How to Fix a Bare Spot in the Lawn - 3 Tips for Fast Repair

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[thangknowa]

When I edge my centipede lawn, I put those cuttings in a wheelbarrow and find thin spots that could benefit from planting them there. It's like free sod!

[daves]

FYI for Bermuda people check for rocks and construction debris that was not removed prior to laying down the lawn. If that happens especially in clay soil there is a chance your lawn will not recover unless you dig up the rocks and debris, dig up and remove as much clay as you can and fill with a ton of topsoil.

[johnfetter]

Great video Jason. I used the Pro Plugger last year. I purchased 144 celebration bermuda plugs on line for some bare spots. I used a small amount of Wakefield biochar at the base of the hole, and scant amount of starter fertilizer, then put the commercial plug in. I also mixed up a 70/30 mix of potting soil and play sand in a garden cart, as the Pro Plugger is a 2 inch diameter and the plugs were 1 x 1 inch to center the plug. I had 100% take. I also did the autotransplant method as you described, along with the biochar and starter fert. Also had a 100% take. This method is guaranteed to work as long as you have enough water, either by rain or irrigation. Keep up the great content.

[rbljackson]

yep....ive got the pro plugger as well....definitely helpful for filling in bare areas. Combine that fertilizer on a regular basis and watch that bermuda come alive

[anniesshenanigans]

I have several places in my yard that seem to stay bare, except for weeds. The crazy weeds grow there, but the grass struggles. My yard has a slope and when the builder did the original landscape, they brought in a lot of red clay and buried leftover bricks as well. One lower area has a lot of drainage and you can see the pattern of where the water flows down to the street. It's a pattern of weeds that I have fought for 8 years. The other area is higher and not really in a 'flow' spot, but I am suspecting a lot of brick was buried there. These weeds grow over all of it fairly well, and they are green and native plants to the area, but when the grass is cut, the yard looks very bare in those spots since these 'weeds' are the kind that have low growing 'tentacles' above ground and when they are cut most of the bare ground is exposed. I have not tried to re sod those areas, but that is going to be my next attempt. I know some would say why not in 8 years, but I have recently retired and never really noticed it before!! I was working most of the time so it didn't bother me. I live in Florida and have centipede grass.

[charleshawkins]

Thank you very much for all of your fantastic videos, Jason!

[djratino]

That Pro Plugger looks cool as hell! Beats using a trenching shovel. I've been using a trenching shovel for years. That plugger would be much quicker. Thanks for the tip... 🐀🐾

[badpixels_]

i like that tool. so nice. i just bought it. $42.00 Total

[Nickat]

Try some humic acid as well as a soil amendment. It breaks up the soil and allows the grass roots an easier path to spreading.

[lindah]

If it was a chemical spill. You'll need to remove the top layer of contaminated soil. Then use fresh topsoil.

[MSKBSShow]

Thanks Jason, I am going to use your apporach.

[shocker]

Thanks Jason!! Very informative sir!!!

[lindah]

3:48. There is a trail going from the road or driveway where a vehicle was leaking fluids. Oil, Antifreeze, Transmission fluid. Chemicals that kill the grass and poison the soil.

[joshuasantos]

I almost wanted him to say the best way to fill the plugs was to use the pro plugger to cut out other holes and fill those holes. Then he would look at the new holes and scratch his head and just go in an endless loop of pulling and filling holes all over the lawn.

[bptjps]

I found white Earth-Gro empty bags nicely rectangular planted in the backyard. My reason grass not growing.

[JK-Handyman]

Thanks for another great video, It seems like most videos on youtube regarding lawn care are all from Yankees in the north mowing their blue grass and rye with their "real mowers". Would love to see more videos on centipede and getting rid of hateful Bahia grass. I know some people like Bahia but down here where I live zone 8b by the coast / sandy soil it grows too fast and is impossible to get rid of. I've been trying to keep it mowed low but it just wont die and I'm worried about using MSM turf because I have oaks, fruit trees, and I don't want to kill the centipede i do have by overlapping or over spray. Thanks again and keep up the great work!

[skblack]

Last year I had a mole or smoll and I used some granules that was to get rid of it. Well a spike trap got it but everywhere I put the granules down. The grass is dead this year !

[donteven]

He should just call this channel “the Bermuda grass channel.”

[bearpayton]

Sounds like Phil Hartman doing a SNL skit!

[Iexpedite]

I put down sand this year. I have a few thin spots that are showing the white sand despite the grasses recovery. I considered a PGR but was always told to use it after I was happy with the lawn. It made sense to me but....