How to seed BARE SPOTS in your LAWN

Seeding bare spots isn't too complicated, but there are a few key steps you need to take to ensure success.

[JorianWulf]

"Give it the ol' good hand job" 😂
Love the super technical term there haha. Great video though, learned and will be following your steps next week!

[acreguy]

Excellent. One point you missed - the surrounding turf will need cutting in the interim. Aim the discharge of the mower AWAY from the seed bed. The seed bed must be totally undisturbed until full germination has occurred, which with your technique should render about 90% germination. Well done!

[davidmata]

I'm an absolute beginner when it comes to growing a lawn from seed so I've actually followed the steps here on a few bald spots on my lawn and I'm in about 8 days now and gotta say I'm pretty excited to see the grass shoots sprouting up. I've tried this two times previously before actually finding this video and this is the first time I've gotten any results at all. I'm very happy and hoping the lawn comes in full on the patch I experimented on. That cultivator is absolutely key.. The growth still looks uneven which has me a little worried but at least I'm seeing results.. Thanks so much for the video and tips.. Subscribed...

[robertphillips]

Excellent video! No screaming, shouting or any overblown hype. It’s just the facts! Thank you

[wwaynemcg]

All good steps. Only thing I would add, is I like to walk it down before watering. Compressing it down a bit seems to improve contact between seed & soil.

[Buddycoop]

Great advice. I noticed the main thing is if the soil isn't loose you're screwed. Peat moss is a great idea. And yep, keep the water going but I noticed if we are going to have a weeks worth of rain then I hurry and put seed down since the rain water makes it sprout so much faster than crappy city chlorine water.

[anthonypaynter]

Good video, thanks. Straight to the point, no waffle. That's the secret to good videoing & thanks for the tips too. I obviously wasn't watering it enough. I will try 3 times a day now, for 14 days.

[kylehartley]

Great video, thank you for not making people over think it, on day 5 and im hopeful my patchy lawn will start to look much more green and presentable within the coming weeks! Cheers

[TheLawngineer]

I’ve got a few bare spots and need to do this soon before the summer heat kicks in. This is a solid method that I’ve used many times and have gotten consistent results every single time! Great video!!

[aidangriffiths]

I never knew i needed 'the lawn whisperer*' 😂 in my life (stupid plough king) then i started taking care of a driving range here in Dublin. Great stuff, subscribed 🤙 im

[frankcastle]

Best vid on seeding that I've found on here, and I spent an hour looking. One kook was even laying on the dirt with a Go-Pro yelping about soil quality. Thanks much and giving this a try today.

[chrisabcdefg]

This is how I've been reseeding for years. I do mix some planting soil in with the peat moss also.

[AA-flyguy]

Just Subscribed!!! YAY!!!👌. My Dad, who lived in Phoenix, had THE GREENEST LAWN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, but he just passed in so I'm taking over the lawn. My mom, who is in her 80's is watering it everyday to keep it Super Green. I'm from San Diego so keeping things green there is easy, but here in Phoenix, it is a challenge. I'm ALL IN ON YOUR CHANNEL 🙏

[hfrt]

Excellent video! cut to the chase. No, yapping, thank you so much.

[raffimckringleberry]

Love givin it the good ole ✋️ job, works 60% of the time, every time.

[stevenboyd]

I am going with the Scott’s grass seed that has everything in it. Thanks for letting me know that the seed needs to be under the soil.😊😊😊

[zsaisayus]

I wish I would have came here before hiring a company to treat my yard. I had several bare spots. They stated to water down the area they treated, wait a week and then till the section, then apply the grass seeds and moss. Then to let them know what areas I laid new grass down. Well after a month waiting no grass ever came. Now I am stuck needing to sod the sections. I wish I just tried to get grass in first. costly. But thanks for the right way.

[someguy]

You can use a hard-tine rake to loosen the soil as well.

Scotts (and others) make seed that includes fertilizer. I used Scott's turf builder sun and shade mix. I used a Scotts "Wizz" to put down the seed.

I just used a couple of bags of top soil that I bought from HD for $2cuft and watered it 3 times a day.

Filled in two large spots. Within 10 days I had lush grass long enough to cut. Within 3 weeks, it looked like the grass had always been there.

[jasonheath]

Having the same problem coming into spring. Probably from the dogs recycling program through the winter. I thatched the dead grass, put down some new soil and used the Scott's patch repair with the starter fertilizer with crab grass prevention. I also have been putting some rgs in the dogs water so she is actually helping with the yard. Ok just joking about the last part.

[caseymac]

How were you able to say "give it the ol' hand job" with out even a "that's what she said"? Im amazed