WEBVTT 00:00.367 --> 00:01.768 - Hi, thanks for joining us 00:01.768 --> 00:04.137 for The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South. 00:04.137 --> 00:05.372 I'm Chris Cooper. 00:05.372 --> 00:07.507  Spring is here and the   lawn is greening up. 00:07.507 --> 00:09.743  Today, we're talking   about what to do to get it 00:09.743 --> 00:11.578  ready for   the growing season. 00:11.578 --> 00:14.147  Also, we'll show how to   calibrate your spreaders. 00:14.147 --> 00:15.582  That's just ahead 00:15.582 --> 00:17.784  on The Family Plot:   Gardening in the Mid-South. 00:17.784 --> 00:19.253  - (female announcer)   Production funding 00:19.253 --> 00:21.021  for The Family Plot:   Gardening in the Mid-South 00:21.021 --> 00:22.956  is provided by 00:22.956 --> 00:25.359  the WKNO Production Fund, 00:25.359 --> 00:27.561  the WKNO Endowment Fund, 00:27.561 --> 00:29.630  and by viewers like you. 00:29.630 --> 00:31.064  Thank you. 00:31.064 --> 00:33.634 [upbeat country music] 00:40.941 --> 00:42.175 - Welcome to The Family Plot. 00:42.175 --> 00:43.443 I'm Chris Cooper. 00:43.443 --> 00:44.978 Joining me today is Mr. Booker T. Leigh. 00:44.978 --> 00:46.713 Booker is a UT Extension agent right here 00:46.713 --> 00:48.615 in Shelby County, and Celeste Scott 00:48.615 --> 00:50.550 will be joining me later. 00:50.550 --> 00:53.654 All right, Booker, so how do we prepare the lawns 00:53.654 --> 00:55.923 for the spring into the summer? 00:55.923 --> 00:57.958 - Okay. At that time of the year again 00:57.958 --> 00:59.326 and I'm so happy to start. 01:00.527 --> 01:02.029 I like to have that pretty green grass. 01:02.029 --> 01:03.630 I know everybody else like to have that pretty green grass 01:03.630 --> 01:04.598 or whatever grass that you have 01:04.598 --> 01:05.832 in your landscape. 01:05.832 --> 01:07.634 And this is a good time to start doing things 01:07.634 --> 01:08.802 and getting ready for that. 01:08.802 --> 01:10.504 The first thing I start out doing would be 01:10.504 --> 01:11.772 getting me a soil test. 01:11.772 --> 01:13.540 If I read that and I had a soil test, 01:13.540 --> 01:14.675 and then it's going to tell you what you need to 01:14.675 --> 01:15.943 add to your soil. 01:15.943 --> 01:17.210 Whether you need to add lime or what kind 01:17.210 --> 01:18.712 of fertilizer I need to add to it 01:18.712 --> 01:20.247 because the soil pH is very important in any kind 01:20.247 --> 01:21.848 when you're trying to grow your lawn grass 01:21.848 --> 01:23.717  'cause for most lawn grass, 01:23.717 --> 01:25.285  you need a soil pH   between 6.0 and 6.5. 01:26.586 --> 01:28.288  And the only way to tell   that is by a soil test. 01:28.288 --> 01:30.123 And reading everything about that soil test, 01:30.123 --> 01:31.591 your soil pH is very important. 01:31.591 --> 01:32.793 - Very important. 01:32.793 --> 01:33.627 - Very important. 01:33.627 --> 01:34.895 If the pH is off, 01:34.895 --> 01:35.896 if it's too high, all the other nutrients 01:35.896 --> 01:37.097 you put down on your lawn 01:37.097 --> 01:39.132 is not going to be used up by the plant. 01:39.132 --> 01:40.367 You want to make sure that it's used up 01:40.367 --> 01:41.635 by the plant, and then when you put it on there 01:41.635 --> 01:43.637 So if not, then they're not going to work right. 01:43.637 --> 01:47.541 You just add fertilizer in there and it's not doing any good. 01:47.541 --> 01:49.576 So if you have somebody to take care of your lawn 01:49.576 --> 01:51.311 you need to ask them to do a soil test sometime, 01:51.311 --> 01:52.779 you know just do a soil test 01:52.779 --> 01:54.481 and to make sure that you have it, that's right. 01:54.481 --> 01:55.949 - You're exactly right. 01:55.949 --> 01:57.217 Your soil pH is all about nutrient availability. 01:57.217 --> 01:58.919 So you definitely want to get that right. 01:58.919 --> 02:01.822 - Another thing I do it every year. 02:01.822 --> 02:03.557 I like to sharpen my lawn mower blade 02:03.557 --> 02:05.192 before you get started sharpening 02:05.192 --> 02:06.493 make sure you have a sharp blade, right? 02:06.493 --> 02:08.729 'Cause you don't want to start cutting the grass 02:08.729 --> 02:10.364 with a dull blade. 02:10.364 --> 02:11.765 When you have a dull blade, 02:11.765 --> 02:13.166 it's not going to cut the grass. 02:13.166 --> 02:14.668 It's just going to beat it down. 02:14.668 --> 02:17.671 And so I sharpen mine twice during the growing season. 02:17.671 --> 02:19.673 Yeah. And they easy to take off. 02:19.673 --> 02:20.607 One thing you might want to do 02:20.607 --> 02:21.975 you might want to take the plug, 02:21.975 --> 02:23.176 remove the spark plug wire. 02:23.176 --> 02:24.378 You don't want people in there working 02:24.378 --> 02:25.779 with the spark plug wire on there. 02:25.779 --> 02:27.180 You want to make sure it don't start up 02:27.180 --> 02:28.782 or something cause you could have an accident 02:28.782 --> 02:30.283 and you don't want to do that. 02:30.283 --> 02:31.551 When you take it off, then make sure you know how 02:31.551 --> 02:32.986 to put it back on there because if not 02:32.986 --> 02:34.654 and you put it back on there wrong, 02:34.654 --> 02:35.856 it's not going to do a good job cutting. 02:35.856 --> 02:37.190 When I first took mine out the first time 02:37.190 --> 02:39.326 I had to go back to a store 02:39.326 --> 02:41.061 and look at the lawn mower to 02:41.061 --> 02:42.329 see how that blade go on there. 02:42.329 --> 02:43.663 So from now on I mark mine when you take it 02:43.663 --> 02:45.265 off there to make sure you put it back 02:45.265 --> 02:46.099 on there right. 02:46.099 --> 02:47.267 - Right 02:47.267 --> 02:48.201 - That's a good thing to do in there, 02:48.201 --> 02:49.436 but you need that sharp blade. 02:49.436 --> 02:50.704 And that thing when you start cutting 02:50.704 --> 02:51.638 your lawn grass this year if you haven't 02:51.638 --> 02:53.807 been doing that, try to cut 02:53.807 --> 02:55.042 in different directions. 02:55.042 --> 02:56.376 You know, I try to do it all the time now. 02:56.376 --> 02:58.078 I didn't start doing it. 02:58.078 --> 02:59.680 Then you will see that grass begin to grow better. 02:59.680 --> 03:00.781 You want to cut it one way this time 03:00.781 --> 03:01.715 then another way next time 03:01.715 --> 03:03.250 and get that grass to stand up. 03:03.250 --> 03:04.751 - Right. 03:04.751 --> 03:05.585 - Because if you cut it the same way all the time, 03:05.585 --> 03:06.820 it's gonna be laying down. 03:06.820 --> 03:08.121 So you need to make sure you cut that grass 03:08.121 --> 03:09.356 in a different direction 03:09.356 --> 03:10.724 so it begins to stand up in there. 03:10.724 --> 03:11.958 - And you want it to stand up 03:11.958 --> 03:13.527 so you can get water and the fertilizer 03:13.527 --> 03:16.029 - You want to get down to where you're at. 03:16.029 --> 03:19.266 Then another thing, maintain the correct height. 03:19.266 --> 03:21.268  Now I cut mine low twice. 03:21.268 --> 03:23.503  If you haven't   made a cut already 03:23.503 --> 03:24.938  on that first   couple cuttings, 03:24.938 --> 03:26.406  I like to cut mine low. 03:26.406 --> 03:27.641 I like to bag that grass 03:27.641 --> 03:29.342 and get all that dead grass out of there. 03:29.342 --> 03:30.577 - Okay. 03:30.577 --> 03:32.079 - Then I started working more to the 03:32.079 --> 03:33.346 correct height and cut for during the summertime. 03:33.346 --> 03:34.347 And you should have that pretty grass 03:34.347 --> 03:35.849 or something when you start 03:35.849 --> 03:37.184 doing that and stuff in there. 03:37.184 --> 03:38.452 So the other thing you want to do 03:38.452 --> 03:39.886 to your lawnmower in there, check it out, 03:39.886 --> 03:41.121 make sure you're ready to go. 03:41.121 --> 03:43.223 - Okay. So what kind of grass do you have? 03:43.223 --> 03:44.424 - I have Bermuda grass. 03:44.424 --> 03:45.358 - Okay. 03:45.358 --> 03:46.927 - Yeah, I have Bermuda grass. 03:46.927 --> 03:49.262 My grass now is still kind of dormant. 03:49.262 --> 03:50.497 - Okay. 03:50.497 --> 03:51.731 - Mine begin to come out of dormancy right now. 03:51.731 --> 03:53.100 - Okay. 03:53.100 --> 03:55.368 Now do we need to be concerned about any diseases, 03:55.368 --> 03:57.204 you know, in our lawns? 03:57.204 --> 03:58.538 - We could be. It'll depend on what 03:58.538 --> 04:00.040 kind of winter you had. 04:00.040 --> 04:00.941 If you had a lot of snow in there, 04:00.941 --> 04:02.409 a lot of ice on it. 04:02.409 --> 04:03.443 And it stayed on there for a long period of time 04:03.443 --> 04:05.312 and you had poor drainage. 04:05.312 --> 04:07.013 You might see that grass to begin to 04:07.013 --> 04:08.782 not come out right now. 04:08.782 --> 04:11.118 Cause it could be, it damaged the root system. 04:11.118 --> 04:14.254 But normally we have brown patches, 04:14.254 --> 04:15.555  spring dead spots. 04:15.555 --> 04:16.623  Look over the whole   lawn and you'll see 04:16.623 --> 04:17.891  if your grass   not coming out 04:17.891 --> 04:19.326  and you have little   spots out in there. 04:19.326 --> 04:21.061 You probably have one of those fungus disease on there. 04:21.061 --> 04:22.529 - Okay. 04:22.529 --> 04:23.797 - Could begin looking at and see how to control that. 04:23.797 --> 04:25.766 - Okay. And what about soil insect pests? 04:25.766 --> 04:27.033 - What we do have a lot of times now, 04:27.033 --> 04:28.068 a lot of times we start having 04:28.068 --> 04:29.169 you might have like armyworm, 04:29.169 --> 04:30.437 that get on there sometimes. 04:30.437 --> 04:32.806 Sometimes you have bugs in the grass, 04:32.806 --> 04:34.908 grubworms under the lawn in there. 04:34.908 --> 04:36.209 And so you need to check that 04:36.209 --> 04:37.477 and how you check for that. 04:37.477 --> 04:38.745 You might want to dig a section of that 04:38.745 --> 04:40.280 out of there, look in there see if you have 04:40.280 --> 04:42.015 a lot of insects in there. 04:42.015 --> 04:42.849 If you do then you might wanna 04:42.849 --> 04:44.384 start a lawn treatment. 04:44.384 --> 04:45.485 - Okay. All right. 04:45.485 --> 04:47.487 So what about aeration? 04:47.487 --> 04:51.291 So when do we need the aerate our cool season grasses 04:51.291 --> 04:52.559 and our warm season grasses? 04:52.559 --> 04:54.427 Why do we need to do that anyway? 04:54.427 --> 04:56.596 - That's a good question, we need to do that too. 04:56.596 --> 04:59.199 Now I did mine a couple years ago. 04:59.199 --> 05:00.600 Aerate it. 05:00.600 --> 05:02.936 I de-thatch it, and that made a big difference 05:02.936 --> 05:04.604 in that lawn grass in there. 05:04.604 --> 05:06.373 We opened that grass up some 05:06.373 --> 05:08.275 and we got a lot of traffic on there. 05:08.275 --> 05:09.809 Open up the grass and it began to breathe better. 05:09.809 --> 05:11.011 Water got down in there. 05:12.078 --> 05:13.113 I saw a big difference in there. 05:13.113 --> 05:14.314 - Okay. 05:14.314 --> 05:15.248 - But when you want to do that now, 05:15.248 --> 05:16.650 when that grass begins to grow. 05:16.650 --> 05:19.252  You know, Bermuda   grass and zoysia grass, 05:19.252 --> 05:20.754  you want to do it when   that grass begin to grow. 05:20.754 --> 05:23.490  You don't want to do it   into the dormancy season. 05:23.490 --> 05:25.492  'Cause you don't want to   expose the root system 05:25.492 --> 05:29.362  to winter weather   all winter long. 05:29.362 --> 05:30.730  And for your fescue lawn 05:30.730 --> 05:32.065  that probably   sometime in September, 05:32.065 --> 05:33.066  you got a   cool season grass. 05:33.066 --> 05:34.301  Whenever you want   to do that, 05:34.301 --> 05:35.468  you want to do it   in the coolest, 05:35.468 --> 05:37.604  when that grass   begins to grow. 05:37.604 --> 05:38.438  So you want to do it   when that grass begins 05:38.438 --> 05:39.506  to grow in there. 05:39.506 --> 05:40.707  So you don't   want to do it 05:40.707 --> 05:42.108 when that grass goes into a dormancy 05:42.108 --> 05:43.610 I want it just fresh coming out of the dormancy. 05:43.610 --> 05:44.878 But when they get out, you want to aerate it then. 05:44.878 --> 05:46.112 - Okay. 05:46.112 --> 05:46.913 - And you will see a big difference there, 05:46.913 --> 05:48.181 you need to try that. 05:48.181 --> 05:49.716 And then you got a lot of dead grass, 05:49.716 --> 05:50.951 a lot of thatch in there. 05:50.951 --> 05:53.320  You get you something   like a garden rake. 05:53.320 --> 05:55.488  If you've got little small   areas and rake across 05:55.488 --> 05:57.357  and get all that dead   grass out of there. 05:57.357 --> 05:58.558  And then when   I like to bag mine 05:58.558 --> 05:59.826 the first couple times 05:59.826 --> 06:01.361 you get all that dead grass out of there. 06:01.361 --> 06:03.063 - So why would we want to get that dead grass out of there? 06:03.063 --> 06:05.098 - It can add thatch over a period of time. 06:05.098 --> 06:06.867 It can begin to do that. 06:06.867 --> 06:08.034 Then you have less water getting 06:08.034 --> 06:10.103 down into the root system. 06:10.103 --> 06:11.104 You have less fertilizer getting 06:11.104 --> 06:12.339 into the root system 06:12.339 --> 06:13.506 and you're wasting a lot of money. 06:13.506 --> 06:14.708 - Okay. 06:14.708 --> 06:16.476 - Another thing that if you need to 06:16.476 --> 06:18.011 water that grass, you wanna water it 06:18.011 --> 06:19.279 early in the morning time. 06:19.279 --> 06:20.714 A lot of times you start watering the grass 06:20.714 --> 06:23.083 late at night and in the evening time, 06:23.083 --> 06:25.285 you can start adding disease problems 06:25.285 --> 06:26.219 to that grass. 06:26.219 --> 06:27.454 So you don't want to do that. 06:27.454 --> 06:30.123 If you've got a really good thick turf, 06:30.123 --> 06:32.025 you can get out a lot of weeds. 06:32.025 --> 06:34.160 It'll choke all that out of there. 06:34.160 --> 06:36.663 So you won't have that problem in there. 06:36.663 --> 06:38.365 I cut it twice a week and 06:38.365 --> 06:40.867 when we cut it twice a week there, 06:40.867 --> 06:43.003 I'm not moving, but just clip it off there. 06:43.003 --> 06:45.205 And I leave old clippings on the lawn 06:45.205 --> 06:47.207 and that adds nitrogen to your soil. 06:47.207 --> 06:48.441 - Okay. 06:48.441 --> 06:50.143 - Yeah and then you don't want it 06:50.143 --> 06:51.578 to look like hay out there when you cut it, 06:51.578 --> 06:53.046 you don't want just a whole lot of hay out there. 06:53.046 --> 06:54.814 You want to cut it the way I cut it twice a week. 06:54.814 --> 06:56.116 And another thing I can cut it faster 06:56.116 --> 06:57.450 when I cut it twice a week. 06:58.551 --> 06:59.719 If you go a real period of time that like, 06:59.719 --> 07:01.087 we have a lot of rain, 07:01.087 --> 07:02.689 I can't go out there and cut it. 07:02.689 --> 07:04.324 Then I might go bag it then. 07:04.324 --> 07:06.426 To keep some of the other grass off 07:06.426 --> 07:09.362 and I get back to cutting it like I should have. 07:09.362 --> 07:11.898 - So we were talking about fertilizer earlier, right? 07:11.898 --> 07:13.500 And we want people to fertilize according 07:13.500 --> 07:14.968 to the soil test. 07:14.968 --> 07:17.570 So you get, when you get the analysis back 07:17.570 --> 07:19.739 how do you fertilize your lawn? 07:19.739 --> 07:22.175 - When I fertilize my lawn, if it says 07:22.175 --> 07:24.210 add 50 pounds, 07:24.210 --> 07:26.313  I go different directions. 07:26.313 --> 07:27.847  I go half this way. 07:27.847 --> 07:30.317  I put 25 pounds this way   and 25 pounds other way. 07:30.317 --> 07:32.018  I make sure I get   a good coverage. 07:32.018 --> 07:33.520  And another thing I   see a lot of times 07:33.520 --> 07:35.689  people have these   fertilized lawn grass, 07:35.689 --> 07:36.956  and they have a lot of   fertilizer on the sidewalk. 07:36.956 --> 07:38.958 You you don't want to get on the sidewalk. 07:38.958 --> 07:41.561 That's not going to do any good on the sidewalk 07:41.561 --> 07:45.398 but you want to make sure that you get it on the lawn. 07:45.398 --> 07:46.666 - You know, we were talking about the 07:46.666 --> 07:47.467 warm season grasses Bermuda and zoysia, 07:47.467 --> 07:48.435 how often, you know, 07:48.435 --> 07:49.703 should we fertilize them 07:49.703 --> 07:51.471 with the nitrogen fertilizer though. 07:51.471 --> 07:53.273 - One of the things about nitrogen fertilizer 07:53.273 --> 07:54.974  on the bag you gonna   see three numbers. 07:54.974 --> 07:58.978  your nitrogen, your   phosphorus, and potassium. 07:58.978 --> 08:02.082  The nitrogen it don't   stay in the soil too long 08:02.082 --> 08:04.884  grass kind of use   that up because 08:04.884 --> 08:07.253 it normally do two things to the plant, 08:07.253 --> 08:09.089 make it grow and turn it green. 08:09.089 --> 08:10.023 - Okay. 08:10.023 --> 08:12.058 - You know, you put that on it 08:12.058 --> 08:14.227 about three times during the growing season, 08:15.328 --> 08:17.697 but your phosphorus and potassium, 08:17.697 --> 08:19.399 they build up in the soil. 08:19.399 --> 08:20.600 That's why I say you might not want to, 08:20.600 --> 08:21.968 you might want to look at your fertilizer 08:21.968 --> 08:22.969 when you're putting it down, 08:22.969 --> 08:24.838 because you might want to say 08:24.838 --> 08:27.140 like 13-13-13. 08:27.140 --> 08:28.508 Well, those second two numbers 08:28.508 --> 08:29.709 you might wanna drop those down later on 08:29.709 --> 08:31.378 'cause they, they can build up in the soil and 08:31.378 --> 08:33.046 based on your soil test, but normally 08:33.046 --> 08:34.581 the nitrogen leaches itself out fast, 08:34.581 --> 08:36.383 it don't stay in there too long. 08:36.383 --> 08:39.853 It comes, do it's job, turn it green, and make it grow. 08:39.853 --> 08:41.321 - And make it grow. 08:41.321 --> 08:42.589 - But the phosphorus and potassium 08:42.589 --> 08:44.157 they can go for the root system. 08:44.157 --> 08:45.158 And also, they fight off diseases. 08:45.158 --> 08:46.726 - Okay. All right. 08:46.726 --> 08:48.128 So we do all those things 08:48.128 --> 08:51.031 and we'll have nice clean lawn right. 08:51.031 --> 08:52.665 From the spring into the summer. 08:52.665 --> 08:55.468 Yeah. We appreciate that good information. 08:55.468 --> 08:56.603 - Thank you. 08:56.603 --> 08:59.205 [upbeat country music] 09:03.510 --> 09:04.711 - Blight. 09:04.711 --> 09:05.545 We say blight, especially dealing 09:05.545 --> 09:06.379 with tomatoes, right? 09:06.379 --> 09:08.081 We always say blight. 09:08.081 --> 09:09.816 - Oh yeah, got the blight. - The blight. 09:09.816 --> 09:11.051 - Oh, I got the blight. 09:11.051 --> 09:12.252 What can we do about the blight, you know? 09:12.252 --> 09:13.286 Yeah. It's a bad thing. 09:13.286 --> 09:14.554 It's definitely, I mean 09:14.554 --> 09:17.123 you can just have a lot of people say it blight. 09:17.123 --> 09:18.124 So yeah, it's the blight. 09:18.124 --> 09:19.359 It's a bad thing. 09:19.359 --> 09:21.294 And it can either be referring to 09:21.294 --> 09:22.896 a particular disease. 09:22.896 --> 09:24.097 - Okay. 09:24.097 --> 09:25.432 - We have a light blight, early blight, 09:25.432 --> 09:27.500 on tomatoes, or it could just, 09:27.500 --> 09:29.636 when you use the word blight, it could refer 09:29.636 --> 09:32.772 to actually the injury on the leaf. 09:32.772 --> 09:35.508  So it could be a disease,   or the injury that is 09:35.508 --> 09:39.145  caused by diseases   that are blights. 09:39.145 --> 09:43.216  What happens is it could be a   spot that could be the injury. 09:43.216 --> 09:44.818  It could be a lesion. 09:44.818 --> 09:47.454  It could be anything   or can be even death. 09:47.454 --> 09:49.923  You know, blight very   definitely can cause some 09:49.923 --> 09:53.593  of the bad ones can cause   eventually death of the plant. 09:53.593 --> 09:55.595  So it's a bad thing, you know, 09:55.595 --> 09:59.199 and if you've got blight, you need to do something 09:59.199 --> 10:01.000 to try to remedy the blight. 10:01.000 --> 10:03.069 And as you say, fungicides are, 10:03.069 --> 10:04.571 is the way to go, because most of the blights 10:04.571 --> 10:07.640 are caused by fungi. 10:07.640 --> 10:10.443 And most of our fungicides are only preventative. 10:10.443 --> 10:11.911 They're not curative. 10:11.911 --> 10:13.513 And the idea is to get it out there 10:13.513 --> 10:14.814 and get the foliage covered and 10:14.814 --> 10:16.449 the blossoms and the fruit. 10:16.449 --> 10:18.718 So it depends on exactly which blight 10:18.718 --> 10:19.886 we're trying to control. 10:19.886 --> 10:21.621 But yeah, it's a bad thing. 10:21.621 --> 10:24.224 [upbeat country music] 10:24.224 --> 10:25.992 - All right, Celeste, so we said that there 10:25.992 --> 10:28.027 was going to be some math involved. 10:28.027 --> 10:29.195 Well, now's the time for that math. 10:29.195 --> 10:30.196 - Yes, we did. 10:30.196 --> 10:31.030 - So what are you gonna show us? 10:31.030 --> 10:31.998 - Okay. 10:31.998 --> 10:34.234 Well, we're going to talk about proper fertilize, 10:34.234 --> 10:36.436 a proper fertilizer application on our lawns. 10:36.436 --> 10:37.837 For homeowners, when you get your 10:37.837 --> 10:40.406  soil sample results,   they're usually going to be 10:40.406 --> 10:43.409  recommending to apply a   certain amount of pounds 10:43.409 --> 10:47.580  of product per 1000   square feet of lawn. 10:47.580 --> 10:49.682 So before we get ready to get out there 10:49.682 --> 10:51.551 and put our fertilizer out, we need to make sure 10:51.551 --> 10:54.487 that our spreaders are applying that fertilizer 10:54.487 --> 10:57.190 at the appropriate rate. 10:57.190 --> 10:59.592 So what we want to do is a little 10:59.592 --> 11:01.261 on the fly calibration. 11:01.261 --> 11:03.563 You know, we're not going to get real technical with it. 11:03.563 --> 11:05.732 - On the fly. - On the fly calibration. 11:05.732 --> 11:10.236 So for example, say that your application rate 11:10.236 --> 11:13.172 is supposed to be 2 pounds of triple-15 11:13.172 --> 11:17.043 or triple-13 per 1,000 square feet. 11:17.043 --> 11:20.246 We are going to actually test that theory 11:20.246 --> 11:24.117 to make sure that your spreader's working properly. 11:24.117 --> 11:26.586 You want to set your gauge on your 11:26.586 --> 11:28.054 rotary-type spreader. 11:28.054 --> 11:30.490 This is broadcast spreader, it's rotary type. 11:30.490 --> 11:33.192 So that means the fan spins and disperses it. 11:33.192 --> 11:36.262 That's going to give you the best coverage. 11:36.262 --> 11:38.998 We want to make sure we set our setting 11:38.998 --> 11:40.200 at the appropriate rate. 11:40.200 --> 11:42.368 Your fertilizer bags usually tell you 11:42.368 --> 11:44.537 what rate to set that on. 11:44.537 --> 11:47.140 So that takes guesswork out of that. 11:47.140 --> 11:48.741 Next you need to decide, 11:48.741 --> 11:53.112 determine how wide the width of your spread is. 11:53.112 --> 11:54.047 And that's easy to do. 11:54.047 --> 11:55.481 You can go out on the pavement 11:55.481 --> 11:57.383 push a few feet and see, you know, 11:57.383 --> 12:01.187 measure the width of where you've thrown your fertilizer. 12:01.187 --> 12:02.889 We know that this spreader has 12:02.889 --> 12:04.557 a five-foot width spread. 12:05.725 --> 12:09.028 So we're going to push it for approximately 12:09.028 --> 12:10.363  a hundred feet. 12:10.363 --> 12:14.434  One hundred times five is five   hundred square feet, right? 12:14.434 --> 12:16.869  So that's half of a thousand. 12:16.869 --> 12:21.074  So our application said   two pounds per thousand. 12:21.074 --> 12:23.443  We've measured one   pound of fertilizer 12:23.443 --> 12:26.212  and we're going to push   it across 500 square feet. 12:26.212 --> 12:28.281 So when I get to the end, if I still have 12:28.281 --> 12:31.117 fertilizer left, I pushed too fast 12:31.117 --> 12:33.453 or my gauge isn't set properly, 12:33.453 --> 12:36.356 and we need to open that gate a little higher. 12:36.356 --> 12:39.425 If you run out before you get to the end 12:39.425 --> 12:42.362 then you're pushing way too slow 12:42.362 --> 12:44.497 or your door is way too wide open 12:44.497 --> 12:45.698 and you need to lower it, okay? 12:45.698 --> 12:46.899 - Okay. 12:46.899 --> 12:48.534 - So I think we're going to do a little demo 12:48.534 --> 12:51.170  pushing it and then we'll   see where we end up. 13:04.784 --> 13:06.019 - All right, Celeste, what do you think? 13:06.019 --> 13:07.920 - All right, well, we got pretty close. 13:07.920 --> 13:09.489 We don't have much fertilizer left 13:09.489 --> 13:11.157 in the bottom of our hopper there. 13:11.157 --> 13:12.425 So that means that we got, you know 13:12.425 --> 13:13.860 we were pretty accurate as far as 13:13.860 --> 13:16.062 our speed, like I said, there's a little left, 13:16.062 --> 13:18.564 so I may have been able to walk a little slower. 13:18.564 --> 13:20.066 Slow my pace down a little bit 13:20.066 --> 13:22.335 and then we'd pretty much be on target. 13:23.936 --> 13:26.172 Like we said before, if you'd had quite a bit left 13:26.172 --> 13:29.075 you want to slow your speed down considerably 13:29.075 --> 13:31.744 and maybe consider raising your gate there 13:31.744 --> 13:33.913 that lets your fertilizer out as you walk. 13:33.913 --> 13:35.982 So I think that was a good, 13:35.982 --> 13:38.284 a good example of how you can do 13:38.284 --> 13:41.254 on the fly calibration right out in your own yard. 13:41.254 --> 13:44.090 - On the fly with some good junior high math, right? 13:44.090 --> 13:45.024 - There you go. There you go. 13:45.024 --> 13:46.392 - All right, well let's talk 13:46.392 --> 13:48.127 about some other applicators we have out here. 13:48.127 --> 13:49.829 So you want to start with the sprayer? 13:49.829 --> 13:51.898 - Yeah, sure we can. 13:51.898 --> 13:55.201 Okay, lots of spray application rates, 13:55.201 --> 13:59.172 especially for herbicides and insecticides especially, 13:59.172 --> 14:01.941 are going to also give their recommendation rates 14:01.941 --> 14:06.179 in ounces per gallon. - Right. 14:06.179 --> 14:07.380 - But then they will specify 14:07.380 --> 14:09.015 that you need to use that one gallon 14:09.015 --> 14:11.250 of water over a certain amount of area. 14:11.250 --> 14:13.986 And that's where a lot of people get poor insect 14:13.986 --> 14:15.521 and poor weed control when they're 14:15.521 --> 14:17.757 trying to apply these because they're not 14:17.757 --> 14:19.425 getting the appropriate amount 14:19.425 --> 14:22.595 of solution on the appropriate area. 14:22.595 --> 14:24.931 So one way that you could make sure 14:24.931 --> 14:26.399 that you're doing that properly 14:26.399 --> 14:30.236 before you actually mix your herbicide or insecticide 14:30.236 --> 14:31.971 in there is that you could fill it up 14:31.971 --> 14:35.508 with just water and mark off 14:35.508 --> 14:38.277 a 10-by-10-foot area. 14:38.277 --> 14:40.179 That's a hundred square feet 14:40.179 --> 14:43.116 and apply, you know, your liquid. 14:43.116 --> 14:44.283 Or actually I would just go ahead 14:44.283 --> 14:45.718 and do a 10-by-100, 14:45.718 --> 14:48.488 as long as it's just water and cover that area. 14:48.488 --> 14:51.224 And if you use your entire gallon, then you know 14:51.224 --> 14:54.060 that you are applying it at the appropriate amount. 14:54.060 --> 14:55.995 And if you have some left then that means 14:55.995 --> 14:58.798 you need to walk slower with your applications. 14:58.798 --> 15:01.467 So that's another quick calibration method 15:01.467 --> 15:04.470 for handheld, even backpack sprayers. 15:04.470 --> 15:06.739 And it's going to vary a little bit, because you're always 15:06.739 --> 15:09.008 having to pump up the pressure. 15:09.008 --> 15:11.310 So you want to try to maintain, you know, as 15:11.310 --> 15:13.446 as a good even pressure as you can while you're 15:13.446 --> 15:14.647 doing that. 15:14.647 --> 15:16.115 - Because of course with these, you can build 15:16.115 --> 15:16.649 up enough pressure before you even get started. 15:16.649 --> 15:17.350 Right? 15:17.350 --> 15:18.584 - Yeah. 15:18.584 --> 15:19.252 But I mean, it's going to decrease 15:19.252 --> 15:20.419 as you go down. 15:20.419 --> 15:22.054 So you got to take that into account also. 15:22.054 --> 15:23.289 - Okay. All right. 15:23.289 --> 15:25.825 Now what about a hose end sprayer? 15:25.825 --> 15:27.126 - Hose end sprayers are great. 15:27.126 --> 15:29.162 It takes a lot of the guesswork out of it. 15:29.162 --> 15:31.297 You don't have to do really any calibration 15:31.297 --> 15:32.865 because it's doing it for you. 15:32.865 --> 15:35.635 This is the simplest kind that you can get. 15:35.635 --> 15:37.770 If it calls for two ounces per gallon 15:37.770 --> 15:39.772 you put two ounces of chemical in it. 15:39.772 --> 15:41.274 And then you fill it up 15:41.274 --> 15:44.544 with water to the line that says one gallon. 15:44.544 --> 15:46.279 You hook your hose up to it 15:46.279 --> 15:47.680 and you start spraying. 15:47.680 --> 15:50.750 And when it runs out of material in your bottle, 15:50.750 --> 15:52.552 you've sprayed two gallons. 15:52.552 --> 15:55.221 So that's a pretty easy, straightforward way. 15:55.221 --> 15:56.622 There's some that have dials 15:56.622 --> 15:59.091 on the top and you have to set them yourself. 15:59.091 --> 16:01.027 So that gets a little more tricky. 16:01.027 --> 16:02.695 - Yeah. I think I'll stick with that one. 16:02.695 --> 16:03.529 No math. 16:03.529 --> 16:05.598 Right. 16:05.598 --> 16:08.601 Now, what about a handheld rotary sprayer? 16:08.601 --> 16:09.802 Spreader. 16:09.802 --> 16:11.370 - Handheld spreaders, I think are great 16:11.370 --> 16:13.606 for homeowners that have really small lawns. 16:13.606 --> 16:17.043 Or if you're needing to do a spot spreading 16:17.043 --> 16:18.778 for maybe you're trying to fill in 16:18.778 --> 16:20.713 some empty holes in your lawn with some seed, 16:20.713 --> 16:22.315 these are great for that, 16:22.315 --> 16:23.950 but you can also do fertilizer 16:23.950 --> 16:25.518 granular fertilizer out of them. 16:25.518 --> 16:27.687 And there's really no way to 16:27.687 --> 16:29.121 do calibrations with these. 16:29.121 --> 16:31.624 I'd say the most important thing to remember is 16:31.624 --> 16:34.427 that you need to always have a little bit of overlap. 16:34.427 --> 16:35.828 And that way you don't end up 16:35.828 --> 16:38.464 with bands that haven't gotten any fertilizer. 16:38.464 --> 16:41.033 It's really going to show up when that grass 16:41.033 --> 16:43.536 starts growing, you're going to have really 16:43.536 --> 16:45.605 dark green bands that have grown a lot. 16:45.605 --> 16:46.973 And then you'll be able to see the yellow 16:46.973 --> 16:50.943 or tints from where your fertilizer didn't get applied. 16:50.943 --> 16:51.811 - Okay. 16:51.811 --> 16:53.012 And you know what, 16:53.012 --> 16:54.146 and that also applies with this as well. 16:54.146 --> 16:55.381 - It does. 16:55.381 --> 16:56.816 - So you have to do some overlapping. 16:56.816 --> 16:58.651 You have to make sure you get good coverage. 16:58.651 --> 16:59.919 - And another tip on that is 16:59.919 --> 17:02.255 if you have a irregularly shaped yard, 17:02.255 --> 17:03.589 say that, you know your lot's not a 17:03.589 --> 17:05.091 perfect square or rectangle. 17:05.091 --> 17:05.925 - Which mine is not. 17:05.925 --> 17:07.593 - Hardly anyone's is. 17:07.593 --> 17:10.596 You probably want to do your perimeter first. 17:10.596 --> 17:12.598 And that way you make sure you get coverage 17:12.598 --> 17:14.934 in those odd areas, because we're going to 17:14.934 --> 17:17.904 be doing our applications mostly in 17:17.904 --> 17:20.139 vertical, horizontal lines. 17:20.139 --> 17:21.641 - Right. And that's exactly what I do. 17:21.641 --> 17:23.943 And one last thing that I like to let people know 17:23.943 --> 17:26.178 is, look, if that fertilizer gets 17:26.178 --> 17:28.014 in your driveway, make sure you sweep it 17:28.014 --> 17:29.515 back up into your lawn, because you don't want 17:29.515 --> 17:31.918 that to go down to the water sewage systems. 17:31.918 --> 17:33.386 - Definitely. 17:33.386 --> 17:35.154 - I mean, there's fish at the end of that chain. 17:35.154 --> 17:36.289 So we definitely don't want the fertilizer 17:36.289 --> 17:37.757 to get down in there. 17:37.757 --> 17:39.325 - Yeah, making sure we get that fertilizer put on 17:39.325 --> 17:40.426 the appropriate area. 17:40.426 --> 17:41.260 For sure. 17:41.260 --> 17:42.461 - All right, Celeste. 17:42.461 --> 17:43.262 Thank you for that demonstration. 17:43.262 --> 17:43.896 We appreciate that. 17:46.265 --> 17:49.035 [gentle country music] 17:49.035 --> 17:50.336 - This is 34-0-0. 17:50.336 --> 17:52.038 We're gonna do some side dressing. 17:52.038 --> 17:54.774 Okay, we want to encourage our vegetables 17:54.774 --> 17:56.943 to get real good, robust growth. 17:59.111 --> 18:01.814 On the side of our pepper plants here. 18:03.349 --> 18:05.184 How much do I need? 18:05.184 --> 18:06.786 I always use just about a handful. 18:06.786 --> 18:08.721 Really, to side dress it. 18:08.721 --> 18:10.156 That should be good enough once you 18:10.156 --> 18:11.157 get that watered in. 18:13.359 --> 18:15.294 And usually when you get your soil analysis back 18:15.294 --> 18:19.031 it'll tell you how much you need to put down 18:23.469 --> 18:25.671 in your garden for your vegetables. 18:28.007 --> 18:29.241 Last little bit here 18:29.241 --> 18:32.378 and that's how you side dress your vegetables. 18:32.378 --> 18:34.380 [gentle country music] 18:35.147 --> 18:36.382 All right, this is our Q and A session. 18:36.382 --> 18:37.283 You ready? 18:37.283 --> 18:38.217 - Ready. 18:38.217 --> 18:39.151 - This is a great question. 18:39.151 --> 18:40.086 - Okay then, ready to go. 18:40.086 --> 18:41.454 - Here's our first viewer email. 18:41.454 --> 18:43.990  "Our yard is almost   entirely zoysia 18:43.990 --> 18:46.392  "with a bit of   Bermuda in spots. 18:46.392 --> 18:47.860  "This year, we have   a grass we've 18:47.860 --> 18:49.328  "never seen before,   and it is 18:49.328 --> 18:51.630  "choking out our zoysia. 18:51.630 --> 18:53.532  "It is almost   impossible to pull it 18:53.532 --> 18:56.335  "up by the roots and it   spreads like Bermuda. 18:56.335 --> 18:58.671  "What is it, and how   do I get rid of it? 18:58.671 --> 19:00.940  Weed killer   did nothing to it." 19:00.940 --> 19:03.976  And this is Greg   in Midtown Memphis. 19:03.976 --> 19:05.945  Okay. So he wants to   know what is this? 19:05.945 --> 19:08.714 Because it's choking out his zoysia. 19:08.714 --> 19:09.915 - Looks like Bermuda grass got in there. 19:09.915 --> 19:12.585 Bermuda grass got into his zoysia grass. 19:12.585 --> 19:13.853 I had that same problem 19:13.853 --> 19:16.455 in our church plot in there and getting in there. 19:16.455 --> 19:18.257 It's hard to get it out of there. 19:18.257 --> 19:19.892 If you use a herbicide in there, 19:19.892 --> 19:21.994 you might use something like Ornamec 19:21.994 --> 19:23.195 and that'll try to kill it there. 19:23.195 --> 19:24.363 But one thing, when you use a herbicide is, 19:24.363 --> 19:25.197 you need to read the label. 19:25.197 --> 19:26.465 - That's right. 19:26.465 --> 19:27.700 - You need to read the label on there 19:27.700 --> 19:28.868 and it'll tell you how to use it on there. 19:28.868 --> 19:29.668 And then you might need to do it more than 19:29.668 --> 19:30.970 one time on there. 19:30.970 --> 19:32.471 So they don't have, it's gonna take 19:32.471 --> 19:33.739 some time to get up. 19:33.739 --> 19:34.940 And when you read the label on that 19:34.940 --> 19:36.308 you need to make sure that you don't 19:36.308 --> 19:37.910 use it at the right temperature. 19:37.910 --> 19:39.612 'Cause if you start spreading it wrong 19:39.612 --> 19:41.714 it can damage your zoysia grass, 19:41.714 --> 19:42.915 so you wanna make sure that you use it right. 19:42.915 --> 19:44.383 And read the label. 19:44.383 --> 19:45.351 That one thing we say, you got to read that label 19:45.351 --> 19:46.685 on there and go by the label. 19:46.685 --> 19:48.220 If it tell you you need to put so much in there, 19:48.220 --> 19:49.722 you need to do that. 19:49.722 --> 19:50.756 But yeah, it will be hard to get out there though. 19:50.756 --> 19:52.291 He got a tough job. 19:52.291 --> 19:53.759 - Yeah, it's going to definitely 19:53.759 --> 19:56.562 be multiple applications, Ornamec is something, 19:56.562 --> 19:58.864  the homeowner can   get Grass B Gon. 19:58.864 --> 20:02.234  Contains the same active   ingredient fluazifop. 20:02.234 --> 20:04.403  Yeah. So do read and   follow the label on that. 20:04.403 --> 20:07.273 Yeah, for sure, but like we always tell people, 20:07.273 --> 20:08.541 cultural practices. 20:08.541 --> 20:11.343 Make sure you're going to get a thick stand 20:11.343 --> 20:13.579 of zoysia, because zoysia is thick enough to 20:13.579 --> 20:15.848 it should be able to crowd out that Bermuda. 20:16.849 --> 20:17.817 - That really thick grass, 20:17.817 --> 20:19.285 and I like zoysia grass too. 20:19.285 --> 20:20.252 It's a really thick grass and it should crowd 20:20.252 --> 20:21.220 the Bermuda grass out of there. 20:21.220 --> 20:23.189 Yeah. But it'll take some time for him to do that now. 20:23.189 --> 20:24.490 But he got to read the label and 20:24.490 --> 20:26.625 go by the label, if not, it's not going to work. 20:26.625 --> 20:27.927 - Right. Right. 20:27.927 --> 20:29.195 And like you mentioned before, it'll tell you 20:29.195 --> 20:30.730 on the label about the temperature. 20:30.730 --> 20:31.731 So you don't want to spray when it's too hot 20:31.731 --> 20:32.932 because it can damage it. 20:32.932 --> 20:35.701 The zoysia as well. - That zoysia as well. 20:35.701 --> 20:37.203 You don't want that to happen in there. 20:37.203 --> 20:38.504 - So definitely read and follow the label on that. 20:38.504 --> 20:42.007 Just don't take our word for it. 20:42.007 --> 20:44.977 - And when I buy any kind of chemical, I like 20:44.977 --> 20:46.712 I like to take the label off there. 20:46.712 --> 20:48.214 And put it in a plastic bag 20:48.214 --> 20:49.448 and put it in a plastic bag or something. 20:49.448 --> 20:50.750 Cause if you keep, you keep messing with it 20:50.750 --> 20:53.185 on that thing, your hands sweating 20:53.185 --> 20:55.788 sometimes you sweat it out and 20:55.788 --> 20:56.622 you can't be able to read it. 20:56.622 --> 20:57.556 - That's a good point. 20:57.556 --> 20:58.491 - Yeah. And you take it off and 20:58.491 --> 20:59.425 put your little plastic bag 20:59.425 --> 21:00.659 and may put that plastic bag and 21:00.659 --> 21:02.528 tape it on the side of the container. 21:02.528 --> 21:04.029 Then you take it out there 21:04.029 --> 21:05.764 and read it when you need it and keep it covered. 21:05.764 --> 21:07.133 And that's a good thing to do. 21:07.133 --> 21:08.534 And you need to probably to do that. 21:08.534 --> 21:09.468 When you do that, when you buy any kind 21:09.468 --> 21:10.536 of label on the container, 21:10.536 --> 21:11.804 try to take it out there and 21:11.804 --> 21:13.272 put a little plastic bag, then put back. 21:13.272 --> 21:14.240 Then get you some tape and put back on there. 21:14.240 --> 21:15.141 - Oh, there you go. 21:15.141 --> 21:16.709 Yeah, preserve it. - Preserve it. 21:16.709 --> 21:18.210 Yeah, because you don't, you're sweating out there, 21:18.210 --> 21:19.612 you're cutting, you're sweating, you're trying to get the label 21:19.612 --> 21:21.013 later on and the ink will start fading off, 21:21.013 --> 21:23.215 and you won't be able to read it. 21:23.215 --> 21:24.483 Also, there's a number on there. 21:24.483 --> 21:26.385 You get, if you have a problem with it, 21:26.385 --> 21:27.653 and know you can call that number on that. 21:27.653 --> 21:28.988 On that label, so make sure you know that. 21:28.988 --> 21:30.289 - Right. They do have emergency numbers. 21:30.289 --> 21:32.725 Everything you need to know is on the label. 21:32.725 --> 21:34.026 So there you go, Greg. 21:34.026 --> 21:35.628 Hope that helps you out and good luck with that. 21:35.628 --> 21:36.562 All right. 21:36.562 --> 21:38.130 Here's our next viewer email. 21:38.130 --> 21:40.332  "We need to get grass   in our front yard 21:40.332 --> 21:44.036  "in an area located   under a large oak tree. 21:44.036 --> 21:46.405  "The area is   in shade all day. 21:46.405 --> 21:49.175  "What is the best kind of   sod to have installed? 21:49.175 --> 21:51.977  And when is the   best time to lay it?" 21:51.977 --> 21:54.413  This is Joe in   Bartlett, Tennessee. 21:54.413 --> 21:57.383  So as you can see there,   it's pretty large oak tree. 21:57.383 --> 21:59.818  Lots of shade. 21:59.818 --> 22:01.253 Are they going to have any success 22:01.253 --> 22:03.022 with grasses under that large oak tree? 22:03.022 --> 22:04.523 - You can. 22:04.523 --> 22:05.758 And then looking at that, it looked like the soil 22:05.758 --> 22:06.992 is kind of compact under there too. 22:06.992 --> 22:08.827 I saw the soil's compact in there, 22:08.827 --> 22:10.829 and he has two choices. 22:10.829 --> 22:12.164 He can just look at the sun. 22:12.164 --> 22:13.465 If he's getting about, 22:13.465 --> 22:14.967  at least four hours of sun, 22:14.967 --> 22:16.635  he might be to go   with a zoysia grass. 22:16.635 --> 22:18.304  Like we have the   Palisades or Royal. 22:18.304 --> 22:20.839  But if not, he's gonna have   to go with a fescue lawn. 22:20.839 --> 22:22.808  - Cause again, shade all day 22:22.808 --> 22:26.579  unless you limb up   some of those branches. 22:26.579 --> 22:28.647 - He probably needs to go with a fescue 22:28.647 --> 22:31.650 and the best time is later, that's in the fall of the year. 22:31.650 --> 22:35.688 As you can find this, you can start 22:35.688 --> 22:37.256 in the fall of the year and you can find some seed. 22:37.256 --> 22:39.892 You can seed it in the fall of the year. 22:39.892 --> 22:43.028 And if you want to sod it during the summertime 22:43.028 --> 22:45.130 you might to keep watering a lot. 22:45.130 --> 22:46.065 You gotta keep a lot of water on it. 22:46.065 --> 22:47.299 - It is a cool season grass. 22:47.299 --> 22:50.202 - And it might not do it well with the sun 22:50.202 --> 22:51.503 hitting so hard in there so 22:51.503 --> 22:53.305 I'd probably wait until the fall to do that. 22:53.305 --> 22:55.841 And for the sod, I'd seed it. 22:55.841 --> 22:57.276 - Okay. 22:57.276 --> 22:58.410 So again, your suggestion would be the fescue 22:58.410 --> 22:59.878 talking about shade. 22:59.878 --> 23:01.647 Now if you limb, you know, some of those branches 23:01.647 --> 23:04.416 up and get enough sun down there for maybe the, for the 23:06.118 --> 23:07.586 - Yeah go with zoysia, something like 23:07.586 --> 23:09.655 Palisades or Royal zoysia, after I look at those 23:09.655 --> 23:11.690 two in there and see how they work in there. 23:11.690 --> 23:13.525 But the fescue is probably your best option. 23:13.525 --> 23:14.760 - Okay. 23:14.760 --> 23:15.728 And something else we should mention as well. 23:15.728 --> 23:17.196 Get the soil tests. 23:17.196 --> 23:18.864 - Get the soil tests, that'll tell you what you 23:18.864 --> 23:20.599 before you're doing that, 23:20.599 --> 23:21.834 you don't want to waste your money 23:21.834 --> 23:24.236 putting your sod, 'cause sod is not cheap now. 23:24.236 --> 23:26.238 Sod is not cheap stuff in there. 23:26.238 --> 23:28.073 But like, looking at that tree, 23:28.073 --> 23:30.042 the soil is real compact. 23:30.042 --> 23:31.477 They need to aerate that real good, 23:31.477 --> 23:33.679 and then lay that sod in there. 23:33.679 --> 23:34.947 - Okay. 23:34.947 --> 23:36.348 Would they need to add any type of, 23:36.348 --> 23:38.150 you know, soil or compost, anything on top? 23:38.150 --> 23:39.451 - I wouldn't do anything to that. 23:39.451 --> 23:41.320 You might want to get, if it's real bad, 23:41.320 --> 23:42.655 you might wanna get your garden tools 23:42.655 --> 23:44.590 just run across there and try to till it up a little bit 23:44.590 --> 23:45.858 for that grass to come into good contact 23:45.858 --> 23:47.860 with some soil. 23:47.860 --> 23:49.395 So he might want to do that. 23:49.395 --> 23:50.529 He don't have much time, but he can, 23:50.529 --> 23:52.031 he can make it work. 23:52.031 --> 23:53.899 Now if you seed it, sometimes you might 23:53.899 --> 23:56.835 want to overseed it about, at least about three years, 23:56.835 --> 23:58.937 to get a good stand over seed and then you'll 23:58.937 --> 23:59.772 get a good stand. 23:59.772 --> 24:01.006 - Fill in the gaps. 24:01.006 --> 24:01.807 - Fill in the gap gaps in there, yeah. 24:01.807 --> 24:02.741 - Okay. All right. 24:02.741 --> 24:03.976 So there you have it, Joe. 24:03.976 --> 24:06.011 Yeah. We were thinking you might be successful 24:06.011 --> 24:06.845 with that. 24:06.845 --> 24:07.680 - I think so. 24:07.680 --> 24:08.947 - Get that soil test 24:08.947 --> 24:11.517 - Take some time, get a little work in there 24:11.517 --> 24:14.019 he can do that in there, so yeah. 24:14.019 --> 24:15.020 - Big tree. 24:15.020 --> 24:15.954 All right. 24:15.954 --> 24:17.456 So here's our next viewer email. 24:17.456 --> 24:20.459  "We have nimblewill   growing in our lawn. 24:20.459 --> 24:23.595  What can kill it without   harming our tall fescue?" 24:23.595 --> 24:26.165  And this is David in   Florence, Kentucky. 24:26.165 --> 24:27.333 All right. 24:27.333 --> 24:30.302 So nimblewill, we know, can be a problem. 24:30.302 --> 24:32.104  It resembles Bermuda. 24:32.104 --> 24:33.038  - Looks like   Bermuda grass, yeah. 24:33.038 --> 24:34.239  Yeah. Almost looks   like it, yeah. 24:34.239 --> 24:36.475  - Almost looks like it,   poor man's Bermuda. 24:36.475 --> 24:38.010  Is what I call it. 24:38.010 --> 24:39.478  - Like the first   thing you said though, 24:39.478 --> 24:42.915  really good turf,   thick turf in there now. 24:42.915 --> 24:45.351 You might can use some chemicals in there now 24:45.351 --> 24:46.285 you're going to try chemical herbicide 24:46.285 --> 24:47.853 in there to kill, I don't know. 24:47.853 --> 24:49.355 - Yeah. My, my thing is, you know 24:49.355 --> 24:51.890 I always like to start with cultural practices first. 24:51.890 --> 24:55.694 So nimblewill grows by seed and by stolens. 24:55.694 --> 24:56.929 Okay? 24:56.929 --> 24:59.098 So it's going to try to fill in space, right? 24:59.098 --> 25:00.733 So the thing with that is you need 25:00.733 --> 25:03.502 a good dense stand of grass. 25:03.502 --> 25:04.436 So make sure you have the appropriate 25:04.436 --> 25:06.105 grass species for that area. 25:07.406 --> 25:08.707 Mow it the correct height. 25:08.707 --> 25:09.908 - Correct height. 25:09.908 --> 25:11.143 - Fertilize, according to your soil test. 25:11.143 --> 25:13.145 Okay. Now, if you want to remove it, 25:13.145 --> 25:14.780 it's a couple of different things here. 25:14.780 --> 25:16.448 You can rake it out. 25:16.448 --> 25:18.350 You can either rake it out, or you can dig it out. 25:18.350 --> 25:21.220 Okay. Now we're talking about chemicals. 25:21.220 --> 25:23.055 There's a couple of different routes we can go. 25:23.055 --> 25:26.058  Pre-emerge, okay,   dithiopyr, is something 25:26.058 --> 25:26.992  you can use. 25:26.992 --> 25:29.128  Pendimethalin,   as a pre-emerge, 25:29.128 --> 25:30.529  but since it's already there, 25:30.529 --> 25:32.731  we're going to be   looking at a post-emerge. 25:32.731 --> 25:34.099 Right. And we're talking about 25:34.099 --> 25:36.068 a post-emerge in tall fescue. 25:36.068 --> 25:37.336 So the only thing that's labeled that 25:37.336 --> 25:39.772  the homeowner could   get is called Tenacity. 25:39.772 --> 25:42.007  Right? So it's Tenacity. 25:42.007 --> 25:45.411  Read and follow the label. 25:45.411 --> 25:48.147  So if you're going to go   the post-emerge route, 25:48.147 --> 25:49.381 there's Tenacity. 25:49.381 --> 25:50.849 But I want you to read and follow 25:50.849 --> 25:51.650 - You gotta follow the label directions on that. 25:51.650 --> 25:53.318 Because that's the law. 25:53.318 --> 25:55.120 That they stand behind that law and everything. 25:55.120 --> 25:56.588 So you need to do that. 25:56.588 --> 26:00.259 - And again, it will remove nimblewill from fescue. 26:01.460 --> 26:02.261 But you just gotta make sure that you 26:02.261 --> 26:03.228 read the label on that. 26:04.730 --> 26:05.798 Yeah. 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