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Hey everyone.

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Welcome back to the Sunshine Gardening podcast.

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I'm Kristen Hildebrand, your host. Today we're excited

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to share a previously

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recorded session from our exciting home lawn improvement

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series.

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It was actually

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recorded earlier this month on September 9,

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2024.

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In this recording we had the privilege of

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hosting Kenneth Clayton, an Extension Associate in the

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Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the

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University of Kentucky.

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He shared invaluable insights into lawn establishment

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and renovation for cool season grasses in the

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Kentucky lawn,

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which is particularly relevant as we enter the

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fall season.

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This knowledge, which we believe is a powerful

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tool in your gardening arsenal,

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will empower you to enhance your lawn's appearance

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during this time of year.

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So without further ado,

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let's jump into the conversation.

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Welcome to the Sunshine Gardening podcast.

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This gardening show will equip and inspire avid

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gardeners with tips and tricks to help them

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navigate the gardening world. The show will also

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highlight specific growing requirements for seasonal plants so

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the sun will shine brighter over their Kentucky

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garden.

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And now, here's that ray of sunshine, garden

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enthusiast and horticulture

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extension agent, Hildebrand,

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with the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service.

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So when we think about lawn establishment,

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the first thing we should consider is, should

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I renovate my lawn?

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And so this can be a somewhat subjective

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decision,

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but there's a lot of factors that go

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into it. So generally,

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what I'm gonna recommend

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for folks is if you have

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50%

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or more of undesirable

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turf in your lawn, you might wanna consider

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renovating it. And this is gonna be easier

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to decide

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year after year, especially if your lawn looks

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really good in the spring, but every summer

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it struggles,

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every fall you're reseeding,

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it's likely

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you need to renovate and think about improving

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that lawn.

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So you can see here in the picture

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on the right, there is green grass in

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there, but we're also

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dealing with a few broadleaf weeds here

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as well as a few grassy weeds here.

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is really almost 50%,

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some Kentucky bluegrass and fine fescues.

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the tall fescue.

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It hasn't received any irrigation.

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we do get some rains coming up here

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and the cooler temperatures, a lot of that

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bluegrass will bounce back. But for most of

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the summer,

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it's gonna be kind of wilted and weak

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like we see here in the picture, which

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is a good indicator to me that it

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likely needs to be

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renovated with improved

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species, improved grass varieties in it.

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Other reasons you might consider renovating your lawn

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is you're gonna change from one grass species

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to another.

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If it is all Kentucky bluegrass and you

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wanna switch it to a turf type tall

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fescue,

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that's a good time to renovate the lawn.

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If you have very difficult to control weeds,

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so weeds such as ground ivy

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and wild violet,

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and some of these grassy weeds where we

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don't have really great selective herbicides for those

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and you can't remove them from your current

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lawn, it's likely a good time

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to do a a renovation on your lawn

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to completely kill those weeds out and to

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start from fresh there.

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Also, increasing the uniformity of the lawn. So

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really one of the main

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factors, whether you realize it or not, if

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you look at a lawn and you think,

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wow, that looks really good, is because it's

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a uniform lawn. So that is

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usually the same species, but grasses that look

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similar to one another and are a uniform

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stand across the lawn are gonna provide

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a much better aesthetic value to you. So

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even if you had a 100% crabgrass

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and you kept it mowed down where you

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didn't see the seed heads, driving by, it

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would probably look pretty good. But if you

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have 10, 12, 15 crabgrass plants

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popped up in the middle of an otherwise

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beautiful tall fescue lawn, that's gonna stand out

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like a sore thumb and that's gonna hurt

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the aesthetic value of it. So renovating the

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lawn gives you an opportunity to increase that

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uniformity.

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Also, increase the property value. Having a wonderful

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landscape is

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probably one of the the best ways that

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you could increase the resale value of your

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home. And so when it comes to making

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these decisions,

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one thing to take into consideration is maybe

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try your backyard first. Try a small area.

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but when you do your lawn, you're inevitably

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gonna learn something.

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and learn from that experience, and then do

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the front yard the following year.

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if you decide, yes, I do want to

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renovate my lawn, the next question is when

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should I renovate my lawn? So here's just

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a little chart. The answer is, in the

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state of Kentucky,

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almost always the fall. And I know that's

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not always possible.

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wanna do that in the fall. But the

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reason we recommend

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renovating your lawn in the fall is because

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it's a time when the soil temperatures are

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still warm. So we're gonna get quick germination

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of that grass seed.

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of the winter, we're starting to get some

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warm ambient temperatures,

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but it takes a while for those soil

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temperatures to warm up. So we're gonna get

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slow germination with that. Also, when we renovate

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our lawns in the fall,

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it gives 2 cool periods before we hit

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the heat stress of Kentucky summers, which a

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lot of us are seeing and experiencing our

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lawns right now is that that drought and

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heat stress there.

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very, very short roots, very weak, and they

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need to be babied. So if we can

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plant those grasses in the fall, right now,

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the days are getting shorter.

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each and every day as we get into

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the cooler periods of the fall. And then

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to continue to grow and be strengthened by

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the spring rains before we get that heat

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and drought stress of our hot summers here.

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spring, we're only gonna have that one cool

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stress of the summer, which leads to the

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next problem. If you do not have a

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full dense lawn, you're gonna have increased grassy

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don't have to worry about any of those

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annual warm season grassy weeds. And so the

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only thing growing is gonna be the good

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healthy grass that you planted.

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fall is really the best time to think

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about our lawn care calendar.

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all of the big box stores, all of

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the farm and garden stores are doing their

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marketing, and we really think about taking care

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of our lawn, that is a good time,

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but it's really the second best time. We

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wanna think of the fall, first of all.

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to renovate our lawn. We've thought about

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when we should renovate our lawn. The next

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question is, do you need to do traditional

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establishment

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versus just a a renovation?

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I'm talking about using tillage here. So essentially,

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we are killing all that grass

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and we're tilling that ground up to where

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we just have dirt there.

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is a no till, so we are gonna

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reduce the competition from the existing grass, whether

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that be killing it, whether that be scalping

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it, but we're gonna leave that grass there

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tillage.

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later in the presentation,

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but that's typically what we're gonna recommend. But

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there are several reasons why one would choose

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to do a traditional establishment.

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improve the soil?

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an irrigation system?

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the yard? Any kind of major disruptions into

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your lawn that already you need to dig

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it up for. It may be a good

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time to use that to reestablish your lawn

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from fresh there. Also, of course, if you're

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coming into a new development

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that doesn't have the lawn there, you're gonna

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be establishing it that traditional way.

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spend a lot of time and effort

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providing the best soils for our gardens. So

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when we think about

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our lawns, we often see

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new construction

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and rocks and debris from the construction

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are just buried under a couple inches of

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dirt. And then we sow the grass seed

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right on there, and then we wonder

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why is our lawn struggling?

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allow you

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to really think about improving those soils,

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improving the drainage that you have there, and

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making

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overall

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improvements to the foundation of what your lawn's

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gonna be growing on for years years to

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establishment of the lawn,

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we want to think about improving those soils.

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what our soils need? And, of course, the

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best way to do that is to take

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report.

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To get a soil report from the University

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of Kentucky, drop off that sample at your

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local extension office there.

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this is a typical report that you'll see.

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to think about before you you sow that

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new grass and getting that soil report is

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looking at that pH.

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So if you're, you know, really with lawns,

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we have a big flexibility.

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It's not like growing certain crops like blueberries

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that really need acidic soil

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or other crops that really need a more

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neutral soil. So we can have grow really

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healthy grass from a wide range of pHs

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everywhere from 5 up to 8. I've seen

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perfectly healthy grass growing on them. But now

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is the time as you're doing this establishment

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to improve that. So if your soil test

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comes back with a very low pH,

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it's a great time to incorporate some lime

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into that soil. For some odd reason, it

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was extremely high pH. It's a time that

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you could incorporate some sulfur or other amendments

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to the lawn. So beyond that, of course,

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we're not gonna get a nitrogen

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report back from that. There's not a good

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test for that. We have phosphorus and potassium

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here, but we really wanna wait until

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after our grass emerges

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to apply those fertilizers.

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And by doing that, we're gonna reduce any

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risk of runoff or leaking from those fertilizers

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before the grass actually germinates and has the

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chance to use it. So it's not the

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worst idea, but it just reduces the risk

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when you have rain and things come in

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to apply that fertilizer

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after it's established.

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So beforehand, we're really thinking about adjusting that

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pH

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and then adding things like compost,

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topsoil

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to where you have a really healthy,

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good depth to a good soil to your

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lawn to grow on, thinking just like you

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would for a a raised bed almost.

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So kind of the first step in that

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establishment,

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if you're not coming into a new development

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that the grading has already been done, I'm

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thinking if you already have grass there, here's

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where you're gonna start. And that's killing the

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existing vegetation with a non selective herbicide.

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So this sounds very simple, and it really

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is. It's not rocket science, but something like

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glyphosate

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is a great option here. But there are

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a few tips that I wanted to point

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out when applying Roundup or glyphosate onto your

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lawn is to be very cautious,

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especially if you get a windy day, you

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do not wanna be out applying this. It's

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extremely important

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to know that this product is going to

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kill

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all of the vegetation it touches

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apart from probably horseweed and a few broadleaf

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weeds like that. But hopefully, you don't have

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those in your lawn.

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So with this, we need to be careful

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we're not spraying it on our own gardens

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and ornamental plants as well as our neighbor's

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yard. So first thing I would do is

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recommend to buy a

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spray indicator dye when you buy your glyphosate,

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and these are usually blue or green dyes

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that are gonna help you see where you're

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spraying. So that's really important to make sure

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that you're not getting much drift. And then

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also secondarily is to be aware of your

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water carrier volume.

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So this was a a research plot that

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we had out at our field days this

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year.

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And you can think, man, I really, really

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wanna kill this grass, so I'm gonna go

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a super high rate. I wanna make one

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application. I don't wanna do this again. And

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you can see here with a backpack sprayer,

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if you were going all the way up

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to 1 gallon

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of glyphosate

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per acre

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with a low carrier volume of 20 gallons

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per acre, you're gonna see really bad drift

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there. So you can see the 2 orange

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dots there at the bottom. That's where they

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stop spraying, and you can see all of

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the runoff and drift from that glyphosate in

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areas where they didn't want it. So here's

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another picture here, the importance of the carrier

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volume.

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You can see here that the low carrier

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volume is actually

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gonna give you a decent kill rate, but

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you don't need to use a gallon per

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acre to get the kill there. So when

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you went down to 2 quarts or a

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quart per acre rather, you can see you

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got really good kill there, but you didn't

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have the drift issues. So when you're going

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a very, very high concentration,

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even just the smallest bit of molecules that

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float away are gonna kill the grass where

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you don't wanna kill it. So you can

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see here on the right that at a

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high, high

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water carrier volume, so it's the same amount

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of glyphosate,

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but the water went up from 20 gallons

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per acre all the way up to 90

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gallons per acre. And when you go that

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high of a rate, you're gonna see

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very weak kill.

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So take that into consideration,

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somewhere between 20 to 40 gallons per acre

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is probably an ideal

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application

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water carrier volume. So be aware, read your

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label, apply the proper amount of glyphosate,

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but also be aware of that water carrier

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volume.

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So things that you can take advantage of

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when you're renovating that lawn

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is to install

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drainage.

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This is a great opportunity

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to take care of some of those water

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logging issues, which may be causing problems in

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your lawn. So if we get some of

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this rain

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this coming week, knock on wood, go out

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there and see, do you have areas that

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are puddling? Do you have areas that that

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hold water where the grass is performing poorly?

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And use the renovation time as an opportunity

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to install drainage in those areas.

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So, also,

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you can use when you're tilling, it's a

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great opportunity to

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incorporate soil amendments, so compost, topsoil,

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but once you have killed that sod, like

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we showed in the last picture with the

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non selective,

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you may have to come back, say, 7

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days later

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and make another application

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depending on the weeds present there if you

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don't get a good kill on those.

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But what we wanna do then is we

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don't need to remove that material.

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We can take a rototiller and till that

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into the soil. All that organic material from

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that dead lawn that you killed is going

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to

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improve the soils of that lawn there. So

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it's a good time to help with

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compact soils, so you can till that up,

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loosen the soils up there,

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add those soil amendments, and also take care

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of installing drainage and things like underground irrigation

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systems.

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So again, first step is killing the lawn.

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2nd step, tilling and

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installing any underground

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00:17:02,424 --> 00:17:04,924
drainage or amendments that you need to apply.

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Once you have tilled the lawn, we want

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to put a final grade on it. Ideally

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here, like this picture here, you can see

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it is a very smooth,

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no big clumps, no rocks, and it is

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running away from the house.

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So after you have tilled it, after you

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have smoothed it out, it's a good idea

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to run some irrigation

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or let a couple rainfalls come down on

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it. And that's really gonna help that dirt

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to settle down

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and go out and check for puddling.

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So before you go ahead and throw the

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seed down, make sure you have a really

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good base there where it's draining, all that

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water is is running off the way that

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it should, and you're not gonna have low

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areas with dead grass potentially in the future.

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So now at this point, all the hard

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work is done and you're ready to lay

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your sod or sow your seed.

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So that is your traditional renovation steps all

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the way up to laying the sod or

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sowing the seed, but we really prefer

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no till renovation

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whenever possible.

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And some benefits of the no till renovation

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are it's gonna reduce your chances of soil

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erosion.

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As that picture showed you there before, it

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was a really pretty beautiful final grade on

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that yard,

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but it just takes a big gully washer

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downpour,

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and you're gonna be right back there pushing

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that soil back up again. So with a

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no till renovation,

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leaving that sod on the ground, you're gonna

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help reduce the chances of soil erosion, and

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it's it's a whole lot less messy

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and less labor intensive.

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So you are

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not having to till, you're not having to

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use extra equipment, and so that's gonna help

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prevent your labor

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there. And it also is gonna reduce weed

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competition from the seed bank. So every time

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we till that ground up, there is seed

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from weeds over the years that is there,

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and you bring that to the surface and

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it germinates.

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So by leaving the

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the sod on the top there and then

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just putting slits into it, you're going to

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reduce the weed competition.

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And also that dead sod on top is

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going to help hold moisture into the ground

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during establishment.

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So when it comes to no till renovation,

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we basically are going to start the same

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way we do with the traditional method. We're

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gonna spray a non selective herbicide,

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such as glyphosate.

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Or even if you're doing really small areas,

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you can use

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plastic,

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anything to smother that grass and kill it.

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But even in this picture here, you can

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see there's a few

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green spots there.

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So after you spray it,

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most of the labels will say something about

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waiting

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approximately 7 days. I mean, that's gonna allow

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peak weed control.

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So at that 7 day point, all of

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that glyphosate is gonna be absorbed into the

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weeds, into the grass about as much as

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it's going to. And so at that point,

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you're gonna see what's 9, what's not.

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And if you need to, you may need

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to go back and make a second application

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somewhere

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to a week to 2 weeks later to

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help remove the rest of those weeds. But

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if it's just a few spots, you can

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get down and cut those out by hand,

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mechanically remove them, or just scalp them down

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with the lawnmower.

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So once you have a good kill on

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that lawn, and I would say this picture

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here is a really good kill.

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They didn't spray

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the bushes next to it, but they killed

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the lawn there. You wanna go in with

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your lawnmower and scalp that material down, and

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00:20:40,820 --> 00:20:43,059
this is gonna make it much easier when

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you bring in your power seeder

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to seed these areas. That's gonna help you

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to get good soil to seed contact when

547
00:20:50,525 --> 00:20:52,684
you plant your seed. So if you got

548
00:20:52,684 --> 00:20:54,765
a lawn that's 3, 4 inches tall and

549
00:20:54,765 --> 00:20:56,924
you spray it down, it's gonna be just

550
00:20:56,924 --> 00:20:59,380
laying there, mat it down. So lower that

551
00:20:59,380 --> 00:21:01,559
mower down as low as you can without

552
00:21:01,779 --> 00:21:03,079
cutting into the dirt,

553
00:21:03,460 --> 00:21:05,700
and then come back behind that and just

554
00:21:05,700 --> 00:21:08,500
spread out or remove any large piles of

555
00:21:08,500 --> 00:21:11,380
debris. So any clumps there that would inhibit

556
00:21:11,380 --> 00:21:13,700
your seed from getting good contact with the

557
00:21:13,700 --> 00:21:16,524
soil, go ahead and spread those out and

558
00:21:16,524 --> 00:21:18,365
get the lawn scalp down as slow as

559
00:21:18,365 --> 00:21:18,944
you can.

560
00:21:19,565 --> 00:21:22,224
After this point, you've got it sprayed out,

561
00:21:22,284 --> 00:21:24,765
you've got dead grass, you've got it scalped

562
00:21:24,765 --> 00:21:26,830
down as slow as you can. You might

563
00:21:26,830 --> 00:21:27,330
wanna

564
00:21:27,950 --> 00:21:29,330
consider aerifying the lawn.

565
00:21:29,710 --> 00:21:32,269
And so we typically think about aerifying healthy

566
00:21:32,269 --> 00:21:34,350
lawns, but a good way to tell if

567
00:21:34,350 --> 00:21:36,910
you need to aerify is by using the

568
00:21:36,910 --> 00:21:39,150
knife test. So you can see here the

569
00:21:39,150 --> 00:21:41,575
picture on the right. You wanna just take

570
00:21:41,575 --> 00:21:43,734
any old pocket knife, and this is just

571
00:21:43,734 --> 00:21:46,054
a good rule of thumb, is push it

572
00:21:46,054 --> 00:21:47,734
down in the ground just just a little

573
00:21:47,734 --> 00:21:49,434
bit. You don't wanna cut yourself.

574
00:21:49,815 --> 00:21:52,294
But just using your thumb and the weight

575
00:21:52,294 --> 00:21:54,294
of your thumb, if you can push the

576
00:21:54,294 --> 00:21:57,410
pocket knife down into the soil, you're probably

577
00:21:57,549 --> 00:21:59,570
not gonna benefit from aerification.

578
00:22:00,430 --> 00:22:02,350
If you're pushing the weight of your thumb

579
00:22:02,350 --> 00:22:04,430
down on that knife and you cannot get

580
00:22:04,430 --> 00:22:06,029
it to go in the soil, or you

581
00:22:06,029 --> 00:22:07,710
can't get it to go deeper, you know,

582
00:22:07,710 --> 00:22:09,575
a half an inch or an inch, then

583
00:22:09,575 --> 00:22:12,154
you're probably gonna benefit from aerification.

584
00:22:12,694 --> 00:22:15,595
And the main benefits of aerification are relieving

585
00:22:15,734 --> 00:22:16,234
compaction.

586
00:22:16,775 --> 00:22:19,255
So you still are gonna leave that dead

587
00:22:19,255 --> 00:22:21,654
grass on top of there. But by aerifying,

588
00:22:21,654 --> 00:22:23,720
you're gonna help relieve the compaction,

589
00:22:24,339 --> 00:22:26,099
and it's a way to if you wanted

590
00:22:26,099 --> 00:22:28,259
to, at this point, to spread a little

591
00:22:28,259 --> 00:22:31,059
topsoil or compost and work that into the

592
00:22:31,059 --> 00:22:32,359
aerification holes.

593
00:22:32,819 --> 00:22:33,960
Also, by aerifying,

594
00:22:34,500 --> 00:22:36,345
all those holes are gonna give

595
00:22:36,664 --> 00:22:38,744
good channels for the seed to fall down

596
00:22:38,744 --> 00:22:41,404
into as well. So consider aerification

597
00:22:41,865 --> 00:22:42,845
at this point.

598
00:22:43,144 --> 00:22:45,484
If you aerify or if you don't aerify,

599
00:22:46,025 --> 00:22:48,345
either way at this point, you're now ready.

600
00:22:48,345 --> 00:22:50,105
You've got a good complete kill on the

601
00:22:50,105 --> 00:22:52,480
lawn. You've scalped it down to where there's

602
00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:54,019
not much material there,

603
00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:56,980
spread out any debris so it's all even.

604
00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:00,339
And now you can rent a power seeder

605
00:23:00,799 --> 00:23:02,099
or a dethatcher

606
00:23:02,559 --> 00:23:03,619
from your local

607
00:23:04,079 --> 00:23:05,539
equipment dealer there.

608
00:23:05,894 --> 00:23:08,455
And, basically, here's an example of one on

609
00:23:08,455 --> 00:23:10,134
the right here. I mean, you can see

610
00:23:10,134 --> 00:23:12,955
the picture of the blades there. This has

611
00:23:13,095 --> 00:23:15,674
blades that spin, and you can usually

612
00:23:16,134 --> 00:23:18,775
adjust the height on these. And what that's

613
00:23:18,775 --> 00:23:21,355
gonna do is to give you really good

614
00:23:21,869 --> 00:23:24,289
channels that your seed can fall down into.

615
00:23:24,670 --> 00:23:26,589
So if you just spread your seed on

616
00:23:26,589 --> 00:23:29,630
top, it's possible it's gonna germinate, but if

617
00:23:29,630 --> 00:23:32,430
it's not germinated down in the soil, it's

618
00:23:32,430 --> 00:23:35,089
gonna die very quickly without continual

619
00:23:35,390 --> 00:23:35,890
water.

620
00:23:36,274 --> 00:23:38,835
So these these knives on these power seeders

621
00:23:38,835 --> 00:23:39,654
or dethatchers

622
00:23:40,194 --> 00:23:42,214
are gonna actually rip down through

623
00:23:42,515 --> 00:23:45,634
that dead grass down through that top layer

624
00:23:45,634 --> 00:23:48,194
of thatch on the soil and allow that

625
00:23:48,194 --> 00:23:50,115
seed to fall down and actually come in

626
00:23:50,115 --> 00:23:51,494
contact with the soil.

627
00:23:51,820 --> 00:23:54,380
So these seed boxes on the front, if

628
00:23:54,380 --> 00:23:56,779
you're experienced with these, if you've used them

629
00:23:56,779 --> 00:23:58,779
quite a bit, you can play around with

630
00:23:58,779 --> 00:24:01,099
that calibration on that. But if you're not

631
00:24:01,099 --> 00:24:03,019
comfortable and you don't wanna have a bunch

632
00:24:03,019 --> 00:24:04,400
of extra seed

633
00:24:04,845 --> 00:24:07,164
or run out of seed worse when you're

634
00:24:07,164 --> 00:24:09,724
seeding your lawn, you may consider taking the

635
00:24:09,724 --> 00:24:10,625
power seeder

636
00:24:11,085 --> 00:24:12,144
across the lawn

637
00:24:12,525 --> 00:24:15,105
multiple directions to open up those channels.

638
00:24:15,404 --> 00:24:17,265
And then you can use just the broadcast,

639
00:24:17,569 --> 00:24:20,369
you know, regular rotary lawn spreader to spread

640
00:24:20,369 --> 00:24:21,429
that seed on

641
00:24:21,809 --> 00:24:24,069
top. But with these seeders, we want

642
00:24:24,529 --> 00:24:25,589
to go a minimum

643
00:24:25,890 --> 00:24:26,950
in two directions.

644
00:24:27,490 --> 00:24:29,329
And so that what that's gonna do is

645
00:24:29,329 --> 00:24:32,045
to help prevent your new grass from popping

646
00:24:32,045 --> 00:24:34,445
up like rows of corn. We want it

647
00:24:34,445 --> 00:24:35,025
to be

648
00:24:35,325 --> 00:24:37,404
more uniform than that. We want it to

649
00:24:37,404 --> 00:24:39,325
look like it was just spread across the

650
00:24:39,325 --> 00:24:41,805
whole lawn. So when you seed, we want

651
00:24:41,805 --> 00:24:44,359
to figure out that total rate of seed

652
00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:46,460
that you wanna apply, and at a minimum,

653
00:24:46,519 --> 00:24:48,920
apply that in 2 directions. So you're gonna

654
00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:51,400
half that to get your total rate going

655
00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:53,400
in 2 directions, and that's gonna give you

656
00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:55,880
a much more uniform coverage at the end

657
00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:57,464
of all of this preparation.

658
00:24:58,325 --> 00:25:00,904
So at this point, you have done

659
00:25:01,204 --> 00:25:02,664
all the hard work now,

660
00:25:03,125 --> 00:25:06,345
and it's time to plant your seed.

661
00:25:06,804 --> 00:25:07,304
So

662
00:25:07,605 --> 00:25:10,340
with planting your seed, I think maybe the

663
00:25:10,340 --> 00:25:11,640
most important decision

664
00:25:12,100 --> 00:25:15,000
that a turf manager can make, home lawn

665
00:25:15,140 --> 00:25:15,640
renovation

666
00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:16,600
decisions,

667
00:25:17,059 --> 00:25:19,720
is what type of grass should I plant?

668
00:25:20,180 --> 00:25:22,440
And being that we are in the transition

669
00:25:22,580 --> 00:25:23,880
zone in Kentucky,

670
00:25:24,274 --> 00:25:26,774
that means that we have very hot summers

671
00:25:27,394 --> 00:25:28,774
and cold winters.

672
00:25:29,075 --> 00:25:31,315
So it does not make the decision very

673
00:25:31,315 --> 00:25:34,134
easy for us. If you were in Florida,

674
00:25:34,434 --> 00:25:36,835
it's very simple. There's a few good warm

675
00:25:36,835 --> 00:25:38,534
season grasses you could choose.

676
00:25:38,869 --> 00:25:40,890
If you were up in Minnesota,

677
00:25:41,430 --> 00:25:44,809
we would say choose a good Kentucky bluegrass.

678
00:25:44,950 --> 00:25:47,369
It's a no brainer. But being in Kentucky,

679
00:25:47,509 --> 00:25:48,410
we can grow

680
00:25:48,789 --> 00:25:50,710
a lot of these grasses, but many of

681
00:25:50,710 --> 00:25:52,950
them are gonna struggle at different times of

682
00:25:52,950 --> 00:25:53,610
the year.

683
00:25:54,075 --> 00:25:56,875
So some of our choices here and I

684
00:25:56,875 --> 00:25:58,954
think at the end of the day, I'm

685
00:25:58,954 --> 00:26:00,255
going to point you towards,

686
00:26:00,875 --> 00:26:03,274
turf type tall fescue. But I wanted to

687
00:26:03,274 --> 00:26:05,194
walk through a few of these just to

688
00:26:05,194 --> 00:26:05,934
show you

689
00:26:06,269 --> 00:26:08,590
what the options are and why some of

690
00:26:08,590 --> 00:26:10,509
them may be better than others to grow

691
00:26:10,509 --> 00:26:11,730
in the state of Kentucky.

692
00:26:12,109 --> 00:26:15,470
So this is perennial ryegrass here. This is

693
00:26:15,470 --> 00:26:19,009
actually a a soccer pitch, Lynn Family Stadium

694
00:26:19,575 --> 00:26:20,315
in Louisville,

695
00:26:20,774 --> 00:26:23,494
where they have Bermuda grass, but they overseed

696
00:26:23,494 --> 00:26:25,034
it with perennial ryegrass

697
00:26:25,335 --> 00:26:28,954
every fall, and it looks beautiful and gorgeous.

698
00:26:29,335 --> 00:26:31,494
And so you may think, wow, I would

699
00:26:31,494 --> 00:26:33,420
love for my lawn to look like that.

700
00:26:33,660 --> 00:26:35,420
And it may look like that for a

701
00:26:35,420 --> 00:26:38,460
short period of time. Perennial ryegrass is a

702
00:26:38,460 --> 00:26:41,180
very shiny dark green grass, and it can

703
00:26:41,180 --> 00:26:43,580
withstand very low mowing height, say around a

704
00:26:43,580 --> 00:26:45,920
half an inch or a little bit lower.

705
00:26:46,134 --> 00:26:48,634
So it's well suited for overseeding

706
00:26:49,015 --> 00:26:49,515
bermudagrass

707
00:26:49,974 --> 00:26:53,035
sports fields to have a good plain surface

708
00:26:53,494 --> 00:26:56,214
to help hold up during those late fall

709
00:26:56,214 --> 00:26:58,535
and winter months when sports are being played

710
00:26:58,535 --> 00:26:59,194
on it.

711
00:26:59,569 --> 00:27:02,529
And one of the things that really perennial

712
00:27:02,529 --> 00:27:05,490
ryegrass stands out at is its very fast

713
00:27:05,490 --> 00:27:05,990
germination.

714
00:27:06,609 --> 00:27:08,869
So the soil temperatures like they are now,

715
00:27:09,170 --> 00:27:11,329
if you were to go out and plant

716
00:27:11,329 --> 00:27:13,734
this grass and keep it watered, you may

717
00:27:13,734 --> 00:27:16,855
see germination as in as little as 3

718
00:27:16,855 --> 00:27:17,355
days.

719
00:27:17,815 --> 00:27:20,294
So all of those things are the pros

720
00:27:20,294 --> 00:27:21,515
about perennial ryegrass,

721
00:27:22,294 --> 00:27:23,835
but it is extremely

722
00:27:24,375 --> 00:27:25,515
disease susceptible.

723
00:27:26,339 --> 00:27:28,579
So it has been grown on golf course

724
00:27:28,579 --> 00:27:31,619
fairways across the state for many, many years,

725
00:27:31,619 --> 00:27:33,539
and there are only a handful of golf

726
00:27:33,539 --> 00:27:36,259
courses still growing it because it is a

727
00:27:36,259 --> 00:27:38,919
constant battle to keep this grass alive.

728
00:27:39,404 --> 00:27:42,924
Requires huge inputs of fungicides and watering during

729
00:27:42,924 --> 00:27:43,585
the summer.

730
00:27:44,045 --> 00:27:46,845
Some of our our pathologists, doctor Vincheli at

731
00:27:46,845 --> 00:27:48,845
UK, did a lot of work on this

732
00:27:48,845 --> 00:27:50,924
grass back in the day on trying to

733
00:27:50,924 --> 00:27:53,369
keep it alive, and it is one that

734
00:27:53,369 --> 00:27:55,630
they love because it is going to get

735
00:27:55,849 --> 00:27:57,070
quite a bit of disease.

736
00:27:57,529 --> 00:28:00,410
It also has a low heat and drought

737
00:28:00,410 --> 00:28:00,910
tolerance.

738
00:28:01,289 --> 00:28:03,609
And for these reasons, it often dies in

739
00:28:03,609 --> 00:28:04,750
the summer in Kentucky.

740
00:28:05,465 --> 00:28:07,785
So I would highly recommend when renovating your

741
00:28:07,785 --> 00:28:10,025
lawn to check those seed bags and make

742
00:28:10,025 --> 00:28:11,884
sure that you're not getting any perennial

743
00:28:12,184 --> 00:28:14,605
or annual ryegrass in those bags.

744
00:28:15,144 --> 00:28:18,744
Another option is fine fescues in the state

745
00:28:18,744 --> 00:28:19,404
of Kentucky,

746
00:28:19,890 --> 00:28:22,869
And this is actually part of my backyard

747
00:28:23,250 --> 00:28:25,890
in which my 4 kids run around and

748
00:28:25,890 --> 00:28:28,150
I have done nothing to it. No

749
00:28:28,529 --> 00:28:29,990
fertilizer, no irrigation

750
00:28:30,369 --> 00:28:31,029
or anything,

751
00:28:31,490 --> 00:28:33,490
but we have a beautiful shade tree back

752
00:28:33,490 --> 00:28:33,990
there.

753
00:28:34,335 --> 00:28:37,234
So the lawn suffers for that reason.

754
00:28:37,694 --> 00:28:40,174
And so fine fescues are often sold in

755
00:28:40,174 --> 00:28:42,194
mixes, which are advertised

756
00:28:42,575 --> 00:28:43,875
as shade mixes.

757
00:28:44,255 --> 00:28:46,734
And it's true, fine fescues do do better

758
00:28:46,734 --> 00:28:49,359
than other grasses in the shade, but you

759
00:28:49,359 --> 00:28:51,619
can see with no irrigation,

760
00:28:52,319 --> 00:28:54,960
these fine fescues are going to go dormant.

761
00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:56,579
So although they will survive,

762
00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,039
they're gonna turn brown in the summer. And

763
00:28:59,039 --> 00:29:01,359
it's a clump type grass, so it's gonna

764
00:29:01,359 --> 00:29:04,579
form really bumpy clumps in the lawn

765
00:29:04,904 --> 00:29:06,765
unless it's seeded very densely,

766
00:29:07,065 --> 00:29:08,205
mowed very lowly,

767
00:29:08,664 --> 00:29:09,404
and it is

768
00:29:09,865 --> 00:29:12,365
really probably the lower limits

769
00:29:12,744 --> 00:29:14,744
in Kentucky of its range of where it

770
00:29:14,744 --> 00:29:15,965
can do really well.

771
00:29:16,345 --> 00:29:18,605
So it'll look really pretty in the spring

772
00:29:18,910 --> 00:29:20,210
with sufficient rainfall,

773
00:29:20,589 --> 00:29:22,750
but during the summer, it's gonna kinda lay

774
00:29:22,750 --> 00:29:25,710
over, go dormant, and form these these bumpy

775
00:29:25,710 --> 00:29:27,950
clumps in your lawn, and it's not gonna

776
00:29:27,950 --> 00:29:30,910
be competitive with other weeds. So really for

777
00:29:30,910 --> 00:29:32,609
that reason, we do not recommend

778
00:29:33,134 --> 00:29:33,875
fine fescues

779
00:29:34,575 --> 00:29:35,474
unless you're

780
00:29:35,775 --> 00:29:38,654
willing to deal with that look most of

781
00:29:38,654 --> 00:29:39,394
the year.

782
00:29:39,695 --> 00:29:42,434
So it is not great for the Kentucky

783
00:29:42,494 --> 00:29:44,275
summers. Kentucky bluegrass.

784
00:29:44,734 --> 00:29:47,080
We live in the bluegrass state, so we

785
00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:49,240
may think, yeah, that's the grass I want.

786
00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:51,080
That's the one that our state's named after.

787
00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:53,559
We should plant it. And it is a

788
00:29:53,559 --> 00:29:54,700
a beautiful grass.

789
00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:57,480
This is actually the softball field on campus

790
00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:00,940
here, and this is Mountain View Seed 365

791
00:30:02,244 --> 00:30:04,884
sod that they just laid, I guess, within

792
00:30:04,884 --> 00:30:07,044
the past 2 weeks here, and it looks

793
00:30:07,044 --> 00:30:10,984
beautiful up there. So benefit of Kentucky bluegrass

794
00:30:11,044 --> 00:30:12,345
is that it has rhizomes,

795
00:30:12,884 --> 00:30:16,025
meaning it has underground stems that creep.

796
00:30:16,339 --> 00:30:18,820
So you'll often see bluegrass sometimes pop up

797
00:30:18,820 --> 00:30:21,640
in your landscape beds. You'll see it spreading.

798
00:30:21,700 --> 00:30:24,440
So it helps if you're dealing with athletic

799
00:30:24,500 --> 00:30:25,000
situations

800
00:30:25,700 --> 00:30:27,539
where you do get wear and tear, it

801
00:30:27,539 --> 00:30:28,839
will repair itself.

802
00:30:30,025 --> 00:30:31,644
But in the heat of Kentucky,

803
00:30:32,265 --> 00:30:34,285
you will require supplemental

804
00:30:34,585 --> 00:30:37,945
irrigation to maintain that color, and it's also

805
00:30:37,945 --> 00:30:40,525
very prone to diseases as well.

806
00:30:40,904 --> 00:30:43,269
And then because of that growth habit of

807
00:30:43,269 --> 00:30:45,849
it, that rhizomes, the underground stems,

808
00:30:46,150 --> 00:30:47,609
thatch can be a problem

809
00:30:47,910 --> 00:30:49,289
with Kentucky bluegrass.

810
00:30:49,910 --> 00:30:53,269
So I typically do not recommend Kentucky bluegrass

811
00:30:53,269 --> 00:30:55,349
for the home lawn. It's a little bit

812
00:30:55,349 --> 00:30:56,809
better suited for athletic

813
00:30:57,269 --> 00:30:57,769
situations.

814
00:30:58,634 --> 00:31:00,015
Although that being said,

815
00:31:00,714 --> 00:31:01,775
some of the cultivars

816
00:31:02,154 --> 00:31:04,414
that I have seen available here in Kentucky

817
00:31:04,714 --> 00:31:07,134
that I've seen do really well are this

818
00:31:07,195 --> 00:31:08,894
Mountain View seed 365

819
00:31:10,154 --> 00:31:10,654
SS

820
00:31:11,299 --> 00:31:12,279
and Behrendrugs

821
00:31:12,980 --> 00:31:13,480
HGT

822
00:31:14,099 --> 00:31:14,599
Bluegrass

823
00:31:15,140 --> 00:31:17,700
have done really well on sports fields, on

824
00:31:17,700 --> 00:31:20,200
golf courses, and in the home lawn situation.

825
00:31:20,740 --> 00:31:23,720
And they are available as Saab here locally

826
00:31:23,779 --> 00:31:24,839
in the in the state.

827
00:31:25,220 --> 00:31:26,839
So while it's not

828
00:31:27,274 --> 00:31:28,575
the top choice,

829
00:31:28,875 --> 00:31:31,454
it is a possibility, but it's very cultivar

830
00:31:31,595 --> 00:31:32,095
dependent,

831
00:31:32,474 --> 00:31:33,774
and it is gonna require

832
00:31:34,154 --> 00:31:36,414
higher input. So more fertility

833
00:31:36,954 --> 00:31:39,274
than a tall fescue would. It's gonna require

834
00:31:39,274 --> 00:31:40,095
more irrigation

835
00:31:40,634 --> 00:31:42,779
than a tall fescue would. And I think

836
00:31:42,779 --> 00:31:43,680
the farther

837
00:31:44,140 --> 00:31:46,860
southwest in the state we move, it's gonna

838
00:31:46,860 --> 00:31:49,820
be more and more difficult to maintain this

839
00:31:49,820 --> 00:31:50,799
at a high level.

840
00:31:51,340 --> 00:31:51,840
So

841
00:31:52,299 --> 00:31:53,920
across the state, generally,

842
00:31:54,299 --> 00:31:56,775
from east to west, north to south, the

843
00:31:56,775 --> 00:31:58,234
one grass that fits

844
00:31:58,615 --> 00:31:59,115
everywhere

845
00:31:59,414 --> 00:32:01,494
is going to be that turf type tall

846
00:32:01,494 --> 00:32:01,994
fescue.

847
00:32:02,695 --> 00:32:03,275
It is

848
00:32:03,894 --> 00:32:06,634
one that has excellent heat and drought tolerance.

849
00:32:06,855 --> 00:32:08,775
If you remember the first picture of that

850
00:32:08,775 --> 00:32:09,994
lawn that need it renovated,

851
00:32:10,420 --> 00:32:12,759
really the only plants that were still green

852
00:32:12,900 --> 00:32:15,640
were those tall fescue plants. It has moderate

853
00:32:15,700 --> 00:32:16,519
shade tolerance,

854
00:32:16,900 --> 00:32:19,140
and in fact, some studies from Ohio State

855
00:32:19,140 --> 00:32:21,880
showed that it performed better than fine fescues

856
00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:24,579
did. Another thing is that it does not

857
00:32:24,579 --> 00:32:25,720
build up thatch,

858
00:32:26,234 --> 00:32:26,734
and

859
00:32:27,194 --> 00:32:30,394
there are varieties available that are much better

860
00:32:30,394 --> 00:32:31,775
than Kentucky 31.

861
00:32:32,154 --> 00:32:34,414
So when we say turf type tall fescues,

862
00:32:34,795 --> 00:32:37,035
you wanna make sure that the seed that

863
00:32:37,035 --> 00:32:38,414
you're buying is not

864
00:32:38,809 --> 00:32:41,390
marketed towards forages, towards pastures,

865
00:32:41,929 --> 00:32:43,069
and avoid

866
00:32:43,450 --> 00:32:44,589
Kentucky 31.

867
00:32:45,130 --> 00:32:48,329
It is a much broader leaf blade, and

868
00:32:48,329 --> 00:32:50,809
it's not as drought tolerant as some of

869
00:32:50,809 --> 00:32:54,224
these newer turf type tall fescues are. So

870
00:32:54,224 --> 00:32:56,384
really the only downsides of turf type tall

871
00:32:56,384 --> 00:32:58,244
fescue are it's susceptible

872
00:32:58,625 --> 00:33:01,664
to brown patch, which the grass typically will

873
00:33:01,664 --> 00:33:02,164
outgrow,

874
00:33:03,024 --> 00:33:04,884
if it's a dense healthy stand.

875
00:33:05,269 --> 00:33:07,589
And it's also a bunch type grass with

876
00:33:07,589 --> 00:33:10,950
slow lateral spread. So we're gonna overcome that

877
00:33:10,950 --> 00:33:12,970
fact of it being a bunch type grass

878
00:33:13,269 --> 00:33:15,049
by planting it densely

879
00:33:15,589 --> 00:33:18,230
and promoting it with some fertilizer as we

880
00:33:18,230 --> 00:33:19,130
get that established.

881
00:33:19,575 --> 00:33:22,134
But overall, when folks ask what grass should

882
00:33:22,134 --> 00:33:23,835
I choose in the state of Kentucky,

883
00:33:24,134 --> 00:33:26,474
I'm gonna recommend a turf type tall fescue.

884
00:33:26,934 --> 00:33:29,994
But as an aside, we'll say warm season

885
00:33:30,054 --> 00:33:30,554
grasses

886
00:33:30,855 --> 00:33:31,755
are an option,

887
00:33:32,220 --> 00:33:33,440
especially if you're

888
00:33:33,740 --> 00:33:35,599
in zone 7 plus,

889
00:33:35,980 --> 00:33:38,220
and even in zone 6 plus. We have

890
00:33:38,220 --> 00:33:41,259
had bermudagrass and zoysia grass grown in the

891
00:33:41,259 --> 00:33:43,599
state of Kentucky for many, many years now.

892
00:33:43,740 --> 00:33:46,380
And with the breeding programs out of the

893
00:33:46,380 --> 00:33:46,880
universities,

894
00:33:47,375 --> 00:33:48,434
there's new improved

895
00:33:49,055 --> 00:33:50,115
varieties available.

896
00:33:50,494 --> 00:33:52,815
And the main limiting factor to many of

897
00:33:52,815 --> 00:33:54,914
these are gonna be the winter kill.

898
00:33:55,215 --> 00:33:57,295
So you might not have any kill for

899
00:33:57,295 --> 00:33:59,055
a couple years, but if we get a

900
00:33:59,055 --> 00:34:02,174
really cold spell, there's always potential with winter

901
00:34:02,174 --> 00:34:03,154
kill for these.

902
00:34:03,500 --> 00:34:05,820
So the main lawn species that we would

903
00:34:05,820 --> 00:34:07,440
use in the state are bermudagrass

904
00:34:07,740 --> 00:34:11,019
and zoysia grass. And really the differences between

905
00:34:11,019 --> 00:34:12,400
those is that zoysia

906
00:34:13,180 --> 00:34:15,119
is much slower growing.

907
00:34:15,855 --> 00:34:18,835
It's not going to creep across your driveway

908
00:34:19,375 --> 00:34:21,855
and into your landscape beds as fast as

909
00:34:21,855 --> 00:34:23,074
Bermuda grass would,

910
00:34:23,534 --> 00:34:27,235
and it is more cold tolerant, generally speaking,

911
00:34:27,695 --> 00:34:30,034
than Bermuda grass is. So

912
00:34:30,389 --> 00:34:32,389
for largely for across the state, for the

913
00:34:32,389 --> 00:34:35,349
home lawn, we would recommend zoysia grass. The

914
00:34:35,349 --> 00:34:38,869
downside is that establishment is typically more expensive

915
00:34:38,869 --> 00:34:40,409
with this and Bermudagrass

916
00:34:40,949 --> 00:34:41,449
establishes

917
00:34:41,829 --> 00:34:42,650
much quicker.

918
00:34:42,974 --> 00:34:45,135
But in the fall, and it's not the

919
00:34:45,135 --> 00:34:47,055
best time, so if you are thinking about

920
00:34:47,055 --> 00:34:50,335
warm season grasses, we typically wanna establish those

921
00:34:50,335 --> 00:34:52,595
in the late spring to the early summer.

922
00:34:53,295 --> 00:34:56,015
Just here is a picture of the current

923
00:34:56,015 --> 00:34:56,515
2023

924
00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,760
USDA hardiness map. So we can see Bowling

925
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:01,260
Green

926
00:35:01,639 --> 00:35:04,199
there in the 7a zone. So it's gonna

927
00:35:04,199 --> 00:35:06,780
do well with Zoysia or Bermudagrath.

928
00:35:07,159 --> 00:35:09,159
And even as we get down to parts

929
00:35:09,159 --> 00:35:12,440
of Simpson, Allen County, farther Western Kentucky as

930
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:14,775
well, We're on into the 7 B zone

931
00:35:14,775 --> 00:35:17,974
there. So it may be that we start

932
00:35:17,974 --> 00:35:21,355
considering more and more warm season grasses moving

933
00:35:21,414 --> 00:35:21,914
forward.

934
00:35:22,534 --> 00:35:24,454
And this is a a fun picture here,

935
00:35:24,454 --> 00:35:27,175
is a friend of mine's lawn. He's in

936
00:35:27,175 --> 00:35:27,675
Portsmouth,

937
00:35:27,974 --> 00:35:28,474
Ohio,

938
00:35:29,390 --> 00:35:32,530
and he inherited a zoysia grass lawn there.

939
00:35:32,829 --> 00:35:33,570
He's been there

940
00:35:34,190 --> 00:35:36,130
for a very long time, presumably.

941
00:35:36,829 --> 00:35:37,789
And it has,

942
00:35:38,110 --> 00:35:39,570
Virginia spring beauties

943
00:35:39,869 --> 00:35:41,950
that pop up all over it in the

944
00:35:41,950 --> 00:35:45,434
spring. So while the zoysia grass goes dormant,

945
00:35:45,735 --> 00:35:47,815
in the spring he has a beautiful lawn

946
00:35:47,815 --> 00:35:50,054
full of flowers and about the time the

947
00:35:50,054 --> 00:35:52,215
temperatures heat up and the flowers start to

948
00:35:52,215 --> 00:35:54,534
fade is when that grass starts to green

949
00:35:54,534 --> 00:35:57,059
up and he starts to mow. And so

950
00:35:57,059 --> 00:35:59,700
he has doesn't have to mow those flowers

951
00:35:59,700 --> 00:36:01,860
off and it's a a really a showy

952
00:36:01,860 --> 00:36:03,480
lawn for for the springtime

953
00:36:03,940 --> 00:36:05,559
while that grass is dormant.

954
00:36:06,260 --> 00:36:07,960
Continuing on establishment

955
00:36:08,260 --> 00:36:09,480
and thinking about

956
00:36:10,085 --> 00:36:12,424
establishing warm season grasses specifically,

957
00:36:12,964 --> 00:36:16,105
we wanna think about vegetative establishment for those.

958
00:36:16,484 --> 00:36:17,385
And our options

959
00:36:17,924 --> 00:36:20,484
are and I should say not just warm

960
00:36:20,484 --> 00:36:22,424
season grasses for sod especially,

961
00:36:23,130 --> 00:36:24,589
but sod has benefits

962
00:36:25,049 --> 00:36:27,309
in that we cover the ground immediately.

963
00:36:27,929 --> 00:36:29,389
The best thing is

964
00:36:29,769 --> 00:36:31,549
if you have risk of

965
00:36:31,929 --> 00:36:34,409
erosion, if you're on hillsides where you're worried

966
00:36:34,409 --> 00:36:36,494
about things washing away and you need a

967
00:36:36,494 --> 00:36:37,474
quick establishment.

968
00:36:37,934 --> 00:36:41,054
Although sod is more expensive than seed, it's

969
00:36:41,054 --> 00:36:43,694
probably your best bet to get something growing

970
00:36:43,694 --> 00:36:44,434
very quickly.

971
00:36:44,974 --> 00:36:47,394
Perf type tall fescue sod is available,

972
00:36:47,775 --> 00:36:50,355
but it will be often mixed with Kentucky

973
00:36:50,494 --> 00:36:52,710
bluegrass because we've talked about it as those

974
00:36:52,710 --> 00:36:53,210
rhizomes,

975
00:36:53,590 --> 00:36:56,250
and that's gonna help hold that sod together

976
00:36:56,630 --> 00:36:58,390
so that you can handle it without it

977
00:36:58,390 --> 00:37:01,190
crumbling apart. When it comes to sod, it's

978
00:37:01,190 --> 00:37:02,809
really pretty simple, establishment,

979
00:37:03,594 --> 00:37:06,094
green side up. We want to push those

980
00:37:06,555 --> 00:37:07,375
sod pieces

981
00:37:07,675 --> 00:37:08,974
very tight together

982
00:37:09,434 --> 00:37:11,914
and we wanna stagger the seams. So you

983
00:37:11,914 --> 00:37:13,914
can see here the way it's staggered, stair

984
00:37:13,914 --> 00:37:16,235
stepped going up here. And what that's gonna

985
00:37:16,235 --> 00:37:18,735
do is to prevent washouts from water

986
00:37:19,139 --> 00:37:21,380
running through those seams when we get rains

987
00:37:21,380 --> 00:37:22,359
during the establishment.

988
00:37:22,739 --> 00:37:25,239
So sod, we can do this really

989
00:37:25,779 --> 00:37:28,099
anytime that the ground is not frozen. If

990
00:37:28,099 --> 00:37:30,579
the sod farm can cut it, you can

991
00:37:30,579 --> 00:37:32,704
lay that sod. But if you do do

992
00:37:32,704 --> 00:37:34,385
it late in the winter, you still have

993
00:37:34,385 --> 00:37:35,125
to remember

994
00:37:35,425 --> 00:37:38,144
it's got very short roots, it's not yet

995
00:37:38,144 --> 00:37:39,125
fully established,

996
00:37:39,505 --> 00:37:42,224
and just be concerned about desiccation and it

997
00:37:42,224 --> 00:37:44,465
drying out. Make sure that you are able

998
00:37:44,465 --> 00:37:47,289
to get water onto it. Sprigs are another

999
00:37:47,289 --> 00:37:48,429
vegetative option.

1000
00:37:48,730 --> 00:37:50,909
Sprigs are gonna be available with our bermuda

1001
00:37:51,050 --> 00:37:54,730
and zoysia grass. And sprigs are stolons, so

1002
00:37:54,730 --> 00:37:55,949
above ground stems

1003
00:37:56,250 --> 00:37:58,429
and rhizomes that spread across

1004
00:37:58,905 --> 00:38:01,304
a lawn. And so essentially, this is ground

1005
00:38:01,304 --> 00:38:04,425
up bermudagrass and zoysia grass that you would

1006
00:38:04,425 --> 00:38:06,985
then prepare the lawn just like you would

1007
00:38:06,985 --> 00:38:07,724
for seeding,

1008
00:38:08,105 --> 00:38:10,684
but you're going to spread that material out

1009
00:38:10,869 --> 00:38:13,190
and then you're going to either lightly cover

1010
00:38:13,190 --> 00:38:14,409
it with some topsoil

1011
00:38:15,109 --> 00:38:17,989
or roll that to smooth it down to

1012
00:38:17,989 --> 00:38:20,570
get good sprig to soil contact.

1013
00:38:21,030 --> 00:38:22,809
Another way to vegetatively

1014
00:38:23,190 --> 00:38:26,150
establish some warm season grasses is by using

1015
00:38:26,150 --> 00:38:29,324
plugs. You can actually buy trays of plugs

1016
00:38:29,324 --> 00:38:29,824
offline

1017
00:38:30,364 --> 00:38:33,244
or you can buy sod. So sometimes the

1018
00:38:33,244 --> 00:38:34,625
sod can be very expensive.

1019
00:38:35,085 --> 00:38:37,405
You can plant some sod and then come

1020
00:38:37,405 --> 00:38:39,664
back after it is rooted and established

1021
00:38:40,309 --> 00:38:43,110
and pull plugs from that to spread across

1022
00:38:43,110 --> 00:38:45,909
the rest of your lawn. So buying grass

1023
00:38:45,909 --> 00:38:46,409
seed,

1024
00:38:46,949 --> 00:38:49,510
this is really I would emphasize here that

1025
00:38:49,510 --> 00:38:51,989
you don't want to skimp here. We spent

1026
00:38:51,989 --> 00:38:54,309
some money on renovation. We spent some money

1027
00:38:54,309 --> 00:38:55,050
on aerifying,

1028
00:38:55,755 --> 00:38:56,815
renting the equipment.

1029
00:38:57,194 --> 00:38:59,295
What we don't wanna do is to buy

1030
00:38:59,355 --> 00:39:02,315
cheap seed that has weeds in it and

1031
00:39:02,315 --> 00:39:05,034
spread that seed across our lawn. So there

1032
00:39:05,034 --> 00:39:08,394
are university trials, in-depth trials that you can

1033
00:39:08,394 --> 00:39:11,380
research. You can talk to you myself, local

1034
00:39:11,380 --> 00:39:12,360
extension agents,

1035
00:39:12,660 --> 00:39:14,820
talk to others that you know have planted

1036
00:39:14,820 --> 00:39:15,960
seed and had success,

1037
00:39:16,260 --> 00:39:18,660
and choose a grass seed variety that's really

1038
00:39:18,660 --> 00:39:19,160
good.

1039
00:39:19,619 --> 00:39:21,140
And one way you can do that is

1040
00:39:21,140 --> 00:39:23,559
by looking at the seed tags.

1041
00:39:24,014 --> 00:39:25,614
You can see here on this bag on

1042
00:39:25,614 --> 00:39:28,174
the left, there is a a blue seed

1043
00:39:28,174 --> 00:39:30,594
tag. And that means that it is certified

1044
00:39:30,654 --> 00:39:33,054
seed. That means that what they say is

1045
00:39:33,054 --> 00:39:35,614
in the bag has been certified, that it

1046
00:39:35,614 --> 00:39:36,674
is in the bag.

1047
00:39:36,974 --> 00:39:39,394
And when we look at the seed tags,

1048
00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:41,420
we want to be sure here,

1049
00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:43,480
what you wanna look at is what's in

1050
00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:45,500
the bag. So if you want tall fescue,

1051
00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:47,480
that's what you wanna be in there. You

1052
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:48,859
can see the tag here

1053
00:39:49,239 --> 00:39:52,380
also has a hard fescue in it, which

1054
00:39:52,599 --> 00:39:54,380
is a type of a fine fescue.

1055
00:39:54,965 --> 00:39:57,525
So if you don't want fine fescues, then

1056
00:39:57,525 --> 00:39:59,045
you don't wanna buy a seed that has

1057
00:39:59,045 --> 00:40:01,045
that in there. The bag on the left

1058
00:40:01,045 --> 00:40:03,605
here is all Kentucky bluegrass, so you know

1059
00:40:03,605 --> 00:40:05,545
you're getting a straight Kentucky bluegrass.

1060
00:40:06,005 --> 00:40:08,005
But then beyond that, you really wanna look

1061
00:40:08,005 --> 00:40:10,739
at the weed seed and the inert matter.

1062
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:12,559
Some of the bags that you can go

1063
00:40:12,559 --> 00:40:14,640
into, you know, the source now and flip

1064
00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:16,880
it over, and it might have up to

1065
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:17,380
50%

1066
00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:21,039
inert matter if they're, mulch covered seed. So

1067
00:40:21,039 --> 00:40:22,880
be aware of how much seed you're getting

1068
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:23,505
in there.

1069
00:40:24,065 --> 00:40:26,324
And when we talk about seeding the lawns,

1070
00:40:26,464 --> 00:40:27,444
here, our typical

1071
00:40:28,144 --> 00:40:29,125
seeding rate

1072
00:40:29,505 --> 00:40:30,005
is

1073
00:40:30,304 --> 00:40:32,884
£6 of turf type tall fescue

1074
00:40:33,505 --> 00:40:36,644
per 1,000 square feet. So a much denser

1075
00:40:36,704 --> 00:40:39,059
higher rate than, say, you would for a

1076
00:40:39,059 --> 00:40:39,559
pasture.

1077
00:40:40,019 --> 00:40:42,019
And you may even go up to 8

1078
00:40:42,019 --> 00:40:44,980
to £10 per 1,000 square feet to really

1079
00:40:44,980 --> 00:40:46,359
get improved coverage.

1080
00:40:46,900 --> 00:40:48,980
But when we say that, we're looking at

1081
00:40:48,980 --> 00:40:51,444
pure live seed there. And I won't try

1082
00:40:51,444 --> 00:40:54,025
to do too much math here live.

1083
00:40:54,324 --> 00:40:56,344
I don't wanna embarrass myself with that.

1084
00:40:56,644 --> 00:40:59,625
But this seed tag here is really straightforward.

1085
00:41:00,244 --> 00:41:02,025
It contains one variety,

1086
00:41:02,405 --> 00:41:04,264
which is falcon 4

1087
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tall fescue,

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00:41:06,069 --> 00:41:07,609
and it has 99.71%

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00:41:09,909 --> 00:41:10,650
pure seed

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00:41:11,030 --> 00:41:12,010
with a 90%

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00:41:12,469 --> 00:41:12,969
germination.

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00:41:13,829 --> 00:41:15,049
So when you're calculating

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00:41:15,349 --> 00:41:16,409
pure live seed,

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00:41:16,710 --> 00:41:19,589
it is the percent seed purity, which is

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00:41:19,589 --> 00:41:21,429
99 here, the per

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00:41:22,125 --> 00:41:23,184
multiplied by

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00:41:23,644 --> 00:41:25,184
the percent seed germination.

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00:41:26,045 --> 00:41:28,065
So in this case, we take 99%

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00:41:29,244 --> 00:41:30,385
times 90

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00:41:31,164 --> 00:41:31,824
and 0.9,

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00:41:32,284 --> 00:41:33,905
and we get 0.89.

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00:41:34,829 --> 00:41:36,510
And if you remember from the last slide,

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00:41:36,510 --> 00:41:39,469
we went at £6 per 1000 square feet

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00:41:39,469 --> 00:41:40,610
of tall fescue.

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00:41:40,989 --> 00:41:43,170
So we divide 6 by 0.89.

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00:41:44,030 --> 00:41:46,210
And so for every £6

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00:41:46,590 --> 00:41:48,690
that we want, we actually need to apply

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00:41:49,204 --> 00:41:49,704
£6.7

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00:41:51,125 --> 00:41:53,545
of this specific seed here.

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00:41:53,844 --> 00:41:56,804
So if this pure seed rate was around

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00:41:56,804 --> 00:41:57,304
50%,

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00:41:57,925 --> 00:41:59,144
we would need approximately

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00:41:59,844 --> 00:42:00,344
£12

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00:42:01,299 --> 00:42:04,199
of seed per 1,000 square feet to get

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00:42:04,260 --> 00:42:05,000
a £6

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00:42:05,380 --> 00:42:08,420
pure live seed rate. Determining the size of

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00:42:08,420 --> 00:42:10,420
your lawn, a good way to do that

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00:42:10,420 --> 00:42:12,359
is using Google Earth.

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00:42:12,739 --> 00:42:15,239
And when you go into Google Earth program,

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00:42:15,539 --> 00:42:17,000
you can click the tools

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00:42:17,964 --> 00:42:19,425
icon, you can click ruler,

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00:42:20,045 --> 00:42:20,784
and select

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00:42:21,324 --> 00:42:21,824
polygon.

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00:42:22,684 --> 00:42:25,005
And then that's gonna allow you to select

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00:42:25,005 --> 00:42:26,864
the perimeter of your lawn.

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00:42:27,164 --> 00:42:30,385
This is the Spencer County Cooperative Extension Office.

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00:42:30,670 --> 00:42:32,190
And if we wanted to see that area

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00:42:32,190 --> 00:42:34,510
there, we can click around that lawn and

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00:42:34,510 --> 00:42:36,530
it's gonna tell us that it's approximately

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00:42:37,309 --> 00:42:37,809
7,600

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00:42:38,989 --> 00:42:42,289
square feet. Or if you enjoy geometry,

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00:42:42,590 --> 00:42:44,349
you can feel free to go out and

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00:42:44,349 --> 00:42:46,724
measure your lawn that way. But that's a

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00:42:46,724 --> 00:42:49,125
good quick way to determine how much seed

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00:42:49,125 --> 00:42:51,065
that you need for your lawn. So

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00:42:52,164 --> 00:42:54,884
you've done the hard work. You've prepped. You've

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00:42:54,884 --> 00:42:57,204
done the research, bought the seed, and you

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00:42:57,204 --> 00:42:59,989
have planted it going in multiple directions.

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00:43:00,289 --> 00:43:02,369
Now it's time to what do I do

1140
00:43:02,369 --> 00:43:05,170
after I plant the grass seed? So moisture

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00:43:05,170 --> 00:43:08,230
management is critical. Water, water, water.

1142
00:43:08,530 --> 00:43:09,590
These new seedlings,

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00:43:10,050 --> 00:43:12,914
the roots are so short. You know, soon

1144
00:43:12,914 --> 00:43:15,875
as that top layer dries out, that seed

1145
00:43:15,875 --> 00:43:17,715
is gonna start to dry out. So in

1146
00:43:17,715 --> 00:43:19,175
order to get good germination

1147
00:43:19,954 --> 00:43:22,195
with low humidity, like a day like today,

1148
00:43:22,195 --> 00:43:23,815
it was, you know, 23%

1149
00:43:24,275 --> 00:43:25,735
humidity here in Lexington,

1150
00:43:26,210 --> 00:43:27,650
You're gonna have to go out and water

1151
00:43:27,650 --> 00:43:30,069
that, you know, 3 to 4 times a

1152
00:43:30,449 --> 00:43:32,609
day. But we as we get later, the

1153
00:43:32,609 --> 00:43:33,829
days are getting shorter.

1154
00:43:34,130 --> 00:43:36,210
You know, you can start, you know, thinking

1155
00:43:36,210 --> 00:43:38,289
maybe water it in the morning, water in

1156
00:43:38,289 --> 00:43:38,949
the evening.

1157
00:43:39,409 --> 00:43:41,864
You can use straw to help with that

1158
00:43:41,864 --> 00:43:44,265
moisture management, or you can use other types

1159
00:43:44,265 --> 00:43:45,324
of growth blankets

1160
00:43:45,625 --> 00:43:47,704
that are gonna help keep that moisture down

1161
00:43:47,704 --> 00:43:50,204
to extend the periods between watering.

1162
00:43:50,505 --> 00:43:52,585
But I would say be careful with the

1163
00:43:52,585 --> 00:43:55,545
straw. If at all possible, get a weed

1164
00:43:55,545 --> 00:43:56,684
free straw,

1165
00:43:57,039 --> 00:43:59,119
which you can buy. As you can see

1166
00:43:59,119 --> 00:44:00,719
in the picture here on the right, they

1167
00:44:00,719 --> 00:44:02,259
didn't get great establishment,

1168
00:44:02,719 --> 00:44:05,359
probably were depending on mother nature to water

1169
00:44:05,359 --> 00:44:06,019
this seed,

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00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:09,359
and it is full of actually wheat popping

1171
00:44:09,359 --> 00:44:11,679
up from the straw blanket that they placed

1172
00:44:11,679 --> 00:44:15,355
on top of it. So moisture is crucially

1173
00:44:15,414 --> 00:44:17,114
important during those first

1174
00:44:17,414 --> 00:44:18,795
few weeks of establishment,

1175
00:44:19,175 --> 00:44:20,695
but just be aware of some of the

1176
00:44:20,695 --> 00:44:21,994
pitfalls of the straw.

1177
00:44:22,295 --> 00:44:23,594
Fertilizing the lawn,

1178
00:44:23,894 --> 00:44:25,574
we have that soil test that you can

1179
00:44:25,574 --> 00:44:27,880
look back at there. And once you have

1180
00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:31,000
the those seeds up, roots coming down, we

1181
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:33,500
wanna apply approximately a pound of nitrogen

1182
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:35,579
and then potassium and phosphorus

1183
00:44:36,039 --> 00:44:38,280
just based upon if your soil test requires

1184
00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:38,780
it.

1185
00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:41,500
When we spread across that lawn,

1186
00:44:41,894 --> 00:44:43,974
just like our seeding, we want to go

1187
00:44:43,974 --> 00:44:45,275
in multiple directions.

1188
00:44:45,735 --> 00:44:48,315
The person here on the right who fertilized

1189
00:44:48,454 --> 00:44:50,534
this lawn looks like they had a drop

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00:44:50,534 --> 00:44:52,155
spreader and made

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00:44:52,534 --> 00:44:53,034
passes.

1192
00:44:53,335 --> 00:44:55,515
They just weren't quite close enough.

1193
00:44:55,920 --> 00:44:58,739
So very, very green grass, the fertilizer worked,

1194
00:44:58,880 --> 00:45:01,280
and it worked where they applied it. So

1195
00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:03,920
use a broadcast sputter and go in multiple

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00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:05,940
directions to get a more uniform

1197
00:45:06,719 --> 00:45:08,019
spread of that fertilizer.

1198
00:45:08,675 --> 00:45:10,914
And just be careful if it is hot,

1199
00:45:10,914 --> 00:45:12,755
if there's moisture on the leaves, you wanna

1200
00:45:12,755 --> 00:45:14,614
be sure to wash that in right away

1201
00:45:14,835 --> 00:45:17,574
or consider using a slow release fertilizer

1202
00:45:18,034 --> 00:45:21,255
that will reduce burn potential on those sensitive

1203
00:45:21,394 --> 00:45:22,215
new seedlings.

1204
00:45:22,769 --> 00:45:25,730
Misconception often is that you need to let

1205
00:45:25,730 --> 00:45:27,829
that new lawn get very, very tall.

1206
00:45:28,130 --> 00:45:30,130
Actually, just as soon as it gets to

1207
00:45:30,130 --> 00:45:32,469
the height that you want it to be,

1208
00:45:32,530 --> 00:45:34,734
go ahead and start mowing that lawn. You

1209
00:45:34,734 --> 00:45:36,734
wanna have the blades very, very sharp.

1210
00:45:37,054 --> 00:45:39,135
Those new seedlings, you don't wanna pull them

1211
00:45:39,135 --> 00:45:40,034
out of the ground,

1212
00:45:40,335 --> 00:45:42,574
but let that ground dry down enough that

1213
00:45:42,574 --> 00:45:44,755
you can get on it. Be really cautious

1214
00:45:44,974 --> 00:45:47,214
with turning, especially if you're on a riding

1215
00:45:47,214 --> 00:45:47,714
lawnmower

1216
00:45:48,269 --> 00:45:50,269
and don't leave clumps in the grass, go

1217
00:45:50,269 --> 00:45:52,269
back and blow those out. But just as

1218
00:45:52,269 --> 00:45:54,190
soon as the grass, you know, is about

1219
00:45:54,190 --> 00:45:55,010
a a third

1220
00:45:55,469 --> 00:45:57,230
taller than what you want it to be,

1221
00:45:57,230 --> 00:45:58,989
it's okay to go ahead and start mowing

1222
00:45:58,989 --> 00:46:01,070
it. And don't be too concerned if the

1223
00:46:01,070 --> 00:46:02,989
grass is, you know, laying over like it

1224
00:46:02,989 --> 00:46:05,204
is in this picture. This lawn probably got

1225
00:46:05,204 --> 00:46:07,204
a little bit too tall before they mowed

1226
00:46:07,204 --> 00:46:09,764
it, but those are are young seedlings. They're

1227
00:46:09,764 --> 00:46:12,244
gonna mature. They're gonna thicken up over time.

1228
00:46:12,244 --> 00:46:14,804
And actually mowing is gonna help produce more

1229
00:46:14,804 --> 00:46:15,304
tillering

1230
00:46:15,764 --> 00:46:18,449
to spread that grass across the lawn to

1231
00:46:18,690 --> 00:46:20,630
to help dentsen it up.

1232
00:46:21,010 --> 00:46:21,510
So

1233
00:46:21,889 --> 00:46:24,210
we want to with our new lawn, now

1234
00:46:24,210 --> 00:46:26,210
that you've done all that hard work, try

1235
00:46:26,210 --> 00:46:28,289
the best you can to keep traffic down

1236
00:46:28,289 --> 00:46:29,109
to a minimum.

1237
00:46:29,489 --> 00:46:31,589
With animals, kids, lawnmowers,

1238
00:46:32,015 --> 00:46:33,315
We wanna mow frequently,

1239
00:46:33,695 --> 00:46:34,594
but with caution.

1240
00:46:35,055 --> 00:46:36,035
And as we

1241
00:46:36,815 --> 00:46:39,795
establish those plants after we start mowing them,

1242
00:46:40,015 --> 00:46:42,755
we wanna reduce the watering each week.

1243
00:46:43,135 --> 00:46:46,335
And then do not apply any herbicides until

1244
00:46:46,335 --> 00:46:48,549
you have mowed the grass at least three

1245
00:46:48,549 --> 00:46:49,049
times,

1246
00:46:49,670 --> 00:46:52,150
and after that, you can enjoy your new

1247
00:46:52,150 --> 00:46:52,650
lawn.

1248
00:46:53,269 --> 00:46:55,109
That's a wrap on this episode of the

1249
00:46:55,109 --> 00:46:56,650
Sunshine Gardening podcast.

1250
00:46:57,109 --> 00:46:59,510
We wanna thank Kenneth Glighton for sharing his

1251
00:46:59,510 --> 00:47:02,730
valuable insights during our home lawn improvement

1252
00:47:03,109 --> 00:47:03,609
series.

1253
00:47:04,445 --> 00:47:06,445
If you've tried any of the tips that

1254
00:47:06,445 --> 00:47:08,784
were mentioned or have any new experiences

1255
00:47:09,164 --> 00:47:11,744
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00:47:11,885 --> 00:47:13,505
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00:47:41,375 --> 00:47:43,934
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00:48:05,755 --> 00:48:08,074
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1280
00:48:08,074 --> 00:48:10,554
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1281
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00:48:11,355 --> 00:48:12,255
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00:48:12,635 --> 00:48:13,614
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00:48:14,489 --> 00:48:17,130
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00:48:17,130 --> 00:48:18,349
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