Seeding a New Lawn? Don't MISS THIS STEP

So you're lawn renovation has started by spraying the existing grass and now it's time to actually start working on seeding the new lawn. Should you keep that old grass in place or should you remove it before putting down the new grass seed? In this video I show you what you can do to make sure you have good seed to soil contact which is essential in growing grass seed.


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[rtsecino]

I just picked up a Greenworks Dethatcher on FB marketplace for $25. The first thing I did yesterday was to replace the tines. Good as new. Works SOOOO much better with new tines.

[ndsixstring]

Hey Ryan, all your material is fantastic at getting useful information to anyone managing "turf". One thing you may want to mention about renovating over old grass is the effect that occurs if you just cover the old grass with dirt. As the old leaf blades decay, it does two things that harm the new grass trying to grow. 1) The decay process produces methane gas. This pushes carbon dioxide away from the roots. Not good. 2) The decay process is a chemical reaction that produces heat. That heat isn't good for newly developing roots, and the worst thing is that since its subsoil, we only can see the after effect instead of being able to spot a problem and save it. That's why you want to remove as much old material as possible. Thanks again for all your great content. All the best!

[arsenic]

This guy renovates his lawn more than LCN moves houses.

[swimbait]

This is exactly where I’m at now. I sprayed my 8000 sq ft lawn and have mowed it down to 1” but it looks identical to yours in the video. I’m going to power rake next until I can see some soil as you have suggested and throw down the seed and turn on the water! Thanks

[jamesgray]

Hello Ryan enjoy your video's learn something from them. I will be seeding in April and live in Texas. I've already scalp down to the dirt with a weed eater can't wait to get started thanks for sharing this with your subscribers!

[withinavoid]

I haven’t broken any tines by always going forward only, never backwards. Great dethatcher and cheap

[DIYDad]

Perfect timing on this Ryan, I’m renovating my entire front lawn in 3 days! Scalp, aerate, and dethatch before I seed.

[alec]

I'm doing a mini reno on my side yard (400 sq ft) and after nuking it I found good success using my weed whacker to chop the grass off down to the roots/soil. Time will tell how it works, but so far so good!

[jasonwwise]

Always nice to see notifications on your new videos. Just wish they were longer! Haha! Great job, looking forward to the next one.

[briana]

3, Thanks to your videos for making my lawn reno possible. Just killed it 3 weeks ago, dethatch tomorrow...

[nygrasshole]

Great job Ryan! I’ve learned a lot from you the last 3 years!

[Drewg]

Was going to do my back yard renovation like I did the front this past year, but my backyard is 3 to 4 times bigger and it's much work by yourself lugging all that soil by wheelbarrow. My front lawn renovation using Seed Superstore 100% KBG came out AWESOME. Best lawn on the block by far. Envy of all the neighbors. So wish I had a "son" to help me (lol).

[brianluby]

Good luck with the Reno. I just got a plug aerator that hooks up to the hitch on my riding lawn mower and did some aeration today

[georgeaguirre]

A lot of hard work for sure... I am sure the end result is going to look great. Looking forward to seeing the progress. Great video.👍

[BUDS-]

Ryan, I have a very uneven area where a tree was removed . I would say it dips down about 8 inches from the level grade and is about six feet in circumference. I have TTTF. Instead of killing the whole area or digging out the existing turf, I was thinking of scalping it down this fall as low as the Honda will go, dethatching, filling with topsoil over the grass and then seeding. Do you think that would be successful? I’m thinking the topsoil would smother the original grass and I could grow new on top of it to level everything out. Any thoughts? As always, thanks to all you guys for the tips and inspiration...even Connor 😉

[lvsv]

First. I like the title. Seems appropriate for the video. I was looking forward to more progress, but I will wait! Keep up the good work!

[treylanfrd]

Dude! Do you know you hit 50k subscribers!? Congrats!

Oh yeah, the video & stuff blah blah..

Kidding! Always always great, quality content!

[Young_Star]

For anyone else looking at getting an electric de-thatcher like that, I would recommend the Sunjoe instead. Same price point and has a swappable scarifier attachment as well.

[ChuckD]

Great work, Ryan.
Now let's discuss Bobcats...

[tonymusk]

How much yards of topsoil did you order? I'm wondering how much I should order to level my backyard (3000 sqft).