Very Informative . Especially re:runners. I was told it was torpedo grass and you want to pull it. I did. After following you my yard is getting back on Track. Thank You So Much For Sharing

[@appalachianturf814]

Thx Al.. i do miss the older content... hooe you are well.

[@Mark-zi2og]

As always a thorough explication. Great sunset ending as well (Bean point?). Best wishes to everyone in Florida with the incoming weather.

[@jimmckillip7975]

Really learn a lot about grass from you Alan

[@JWC718]

Front lawn for me is top notch - finally no need to do a fall overseed. Backyard is pretty rough despite my best efforts so I will overseeding back there for sure

[@miken216]

My 8 arecas are beautiful after a nice trim up but you are 100% right about the maintenance. PITA!

[@ranger2316]

Excellent... I kept waitng for a "Hey, get off my lawn!" when you were pulling up those stolens. I like the dog!

[@Egonzales85]

Prayers for all our Florida brothers and sisters. May the Lord fortify your homes and protect you from danger and despair.

[@allensadicario5196]

Always well explained thanks again buddy

[@rustyreidfishing3334]

As a Midwest transplant (Beautiful fescue lawn) to Central Florida I’ve struggled with my St. Augustine/Zoysia lawn. (I do like the zoysia better but I am far enough north it does go dormant in winter) Glad I found your channel. So many helpful tips

[@GamerGee]

Get citra blue at Augustine.

[@joelbella71]

Thank you for the sunset! Stay safe with the hurricane weather down by there

[@EldritchGrimoire]

Suer helpful! You just saved me alot of time and money

[@ecotangokeithfugittrkkf733]

Great - stuff : Great content - Love the mow ✌🏼

[@jvjdrn]

Just bought the home across the street for my in-laws. The lawn, mostly Bermuda with some St. Augustine, hasn’t been watered in a bit. We’re in Texas. Today I threw down some Milo and sprayed and prayed with greenepop, humic12, dthatch, and rgs. Thanks lawn care nut for the knowledge.

[@v8soarer1991]

A nice Q from me - Why dthatch on a warm season grass type?

[@rogueonevo]

@@v8soarer1991 because dead grass builds up easily underneath warm season and can block sunlight for new grass to sprout...I had that issue last year....

[@maddy4549]

I can't get enough of you belting out Bahia grass😂

[@krehbein]

Do you ever miss living in the Midwest? That beach outro is amazing.

[@Liberty73_NA]

My lawn is horrible. My backyard is mostly crabgrass. Yet, I still enjoy watching you man!

[@mikeo8890]

My cool season fescue is growing like crazy in California, I've been cutting 2 times a week, yes I have been heavy handed on the fertilizer and weedkiller, I'm pushing it .

[@peupeuguy310]

That insane amount of rain definitely helped that green up 🙏🏼😅

[@natashah9056]

Ah! Super helpful thank you!!

[@davidcrowson4745]

Well said young man 👍

[@jayklarquist7912]

I dig the yard mastery shirt!

[@MoparSmith1]

If you got KBG you can transplant plugs. I've renovated a few sections of my yard with 100% KBG for that reason. Because dog piss and drought will kill parts of it faster than it can self repair. And its easier to grow plugs in those seed flat things compared to overseeding.

[@ski874]

lol😂 Baihaaaaaaaa yaaa!! is always good for a laugh

[@susanbaker2796]

I snicker every single time he does it. And I know it's coming!

[@sjp8024]

It's been over 90 degrees for the past 3 months in South Louisiana, with the past month being almost constantly 100+ degrees. Everything I read said not to apply fertilizer or overseed at these temps. I wanted to thicken my centipede lawn but its been dormant. I'm a little worried it won't bounce back despite watering. This drought + heatwave is rough.

[@lawn2learn]

Thnx 🍺

[@user-sp4hz4uj7u]

Thanks for all your videos there great.I live in Canada.Have cool season grass and want to overseed,when exactly to do over seeding. what do you recommend to do in the fall to prevent weeds like poa. I have a lot weeds like poa. Thank you

[@ccourt46]

I've watched a couple videos about nitrogen blitzing a cool season lawn in the fall. Think I'm going to do that this year.

[@Thelawncarenut]

it's a good idea, works great.

[@lawnpanda]

wow...that bahia call out echoed.....pretty damn good 9/10

[@Anthonyjrikansrud]

Crab grass is growing like crazy since last fertilizer treatment. And I didn’t use a pre emergent for it what is the best thing to use in late August to keep it from taking over the yard.

[@MizzouGump]

I regret overseeding. I really wanted to do it, and was super excited to be researching what cultivars to get and all that. I spent a ton of money and got great seed. However, I don't have an irrigation system. Moving around sprinklers have been a pain in the ass. It takes hours to get a fraction of an inch over my lawn. I'm sick of it. Not doing this again until I have an irrigation system set up. Feel like I'm wasting my time and money right now and I'm not confident my seeds are even going to take since I"m not being consistent enough with watering.

[@Boodieman72]

Hope to get my Creeping Bentgrass lawn going here in Wisconsin. Tried once but I messed it up :(

[@juptim]

I am having a tough time with my zoysia spreading into open spots/ seems to have no problem growing where I do not want it to/ flower beds, even across an area with stones and weed control cloth under it. I just purchased the Sea-K, hope it works. I am also having heat stress on an area I never had problems with- tried the 4-play spray, but it did not really help .

[@Kiddro22]

What is the desired temp grid to apply prodiamine in the fall? Will the fall prodiamine app affect a spring top dressing/level and overseed?

[@Recognize666]

Can you spot seed and apply granular Prodiamine on the same day? If not, which should go first, and how far apart should I wait? Thanks!

[@nothing2seehere34]

This fall I am digging up my entire lawn and creating a flower wild flower gardens. I'm sick of it.

[@jds6014]

Soil temps, simple as that. Don’t overthink it!

[@isaact.jackson-surefoundat1107]

Great video. I am in southern MD and I'm fighting the Bermuda Grass because I want the tall fescue. The tall fescue can't compete with the Bermuda. I'm close to ending the fight and letting the Bermuda grow. It's a tough fight. The problem with the Bermuda is that it doesn't grow in the shade from what I remember. I don't know if that's necessarily true though. I need help.

[@billypolomsky2521]

Do swamp maple trees kill your grass? I used Black Beauty and my lawn looked awesome spring and summer and around the last week of August, I had quite a bit of grass that died

[@chrisassassin5447]

I live in central Florida and just had to replace my front lawn because my grass was dying. I replaced the St Augustine with Bahia sod, is there anything you recommend me doing so that it grows good? I have my sprinklers set for 10 minutes a day since that’s what I read on google that I’m supposed to do. I’m a little nervous since we’re heading into fall and I don’t know if that’s a bad thing since the new sod has only been put down about a week ago

[@antonyv8171]

What height do you recommend cutting st Augustine at with the ego mower? What height setting?

[@jimbojackson2900]

Any chance you can do a video on Chinch Bug treatments and preventions. I hear a lot about grubs but not much about Chinch bugs. They destroyed mine this year in the northeast

[@Los714]

So don’t “THROW HER DOWN” if you have warm season lawns 😂😭

[@jakehaddad-hf5he]

I’m in a fert ban right now I’m so ready to throw it down!!!

[@Thelawncarenut]

you can thrower down fert, just not seed 😃

[@Los714]

@@Thelawncarenut thanks allyn I’m about to throw some fert down on my Bermuda to try and cover some bare spots. Thank you for all the info!!

[@border411]

Ok... I'm at my wits end. I seeded with The Rebels Tall Fescue and religiously followed your schedule with all your chems/fert. Early July, a majority died even with my irritation system... Both in the sun and shade. What grass type would you recommend to overseed with in the Northern VA area? I am especially having trouble in the dense shade. Any advice?

[@paulbaratta1566]

Wishing you luck with that hurricane tracking right through Bradenton and Sarasota County

[@jayshoe5617]

Been watching for a while. Thanks for all your videos there great. I live in southern costal Virginia. Have cool season grass really want to over seed soon but have quite a bit of weeds and crab grass that I would like to do away with. Would weed and feed now interfere with over seed in about 3 weeks?

[@Thelawncarenut]

I would definitly kill off the crabgrass as much as possible and you will want to use quinclorac for that. You can see in 3 weeks after the app, no problem

[@MarkLindstrom-kg7qo]

I want to overseed my zoysia with fescue to fill in the heavy shade areas that the zoysia is struggling with. Is that possible? I'm guessing I can't apply a pre emergent if I want to overseed fescue

[@Th3gamer77RB]

I have a question, when do you start? Treating your lawn for grubs and other insects before the winter hits.

[@wayneessar7489]

....and fine fescue!

[@knarkate]

Allen, I’ve just bought a 45lbs bag of gci tttf seeds from your website. I’m in Knoxville and Bermuda grass is taking over my lawn in spots. Can I cut the grass super low and over seed over the Bermuda? Will I be wasting my money if I don’t use an aerator?

[@redpineapple9908]

What if you're planting zoysia plugs in southern NY?

[@Barry.ONeill]

I have a tall single palm looking tree i want to move fora garage can it be moved without killing it ?

[@josephrottina1901]

Big Al where is your battery powered pruners.👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@greggg3592]

I live in Eastern Long Island. Thinking about only seeding small areas instead of a whole overseed. What do you recommend to do in the fall to prep for next year and prevent weeds like poa? Thanks!

[@Thelawncarenut]

prodiamine in the fall time is a must for preventing poa. If you use the liquid you can easily avoid the areas where you seeded. thelawncarenut.com/collections/weed-control/products/prodiamine-65-wdg-pre-emergent-herbicide#

[@NRV44]

is KENTUCKY 31 Tall FESCUE greass seed good in New Jersey? or Scott's THICK'R LAWN 3 in 1 (SEED + FERTILIZER + SOIL IMPROVMENT) SUN & SHADE is good?

[@fbscooter34]

I'm in the southern part of the transition zone and I'm thinking about adding kentucky blue grass in the backyard where the kids can play almost year round. Every year with just bermuda it goes dormant and the backyard gets pounded by kids playing. Almost have to start from scratch each spring. Has anyone tried this? There are only a couple of Bluemuda videos out there so I havent found much info about it.

[@RickWilsonLawnCare]

Kentucky blue grass won’t handle the heat very well during the summers. That said, you could always over seed with Kentucky blue grass in the winter when Bermuda goes dormant. When Bermuda comes out of dormancy, it will “choke” out the Kentucky blue grass and the process will need to be repeated annually. Hope that helps!

[@DonBistrow1]

I'm in Zone 6 (Cool Season) and have scheduled aerating and overseeding with Tall Fescue. Not sure I should move forward as my dry & patchy lawn fully recovered and is now thick and plush. Thinking of cancelling the overseeding. Any thoughts?

[@Thelawncarenut]

if your lawn is sufficiently thick already, then there is no need to add in more grass seed to compete with it.

[@WhittyPics]

Hey Y"ALL

[@UnknownUser_0000]

Cool season lawn here..can i aerate and dethatch at the same time? Cheers!

[@Thelawncarenut]

yes you can, best to dethatch first, then aerate right after then hammer it with fertilizer

[@NewEraFinance]

Are we throwin' down for cool season if not when?

[@StayInTheWord]

Hello friend. Is there a way that would “encourage” stolons to grow into bare spots vs. plugging? I have bare spots in my ProVista SA. As you know, this grass type isn’t available in plug form. Thanks

[@Thelawncarenut]

sure thing bro, just keep hammering it with nitrogen. In the video here you can see that project lawn that filled in for me - that only took a few months and that lawn is ProVista

[@garyshepard6757]

I live in St Louis, and I've got a pretty green, full lawn with TTTF. While I don't need to fill in any gaps, I'm concerned that I've got a lot of thatch. So, I'm planning to dethatch next week to get rid of it. And since the soil is heavy clay, I'm planning to aerate. Won't I need to overseed after I do those activities? Or should I skip the dethatching?

[@CaseyBieker]

Heavy thatch would be rare with TTTF, if you mulch it might be a buildup of clipping debris. I also live in an area with heavy clay and aeration at least once a year is absolutely necessary in my opinion. I have used a power rake before while also aerating and it just seemed like too much to me, it took a long time to recover. Now if I am “dethatching” the debris out of it, I go much lighter and don’t set the rake so deep.

[@Thelawncarenut]

you can de-thatch, aerate and then if you have large bare areas that remain, then yes seed. But if not and it's just thin throughout, then thicken it up with doses of Flagship Fertilizer every 4 weeks until winter - that will thicken it up big time thelawncarenut.com/collections/granular-fertilizer/products/24-0-6-flagship-with-3-iron-and-bio-nite%E2%84%A2#

[@treymatlock3775]

What about Warm season grasses throw down cool season seeds to hide the dormancy? I'd like a vid or info on that.

[@Thelawncarenut]

Mostly I just let the lawn stay dormant during the winter - that's really it. You can overseed with annual rye if you have bermuda grass - that is pretty common but it isn't something I have tried before since I have St Aug.

[@peupeuguy310]

Will liquid fet help push warm season growth, in the summer ?

[@RickWilsonLawnCare]

Yes, liquid fertilizer can help stimulate growth in warm-season grasses during the summer. Make sure to follow the recommended application rates and timing for best results.

[@WithTheBears]

If I have crabgrass but no time to kill it, do I still throw her down?

[@xr1supra85ba]

Did you resod that st. aug lawn you showed in the video?

[@Thelawncarenut]

. It grew back from fertilizing and good watering.

[@bradkohlman3932]

What advice do you have for us in the transition zone? I have a mix of TTF, Buffalo Grass, and Bermuda.

[@Thelawncarenut]

it really depends on which one you want to push as your primary grass type. Its very difficult to cater to all 3 of those so pick one and treat the lawn accordingly.

[@bradkohlman3932]

With how the last several years have been in Kansas, I think Buffalo would be best, but we also have areas of significant shade.

[@Thelawncarenut]

@@bradkohlman3932 I've never had the chance to work with Buffalo grass but it does look pretty good. So the way to think about it is that if Buffalo is your primary turf, then everything else is a weed: bermuda, fescue, all of it, it's all weeds. If you look at it that way, it's easier to make decisions about what to use.

[@austingrider4635]

What is the easiest way for me to find out what type of grass I have Allen.

[@Thelawncarenut]

stop a local lawn guy or two and ask them. You can also call your local county extension office and they will help you out.

[@Reject06]

😂 that’s what she said Poor Bahia

[@TheRealLawnFather]

I won’t be overseeding this year.

[@Egonzales85]

Update! Threw down some 10-10-10 watered the shit out my lawn and threw down some grub post emergent…. I’m dominating again…

[@neufr1]

Couldn't download the guide.

[@waynehayes8237]

Be safe during the hurricane.

[@Thelawncarenut]

thanks bro!

[@jultom1623]

Where can I send pictures. Weed invader on my grass

[@bradygaming5034]

Are you evacuating or gonna make some storm chasing videos?

[@billypolomsky2521]

How do you get rid of creeping Charlie

[@derrickp]

triclopyr

[@billypolomsky2521]

Thanks I'll see if the landscape supply company has that. Anywhere else I can get that

[@billypolomsky2521]

This won't kill the grass will it

[@derrickp]

Why didn’t you talk about KBG spreading characteristics

[@Thelawncarenut]

I did at the end

[@stash7714]

I’m not seeding this fall. I have nowhere for more grass to grow. She’s a thick one

[@johnfetter3252]

First!

[@theApeShow]

So much crab grass. Seems i wasn't persistent enough with prevention. The neighbors with weeds taller than their garage doesn’t help.

[@theApeShow]

Midwest, cool season. Open to tips on crabgrass removal and prevention.

[@Joe_Killian]

LCN just did a “short” on using quinclorac for crabgrass (post-emergent) and he recommends a split pre-emergent strategy in Spring. He has guides that cover it pretty well.

[@jultom1623]

Need help identifying weed. Invade my lawn