I'm Aaron with Ventrac and today we're on site we've got another project to do with a bunch of ventrac equipment and a lot of problems with this yard.
So here in Ohio we've actually had some really weird weather this year and we've got an armyworm problem.
And this yard is no exception.
We've got armyworms coming in taking over one whole half of this yard
and basically destroyed the whole thing so what we're going to do is were going to recondition this whole thing, so
we're going to power rake it we're going to spread some new dirt we got landscape rake a couple other attachments.
A few different tractors
and we're going to basically remake this whole side of the yard replant reseed
and fertilize so that it's all ready to go going into fall
and coming out of spring it'll start to look a lot better.
Are y'all gonna keep talking? Or are we going to get this work done?
oh, by the way, we brought pete in too cause we need an expert for this
so he's ready to go he wants to start working
um we're doing a little too much staying around for him so without any more delays let's get going.
the roots in my yard are 14 inches deep.
yeah, so it just it's a whole lot less resilient than it needs to be.
So whether it's army worms or heat stress or anything.
Yeah and that has to do with a lot of compaction issues you know the softer the ground
the more opened up the ground is and aired out.
The easier it is for roots to go deep yeah and so you know i was telling them earlier uh
I think they need to do considerably more organic type applications yeah
anything to get the dirt right and that'll help this yard.
Well that's why you're here.
We're gonna get it fixed today and then you can help guide us on how to take care of it in the future.
I know we're going to run some AERA-Vator over it too so hopefully we can help give it a head start on being less compacted
and absolutely it will. Yeah, cool.
So we've been trying to think of a clever new name for our canopy that has the fan in it, but I don't know.
All of our suggestions so far haven't been good enough.
Post in the comments what you think we should call the thing.
Either make it really clever or really funny. That's what I want to see.
Um this grass was pretty good, okay?
So he basically wanted to level it out, so we put a little thin layer of topsoil on it.
And so will the grass just grow back up through?
The existing grass will pop back through and we'll put a little light dust in the seed on it as well.
and she'll come in like a new yard.
All right, how long will it take before the grass comes back up?
Depends on how well he waters.
Yeah, if he waters good, seven-ten days.
Yep. So if you didn't add any seed to it uh what would the grass look like?
Oh it might take a little bit longer but there's only you know the topsoil is only about that deep it's not going to take that long.
Alright, Pete, we are almost done.
We got the hard part done, I'd say, right?
We did.
So we got all the dirt moved. We got it all graded.
We ripped out a lot of grass. A lot of dead nasty stuff that was in there from the armyworms.
Relocated a lot of that. Started moving those piles of dirt. I think it looks really good.
It's formed really well. Looks like it's got a good contour to it.
Water's going to go the right direction.
Um we got some of it hand seated already some of the smaller spots.
We got one pile of dirt left to do some spot treatment in the future if he needs to.
We used four tractors. Four tractors. Four tractors, five people, landscape rake, two buckets.
Yeah a snow blade, push blade, yeah right, AERA-Vator, spreader, and a broom.
Yeah yeah we got the broom. The broom, I tell you what a pro tip on the broom
when you're doing a job like this if you're going to a contractor situation working at a property nothing looks better at the end and if you broom it off looks nice and clean.
Everything's everything's gone get the seed get the dirt all off the concrete.
Believe it or not that's the first time i've seen it in action.
Yeah there you go. You can use it after stump grinding, use it after any dirt work.
Super super good in that in that application.
So anyway, done with equipment for the most part.
We're going to use it for AERA-Vator, we're going to over seed with the AERA-Vator.
Combination uh with the broadcast spreader. Yep what are we spreading?
What kind of seed are we spreading? What kind of fertilizer? And why?
Uh this is a Cool Blue, GCI Turf, Cool Blue.
Only the best. Yeah yeah it's 85% fescue 15% Kentucky bluegrass.
And then uh I'm partnered with the protein company down in Virginia and it's a 15-22-10.
The middle number being phosphorus high for root development that kind of thing.
So once the seed germinates and the roots take off that will help them dig even deeper. Okay.
And so for this combo we're mid-ohio ish what kind of uh north-south range would you would you put this combo in?
uh well anywhere that grows fescue or bluegrass. Okay. I think that's one of the most uh often asked questions I get.
Is what grass type i have and yeah i usually reply with hey ride down through your neighborhood and look around
and you know the majority of people will kind of be able to tell if it's bluegrass or yeah fescue and if they're growing it why can't you.
Right, yeah. Once it's established what should we do after that?
About 30 days after and it's up and going and hopefully he has time to mow it at least one time.
After you mow it give it a good feed and heavy nitrogen push it really hard going into the winter.
And some of that will store up and release the following spring and it'll take off.
Perfect.
Be great for striping video.
We'll do that. Yeah, we'll definitely do that.
So it's been a long day. We're almost done.
We've got a little bit left to do. We're going to do the seeding, we're gonna knock that out.
and then uh we're basically totally finished we're gonna load up equipment and then the most important part of the day
Eat. Dinner time. Right. Gonna have some food.
And you're buying. That's right, whatever you want.