Brilliant video Scott. Grass is such a useful resource in the garden and you have covered most of its uses in this video. Nailed it pal. great video

Grass tea is great for foliar spray. Throwing down is for root uptake. I believe that both methods have their own benefits. ;)

i used grass clippings as fertilizer for my one tomato plant i grew last year. I think it worked, we got tomatoes up into January off it.

Good tip with mixing leaves with grass - super!

The grass clippings really tie the garden together.

Brilliant content and presentation, as always

Really interesting! Thank you for another great video!

Very informative episode…thank you sir!!!

I love your energy and how knowledgeable and passionate you are about gardening. Thanks for this! Happy gardening😊

Gardener Scott your videos or so informative and so relaxing as well. Thanks for the efforts!

Thank you for this video! I just started doing this with my clippings and you answer all my burning questions.

Thanks for the tips. They are very helpful

Hello Gardner Scott I wanna thank you for all Your Videos I am a first time gardener and I’m learning a lot from you thank you so much!

Grass clippings are a great way to help the soil, and our gardens, with nutrients. Thanks for sharing this. Cheers, Scott!

I mulch with dry grass but hadn’t considered mixing it with with fresh. Good info as always!

I stumbled across the blend because I never had enough of any one thing to cover all and I agree the mix stays better and the plants sure like it. Thank you for sharing. You help me to be a better gardener.

Great video! I am going to share this with my aunt who just was talking about bagging her grass. This video will give her ideas of what to do with it. :)

very helpful. grass is an awesome resource!

I LOVE grass clippings. Well, I don't actually have grass, but the green weedy stuff we mow does the same job. Thanks, Scott!

Thank You Gardener Scott! We just started mowing our own lawn instead of hiring someone. I just told my husband to start saving the grass clippings. I had some questions that you just answered.

Thank you for an excellent video giving some useful ideas.

Very informative sir, good job

Great video. I don't know where'd I be without harvesting my lawn for use in the garden.

I learn a lot from your channel. Greetings from Poland ❤

I put grass clippings on top of mulch, they make it easier to walk over mulch and not kicking it out the bed. I also like them on areas where exposed soil tend to run and washed away by rain or watering, clippings help keep it down in place and I don't walk in muddy mess either.

Another great video, thanks much.

Awesome Content.

Great idea!

Good information.

Thank you!!

Great video Scott useful applications for the grass…like the leaves and Grass mix especially for my potatoes in containers! Been horribly hot here !stay blessed …Bermuda grass UGH!!!

Great video - thanks!

In 1969 I grew my first garden. A man used to come by and pick up all our grass clippings. I asked him what he was doing with all that. His daughter had a rare disease and needed to eat mostly tomatoes so he found grass clippings gave him the best veggies. I immediately started to use my own clippings and never needed to buy fertilizers. I have never stopped using clippings. You are spot on about everything. Especially about not getting weeds from clippings. Some folks just don't understand that if you only use the grass that has not gone to seed it is ok. Most grass does not go to seed until it is quite long. I never use the first cutting... Fantastic video I subbed and liked I want to see more. I was a Master Gardener for a time and know the value of sharing ideas. Thank you...

great tips Scott! I love using grass clippings, too. This year I'm trying a mix of leaves / dried grass to mound my potatoes, much like some people use straw. Wish me luck!

Do a High mower clip and leave on lawn to dry a day or two. Lower blade and cut and collect in mower bag. You now have an even mix of wet and dry.

thank you!

Excellent tips!!! I never thought of mixing the clippings with leaves and am now figuring out how best to dry my grass clippings. In my climate here in NZ they would probably turn into ensilage if I left them in a plastic bag. I think I'll use what we call a fadge - for storing raw wool from shorn sheep, They breathe and are big enough to be able to fork them over inside the bag. Will experiment. I never watch one of your shows without learning something new, even though I've been gardening for a long time.

Good logic

This was as thorough of a lesson on grass clippings as you could possibly have. The point about seed heads makes me contemplate at what point do dandelion become viable seeds? Do they need to mature until they mostly blow away or are they mature when they go from yellow to that enclosed bundle of fuzz.

Here in the SE USA you have to compost your grass clippings or you will have Bermuda and crab grass in your beds,

I use grass liberally for mulch and to build my compost piles. We've got a 2-acre field I can cut to get all I need and I use a lot. I put down heavy layers of grass mulch in the spring and let it decompose in place for the growing season. I then put shredded leaves on top of it in the fall and turn it into the soil. My final fall amendment is a 2-inch layer of compost that I use to cover the soil in the winter. It suppresses weeds and provides nutrients to the soil. I turn that lightly into the soil in the spring and my beds are ready for planting. One warning. I quickly learned that late season grass clippings are only good for the compost pile. They contain too many mature weed seeds to use them in your beds unless you want to spend your entire spring weeding. Covering the grass clippings with compost over the winter does temporarily suppress the weeds but they pop back up as soon as you turn in the compost to get ready for planting.

Interesting video - We were always taught not to use grass clipping on Fruit and Veg due to Nitrogen Draw Down. Hope it continues to work for ya! Keep em coming.

I really like the grass clippings/ leaves combination. Do you keep the grass clippings in an open bag outside over the winter?

I only use my grassclippings in the compost! I live in a moist and cool climate this means lots of moss in my lawn and its the worst weed i ever had in my garden beds. It even takes a long time to brake down usually beeing the last thing in my pile that can be identificated slow to break down.

I don't have the know how to make compost. I tried it several times but failed. I use grass cuts to mulch my plants instead and it works well for me.

Love all your vids :) what wood do u use for your raised beds? Thanks for all your help :)

Thanks a lot. Better with liquid compost like me

I having a nitrogen prob wanna fix it quick jus waitin for the sun to come up and goin to put some in the garden thanks

Good idea.... combining the grass clippings with the leaves. We have more rain and humidity than wind here in mid-south Louisiana. The grass clippings matt up when wet, even in the beds. Leaves keep the grass separated and the grass keeps the leaves from blowing away, when we DO have windy days. How beautiful..... nature takes care of itself :):):) I AM curious about something..... why would a gardener bother to use wood or metal to create raised beds. Cinder blocks are not much more expensive and, while creating bordered edges, vegetation can be planted in the cinder. blocks. Tk you for your videos. I'm learning so much from you.

Thanks Scott! Can you use grass on your vegetables from lawns that have had pre emergent applied?

Hi Scott, you have a lovely property, are you planning on growing any fruit trees?

Best explained video on grass clippings. I love saving money! No herbicides in my yard!!

The Bob Ross of Gardening

I fill an open bottom garden box with with grass clippings. Water and let it settle then stand on it to push it down. Wait about 3 days to a week and add more grass clippings to fill the top and repeat to stamp down. Add charcoal and wood chips in between the layer about a 1/4" thick. I did urinate in one pot but found it became too acidic for most plants. After all is topped off wait another 3 days and water every day as to bring it down. Layer on about 3 - 5 inches of top or potting soil and add fertilizer. The entire pot may settle down 3-6 inches by the time the season ends but the plants will absolutely love it. Wait another 3 days to plant after layering your top soil. Water everyday until planting...... - My Corn especially has been doing very well. I'm thinking it has a relation to the usage of grass clippings & its nutrient content since corn is a grass. - zucchini is doing Amazing, Eggplant is doing well, Herbs doing great, Tomatoes grow better and with much more ease - Increases worms - Some barnyard smell may develop but seems intermittent - Increases plants ability to fight disease, bugs and they tend to give a higher yield with little effort. - Create free soil every year & It's a great way to use what you have right now! - You will also need to fertilize your plants after planting. The bottom material is not quite ready just yet. * I find direct seeding in these pots produces a much lower germination count. If I direct seed the pots I wait about 2 weeks after adding the top soil to get successful germination and sprouting. I am guessing it has to do with the soil PH and chemical makeup during the first stages of material breakdown but would like to know more on the specifics if anyone has any ideas.... I find the material breaks down much faster as the plants are growing atop. Within 2 months it's all dirt and the plants are thriving. Give it a try let me know what your thoughts are on it. * Grass clippings returned to the lawn provide up to 25 percent of your lawn's total fertilizer needs. Clippings contain about 4 percent nitrogen, 2 percent potassium and 1 percent phosphorus. Your vegetables need more so although a great addition you would mostly likely still need to fertilize depending on what you're growing. * If you've tried this or will try it let me know your results or thoughts.

Great video, my neighbour is giving me lovely grass, how do you dry grass? Won’t it clump like the bag? I’ve a raised bed and I’d like free much and compost the rest 😊

What would be a good grass for zone 7b that i could keep as a perennial lawn and cut regularly and then use the clipping as a mulch in the garden ? I suppose ideally it could grow at least 5 or 6 inches before it was a risk of going to seed , that way i would make for a good mulch. Anybody have any ideas ?

I have very sandy soil in my backyard, no grass yet. It's mostly sand, looks like the beach. I want to put down sod, but need to get some nutrients down before the sod. If I put my grass clippings from my front lawn on the sand in back, will that add nutrients? I have a few months before putting the sod down. I don't compost because I live in Florida. Roaches love compost and I despise roaches.

Could you use an immersion blender and liquefy the grass clippings into a soup then pour that on the soil? Would that be too strong?

Thank you for this information! I have a question, my sister’s lawn was treated with herbicide 2 months ago, how long do I have to wait for it to be okay to use as mulch/compost?

I never use any weed killing chemicals on my lawn so there will definitely be seeds there. Cold composting won't kill those so do I have to plant seedlings in fabric? I mostly use direct sow now...

I used grass clippings as a mulch around my green beans one year and when it came time to harvest.... there was grass on the beans that was nearly impossible to get off! how do you keep the grass from sticking to the green beans? what did I do wrong?

Great information,much appreciated,does dry grass clippings have the same nutrients as green grass clippings??

@Gardener Scott What about Pine Needles?

Would you put a layer over seedlings to help germination and to keep them warm ?

I don’t have grass and I’m wondering if I get from unknown source do I have to worry about herbicide?

Gardener Scott, in Nevada they just passed a fLaw making lawn cover illegal. Do you think this will lead to further desertification in the Vegas area?

how can I make it decompose faster, in less than a year? my city in canada has frozen ground in winter, parts of spring and fall so it can't break down in much of a year

When you dry the grass clippings do they still contain nitrogen? If adding dry grass clippings to a compost pile- is it considered a green or a brown?

What size grow bags do you use for your potatoes?

How thick we have to sprikle on the bed?

How do you get your grass to dry in the bags? Mine just starts to decompose anearobic

Is this ideal for raised bed gardening?

I have a question. Wonder if you have a lot of weeds in your grass, what would you do? If you have only grass clippings, then you are using a chemical on your grass and i don't want that in my compost pile. Please tell me what i should do.

What about was in the grass

Fresh clipping in garden bed will cause weeds to emerge right ?

Would you use grass on top of cardboard, or skip the cardboard all together?

Xin chào anh.

Unfortunately I have way too many Dandelions & Horsetail weed which cannot really be eradicated. I am afraid of transferring seeds from these etc. I invested in compost this year, for no dig beds, and suddenly I had horsetail weeds there in abundance! A place where I hadnt had them. So only a small part of my grass can go to composting & be reused. :(

Pry it off with a screwdriver...lol.why is a screwdriver the go to tool??? I use one too....

Does anyone have an aftermarket grass catcher source for a Toro grandstand 52"?

I took some grass clippings from a neighbour, put it on the compost pile, 9 months later - very nice compost (with other stuff mixed in) - sowed some beans this late spring - and all new leaves are twisted and shrivelled. Aminopyralid - disappointed very much, but what can you do now - hope for them to reach deeper to better soil . Careful what you puting in your compost. The neighbour had her lawn treated by a local boy with magic potion.

What if your "grass" is mostly Bermuda Grass and weeds?

SCOTT YOUR GRASS SHOULD GREEN AS, IT'S BROWN MAN

doesnt this encourage grass to grow in your beds?

Why people bag leaves instead of mulching them is beyond me. I mow my lawn, sidewalk and side laws using my mulching mower and adding to compost. If I need to bag and toss I and mulched 12 bags into only 3. Mulching is the best way to go before bagging or anything else.

What ever you do not give to horses, it kills them.

This is a great method, however let me warn dog owners. Do not leave grass clippings bagged up where your pets have access to them. As the grass warms up it will become sweet and attractive to your pets nose. It’s extremely toxic and will kill your canine friend if ingested in even a small amount.

But don't you get grass seed in the beds and start having weeds and grass growing all over the surface of your soil