How To Prepare For Fall Lawn Renovation and Overseeding

Hey Ryan what was the starter fertilizer you put on your spreader? Im thinking of doing that instead of tenacity spray

Great vid! I have a situation where I’d like to overseed, but have a lot of weeds. Do I get rid of weeds now, in the fall, and plant grass in spring, or do both now?
Thx😣

Man I hope you see this...when you sand level can you overseed as well...and if so, sand first, then seed and cover with peat moss?

Thanks!

May be too late to put in a question --but when overseeding with a KBG/Perennial Rye mix, how long, if at all, do we need to stay off the lawn? We have flower gardens we hand water every day, so need to walk on the grass to do that.

Have you ever used an overseeder instead of a broadcast spreader? Do you prefer the spreader more?

Why is doing this 10 times harder in Denver. I can't even get grass seed to take but my yard is clay

I use hoses and sprinklers for my irrigation, with a timer. If I leave my hoses out for an extended period of time will the grass grow around my hoses? That might be a dumb question. I’m just wondering if ill see a hose pattern once the seed germinates.

Helps to have a guy that knows his stuff, especially since I'm also from central Iowa. Great content and very clear. Much appreciated!

hi do you have any videos on bermuda grass?

What does this have to do with grubworms? Not helpful.

I just tried to top dress my yard with soil. I however live on a slope. We just got a downpour of rain and I’m wondering how to go about fixing all the ruts that I now have. Please help!

is Tenacity good for all grass types? (PNW)

No Tenacity/Meso on Fine Fescue though

How do you keep your dog 🐶 from digging up your lawn

Hi Ryan, can you aerate then slice seed an existing lawn?

Love your videos but feel like I got porked buying your leveling rake

You missed a 4th and 5th scenario. 4th is your lawn is more weeds than grass and 5th your lawn is so uneven that might as well do a full lawn reno while leveling.

Hey Ryan..I am thankful for the longer description of lawn care that you provide. I’m a beginner working on my lawn in central Texas along with the high heat this summer working with the tall fescue under the tree. Thinking about applying more overseas to the whole lawn what do suggest?

any tips on bird deterrents when overseeding?

Just wanted to say I have a killer backyard now and I've got you and these videos to thank, bud. This might sound hyperbolic, but it's nuts to me that I watched all this stuff for free, from home and then just...followed it. There's a lot of bad crap going on in the world but if I'm being a glass-half full kinda guy, I'm still in awe of what is available at my fingertips.

Thanks, Ryan!

Can I kill my grass in the fall and plant in early spring? I started killing my back yard but didn’t realize the time frame for planting new grass, I live in New York

What brand of starter fertilizer with tenacity do you use ??

QUESTION: With the aggressive Fall program of 0.5 pound, every week, can you do that AFTER OVERSEEDING?! I had bare spots and not so thick of a lawn, so over-seeded/fertilized late September... shall I now apply 0.5lbs Nitrogen a week (our weather is still warm)?!

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Can I still water my lawn late November we are still in the 80s in Texas

So cool Ryan. This morning I tried to daisy chain 2 rotary pulse sprinklers and found my water pressure won’t support this. Two gear driven sprinkler heads do work however so going to give that a go. Got a tuna can measuring the output. Cheers!

Hi Ryan, a huge thank you! You've really helped me out turning the lawn of my new house around. As an optician I'd like to help you, I'd recommend getting round frames in a (light) brown color. Perhaps check out the Dutch brand Ace&Tate out if you're prescription is up to date🙌🏼

Is there a Ryan Knorr equivalent for warm-season grasses? Most of the St. Augustine guys are the embodiment for "Florida man", texas based guy here

LETS GOOOOO!!

Do you apply tenacity before or after peat moss? Or does it now matter?

What is the overseeding rate for your Elite Tall Fescue seed?

A yard full of weeds

Quinclorac says you can seed after 7 days....has anyone have experience with this?

Great tutorial!

3rd time back just for fun

From all the comments, you should probably discuss the difference between sead heads, quack grass and crabgrass since they all look the same to the untrained eye

Am I dumb to think I could overseed fescue into buffalo and it will gradually outcompete it?

Hello Ryan, and nice to meet you. I've been watching a few of your videos and I think you're doing a great job. I'm not at all educated in lawn care but I want to be, and I also don't have all the tools that you use. I live in NC (I have sandy soil) and I'm a homeowner who's inspired to have a nice-looking lawn but I really don't know how to but I do the best with what I know or think I know. I try very hard but with little to no real results. I don't know anything about what kind or type of chemicals to buy or use on my lawn, don't know what I even need to help the lawn. All I do is try different things and hope for the best.
I'm working on my backyard right now - I started a couple of months ago (again) by tilting the soil and throwing in fertilizer (10-10-10), seeding the lawn (laying pine straw on top of it) a few days later with tall sun/shade fescue grass, watering twice a day with very little rain (early morning and late evening w/temperatures in the 90's +) right now I have a small amount of grass but I should have more growth and I feel like giving up. Maybe I should purchase a step-by-step guidebook, and do some homework before trying again. I also installed an inground sprinkler system (3 zones) water supply from my well. Your videos do help me understand what steps are required to grow beautiful grass but I do not understand how to apply your lessons and techniques, to resolve my scenario. Do you have or recommend a step-by-step guide I can follow and what chemicals I would need to treat my lawn? Thank you and take care :)
Randy
Red Oak, NC

Did you level with screened soil after dethatch and before you laid seed?

Excellent video Ryan, what's the background song?

This is making me not want to do a lawn reno😂

Sir, I don’t have words to say how helpful this video was. So, can you please tell me how to deal with hard rain when I just put seed out. I have a big lawn that is almost 100% crabgrass and clover. I normally would kill or pull out all the gloriously healthy crabgrass and replant seeds. We’re still 3 months from first frost. Should I actually just leave them in and overseed my weed lawn with your seeds so that my seeds don’t get washed away? when the new grass is a little older and the crabgrass and clovers and wild violets starts to go dormant, just rake them out? Then use pre emergent in early spring. I’m worried that if I kill it all now and put out seeds they all will sprout up together and the crabgrass with choke the new grass seeds. I can’t spray with a pre emergent can I?

I wish I could pull out cords that long. My soil in Jersey is mostly clay and rocks. I put the soil prob in and I am lucky to get 2 inches before hitting a dead stop. Even if the soil is wet.

Great video. I have a tough time being patient with something I’m not sure is going to work or not so hearing someone else say just trust the process and if you do everything I’m telling you it will work out is really important to me. I’ve watched my neighbors till or cover their lawn with top soil and try to re plant grass with awful results. I’m being patient to learn what to do before I start but if I wasn’t watching these videos and hearing “be patient” over and over I’d have a hard time after doing all the work and spending all the money believing that it’s going to turn out well.

I’m I. The middle. Killed my back yard and planted KBG 3 days ago. Min waits.

My current law is a mix of Bermuda and fescue. Should I kill it all off and start brand new, or continually overseed tall fescue?

Ryan, do you have any videos on how to deal with dogs and heavy foot traffic