Seed & Repair BARE SPOTS In The Lawn: How To NEVER FAIL

Seeding bare spots isn't very complicated, all you need is seed on bare dirt but there are a few important steps you should take to ensure success. This video will show you how to plant grass seed to fix or repair bare patches or dead spots in the lawn. Every single time I follow these steps I see 100% success.

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[delinquense]

This video reminds me why this is my go to lawn and grass channel. I love the detail that is provided.

[davidgonzales-ecbo]

I love to see baby grass grow. It's so exciting.

[BassandCoffee]

I threw seed on my bare clay soil and covered it up with peat moss and it germinated in 5 days lol. I did spread lime and gypsum when i seeded as well. Watered 4x a day for 15mins each and 19 days later it has been filling in nicely!

[davidgonzales-ecbo]

I've got tons of bare spots. This is a perfect video for me right now. The two issues I have right now are leveling my lawn and bare spots. Lol

[SteveinJersey]

Excellent video, as always, Brian! And very timely for me as this is exactly what I'm doing this week here in northern New Jersey. I had one additional and optional step to suggest; something that has worked well for me in fixing bare spots. To get the seeds to germinate as quickly and effectively as possible, I have found that pre-germination works really well, particularly if you're choosing slower germinating grass types like tall fescue and KBG. And because there are so few seeds needed for bare spots, the pre-germination procedure is much easier to accomplish compared to seeding/reseeding a large lawn section. I just place the required handfuls of seeds in a fine mesh drawstring bag, place them in a quart sized plastic container (a couple of dollars at Home Depot), fill it with water, and cover it with a lid. And I change out the water every 12 hours. I do this for 4-5 days and then when it's time to seed, I can simply add some milorganite or sand directly to the quart container to help with the seed spreading. I then follow pretty much the exact steps you laid out in your video. Following this procedure has really speeded up and improved the germination, at least in my experience. Just something I wanted to suggest.

[JoeBilello]

My Johnathan Green Black-Beauty Ultra sprouted in exactly 8 days. I seeded a bare area last Saturday and now the sprouts are already an inch high and those seeds grow in the shade😊

[eazylnova]

Perfect! I’ll be needing this in the spring. I did follow your video of pre germinating seeds in order seed the spots the squirrels dug up and they germinated wonderfully before yesterdays first frost. Some parts under my two 40 year old oak trees I’m sure will have some damage from the millions of leaves that fell 😒

[mikep]

Excellent advice, from my experience. You have the seed on good soil and lightly covered, so it'll stay moist. One thing I might suggest is pre-sprouting your seed. That doesn't speed the entire process but increases the chance seed will sprout and shortens the time before sprouts emerge. That's especially important if you can't guarantee perfect growing conditions. Presprouting seed takes about 1/2 the time listed on the seed pack but it often shows shoots in under a week once on the ground... plus often gets 90% germination. I especially like how you put down 1/2" of potting soil over the dead spot. Some leaves can "poison" the soil to minimumize the chance of plants germinating.

[myredrose]

Congratulations on how much your channel has grown 👏. I love how you take your time to educate everyone through y 4:36 our experiences and also how your always trying different methods. So much better than some other channels where people only seem to be bragging about their lawn.

So thank you so very much Brian.

[melissaann]

I learned something new tonight! Thank you

[SnowHarp]

Fabulous video and very clear - thank you for taking the time to provide instructions. I am in Canada so cold weather is fast approaching and we have a huge problem with birds eating the seed - I have already tried deterrents like spinning silver foil and white plastic bags but the birds get used to that and are brazen. I will be buying some of that crop cover cloth you demonstrated. Again, thanks for an excellent video.

[gailh]

Thanks for this video. Bare spots are a challenge.

[ConstantineKrystallis]

Cool stuff as always. When do you hold off on the repeated daily watering? How long after germination do you go into normal watering cycle.. if even nessecary.Thanks!

[BenjaminT.Minkler]

my Rye grass came up and already got its first light mow, but I had put that seed down first; I figured the Fescue would have beaten it(and I put that seed down a few days later, almost two weeks ago now) as this other area is 'full sun', however I haven't really gotten too many sunny days and instead a wave of sub 50F cloudy days and colder nights with some good rains mixed in ....now I'm coming back to some mid 60F's days with mild nights; but this video gave me have hope, that sometimes we might not see any germination until well into the third week - thanks!

[jrowson]

Great video! So glad to see! Would this work if fixing a bare spot in a lawn in zone 8 using a warm season seed? All of the experts say I have to wait until spring/summer to seed, I have centipede.

[PETERThompson-eh]

Another great video. I love how you speak in layman terms. Very easy to follow. I have a newly seeded lawn, 5 weeks old. When should I fill in the bare spots as you outline in your video? Thank you so much
Peter

[johnpham]

Awesome video! I just seeded and have a bare spot due to runoff from my sprinklers and a few rainy days. I'll probably try this in spring? I think it's too late now. Tempts are dropping.

[nickmarek]

Can you apply Mesotrione after the baby grass has sprouted?

I hear most people saying they apply it “at time of seeding” meaning when the grass is still a seed.

What about if you pre-germinated / primed your seed?

[vausa]

Great video!! You were mentioning that seeding a bare spot in late Spring or late Falls. Can I seed bare spots that are in a shady place (north side of my house) in the deep summer?

[visionquest]

Hey :)... Can I simply use some top soil to cover the seed? I have like 2 bags... To apply it simple rub your hands together basically to ensure the soil drops down real light on the seed, bought a handheld cultivator too to rough up the dirt .