[Kustrud]

Thanks to everyone's help last year on mower choices, I ended up with a Tru-Cut 27" halfway through the season and my yard looked pretty darn good by the end.

Thanks again to everyone's help, I have my Prodiamine and Celsius (spot-sprayed) down for this year already.

First cut of the season today, gonna wait to scalp until I'm sure it wont freeze again. Neighbors are already pretty envious!

Here's the first of many pics - appreciate everyone guiding me in the right direction! Cannot wait to see how it turns out!

Crazy how much more "level" and thick it has become.

 

[Ware]

Looks great! Anxious to follow your progress this year!

 

[Kustrud]

Looks great! Anxious to follow your progress this year!

:thumbup:

 

[Kustrud]

Lawn is 3 years old. I always scalp and aerate a little later but have never dethatched or verticut.

Should I verticut this year? If so, scalp or verticut first??

I plan to rent a Billygoat or whatever it is vacuum as well to clean up.

 

[Mightyquinn]

Lawn is 3 years old. I always scalp and aerate a little later but have never dethatched or verticut.

Should I verticut this year? If so, scalp or verticut first??

I plan to rent a Billygoat or whatever it is vacuum as well to clean up.

I think it all depend on how thick your lawn is from the previous years but it definitely won't hurt anything if you do verticut and it might give you an idea of what to expect go forward. What HOC to you plan to maintain this year?

 

[Kustrud]

Lawn is 3 years old. I always scalp and aerate a little later but have never dethatched or verticut.

Should I verticut this year? If so, scalp or verticut first??

I plan to rent a Billygoat or whatever it is vacuum as well to clean up.

I think it all depend on how thick your lawn is from the previous years but it definitely won't hurt anything if you do verticut and it might give you an idea of what to expect go forward. What HOC to you plan to maintain this year?

Prob somewhere around .5-.75".

 

[Mightyquinn]

Lawn is 3 years old. I always scalp and aerate a little later but have never dethatched or verticut.

Should I verticut this year? If so, scalp or verticut first??

I plan to rent a Billygoat or whatever it is vacuum as well to clean up.

I think it all depend on how thick your lawn is from the previous years but it definitely won't hurt anything if you do verticut and it might give you an idea of what to expect go forward. What HOC to you plan to maintain this year?

Prob somewhere around .5-.75".

Anything below 1" and I would recommend a verticutting as it will help prolong your HOC later in the year :thumbup:

 

[Kustrud]

Got it, thanks guys!

 

[Kustrud]

Where can I rent a verticutter here in GA? Everyone I called had no idea what it was!

Would a de-thatcher work just as well?

They all had one of those....

Or could I just aerate the heck out of it after scalping??

 

[Mightyquinn]

Where can I rent a verticutter here in GA? Everyone I called had no idea what it was!

Would a de-thatcher work just as well?

They all had one of those....

Or could I just aerate the heck out of it after scalping??

Go to Home Depot and actually look at the dethatchers they have. Mine had a few with the flail blades but had one that was a seeder with the fixed blades, so I would rent that one. The flail blade will work just fine but I think the fixed blades do a cleaner job of slicing the stolons and rhizomes.

 

[Kustrud]

Where can I rent a verticutter here in GA? Everyone I called had no idea what it was!

Would a de-thatcher work just as well?

They all had one of those....

Or could I just aerate the heck out of it after scalping??

Go to Home Depot and actually look at the dethatchers they have. Mine had a few with the flail blades but had one that was a seeder with the fixed blades, so I would rent that one. The flail blade will work just fine but I think the fixed blades do a cleaner job of slicing the stolons and rhizomes.

Good to know. I'll go check them out.

 

[Colonel K0rn]

Where can I rent a verticutter here in GA? Everyone I called had no idea what it was!

Would a de-thatcher work just as well?

They all had one of those....

Or could I just aerate the heck out of it after scalping??

Go to Home Depot and actually look at the dethatchers they have. Mine had a few with the flail blades but had one that was a seeder with the fixed blades, so I would rent that one. The flail blade will work just fine but I think the fixed blades do a cleaner job of slicing the stolons and rhizomes.

Good to know. I'll go check them out.

They'll also call them a power rake.

 

[Kustrud]

Little off topic but did not want to start a new thread just for this. I blanket sprayed glyphosate around the outside of my fence yesterday around 6:00 PM with some NIS in it. It started raining hard sometime around 4 AM - think it was a waste or it had enough time to dry in?

 

[Ware]

Should be fine.

 

[Movingshrub]

Little off topic but did not want to start a new thread just for this. I blanket sprayed glyphosate around the outside of my fence yesterday around 6:00 PM with some NIS in it. It started raining hard sometime around 4 AM - think it was a waste or it had enough time to dry in?

Like Ware said, you're good.

http://www.simsfarm.com/images/E0162301/Rain_Free_Chart[2].pdf

 

[Mightyquinn]

Little off topic but did not want to start a new thread just for this. I blanket sprayed glyphosate around the outside of my fence yesterday around 6:00 PM with some NIS in it. It started raining hard sometime around 4 AM - think it was a waste or it had enough time to dry in?

Just FYI, this is YOUR thread so nothing YOU post is off topic :lol: :thumbup:

 

[bbeckwor]

What area of GA do you live?

 

[Kustrud]

Thanks guys! And haha true, I'm just all over the place with mowers, my lawn, herbicides, haha. Appreciate it!

I'm on a mission this year!

 

[Kustrud]

Alright so I think I'm going to give PGR a shot this year. I have read through all of the threads and answered all of my questions, but there's too many posts and options so it is confusing.

Can someone please simply post a link to the cheapest PGR brand and size for me to give it a shot this year?

Thanks!

 

[Ware]

Alright so I think I'm going to give PGR a shot this year. I have read through all of the threads and answered all of my questions, but there's too many posts and options so it is confusing.

Can someone please simply post a link to the cheapest PGR brand and size for me to give it a shot this year?

Thanks!

If you're just wanting to try it and/or have a small lawn, I would go this route.