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Post by featherduster on Apr 15, 2020 8:55:42 GMT -5
I am thinking of renting a horizontal rotating dethatcher that has height adjustable knife like blades.
Question: can you set it low enough so as do a shallow tilling?
The folks at the rental store have no experience with one.
I want to cut down about an inch or more into my soil so as to spread lime and grass seed, the area I am interested in doing is almost all bare ground.
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Post by deadeer on Apr 15, 2020 9:03:07 GMT -5
That thing better have a snowplow on it with what we got and what's coming Friday. Lol. Whos thinking about spring at this point? Sorry, couldn't resist. 😂😂😂
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Post by boman on Apr 15, 2020 9:11:00 GMT -5
rent a slitter seeder instead for what you want to do.
Steve
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Post by greghopper on Apr 15, 2020 9:12:12 GMT -5
That thing better have a snowplow on it with what we got and what's coming Friday. Lol. Whos thinking about spring at this point? Sorry, couldn't resist. 😂😂😂 Roger that.... here’s Downtown Chicago @7am today!!  |
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 15, 2020 9:21:48 GMT -5
I am thinking of renting a horizontal rotating dethatcher that has height adjustable knife like blades. Question: can you set it low enough so as do a shallow tilling? The folks at the rental store have no experience with one. I want to cut down about an inch or more into my soil so as to spread lime and grass seed, the area I am interested in doing is almost all bare ground. That is the way I have reseeded my yard before. Set it deep, go over it a couple times. Then use my riding mower to pick up the grass/roots. Seed and fertilize. Cover with the grass roots that I picked up with my riding mower Water.. Worked for me... . |
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Post by moose1am on Apr 15, 2020 10:33:15 GMT -5
After you get the grass growing again put on your golf shoes (the ones with the long metal spikes) and then push cut the grass for the rest of the summer. The spikes will aerate your lawn and allow oxygen and water to get down to the grassroots.
I made a solution of beer, corn syrup, ammonia, and liquid lawn fertilizer and added it to the hose end sprayer and fertilized the lawn. Do this every month or so. One can of regular beer with the yeast in it. One cup of liquid corn syrup. One cup of ammonia and one cup of liquid lawn fertilizer. This will give your lawn the fertilizer needed to green up the grass. The beer and corn syrup help the bacteria break down the dead grass clippings and return those nutrients back into the soil where the grassroots can use them.
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Post by esshup on Apr 15, 2020 11:17:21 GMT -5
After you get the grass growing again put on your golf shoes (the ones with the long metal spikes) and then push cut the grass for the rest of the summer. The spikes will aerate your lawn and allow oxygen and water to get down to the grassroots. I made a solution of beer, corn syrup, ammonia, and liquid lawn fertilizer and added it to the hose end sprayer and fertilized the lawn. Do this every month or so. One can of regular beer with the yeast in it. One cup of liquid corn syrup. One cup of ammonia and one cup of liquid lawn fertilizer. This will give your lawn the fertilizer needed to green up the grass. The beer and corn syrup help the bacteria break down the dead grass clippings and return those nutrients back into the soil where the grassroots can use them. If you need exercise, come on over and bring your push mower and golf shoes. LOL It takes me about 3 hours on a riding lawmnower with a 54" deck to cut my grass. |
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Post by featherduster on Apr 15, 2020 11:44:52 GMT -5
I am thinking of renting a horizontal rotating dethatcher that has height adjustable knife like blades. Question: can you set it low enough so as do a shallow tilling? The folks at the rental store have no experience with one. I want to cut down about an inch or more into my soil so as to spread lime and grass seed, the area I am interested in doing is almost all bare ground. That is the way I have reseeded my yard before. Set it deep, go over it a couple times. Then use my riding mower to pick up the grass/roots. Seed and fertilize. Cover with the grass roots that I picked up with my riding mower Water.. Worked for me... Thanks Woody that's what I was hoping to do, I am going to thatch the back yard and save the removed grass to cover the repaired areas I reseeded in the front yard. I just wanted to know if the thatcher will go deep enough to act as a shallow roto tiller on the bare ground areas. . |
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 15, 2020 11:47:39 GMT -5
It will.. for grass you just have to deep scratch the surface good ,
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Post by beermaker on Apr 15, 2020 16:10:03 GMT -5
Make sure that you rent a self-propelled one, and still be prepared to take a beating. I've had good results with running one in one direction, pick up the thatch, spread seed, and then go over the yard again perpendicular to to original direction.
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