Miriam Gamble — September 21, 2014 @ 9:28 am

How do you make it green again apply fertilizer 

Kyle Dearth — September 21, 2014 @ 10:06 am

Grass seed in the spring is typically not a great ideal, unless you have an
irrigation system. The grass doesn’t have time to grow deep roots before
the summer heat sets in and therefore less likely to survive. The hybrid
approach is great. I would encourage folks to conduct yearly soil test.
Typically at the beginning of the season. It will show what areas of the
soil are deficient. It’s the best $20 you’ll ever spend on a yard. No
amount of fertilizer organic or synthetic can account for deficiencies in
certain areas.

Also chemical aeration is a much better alternative to
mechanical. Disturbing the soil by pulling up plugs will encourage weeds.
You can make chemical mixtures very cheap and they are easy to apply. Plus
they add beneficial microbes to the soil. I can a drive a 12″ screwdriver
all the way into the ground very easily and I’ve never used a aerating
machine.

Steve Sherron — September 21, 2014 @ 10:50 am

Well I like the idea of a hybrid organic lawn because I want to keep
chemicals in my lawn to a minimum. Thanks Al for another great lawn care
video. Now if it will just warm up so I can get back outside and start
messing with my yard. I never thought I would miss weed-eating so bad. 

Miriam Gamble — September 21, 2014 @ 11:47 am

Thank you very much

The Lawn Care Nut — September 21, 2014 @ 12:36 pm

Organic Lawn Care Basids – a few things to consider if you are going
natural or organic in your lawn plan.

John Smith — September 21, 2014 @ 1:33 pm

John Smith — September 21, 2014 @ 3:03 pm

Harry Lakhe — September 21, 2014 @ 3:27 pm

BoolPool — September 21, 2014 @ 4:15 pm

How to grow a green lawn organically? Here is a really nice video.

GardenDocSC — September 21, 2014 @ 5:07 pm

Beckman, you are, simply, wrong. Synthetic fertilizers do not bind to the
soil, and run off or leach through the ground. An organic 3-1-5 will do a
better and longer lasting job. The microbes in your soils will utilize it
better. What good is 28% N if 95% of it ends up in the local rivers or
aquifers. And Nacho, the reason he recommends a taller grass is that it
shades out/chokes out weeds. Go look at videos from OrganicTexas. They
explain it all perfectly.

wolfmother8719 — September 21, 2014 @ 6:02 pm

@winnipeguy75 Clover? that sounds wonderful to have an lawn of that instead
of grass, but I thinking of turning my front lawn into an mini orchard,
which takes care of two things our food budget and the effort and time use
spent on lawn up keep, mmmh

SinnFein4ever — September 21, 2014 @ 7:04 pm

I water my lawn for twenty minutes, just after sunset. If you water your
lawn durring the day, some of that water will evaporate from the heat;
thus, wasting water. I keep the tree branches pruned; so that they don’t
cut off too much of the sunlight. I use manure to fertilize mine. Whatever
kind of fertalizer you may use, don’t use corn. In the U.S., corn and
corn-derived products are ussually from Monsanto (I learned about Monsanto
by watching the PBS documentary “King Corn”).

siuwed — September 21, 2014 @ 8:06 pm

You need more commercials, two minutes just isn’t enough on youtube!

mackayash — September 21, 2014 @ 9:03 pm

I’m planning on starting a garden in my back yard and to fix my yard and
make it greener and “lusher” without using chemicals. I was wondering
however if I use the corn gluten meal to suppress growth of weeds, would
that also suppress growth of vegetables and flowers and the tree I plan on
growing in my yard? Thanks.

erikinhawaii — September 21, 2014 @ 10:53 pm

@jamaicanvisa I just had to open my big mouth on that one…

luwdmke — September 22, 2014 @ 12:06 am

@yellowbootsandsnowsh Who care as long as you don’t buy seeds that come
from Monsanto.

sandworm3 — September 22, 2014 @ 2:00 am

Scary is what people throw on their grass and have no idea or training in
the appropriate application. My yard has been chemical free for 6 years. I
am experimenting with aerating and seeding and feeding it compost. If there
is a weed here or there I don’t get up tight about it, pull some, leave
some. I would rather have a few weeds than cancer. Time to educate, it’s
shameful to be dumping poison on the grass and contaminating water, and
most that I see, their yard still looks like shit.

flavordave73 — September 22, 2014 @ 3:29 am

@cheerfulleigh Epsom salts are not actually a salt but contains Phospherous
and nitrogen. The sugar acts as a stimulant. Mix 4lbs epsom with 1lb
confectioners sugar with your regular fertilizer. Spread as usual. You can
Googlesearch that combo to see results. This combo gives a deep green lawn.
Also try a bag of organic nitrogen from home depot. Its about $12 and will
not burn your lawn. Works great.