in this video we're going to be looking
at some of the best grass blends on the
market
with fescues and ryegrasses and it all
hinges around
seed planters that i've produced over
the last couple of months
you can see the planters themselves are
all really good length
they're looking healthy and i want to do
a detailed overview
between the different types of varieties
you can see
i'm going to be zooming right into the
sword on each of the different blends
to give you an overview of what's inside
and then doing a cut
so we can zoom out and have a look at
the thickness and how they're filling
out
the different seed blends i'm using can
be found in the description below or
using my website gardenlawncareguy.com
first up i'm going to be looking at the
rolon medallion
premium lawn seed now this seed is the
same seed that is used to produce the
row lawns turf
however this is obviously the seed
version of it
it markets itself as a superior ryegrass
and fescue blend
and some of the most advanced cultivars
available
selected for rapid lawn establishment
giving a high
wear resistance drought and shade
tolerance
with excellent all-round year colour
and the marketing spiel is its idea
where a high quality appearance
strength and low maintenance are
important
next up i'm going to be looking at the
minster pro
you can instantly see the difference in
this compared to the other
roland variety here you've got a much
finer blade
slower to establish because it's a
fescue
now the fescues are marketing themselves
as a
pure fescue blend and it's made up of
four different fescue cultivars
all of the highest quality ideal for
sowing a fine on ornamental
lawn or overseeding your existing
minster pro
lawn i did notice that this particular
variety took
a lot longer to establish than the rye
grass is but you would expect that
because fescues are slow growing
and slower germinating blend
you can see from the blades much finer
blade
thinner and it gives a complete
different
look to the rise
it markets itself as shade and drought
tolerant
but it does prefer a free draining and
sandy soil
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okay so next up is the offerings from a1
lawn
this particular one is the shady mix
from a1 lawn and it's called the am9
it markets itself saying it's got a
unique blend of seed variants that
specifically designed to grow in areas
of shade
its tried and tested mix has proven to
be the savior of many troublesome areas
in the garden
where you can't quite penetrate with the
level of light you would normally
typically
desire for a different type of mix
it's got quite a variety of different
seed mixes including
perennial rye grass creeping fescues
slender fescues
hard sheep's fescues and even a bit of
smoothed
stork meadow grass next up
we've got the air one lawn general
purpose
am 26 this is the top selling blend from
a1 lawns and it's been designed to
create a durable lawn that's good
appearance at an attractive price it's
got a mix of 40
perennial rye 50 creeping red fescue
and 10 chewings fescue
you can see this blend it's got a more
finer appearance because it's got a 60
40
with you've got that little spot there
which is
um almost the startings of disease and
some clumping
but the reason for that is i've not put
any drainage holes in these boxes
so they have probably been overflooded
and that's not contributed to the best
grown environment
next up i'm looking at a blend called am
24 premiership pro
grass seed this particular brand i did a
renovation project on my front lawn
which i'll link in the card
above and the grass seed incorporates
some of the latest grassy technology for
increased wear resistance
it uses something called tetraploid
ryegrass which is a mentally durable
has multiple rooting properties and has
been used to create some of the finest
playing surfaces
in many of the world's top football
pitches and
tetraploid rye grass has seen extensive
use during the 2014 and 2018
fifa world cups if you're looking for a
blend that's going to have
a nice visual appearance and
strong wear resistance this could be
something to consider
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day one lawn platinum pro grass seed
markets itself as laboratory tested to
be the best lawn seed in the uk
it's also designed to work fantastically
in areas of partial shade
the seed mix is contained in perennial
rye grass around 25
tetraploid rye grass 45
creeping red fescue 10 chewing fescue
and 10 slender creeping red fescue
the blend is exclusive to a1 lawns and
it markets itself as simply the best and
finest lawn seed on the market
i've used this on my back lawn project
which i'll also link in the card above
next up we're on to the rpr from
barrenbrook
now bambrog is a well-known seed
manufacturer and this particular brand
is well known for a ryegrass mix for use
in
areas of intensive traffic it's going to
deliver turf with exceptional
wear tolerance and super fast recovery
not to mention good looking aesthetics
it's not really suitable for super fine
and close mowing
but if you like your lawn and a little
bit longer and you're not going to go
super short bowling green and golf green
level
then this should be fine and it's going
to give a great
repair and wear resistance
the next variety is a mix from lawnsmith
this is again a blended mix
i've seen this mix used in one of my
watches
gardens and it does stripe really nicely
it's taking a little bit longer to
establish again because of the high
fescue content inside it
you can see some um weeds within this
mix
this did not come from the seed this is
in the soil
and i know that because i can see these
weeds in some of the other boxes
especially the boxes with high fescue
content that have taken a little bit
longer to germinate
and it's just allowed the weeds to
compete a little bit with the grass
the boxes which are heavily rye based
have got less weeds because they've
established quicker
and blocked out all of the light and
over completed some of the weeds that
may have been in the soil
the last tray i'm going to have a look
at is the offerings from hurl
seeds now i'm selling both of these seed
mixtures currently on my website
garden lawn care kite.com and the first
offering is the hard wearing lawn seed
grass mix
this is a premium and hard wearing
mixture fast to germinate
rapid establishment with striking visual
merit
this can be used on a front or back lawn
and it tolerates high levels of foot
and pet wear
the second mixture is the all-american
dark green
now this was probably one of the most
anticipated mixtures that you guys have
commented most in the channel and sent
me messages on
and it's a newly developed mix for a
dark green luxurious and velvet
finish the american cultivars can be
much darker in colour
in both the summer and the winter months
compared with european cultivars
with exceptional all-around year colour
good shade tolerance
and a high drought resistance
so before we get any more let's cut
these down
give them a trim and see what things
look like after they've been tidied up
i've been using these shears from ars
i'm actually a distributor for the ars
tooling range and there's a link to
those
again in the description below if you're
interested replaceable
blade super high quality bitter kit i've
been really impressed with my shares
since i've bought them
and thanks for a couple of viewers who
purchased some sets
after the last video that i made i
really do appreciate that
so let's get things tidied up
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so
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so here's how things look after
everything's been tidied up
you can see i'm going to move from right
to left and on the right hand side
we've got the two mixes from roland in
the bottom right
we've got the minster pro and in the top
right
it's the roller medallion
both looking really nice second box in
we'll move to a1 lawns we've got the
general purpose and shady mix
third box in we're also
still on a1 lawn but this time we're
looking at the premiership pro
and the platinum pro
i'm just going to hand pull any of the
weeds that are left in the boxes
but you can see they've all pretty much
tied it up really nicely
and everything's looking nice and thick
i've actually got a bit of um red thread
in this bottom left hand corner
and that's again because the boxes have
been
oversaturated full of water i didn't put
any drainage holes inside them
i've now drilled some holes in the
bottom just to relieve some of the water
and it has probably compromised some of
this yellowing that you can see
but hopefully now the water's draining
out we shouldn't have any more issues
and then i'm going to move on to the
fourth box
bottom corner barrenbrook rpr
top corner is the lawnsmith and the last
box
is from hurl seeds all american dark
green
and hard wearing next video i'm going to
be doing a deep dive into
some of the recommendations from the
actual seed manufacturers
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