How to Prepare Soil for Grass Planting | Lawn & Garden Care

So some people have asked how to prepare your soil for grass seed. Well the first steps in that are to loosen the soil and then get the rough material, the highs and lows leveled on it. But then once you've got that, then you want to come in with a finer rake, something like this spring tine rake or leaf rake. And then you want to come in and rake the surface free of anything that's larger than say a half an inch generally is the guideline. So any stones, any wood debris, you want to get that off the surface and get a nice, sort of fluffy surface so that the grass seed can sit in there. The key to excellent grass sprouting is to have good soil seed contact. You need to get a really smooth surface so that when you lay the seed down it will have good contact with the soil and sprout well. One of the things you'll want to remember as you're working the soil is that you don't really want to work the soil when it's too dry or too wet. If you break it up when it's too dry and try to rake it you're going to create something that's more like powder. And if you work it when it's too wet, then you'll end up with some clods and something we call glazing which is pellets of soil that have a slick surface on it that doesn't take well for roots or seed. So make sure that your soil, when you go out to work it, is sort of evenly moist, not just after a rain but not after a dry spell either.

[shinjoomin]

Will Ferrel randomly stops at some random spot in the hood to do a video on planting grass. Classy!

[dylaforever]

2nd career as a look-a-like surely in the bag? Crazy likeness... I know when I do my garden next, this is my anchorman...

[mymistymountainhop]

So Will Ferrell not only plays drums for rhcp but is also into lawns, cool.

[pxlhytx]

Holy cow, I thought Will Ferrell was teaching me how to plant grass seed

[DlcEnergy]

You know that movie Step Brothers. I think they could do another called Twin Brothers.

[MiaQuacko]

Hi I live in Brentwood CA and it gets up to between 96 to 104 in the summer time here. Is it recommended to wait until it cools down to install a yard? we just bought a house and the back is all dried up dirt without any vegetation. I'd like to get started but some ppl think I should wait until the fall. Thanks Javier

[johnjohnderekhickerd]

I have tough dirt in a high traffoc area amd want to regrow grass. Should I till it first or is a landscape take enough to beat it up a little?

[woldrau]

He looks more like Will Ferrell than Chad Smith does

[myboy]

I was about to make a Will Ferrel comment till i opened the comments.

[TS-vgly]

"Do you really love lamp or are you just saying that?"

[starrrael]

Right???? Will Ferrell doing lawns. Hey dude I'd take advantage and send my photo in to his agent "just in case" he needs a double...never know;-)

[Danieltaylor]

What did he say??? I was too distracted by how much he looks like Will Ferrell and waiting for something funny to