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Mon, Aug 27, 12 at 23:43
| I'm getting ready to overseed my fescue lawn in a few weeks. Most of my lawn is healthy, full and green but I want to add some new grass seed cultivars. To get good soil to seed contact, I'm wanting to use a verticutter or power rake to loosen the top 1/8 inches of topsoil. Since my grass is already nice, will these machines tear up my existing grass? |
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| Using a fixed blade verticutter/slicer, like plug aeration and power raking is a very agressive proceedure and will result in substantial damage to existing turf. (imagine using a carpenter's circular saw to cut grooves every 2", or less depending on the reel, apart the length of your lawn) You need to carefully consider if what you expect to accomplish outweighs the damage that will result during the process. |
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- Posted by Lawn_Hobby none (My Page) on Wed, Aug 29, 12 at 15:16
| I recently used a verticutter for the first time as part of the prep workup to overseed an existing lawn. As he said, you tear up a lot of your existing grass, in my case 20-40% got torn up. But that can be a good thing, if you're overseeding with a different type of grass and need to thin out your existing grass to give the new grass a chance. |
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