I Fixed My Stressed Lawn in One Week / What is the Best Summer Fertilizer?

Help your lawn beat the summer heat by using a product to prevent or help cure the damage caused by stress. This is an easy way for a green summer lawn!

My bluemuda lawn is looking dry and stressed lately. This has been typical in late spring and early summer since I converted my front lawn from bermuda to bluemuda. This year I decided to do some research to find a product that is easy to use and affordable that will help the lawn combat the extreme heat living in the transition zone. Check out this video to see what I am dealing with and why I settled on the product I used and the best part, the RESULTS!

Timestamps:
0:00 -- Intro
1:03 --My Lawn's Problem
1:21 --The Product for Lawn Stress
2:28 --Applying the fertilizer
3:25 --One Week Later
4:13 --The Results
4:42 --Final Thoughts on StressBlend
5:50 --Recap

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My Scotts Reel Mower:
Scotts Outdoor Power Tools 2000-20S 20-Inch 5-Blade Classic Push Reel Lawn Mower

My Scotts Spreaders:

Scotts Wizz Hand-Held Spreader—Lawns 5,000sq ft or less, GET THIS NOW!

Scotts 76121 Turf Builder EdgeGuard Mini Broadcast Spreader

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[brodygoalie]

What did you use next after stress blend and when? Thanks

[liveyourbestlawn]

Great video and review👍. Subscribed. Stress blend does work but I'll add that if you want the lawn to be able to use the iron then add some humic acid with the application.

[adalinoc]

Hi Mike, great video, let me ask you, i get this problem every year by July ( in California central valley where hits over 100 degrees, now what product can i also get to use it, before stress heat hit me next year?? thanks.

[BudgetLawns]

👍Solid breakdown of the Stress Blend. Keep up the good work man!

[maryturner]

Your lawn Bermuda ? Love Y.M. Use it regularly but the heat now in Texas in July is 100 daily with humidity 55% or higher each day. Just don’t want the fungus that goes with humidity and nitrogen.Want to put down Stress Blend but not sure.St.Augustine lawn here.

[marklavelle]

What spreader setting did you use on the Scott’s Wizz?

[godislovebala]

Thanks for the video what can I use to kill my long grass please

[edgargiles]

Hello great video!
So how often do you water u grass after the application?

[rrobertson]

I put down PGF complete June 10th. It's 16-4-8. Do you think I can still put down the stress blend?

[budmanmike]

I've been thinking about applying stress blend to my yard but I don't know if it's to hot. I live in Missouri and it's been almost 100 for the last week with no rain so would it be good or just burn my grass?

[wjveryzer]

My lawn went from beautiful thick green to straw brown in a week. Drought on long island. I have a sprinkler system. Nothing seems to have done the trick

[bluejay]

IMO another YardMastery gimmick. Keep in mind that these boutique types of fertilizers were developed for golf courses with crappy sandy soils devoid of nutrients. There is simply no way to know whether K is needed without referring to your soil test. . Excessive potassium in the soil can affect other nutrients and contribute to higher soil salt concentrations. Which requires even more water stress.
Any greening you are experiencing is from pushing soluble N into a highly stressed period and if I’m right ammonia forms of nitrogen require even more water requirements on the plant.
2 recommendations. First check your organic content. Adding compost in spring or fall will go a long way in helping soil retain moisture. I believe you need to hit the 3-5% range
Second, from my experience hitting the lawn with liquid kelp applications going inside the heat is the best way to reduce stress and stimulate root development without pushing a lot of top growth. Kelp is a great bio stimulant. I use a combination of humic acid and kelp applied via a backpack sprayer. I do not irrigate and my TTTF stays fairly green through humid hot mid Atlantic summers