[Browdis]

Can you get too aggressive dethatching bermuda?

I have another thread about a cutting with a GM1600 and the cut being unlevel. I sent the mower to get sharpened and while it has been away I have been bored...

In that thread it was recommended to verticut or dethatch. Hard to find a verticutter in OKC so I decided to detatch.

I pulled a significant amount of thatch off my yard. Keep in mind I scalped at .250". One thing I quickly noticed was it was scalping the high spots aggressively. Which is part of the reason I am unhappy with my cut. So I dethatched two directions and am beginning to wonder if it was too aggressive.

Here are some pictures:







The zoomed in picture is the most aggressive part.

 

[Ware]

You'll be fine. If anything, the dethatcher probably helped shave down some of the high spots.

 

[J_nick]

No

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sBwkOEWqu4c

 

[Mightyquinn]

You'll be fine. If anything, the dethatcher probably helped shave down some of the high spots.

+1 I verticut my lawn in 4 directions last year and it did just fine and it really got rid of the mat layer bermuda can develop :thumbup:

 

[Colonel K0rn]

@J_nick That's an awesome process, and I can see how that would definitely scare some turf managers.

 

[Mightyquinn]

@J_nick That's an awesome process, and I can see how that would definitely scare some turf managers.

I would fraze mow my lawn in a heartbeat if I could :thumbup:

 

[Browdis]

You'll be fine. If anything, the dethatcher probably helped shave down some of the high spots.

It is definitely doing a great job of shaving down the high spots...

 

[Greendoc]

Can you get too aggressive dethatching bermuda?

I have another thread about a cutting with a GM1600 and the cut being unlevel. I sent the mower to get sharpened and while it has been away I have been bored...

In that thread it was recommended to verticut or dethatch. Hard to find a verticutter in OKC so I decided to detatch.

I pulled a significant amount of thatch off my yard. Keep in mind I scalped at .250". One thing I quickly noticed was it was scalping the high spots aggressively. Which is part of the reason I am unhappy with my cut. So I dethatched two directions and am beginning to wonder if it was too aggressive.

Here are some pictures:







The zoomed in picture is the most aggressive part.

That's not aggressive at all. By my standards, it is fairly conservative. I do not stop until I see dirt in most places.

 

[Flynt2799]

I have the same issue right now. Started to rehab my lawn this year and went two directions as well with the dethatcher leaving multiple bare/thin spots in my yard. They have not filled in yet but everyone seems to agree that it should.

 

[Greendoc]

I have the same issue right now. Started to rehab my lawn this year and went two directions as well with the dethatcher leaving multiple bare/thin spots in my yard. They have not filled in yet but everyone seems to agree that it should.

What are daytime temps? I need to preface my lack of fear cutting a lawn down with not doing it when conditions are not ideal for it to grow back quickly. There is a period between October-May when I will not thing or scalp a lawn. No frost or ice in my area, but a lack of sun and suboptimal temperatures is normal for that part of the year.

 

[Movingshrub]

How long before someone just uses a power rake to do the poor man's fraze mowing on their lawn or fabricates their own fraze mowing equipment?

 

[Greendoc]

I wonder how deep one can set the Verticut reel on a GM 1000? This is not the groomer, this is the kit with a special rear shield, special front roller brackets, and, of course the Dynablade reel. Fraze mowing is a Verticut set to go deep and with very close cuts.[media]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dk-eKVKoPKk[/media]

 

[Greendoc]

I wonder how deep one can set the Verticut reel on a GM 1000? This is not the groomer, this is the kit with a special rear shield, special front roller brackets, and, of course the Dynablade reel. Fraze mowing is a Verticut set to go deep and with very close cuts.[media]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dk-eKVKoPKk[/media]

 

[Ware]

I wonder how deep one can set the Verticut reel on a GM 1000? This is not the groomer, this is the kit with a special rear shield, special front roller brackets, and, of course the Dynablade reel. Fraze mowing is a Verticut set to go deep and with very close cuts.[media]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dk-eKVKoPKk[/media]

I had one, but recently passed it on to @Redtenchu to free up some space in my garage. It had the standard non Dynablades on it when I bought it. I got a set of Dyna's for it but never got around to installing them. Anyway, Redtenchu has it now and could probably answer those questions. I think a new conversion kit is somewhere on the order of $1500. They are pricey.

 

[Mightyquinn]

How long before someone just uses a power rake to do the poor man's fraze mowing on their lawn or fabricates their own fraze mowing equipment?

I think it's a little more involved to create your own fraze mower as it basically removes the top layer of soil and discharges it to a trailer being towed along side of it. It could be done on your own but it would be a lot more labor intensive.

 

[Redtenchu]

I still have the standard blades on the verticutter now, and have only ran the unit at zero. I planned to go deeper, but life keeps getting in the way!

 

[Redtenchu]

When I get it set up, I'll only be using it a handful of times each year. I'd like to share the unit with people in my area. I just haven't figured out how that would realistically work.

 

[Greendoc]

I wonder how deep one can set the Verticut reel on a GM 1000? This is not the groomer, this is the kit with a special rear shield, special front roller brackets, and, of course the Dynablade reel. Fraze mowing is a Verticut set to go deep and with very close cuts.[media]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dk-eKVKoPKk[/media]

I had one, but recently passed it on to @Redtenchu to free up some space in my garage. It had the standard non Dynablades on it when I bought it. I got a set of Dyna's for it but never got around to installing them. Anyway, Redtenchu has it now and could probably answer those questions. I think a new conversion kit is somewhere on the order of $1500. They are pricey.

Only other machines I think are equivalent are Gradens or Sisis. Around $10,000. A $1500 kit becomes very attractive to me.

 

[Ware]

Only other machines I think are equivalent are Gradens or Sisis. Around $10,000. A $1500 kit becomes very attractive to me.

There were a couple used Graden machines in the last Weeks auction. I think they went for about $1k each.

 

[Browdis]

Any concerns with a low temp of 28-29 degrees in the forecast after dethatching?