Dethatching my Bermuda Lawn
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- Dethatching your lawn can be beneficial whenever you have a large amount of thatch at the base of your turf which blocks sun, water, and nutrients from reaching the soil layer. In today’s video I’m going to use my Ren-O-Thin Dethatcher to remove the dormant and dead grass that remained in my lawn even after my spring scalp. Dethatching isn’t a complicated process, but performing a DIY dethatch certainly is a workout! I was able to remove 5 more bags of grass clippings even though the lawn was already scalped down to .35”. Dethatching bermuda isn’t a necessary step in your spring lawn care regimen, but I wanted to thin the turf out as much as possible for the upcoming season. If you’re not interested in purchasing a used commercial model like I did, there are a couple consumer options you can find at a cheaper price point, like the Greenworks and Sun Joe Dethatchers.
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Looks like your neighbor is getting on board this season too!
Yes sir! He scalped the weekend I was dethatching. 18 bags just in the front yard!
That’s a sweet lookin machine. I think the verticut would be a noticeable game changer for many of us. Even thou I scalp to .25 I still have these long dead stolons covering the canopy & blocking sunlight. 😩
I would love to have a machine that sliced through the turf instead of ripping the stolons to shreds and pulling them up lol that grass gets so thick.
Finishing my scalp today hopefully, work (railroad) got busy so it may take all this week lol! Great vid man!
Thanks Tim! Sounds like a better plan than all at once lol
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Fellow Stros fan, had to subscribe. Been a fan since 1980, so I lived through the 80's (except 86') and 90's years. 97', 98', and 99' were extremely rough. Kevin Brown and then those Braves guys....I forget their names...lol....just OWNED us! Hate the White Sox too cuz they kept Biggio and Bagwell from getting a ring.Those guys (and a few others) are who I made my son watch, so he could see how the game was supposed to be played. Biggio is my all time favorite player and always will be. Right along side of Nolan Ryan of course...lol. This year is starting rough, but once our offense gets going I think we'll be fine. Right now our team BA is threatening to drop below the Mendoza line, so we need to start hitting pretty damn quick! Lawn looks good. My bermuda is just now starting to green up, but no rain in a month and cool start to spring here in NW Okc. Had 3 tornado warnings and a flood advisory Saturday night and got less than a trace of rain....everything keeps going South of us! Send some rain our way please!
Thanks for the sub! Love the stros! The first team I remember watching was the Killer B’s of the mid to late 90’s. We finally got some nice rain today! Hopefully y’all do too!
Looking good! Good info. Next time stack the clippings in the driveway on a tarp. Music... I liked the one Miami Vice type of sound! Lol
You know out of all the random lawn things I have accumulated over the past few years, a tarp isn’t one of them 😂
Keep posting vids man. The fact that you’re in TX, you got a new subscriber.
Don’t worry! Lots of videos coming!
@@LawnInsider Awesome! I got a question for you. I’m wanting to level my lawn. Should I scalp and dethatch before or does it even matter?
@@peterhang840 you don’t need to dethatch, but scalping is a good idea. It doesn’t have to be a full on scalp, but the shorter you get the grass the easier the sand will move around.
@@LawnInsider do you recommend I level during this time of year or should I wait for more growth? My Bermuda is still mostly dormant currently.
@@peterhang840 wait until we get a little more consistently warmer weather. April is a good time because it's not too hot yet.
Just scalped and dethatched today 💪ready to kick off the season!
Me too! Ready for some nice, relaxing mowing 😎
I scalped two days ago. I've never dethatched, or verticut, but I have a machine for this year. The problem I'm having is figuring out when to dethatch. There's so much controversy on when to. Another thing is here in North Carolina the temperature went from 80 highs and growth to several days of 40s and one night at 20. Now the soil temp is 55 degrees and no growth. Gotta love North Carolina. Any help is appreciated.
It won’t hurt to go ahead and knock it out! More than likely you don’t have much thatch and you’re just going to be pulling up stolons and thinning out your turf (which is always my experience). I just use it as an extra step to scalping. Sometimes I’ll use it during the growing season too if the grass gets too thick.
Thanks for the video. Is it ok to detach Bermuda while it’s dormant? Well I think it’s starting to come out of dormancy since the weather is getting pretty high now.
It won't hurt anything long term to dethatch now, but it will take longer for your bermuda to recover.
so after dethaching you actually had to mow your lawn to pick up those clipping correct? That's how you picked up all of those clippings right? By mowing? I doubt your mower was simply vacumming up those clippings, understand what I am saying?
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Go ‘stros!!
Thanks for the video!! Awesome results!! Question for you, for bermuda grass in Southwest Texas when is the best time or times to Dethatch our lawns?
Looks good. About what depth were you cutting? Just on the surface or 1/4”-1/2” deep in the soil?
I tried to get it just at the surface but in certain spots it was definitely digging in lol messy job
Your videos are so helpful. Thank you so much. Question: Would it make a difference if I dethatch before scalping, just to get the clippings in one shot?
Thank you so much! Wouldn’t matter one bit! I just have to break it up because of the amount of clippings involved.
@@LawnInsider Awesome, thank you for responding!
New subscriber here. I have a 85% Bermuda and a little Kentucky blue grass in the shady spot here in the very corner of South West Missouri. I'm not looking for yard of the year but I noticed a diffrence when I dethatched and irrigated last year with my little SunJoe dethatcher. My question is should I wait until Bermuda grass a woken up to dethatch it or hit it early in the Spring as it's now Mid April here in the midwest. What would you recommend?
It wouldn’t hurt you to dethatch now, but scalping is actually going to be more important. Especially if y’all are just recently breaking out of dormancy up there. I’ve also dethatched during the growing season with good results too, just keep in mind that it pulls up a lot of stolons and makes the hard ugly for a bit.
Asking from Edinburg, TX does scalping dethatch the lawn to some effect?
My hybrid bermuda is very spongy I cut it at 1.75 and just bought a California reel mower so wondering if I just need to scalp it after winter or do I really need the detatcher?
You can definitely get by just scalping!
Looking good man! I look forward to your weekly videos so I can keep up with what I need to be doing! I'm on the Northside of NB!
I have a question... I moved into our new house last November. I really need to level out this new turf. I want to do a leveling project in late April. Can wait till the grass has fully recovered and then do it again, in say maybe June?? Your thoughts are greatly appreciated!! Keep it up man!!
You definitely could go that route. You wouldn’t have any issues in that time frame. I’ve always refrained from doing two in a year because I just hate waiting for the grass to poke through lol
@@LawnInsider thanks man!!
Would/Should you aerate after or before thatching? or should you only do one or the other?
You can do both if you would like. Dethatching isn’t necessary in warm season lawns, but it can help thin out the turf. It’ll look ugly for a couple weeks afterwards, but come back strong.
@@LawnInsider Thanks!
Great video! Thanks for sharing. When are you planning on fertilizing the lawn? Sorry if I missed it
I actually put down my very first app of the season yesterday!
@@LawnInsider Nice!
Great videos! I’m in San Antonio and moved into a place with hybrid Bermuda in the yard. The house is 5 years old and I think it’s never been dethatched. I’ve got tons of brown patches and trying to encourage the grass to grow in. You’re advising to dethatch in early spring, other people advise to dethatch Bermuda in July/August so there’s enough time for it to recover before winter dormancy. Given how hot it’s been this year, should I dethatch now to give rid of this 4+ years of dead grass, or you still recommend to wait until spring? Any advice is appreciated, thanks!
Bermuda is pretty forgiving. If you dethatch now while it's still hot the lawn will still have time to recover. You could also just scalp it down.
What time of the year one should detatch the Bermuda lawn?
Great content! I’m actually in San Antonio and I’m curious if it’s too late to de thatch my lawn? (Bermuda as well)
No sir, you can pretty much beat your bermuda up as much as you want this time of the year. You’re good to go.
Great video; how did this turn out after the fact?
Turned out great last season. I’m excited to use the vericutter this year though!
@@LawnInsider my Sun Joe dethatcher has a scarifier that might work as a verticutter I’m gonna try soon
How did you get such a smooth lawn? I'd like to do the same to my lawn.
I’ve leveled with sand! I actually have a video on it if you want to check it out!
Where you get your dethatcher at?
I found it in the local pickup section on eBay!
Did you watch the video smh...
Ive recently been heard NOT to dethatch bermuda grass
It will absolutely take out a bunch of stolons. But it will also do no permanent damage to your lawn AND if your lawn is extremely thick, it’s not a bad option. You would definitely rather verticut if that is an option.