Thanks Pete. For mixing the dirt for the test... like I said it dos make a little differents. Keep it coming brother. I always in joy scripture that you put out off and on I need to hear that off and on.

“...don’t you ride up on my house...” 😂😂😂 Enjoy your stuff! Appreciate you taking the time to educate ppl w/vids and explanations. Keep doing good things.

New to your channel, I am Lawn Addict Lol and just started using Milo instead of synthetic fert myself! So far I Love it!

Hey Pete. Getting off subject = giving us much much more information. Thanks Pete.

I love the videos my man. I'm definitely getting some great info to start my lawn for the summer. I have some videos to catch up on. I just subbed about a week ago. I'm in Jersey

I'm in southeast Indiana. 36 miles north of Louisville Kentucky right there on 65. First 2 weeks of April it rained for 2 weeks non-stop. Flooded everything. Cornfields looked like muddy oceans. Hasn't rained any significant amount since. I reckon we've got MAYBE 1.5" in almost two months. I had to break down and buy an above ground sprinkler system because I was getting the same thing in my yard. Stressed out to the max. We've been in the mid to high 80's since about the second week of spring. It's a mess.

Love your knowledge and your ability to teach 🇺🇸

Hey Pete just letting you know I'm one of the only people in Connecticut that uses pine straw in all my beds and we actually sell it up here and also wanted to say that I'm a lawn care technician for many years and have learned a lot from your videos and you are a very inspirational person and I will continue watching as much as you can dish out!

Looking at the color differences. I think the density of the grass is hiding the clay soil. Would like to see one blade of grass next to the other. You do us all a great service in our yards and with Gods word. People need to remember to respect you and your family’s privacy!!! God bless you & yours!

@GCITurf

6 жыл бұрын

debbie duncan-sargent you will not see a difference in the grass blade thickness. That’s the same. What I mean by “thicker” is the overall density of the turf

I'm just getting in too lawn care but I can deff tell the diff,between the Milo and academy, it's looks thick n greener towards the crown...great video man

LMAO! Don't drive by my house!!! Dude you are the man!!! Made my day with that!!!!!

@DannyGsackRace

6 жыл бұрын

"you stay where you're at, ill stay where im at ok?" Haha liked that as well

This is great information. Thank you for this. Awesome video.

That driving over the mailbox cracked me up! That probably would of been me. LOL. I'll stick to watching the videos. keep them coming.

@4:00 its incredible how many times Im hearing that from different areas. Same here in CT. March & April were winter like, May turning out to be summer like. We had less than 3 weeks of Spring like weather.

@GCITurf

6 жыл бұрын

Yep no rain in a while for us

You’re only addicted to your lawn if you have a motorized spreader lol

I love this channel. I've been following and my lawn looks killer this year. Thanks!

Awesome video man. Love the information you share with everyone. Really like that hat would love to have one.

Thank you for the Bible reminders❤️🙏

Supre informative and I just plain dig your attitude! Got a new sub from me brother!

Pete, first, thanks for the invite to visit, and then taking it back! Next, it’s been two years, are you a milo convert or staying with the Academy brand? I appreciate your videos!!

I just can not resist the opportunity to comment. As I understood it some 63 years ago, Milorganite is the waste generated by the City of Milwaukee. It is sterilized of course and the nutrients listed are normalized to a minimum. I dug and planted about 100' of privet hedge in heavy clay soil which is actually great due to the mineral content. We amended the soil with peat moss and Milorganite. Measure? No. Just do it. Move forward 59 years and I bought my retirement home. The neighborhood ranges in age from one to ninety +. Lots of laughter and kids yelling. We are built on the side of an old rock quarry. Any top soil intended for the yard fell off the truck on the way here. But we have a lot of gravel and rock. So when I planted my Rhododendrons, I took my little Mantis tiller and went to work working the soil and removing rock. Then peat moss, Sweet Peat, bagged top soil and Milorganite and sulfur (soil tested). The Rhododendron are beautiful. The rose beds and perennial beds are also gorgeous. I also use Holly-tone (Espoma corp.) because my soil is so alkaline and Osmocote (slow release from Scotts). Sure beats burning leaves, compost, pigeon poop and lime I used as a kid!

LOVE THAT SHIRT / VIDEO

Nice shirt! I got the same one for Father's Day a few years ago.

You stated in the comments that academy feeds for 4-6 months. I would be very interested to see that proven through testing. It has been my experience that most ferts feed for 1/2 the time the manufacturer says. Cheers brother.

@aprilgeneric8027

2 жыл бұрын

the more deficient your soil is the faster it gets used up. also the more it can get into the ground and deeper into the root layers of the ground the longer it stays there instead of being washed away by excess moisture run off(rain/snowmelt). in an ideal world in a blackdirt-sand-compost mix soil 4" over a decent clay layer 4 months is about right in minnesota. in arizona 6 months would be right. major difference in climate, grass type and precipitation. never used academy, just basing my observations of what i have used over the years professionally i don't see the pellets dissolve fully until 3-6 months. most of the fert is the expensive stuff in fert is powder stuck to the surface of those pellets while the cheaper stuff is the entire composition of the pellet. i call it all pellet because it's easier even tho some of it is just dust and other is chipped up rock/salt/ peanut brittle composites (for lack of a better term combinations liquid solution turned slow release pelletized solid for time releasing like rock candy or peanut brittle is manufactured)

Nice looking lawn, I'll take your word for as I won't be coming by...

Glad to see all these videos you are pumping out sir! Can't wait to see the proof on how good the academy fertilizer really is.

@GCITurf

6 жыл бұрын

You already know LOL

Just found your channel and subbed. Great information and looking forward to binging your videos. Where are you from in NC? I promise I won’t drive by your house! I was born and raised in the triangle area.

LOL you are a man after my own heart fella. Unless you have been invited to my spot please stay away..Love it

LOVE the shirt!!!😂😂😂

A lot of milo guys also start or start AND finish the year with a synthetic starter fert. That matters for comparison purposes

@krehbein

6 жыл бұрын

Agree, for me its not milo OR synthetic. Its both at varying times, being used in a complementary fashion.

@kirbyellis4337

6 жыл бұрын

To be honest I use both. I have never had any issues and the lawn has become a carpet and people comment how it looks like a golf course. :-)

Interesting discussion. I wouldn’t expect much of a soil chemistry change from a treatment of fertilizer. I have used both synthetic and organic fertilizers on my lawn and both work. I like how the organic fertilizers seem to come on more slowly and last longer. What’s a soil pH of 4.8 you should be growing blueberries not turf.

The high sulfur may be causing the low PH. I had high PH dirt and adding sulfur brought it down. Your lawn is beautiful. Thanks for sharing so many tips!

Pete-you know in North Carolina we always get rain on Memorial Day weekend.

Love your videos bro!

Love the education Pete. Do your lawn cutting Crew cut fescue turf at 4.5 ? I tried doing that to my 17 clients and they didn't like it. What inch do your crew cut clients lawn ?

@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power

6 жыл бұрын

😅 i have a few ladies who really like it high, a few people really complain if it's not short, and most don't even pay attention except to say "it grows so _fast."_ well, that's why they call it the growing season....🤔

@GCITurf

6 жыл бұрын

4.5" in the summer 4" in the spring and fall

@krehbein

6 жыл бұрын

Same here for my lawn. I think cutting it (TTTF) at 3-3/4" looks better then 4-1/2". 4" and longer just looks too "floppy". Its about scale too, I think pete's looks fine because its a pretty big yard and you're seeing most of it from 20',30'....60' away. Not the same as a lawn thats 2k sf where your going to be up and close to it.

My neighbor told me if he had a blue ribbon to give someone for a lawn, he would give it to me. Thank Pete and Jake!

I believe another reason Phosphorus is being used less is because it gets in to runoff and creates algae blooms where they are not wanted!!!! What do you think GCI???

Can I use Milorganite during the summer with a weed filled lawn with low ph? Since I bought it, I kind of want to go ahead and use it.

Make this mix is 1 cup baby shampoo 2 cups cola 1 cup ammonia 4 spoons of unsweetened tea the powder one and warm water after that sake it up makes the grass more green

On paper it looks like the milo and academy fert is pretty much the same. But the eye test suggests otherwise, I need to get my hands on the academy fert! It's been really hot and dry here in NE Oklahoma as well. We will hit 100 degrees middle of next week. Very unusual for this area. We usually are sitting on the front porch drinking cold beer and watching tornadoes this time of year. Spring took this year off I guess. Hopefully that means fall will come early! Have a good one bro and take care!

It says on Soil Savvy website that pH is generally 0.5 lower on report than actual reading. They state it is because they use a slightly acidic reactant in the solution.

@GCITurf

6 жыл бұрын

Gotcha I have been reading up on it since I made that video

Love the shirt !

Don't you ride by my yard. You stay where you are. LOL to funny.

Pete, technical question here. I graduated 40 years ago with an agronomy degree and have been plugged into crops and soils ever since. I am still a student and really like your lawn care tips. You are a true delight to listen to. One thing I have a question on in this video regards the soil pH. You were quoting 4.4 and 4.8 pH soil test levels. YIKES! I was brought up with soil pH readings more in the 6-6.5 test area. Now I sure can’t argue with your results but wouldn’t you get more fertilizer efficiency if you brought those levels up? Lime is relatively a cheap expense granted it would a massive amount on what looks like some large lawns. I just believe in lime and how well it benefits the soil organic complex. I imagine the high sulfur levels are helping to contribute to the acidity.

@GCITurf

6 жыл бұрын

Don Cline you are exactly right. 6.5 is what I shoot for. My “yard” is 6.4 as I check that twice a year and adjust to keep it at that. What you are looking at is the test plot. I’m testing 2 different fertilizers to see how the nutrients fluctuate after the application. If I were to lime the test plot then it would release more nutrients and give me false readings on my nutrients on the soil test. Does that make sense?

@doncline6372

6 жыл бұрын

GCI Turf Services that makes absolute sense! Thanks Pete...knew I was missing something. Keep up the good work!!!

@GCITurf

6 жыл бұрын

Yes sir

shouldn't the RGS and Humic acid help with the stressed lawn? or is that area untreated?

@GCITurf

6 жыл бұрын

They both will help.... The test plot has had NOTHING but Milo and Academy fert

Send the drone up! I want to see the color comparison.

Yo Pete did you get the soil report back? Five weeks ago I had a soil analysis done and the pH was a little low. I added lime per the reports suggestion and 10-10-10 at the reports recommended amount. Even though I followed the reports recommendations my Zoysia still didn’t look like it normally looks. I found out about Milo last week and put down 15lbs/1000 sqft. It’s looking thicker and greener after just 5 days...of course, the daily thunder showers didn’t hurt! Great videos and pretty informative too! Keep up the good work!!!

@GCITurf

6 жыл бұрын

Just sent off the 3rd soil test as soon as they get back I will make the video

@Cards-In-The-Closet

4 жыл бұрын

GCI Turf Services Could you add a link to the results video in your description? Thanks!

I put morganite down last year in the spring, its showing me its results this year in the spring, my grass greend up faster then anyone elses in face it was mostly green all winter even with snow on it and frozen. I tried not to walk in the grass but with 2 dogs I kinda had to. I added lime 3 years ago the lower the ph becuse I seen a lot of weeds becuse for 18 years I didnt do anything to my lawn. Here's the deal a premium fertilizer cost 40 to 60 bucks a 50lb bag, it lasts a few months then it's gone. Morganite cost me 8 bucks a 50lb bag no name brand and it dosnt break down, also you cant put down too much. Do that with a professional fertilizer and you will burn and kill the grass. For the money and easy use morganite is a much better deal, however I'd still add a professional fertilizer with it anyway just not as often. Now this is KCMO its march 26 and I have to mow my grass to even it out somewhat too many tall and low spots from grass seed I put down last spring that finely came up. I dont water my lawn cost too much. I use Grasspad products it's a local supplier. You can search Grasspad on google to get an idea of what we use here. I've never heard of the products your using it must be for your area. Your soil and my soil are no where close to the same this is true of every part of the nation. I would like to have your digital testers i have never sent my soil out for a test. And I dont think national brands products work everywhere. The Grasspad is a local company it's a chain store started here the history of it online if you want to know more but it was a sod farmer.

Pete awesome videos. I've learned so much. Do we have to join the academy to order your fertilizer.

@GCITurf

6 жыл бұрын

As of now yes sir We thinking about changing that

What kind of spreader is that and how do you like it ? I’d love to get a self propelled unit. Does it do good on hills ?

Sweet Jeep dude

Hey Pete! So what’s your go to for fungus down there? I am guessing with the heat and humidity you have to get some disease... Does GCI offer a specific fungicide? Every year I get red thread followed by dollar spot and then always brown patch. I tend to think I do all the text book practices but it still comes. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Is 4.8 PH low for your standards? Soil sample 2021 wad 5.2 I added lime to get it up to 6.3. Grass has been doing very well. Been over seeding with Lesco All Teams Pro . Thanks for the videos

I just now came across this guy's videos does he have one on what spreader he is using?

-14:50 Love that part!

What type of grass is that. I see the St Augustine. But what the other type? I’ve been trying to figure out what type of grass I have mixed in with my St Augustine and it looks just like that thinner blade grass! Help! Thanks!

You stay where your at. I’ll stay where I’m at. Hilarious!

I don’t put alot of stock in soil tests because if you were to take the soil and submit on two separate days, you’d get two different results! Save your money and work to get great looking turf. I’ve been using Milo on my lawns for three years now and I did a Soil Savvy test which just came back advising me to do nothing. Thank you Milo!

@raadkins16

5 жыл бұрын

Scott Godwin How do you determine how much like to put down if you don’t do soil testing ?

@paulscott6998

5 жыл бұрын

Robert Adkins With Milorganite you don’t need to worry about how much to put down. Just put down a bag for every 2500 square feet and do it 3 or four times during the growing season. I put mine down in february and april mixed with preemergent and again in june and september by itself. I do spray for occasional weeds and also spray fungicides during the summer months every 25 days. Just started tank spraying humic acid and aerate to help with soil compaction, but I mix it all up with my herbicides and fungicides to keep the tank spraying to a minimum.

@raadkins16

5 жыл бұрын

Scott Godwin I should have clarified. How do you determine how much lime to put down if you don’t soil test? I see the Milo schedule and that makes sense. But I didn’t assume it would help make sure the pH is where it needs to be and I need to check to see if lime is needed ?

@paulscott6998

5 жыл бұрын

Robert Adkins If you don’t want to do a soil test, just use either Milorganite or an organic fertilizer. Spray the soil with humic acid or apply the granular humic acid. You will be getting your ph right over time without adding all that lime. If you must check your ph, get a ph soil probe online. I’ve been using Milo and organic fertilizer because it does better in getting your dirt right. I have used Milo for three years now and my soil test came back saying they did not recommend any fertilizer or micronutrients. I have been putting down humic acid dry for a couple years and just this summer started spraying the humic acid to go farther and less expensive.

@paulscott6998

5 жыл бұрын

Robert Adkins I’ve only done one soil test, but the proof is really in how healthy your turf and soil are. If your top layer of soil is dark and your grass is dark green and dense you really don’t need a soil test do you? If I am healthy and my hair, nails and skin look great, why would I need to do an mri and look at all my organs? I give everything the eyeball test and if it looks great the proof is in the pudding!!

In related new: Toro tests their flagship mower versus Honda’s flagship mower. Toro states ‘after extensive tests, results show our mowers are better than Honda’s. Take our word for it’

@randymanning2723

6 жыл бұрын

Toro can't scratch a mole on the Honda's ass!

I.m with you on proofing that it works and I 'll help you send me bags of it and I.ll test it here in ILLINOIS.

Love the shirt

Hey Pete, we’re coming up on a month since you filmed this. How’s the color and short stripes looking?

5:03 lol 😂..... I know what happened the guy thought an alien landed on ur lawn.. Freaked out and ran into the ✉ 🗃

How did this compare to the home kits and electric probes you used in the other videos?

Can you give us a cost comparison to between these 2 fertilizer plans?

What is that grass/needle stuff in your beds and is it available in the northwest?

Nice shirt

Pete, I had a crazy thought this morning, are you planning to stripe your yard like the US flag for the 4th of July? :D

@GCITurf

6 жыл бұрын

ColonelK0rn Close

Love your lawn tests, keep up the good work. 3:21- I see a lot of brown blade tips. Dull blade? Are you mowing that 3" test plot with a different mower and blade? Also, you didn't stress that 3" lawn by going from 4" down to 3" in one cut, by chance? Guessing not. Last, curious to see if the soil test results are much different comparing your fert mix to milo. If they are, you should compare the ingredients to try to attribute what's driving the variation.

🤥 As LCN says “smells like success “ . Great video again Pete. 😁👍👍I live too far away to drive by your house Pete , so it wasn’t me.🤣😂

You stay where ur at and I’ll stay where I’m at ahahahahaha!!! I’m rolling

My ph is 7.4 and my lawn looks terrible. It kind of look anemic, it won’t take on a deep green. I didn’t add anything that would of raised it. I’d did spray heavy last year for chinch bugs. I put down milo and prodamine as preemergence. My well water is 6.82. What the heck is going on. I ordered some sulfur, hopefully that helps.

Man I need one of those shirts!

Hey Pete, is the academy the fertilizer on your website?

I use Milo because it's cheap and readily available. I just bought 10 bags at Farm&Fleet on sale for $6.99 a bag. Ten bags last me half the summer.

@nicoandalysa

6 жыл бұрын

John Salazar Milorganite is far from cheap. Even at $7 a bag it cost 4 times what a good urea or ammonium based fertilizer cost for 1 pound of nitrogen per 1,000 sqft. I can fertilize my entire 20,000 sqft yard for $15 per application, at $7 per bag of Milo it would cost $65. And I’ve never been able to find Milo for less than $13 a bag in my area which would cost $150 vs the $15 per app.

@FescueFreak

6 жыл бұрын

I would buy 100 bags at 6.99 today if I could find it here in N.C.

@thebigdoghimself

6 жыл бұрын

You can't compare a natural fertilizer to a synthetic one. I also buy a couple bags of regular fertilizer every year and yes you are right it's dirt cheap. You've got a 20k sf lot mine is a quarter of that.

@thebigdoghimself

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Blain's Farm and Fleet has great sales. Even their regular price isn't bad. Right now F&F is at $8.99 and Menard's is also at $8.99. Home Depot is at $10.99. You might want to check to see if Safer Brand Ringer Lawn Restore is available in your area. If you find it for about $25 it's a good deal and is applied at a much lower Lbs per Sf than Milorganite.

@nicoandalysa

6 жыл бұрын

John Salazar you said it was cheap there for I am comparing cost between the two to prove that it is in fact not cheap. And I wouldn’t call it a “natural fertilizer”, it is human waste that has been processed to become fertilizer. There is a reason they had to take “organic” off label.

I was thinking about ordering the Bio-Stimulant package. In short, which of those (Bio-Stimulant products) did you spray on your grass for the test? I currently use milo, can I still apply the products this close to summer?

@GCITurf

6 жыл бұрын

I out all the bio stimulants on my yard. You get a schedule when you buy it

Came for the milorganite... stayed for the Jeep.

what you do about worm casting earthworms in Bermuda grass

Reccomended fert for northern grass? Need some gains this year..gettin antsy after winter

@GCITurf

5 жыл бұрын

www.gciturfacademy.com/product/fall-lawn-fertilizer/

I would love to work for you. also from NC

Where do you get the soil test done ? Or how?

@3pumpkins170

5 жыл бұрын

Alpha Saiyan Buy a kit from Amazon called Soil Savvy and just follow the directions.

Been waiting on the results. Is sulfur a good or a bad thing ? Thanks for the great videos and info. Watching you has put me back to caring about my yard. And here in s.c. we are getting tons of rain.

@TheDavidCBrown

6 жыл бұрын

sulfur is a secondary nutrient and is typically a good thing.

@GCITurf

6 жыл бұрын

It is a very good thing for the turf as long as it is plant available

Will the brown part come back????

That is pretty creepy someone got target fixated on your lawn slammed into your neighbors mailbox. Also stalkers aren’t cool. I could see if they admired your lawn online but not coming to your neighborhood riding by over and over again. I just like watched your videos for your knowledge and cool laid back personality. Plus we both live in NC. The heat has been brutal here.

My grass looks awesome because of your videos just remember stay in your own damn yard and I'll stay in mine lol Thanks

@GCITurf

6 жыл бұрын

Larry Shoop LOL. I know right!

I'm going to take a ride by your house late tonight. Do you have a security or alarm system? I need to know what I need to bring with me.

Looks like the milo micros are better than academy. Additionally, most people double up the milo or at least go a lot more frequent with it. Monthly is how I lay it. I get the feeling if you lay Milo like us Milo nuts out there you will greatly surpass the #s.

Your soil is high in copper.. Manganese and Zinc.. What is the PH so low?

@TheDavidCBrown

6 жыл бұрын

probably a result of such a high sulfur level.

@GCITurf

6 жыл бұрын

All soils in my area have low pH

@FescueFreak

6 жыл бұрын

D.A.D.D. lol that's awesome!

what soil test lab do you use?

@Jables77

5 жыл бұрын

It looks like the Soil Savvy results.

Pete can we buy the Academy fertilizer?

@GCITurf

6 жыл бұрын

It's part of the cool season lawn program www.gciturfacademy.com/product/gci-turf-academy-cool-season-lawn-care-program-membership/

Dads Against Daughters Dating. I love it!

Was there ever a follow up to this? Can't find it

Pete...do you ask your customers how THEY would prefer their lawns look or do you tell them how YOU want it to look because you have such a keen eye for beauty?

@GCITurf

6 жыл бұрын

I tell our clients if they do this, this, and this then they can expect the yard to look a certain way. As far as the stripes go all the maintenance crews have Wright ZK's so all of those yard get striped up. Is that what you mean??

@GCITurf

6 жыл бұрын

Another way to answer that is we have a "set standard" that our lawns need to look a certain way because we maintain them. Does that make sense?

What’s the Academy fertilizer?

Oh I'm coming by your house big boy, I've just got to see the difference for myself, and maybe I'll do a couple doughnuts in your yard and then a burn out just to see if you can catch me. Lol. Ok, I'm just joking, I couldn't resist a little fun after your" you stay in your yard " comment. That was too funny.

How do we get the academy fertilizer?

@GCITurf

6 жыл бұрын

It's part of the cool season lawn program www.gciturfacademy.com/product/gci-turf-academy-cool-season-lawn-care-program-membership/

@WOLVERINEKILLR

6 жыл бұрын

Is Academy organic or synthetic? I'm guessing there are products to purchase. Can you give an estimate for a 3 acre lawn?

@robinsonmj98

5 жыл бұрын

That link isn't working any longer - Can you provide an updated link for us? Thanks @@GCITurf

Your lawn seems rather deficient. Love to see the after MIlo and the other fert soil samples. Thanks for the great video. You need some lime fast. Man a 4 PH??

I have never heard of academy fert. Is that a name brand like Anderson's? Is it all organic?

@GCITurf

5 жыл бұрын

gciturfacademy.com/lawn-fertilizer/

I hate to be that guy, but I'm in the north I'm not sure it applies to me anyway but your goal is to sell turf academy subscriptions. I've done everything from pay local fertilizer companies to Scott's 4 step to what i do now which is cheapest menards weed and feed I can pick up and milo at the specified rate 3x a year. I cut my kbg 3.5" and give it frequent watering each day for 1.0-1.25" a week. It seems to work the best for me, MSU agrees on the frequent watering lately as I've found myself. I dunno everybody is selling something, really takes first hand experience. I dont know what to think either milo is expensive feces or effective but it seems to work for me, mostly because the other parts of the turf care equation are in place.

Ma eye BALLS...lol