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I started spraying with an OTC 2-4-D product and saw little effect on well established weeds. After a comparison between labels, the commercial stuff is six (6) times stronger LOL. I sprayed another area and now notice a good percentage of the grass is turning yellow, there is more weeds than grass. Its like what you said about moving into your home, the grass needs some real help before it will ever look good.. If I have to kill the ground cover to grow grass, that's what has to be done.. The price of lawn products today, grass seed, pre-emergent, post-emergent, starter fertilizer, lawn fertilizer, lime, etc; it's expensive to keep your property looking great.

I'm glad you bring up the pre-emergent Ryan.. people are going crazy with this stuff I haven't used any of my lawn for over 5 years. When i mow my lawn and see a weed I pick it. But I learned from you i grow my KBG grass very thick.

I didn’t do a pre emergent for one season, we are in process of adopting and had to travel 12 hrs every other weekend. I had crab grass last summer so bad. I am also in the south and you are from Iowa, my home state. I will never skip my pre emergent again, all last season did was damage my grass.

Hi Ryan...I really appreciate your video on pre emergent herbicide for weed control and advice/recommendation not to use chemicals unless needed!!! I am trying to build up my soil organically and limit the use of chemicals as much as possible. I also try and pull weeds out when I see them. That's part of the fun and walking/working my lawn. Keep up the great work and I will stay tuned to your awesome info!

Thank you for your great videos, I’m learning a lot from the work you do. Keep doing this, you’re doing a great job.

Yes! It's that time of year again down here in the hot South where we watch the weather and measure soil temperature periodically.

good video bud. clear, concise, informative. I guess my standards are low because even your crabgrass infested lawn you showed at 2:47 looked good to me! I'm just targeting broadleaf weeds for now so thanks for the info on that too!

I found in the garden organic is a lot more fun and rewarding. Learning how nature works. As I get a large yard thick and healthy I also intend to use much less chemicals. Some people, especially in Europe use clover in the grass for fertilizer. We Americans are set on the uniform carpet look.

Liking the new format! But hope to see you out and about in your awesome lawn too! :)

Great video,Very informative , I haven't used a pre emergent yet, I might hold off yet this year. But I can't wait for lawn season to start here in Wisconsin. Also looking forward to more great lawn videos this year.

Ryan I’m not doing pre emergent too I’m just starting to core the grass and seeding the lawn. soon I’ll miloganite the lawn I’m in the northeast

Prodiamine early early spring, Dimension early summer. I am in my 2nd year of my lawn reno. The hardest weed for me to control is POA. Crabgrass and other weeds not so much. I had to kill off my entire backyard because of POA, my complete reno and seeding has yielded good results so far.

thank you .finally someone mentioned pre-emegents, slow grass growth. 1 st time i used, i found out to late by trial , all these other channels say its the best thing for your yard! not true- if you are trin to fill bare spot by rhizomes and stolons. acts like a growth inhibitor == evidence, by spots i missed.

Great video Ryan! Temp rollercoaster continues here in SE Michigan. Gonna give it a week or 2 and apply Lesco (pre-emergent). Temps are rising...but not soil temps as of yet. I heard your co-star in the background...lol. Be safe Brotha!

There's also Tupersan as a pre-emergent. It doesn't prohibit germination of cool season grasses but it also doesn't last all that long. Many manufacturers (Scott's, Agway, ProScapes) make a "Step 1 for New Lawns" that use Tupersan. I'm actually going to use it this year because I'm going to torch a big patch of Rough Bluegrass that cropped up with the ever-saturated turf we've had in PA, and I want to at least attempt to repair it.

Ryan there is no doubt that you can grow a lawn without using Pre-emergents once it has been established and growing thick turf...my first home I lived in it for 8 years and never once use Pre-E...I also only applied fertilizer once in the spring and that St Aug grew threw September like crazy! However now at my new home I had to add my own sod...I installed it August 2017 and didn’t apply Pre-E till Feb 2018...didn’t get much crab grass or many grassy weeds...few sedges and Virginia Buttonweed...mine issue i have is with Dallisgrass! Never even heard of that stuff till this year...that stuff is tough to get rid of in St Aug...I’ve been brushing glyphosate and it works just time consuming! Also pull weeds here and there...Now that the St Aug is getting thicker I’m seeing less and less weeds...gonna hit it with Milo in July and should be good till fall application. Great Vid, sometimes chemicals are needed but less is best.

I'm fertilizing with milorganite, spot spraying & pulling weeds..not dealing with pre- emergents!

Thanks Ryan I appreciated the balanced view on this topic.

Thank you for sharing Ryan. Very helpful!

Stellar Job, Ryan! Congrats on ten THOUSAND subscribers. You'll be at 25k before you know it. I want to make one suggestion: make a 10k subscriber thank you video. Once again, great job!

Great video Ryan, very informative! 👍🤘

Great video. Thanks so much. Very helpful.

Hey Ryan, good job on the videos. Couple things. First, what’s the deal with your neighbor’s mustang parts all over the yard? Second, pre-emergents don’t stop weed seed germination or create a barrier. They stop root development and growth during and after germination. Common misunderstanding of pre-emergents.

Great information Ryan, thanks for sharing.

Great video Ryan!

Remember dandelion is a perennial! The roots remain long after the flower is gone. Consider adding Defendor to compliment Dimension!

Great stuff Ryan!

Great video brother, thank you for the information.

Thank you Ryan. Good info.

GREAT video and info! Thanks!

Nice video...just subbed you. Thanks for the info and keep up the good work👊.

I just picked up Scotts crabgrass and gray weed from ace hardware in Chicago area for $17 just had tree cut down do trying to prevent crabgrass since it doesn't grow in the shade, also I spot spray with bayer concentrate works awesome

My goto is Lesco 0-0-8 bought @siteone ... it's used for flower beds as well... I'm in South Jersey I use on zoysia and Texas bluegrass hybrid.

Ryan have you ever battled creeping Charlie? This is my second year on my lawn and it came out of nowhere. Spreads quite rapidly. I’m strongly against chemicals personally but not sure there is an organic control for this

Great video Ryan! i too want to be able to sway away from using pre emergents but because the previous owner never took care of his lawn it's gonna take me a few seasons to get the weed in control than eventually eliminate pre emergents.

I have a terrible crabgrass problem where many areas of the yard have taken over to choke out my seed. I live in SC and need to attack now before spring...HELp

Hey Ryan, watching this video in preparation of 2022 season. I did a full lawn reno this fall. Would you recommend using a pre emergent this spring and evaluate my lawn for more seeding this fall? Or double down on the seeding this spring and build up good grass? I’m in Omaha, so roughly same weather as you guys get in Iowa. Thanks.

Hi Ryan I'm kind of confuse when to apply my pre emergent, I live in South Florida is October already but the temperature here is kind of high still , do I need to wait for the soil temperature to be 50* , or can I apply it now with no problem, I'm new to this just wanted to do it right, thanks for your videos

Great video, can you do a video on how you made your lawn the way it is now vs when you started?

You should put together a seasonal program using only the stuff at menards.

there is a website that keeps track of things like ground temperature . All you do is put in your location

Thanks for this video. Great information. Can I use pre emergent and fertilizer on my lawn? I’d so how many weeks apart?

Wow! Glad I found you. A whole weekend of viewing planned. But I do have an urgent question. Will Barricade granular prevent bermuda seed from invading my zoysia lawn? I nearly lost my lawn last summer to an aggressive (roadside) strain of bermuda blowing in from a neighbors' horrible yard. I'm controlling the growing bermuda with Ornamec, but want to prevent new germination in the Spring. Thanks!

Important question. Does pre emergent hurt the existing plants (mango & banana plant) if being sprayed on the soil near the plant ?

Great video Ryan. I went with Lesco 19-0-7 Pre emergent w/ crabgrass preventer. Unfortunately, I couldn't resist to put it down before I raked and lightly dethatched but I did water it in. Do you think the fertilizer was wasted? Keep the videos coming! -Brian

3:16 omg! so do you consult Augusta National or something?! that looks better than the picture on the side of a bag of Scotts. the only thing your lawn is missing is a pin.

Omg I can't get over how beautiful your yard looks at 3:15, it almost looks fake. I can't figure out how you did that type of pattern, I've never seen anything like it.

Very good info. Thanks!

Quick question for cool grass lawn. I had a lot of poa annua and clover in my lawn this year. I sprayed sublime at end of august which killed all of the clover, sedge and wild violet. I then overseeded with a 70/30 mixture of kbg and rye mid September. Would you put down prodiamine in the winter to prevent the poa from coming back? Also if so when do I put it down? Kbg takes 3 weeks to germinate and probably takes another month to full establish. So am I looking at mid November for spraying? Thanks!

An excellent discussion with many things I've never considered! My Bermuda lawn is technically established, but after taking good care of it for six years, it's still not as thick and resilient as I'd like, and I think its down to the poor quality of the soil the builder left after the house was finished. My soil is basically construction debris, but after years of mulching and augmenting, I'm starting to build a decent layer of topsoil. I had not considered that pre-emergent slightly impacts the root system, and now I'm considering not applying an early spring treatment this year based on your advice. (I do NOT have a significant weed issue, thankfully.) Do you think the pre-emergent impacts the root system even while the bermuda is dormant? Thanks again!

Hey Ryan! I think your quick links to the various sections are broken in this video. All links look to point to the same URL.

Ryan... been watching you for a while now. Thx for the info. I put on lesco stonewall 0-0-7 three weeks ago and have gotten a good amount of rain but some of the pellets haven’t dissolved. Our northeast snow was late to melt and it also snowed last week. What’s I rule if I want to put down some seed to thicken? I assume seed won’t grow if I put down may 1st? Any thoughts. If I didn’t break my ankle last fall I would be in a different position so need some advice if you can lend any.

Ryan a lot of great info thank you. We moved in this house in October of 2021 I didn't do anything to the lawn because of the time of year. Come spring I spot seeded with a little fertilizer and that's been about it. I have been dealing with lots of crabgrass and broadleaf weeds, ant mounds, now brown spots dead spots etc. I live in Midwest the grass is tall fescue and Kentucky Blue My question is if I aerate, seed and fertilizer in the fall can i use a per-emergent come spring before the temp reaches that 55 degree limit and will the granular or herbicide pre-emergent still effect the fall process.

Awesome info thanks Ryan! So if I’m using prodiamine and spraying it with a back pack I still have to water it in?

Hey Ryan great video very informative but I have a off the subject question I live in Michigan my daytime temperatures are getting around 50 degrees my night time temperatures are still in the mid-to-upper 30s my soil temperatures are around 43 degrees I'm really itching to get out there and aerate and put down a Scott's starter fertilizer with crabgrass and dandelion control but was wondering at what soil temperature should I aerate also I do not want to miss my soil temperature window where my pre-emergent will be effective any advice would be greatly appreciated

The new spectrazide spray works wonders on weeds

How can I stop the winter weeds in the transition zones in dormant warm season grass without preemergent? My back yard seems almost completely covered in weeds now, while my front yard that I used preemergent on is a clean beige carpet.

Ryan, I used Tenacity in the Fall for the first time and had good success, especially with the bad Goosegrass problem I had. It’s now approaching late February and I am starting to plan for spring. Wanting to use a pre emergent, such as Barricade/Prodiamine. Is there a significant difference between using granular or liquid? Also wondering if Tenacity can be used as a pre emergent. Thinking it might be a good option without using a surfactant so it gets into the soil easier. Thanks

In the hottest part of summer, I end up with MOSTLY a crabgrass lawn The pre-emergent looks hard to find without mixed with fertilizer. So...I'm wondering if an acceptable defense would be to use the springtime to overseed like crazy, and apply milorganite regularly in hopes that the grass is strong enough to snuff out the crabgrass. Sound reasonable, or .....bad idea??

hi ryan, if im planting plugs through out my yard, would the pre emergent be a disadvantage since you mentioned that it would inhibit root growth?

What is the order of application for fertilizer, pre-emergent, and over seeding?

I live in La Crosse WI. (I will say I'm still a Vikings fan as I grew up in MN). There is one side of my house that gets overgrown with crab grass in the summer. It gets a lot of sun in the mid summer months. Anyway, it's fall now, Oct, and all that crabgrass is dead and there's a thick dead nasty blanket of it. What should I do now in the fall when temps are cooler? I will note that the soil on this area under all of that is super fine dirt, kind of sandy. I tried seeding new grass in the spring and it started to look good but it was quickly overtaken by the crabgrass. So, now that's it's fall season and there is a blanket of dead crabgrass what the heck do I do??? Thanks so much!

Great stuff Ryan! Will you be mowing lower this year? Have you seen Connor Ward's channel... His KBG looks amazing real low.

Thank you for the prompt response. how about the crabgrass root did not get pull, will they revive next spring?

Any tips on how best to get rid of weeds/grass that is growing in a stone flowerbed? I noticed you have pebble instead of mulch in a flowerbed there, which is similar to what I have. I do have pets that will be in the area and am unsure of the most effective/safest way to eradicate the pesky vegetation. Only a few bushes are placed within the beds. Also, would just adding more stone help? Love your videos - any info would be helpful and appreciated.

What was the name of the chemical we should use if we want to get rid of crabgrass but pre and post emergent time-frames have past?

Hi Ryan, Couple of questions for you. I consider them to be a little harder to answer, But lets see if you got what it takes lol 1.i am applying a pre emergent to an area where water source won't reach(1,000 sq ft). Could I go back over with my sprayer filled with just water to water it in? 2. I know pre emergent stops seeds from germination. Does it actually kill the seeds or will the seed just sit there until the pre emergent wears off?

Ryan I have had a real problem with clover. It's taking over my yard. Any ideas on how to control this? Located in SW Ontario. Thanks!

Hi Ryan Do you have any tips or recommendations for poa annua spots on Kentucky bluegrass?

How long after using a pre emergent can you throw down grass seed?

Does seed getting into landscape beds while overseeing grow and cause problems? Is so what do you do to make sure you don’t get any in the beds?

excellent video thank you

Hi I live in Michigan have 2 dogs and our yard is in full sun what can I use are grass is always brown. Thank you

"Any care for in the last couple years"? Is 30 years long enough?

So can you apply a pre emergent after fall seeding? I am almost 4 weeks out of seeding and would love to apply some pre emergent.

If we put pre emergent down what do you recommend for pets like dogs? Are these products ok?

lots crab grass grow in my yard, they are drying out & turning brown, I would assume they are dying. Question: a, do I have to pull all roots (drying & turning brown) before I sow grass seeds? b, roots still not get pullout, will they regrow in the spring? c, when will be the best time to seed? late fall (end Oct) or now (mid September)? d. how soon I can apply pre emergent after I sow grass seeds? Thanks

Hey Ryan I am ready to put down my pre emergents. I live by NYC and we are getting low 60s during the day and 40s at night. I have a company coming to trim trees on my property and imagine they are going to be walking and dragging branches all over. Is it more important to get it down now or should I wait another 3 days till there's no traffic on the lawn? Thanks

When is it best to use a pre amergant for the first time??

Ryan, I live near Chicago and we've had some really warm weather for over a week now. Should I put a pre-emergent down now? It looks like it's going to be warmer than normal into next week even. Typically, mid-April is when I've read that I should apply it. But it's been so warm. Can you advise? Thank you!!

Very helpful tips. I am in North texas. I have missed pre emergent in the fall. In last 5 years i have never applied pre-emergent but i am facing crab grass.Can i still it in mid/late decemeber ? please suggest.

What can i use for a massive wild onion/wild garlic problem, those stupid clumps of fake thin grass are everywhere in my newly seeded tall fescue lawn

Hi, I live in New Mexico and have a “park blend” grass type, and it is very patchy. Would you recommend over seeding with fescue seed (fall or spring)? Or should I pull all the grass out and install sod? Btw, I’ve already put down Scott’s Turf Builder with Crabgrass Control.

great vid

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Ryan,I have several big maple tress that the canopy and roots are robbing my grass from growing under. The dead grass area keeps getting bigger ever year. I live in Wisconsin with a heavy clay soil yard. Need your help. Any thoughts.Tony

what are your suggestions on grub control,,when is the ideal time to spread??

I'm trying to build up areas where I had crabgrass for a year. I killed the crabgrass with quinclorac last year caused it had already grown. I seeded the areas last fall with lesco starter fertilizer , milo and patchmaster. Still not growing. Had a lot of rain in Pennsylvania so far. What advice can you give?

how do you identify what is a preemergent and what isnt? only thing im seeing on these products is the key word "weed preventer" that cant be the only thing, certain chemicals im looking for in the herbicide?

I have a yard that was planted last summer and still have a few spots that haven’t come together yet, I put down pre emergent early this spring. :/ Do you think that will have any effect on my Bermuda spreading to fill in the spots?

What is best time to apply tenacity in PNW.?

I’m tying to thicken the lawn .. should I apply prodiamine only in the spring b4 the temp reaches 55 and then reseed again in the fall with tenacity and NO prodiamine in the fall ?

Ryan, I was able to get the pre-emergent down in the front and one side about a week ago. But I am being held at bay by the wind and it does not look like its letting up for the rest of the month. Should I just go and finish in the wind and if so do you have any recommendations as to how to be the most efficient?

are the herbicides really good for your health?

What happens to the yard if you go over the yearly max rates on the pre-emergents? Does the grass start to die?

I had a bad problem with Poa Annua last season. What would be the best way to control it?

Hi Ryan. In this vid you stated using preemergence before seeding will prevent the seeds from growing. But in another video you used Tenacity on the dirt right before laying seed, and rolling it. Can you explain? I new to this. Thank you.

What about Tenacity? Its a wonderful pre/post emergent and you can actually apply it to brand new seed as well as per the bottles label

What do I do with a lawn that has a lot of “old school” (ky31) tall fescue? It’s 70 or 80% kbg mix but still dealing with sections that are ugly. Is my only option to kill them and renovate?