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Spread Grass Seed in Bare Areas

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What happens here

The next task involves reseeding areas of the farm where newly planted grass hasn't grown well, particularly around edges and trees. The presenter prepares a bag of Kentucky-32 Tall Fescue grass seed, which is an endophyte-free variety suitable for livestock. He demonstrates a trick for easily opening the stitched seed bag by cutting one end of the string and pulling the correct loop. He then pours the seed into a hand-crank broadcast spreader (GroundWork brand) with a shoulder strap, which is ideal for smaller areas (under 200 sq ft). He walks through the bare areas, cranking the spreader to evenly distribute the seed, noting that the moist soil will help the seed take quickly before rain.

Goal: The presenter spreads Kentucky-32 Fescue grass seed in areas of the farm where grass hasn't taken root effectively, using a hand-crank broadcast spreader.

Tools and materials

  • Hand-Crank Broadcast Spreader
  • Knife/Box Cutter
  • Large Pot/Pail
  • Kentucky-32 Tall Fescue Grass Seed

What they say

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areas on the edges and around trees they didn't take so well so we're gonna take the grass cedar we're gonna spread some grass seed around before it rains this weekend we're gonna take our Kentucky 32 fescue grass seed which if you haven't watched any of the other vlogs 2k 32 grass is what we plant here on the farm it's an end of fight free grass which an in to fight is a fungus that grows in fescue earth at Cal's don't like makes them sick that's why we plant this stuff and it grows up and has a little bit wider blade and is more drought tolerant so we've got a cedar okay guys we've got one we can put behind our tractor a broadcaster what we're just doing small areas you know probably 200 square feet or less so what we're going to use here is this seed broadcaster and this little doodad right here is awesome for doing your yard if you're over seeding your yard and the fall or in the spring you just hand crank this guy kind of goes over your shoulder there's a little strap here that keeps getting tangled up are goes over your shoulder like this like an old mail pouch okay and or man purse if you like a man purse it's called a satchel satchel and we'll put this satchel fill it with grass seed get out here crank that dude let us link some seed now the problem that you run into is that pouring grass seed out of this gigantic bag into that bag is a big pain in the butt so this old pot and I use this whole pot I'll pour grass seed in the pot and then I'll gently pour it into my cedar I should entitle this video Stoney Ridge farmers tips and tricks so something that most people probably struggle with and I used to struggle with is finding the darn right place to pull this string so you can pull this string at some point on this string you can just pull it and it goes and comes right out well here's the trick that I found that works all you have to do find the end of your string cut it off always cut away from yourself cut that off and then get right here and see if you can find the right string to pull and we'll attempt to do this for about 10 seconds if it's not there then it's on the other side once again we cut that off that little end and we find the sweet spot and magically it opens here's a little tip a little trick something might help you in your life one day so here's our pail this makes it so much easier it pales in comparison to other ways pour it in there it's all about finessing being gentle and breathing dust evidently because this does taste great…

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