Spring 2018 Verticutting
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I decided that I wanted to try to thin out my lawn before I applied pre emergent. I have issues with wash boarding when I use the reel mower if the lawn gets too dense. The lawn is currently super dense and it needs to be thinned out a little bit. The verticutting was not a huge success because I was not able to get much material removed and because the cable on the machine broke. I think that I need to try a traditional power rake.
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“The time you put into things makes all the difference.”
Amen to that.
Another great video. Your channel is going to blow up this year.
Guy lives right across the street from his fert...NICE!
Connor did my verticut and man lots of thatch in that 10 year old tifgreen but man it came back nice and starting its greening up phase thanks for that tip you posted it maybe 1 year ago.
Pretty wild how that view has changed! From cattle to houses 😫
Awesome. around the 3:50 mark, you mention hard work and dedication in order to obtain something desirable. These moments set your videos apart from many different lawn videos out there. I enjoy your videos very much, please keep them coming!
A great video, I love the narrative at the end. You’re a good chap 👍🏼
Connor your enthusiasm towards your lawn really makes me want to get out in mine even more! Keep up the good work my man!
All your sacrifice have definitely paid off! 👍
Good life lesson about putting work into things to make them better
Man Connor... I was watching for some grass tips and I got life tips as well! That's a two-fer! Thoroughly enjoying your content.
It’s amazing to me different peoples ideas of what relaxing is, he said he likes to come home after to work and work on his lawn and relax. Which I think is awesome! I just have a totally different idea of what relaxing is 😂 and that’s okay, keep up the cool videos Connor 😎👍
Yeah. Wind down from work stress.
Best Lawn Care channel on TH-cam!
Great channel Connor, getting pumped for lawn season!
Every neighborhood has a Connor Ward...Id rather be golfing
Hi sir if you adjust your carb float that will fix the blue smoke. I bet you go to the verticutter and notice it’s always out of gas? That’s because your bowl float isn’t properly adjusted allowing the fuel to go into the engine oil
Your lucky to have all those awesome mowing toys! I really enjoy my husqvarna push mower. This Friday will be my first mow of the season here in PA. I can not wait! Keep up the good work sir!
That first mow of the season feels good. Thanks for watching.
This video is perfection.
Great advice! Can’t wait to see how it comes out. I’ll be needing to do this before summer really hits us, to thin out the bermuda after it gets growing here.
Didn't you overseed with PRG? Is that now dead and gone?
Connor Ward, sadly, yes. The PRG has been scalped out and the bermuda is coming back through. I’ll be overseeding with some new bermuda varieties though so I can keep it much lower with my reel. Currently, it’s an old common bermuda variety.
My god, ur lawn is like a giant golf green
How large is your property? What's your square feet of grass area?
None of those devices is useful for me, because my property is to large. I wish, wish, wish they made reel mowers and verticutters much wider, without costing 10s of thousands of dollars.
You’re the best Connor Ward!
Thanks Bryan. Your better
What height are you mowing the KBG? In Tennessee, anything under 2.5 will kill it unless you spend a second mortgage on water. Yours looks like a Bermuda putting green!
LOL, that last bit. Cows beat the goats that I used to live to, they used to get out of the fence all the time, and eat everything in sight. I was putting up some fence posts one time, and had some concrete bags on the ground, and I saw them eating the discarded bags.
LOL. The cows are good neighbors. They have not got out yet onto my lawn as of yet. My fingers are crossed.
What is the name brand and model number of the verticutter (Slice seeder)? I need one and yours did a hell of a job.
Dude, that was deep there at the end.
yes it was.
Washboarding? Please explain.
Keep up the good work. Love your passion
Will do. Thanks for the kind words and watching.
Excellent clips connor, I have st augustine grass. Would you vericut that lawn type. Do you have any experience with that grass.
I do not have any experience with St Aug. I can not give advice for St Aug. Sorry 🙏
Thanks for the quick response Connor. Look foward to watching more of your clips.
You mentioned you wanted flail blades for dethatching. They make flail blade reels that you can remove and exchange the verticut blades with. That way you will have the best of both worlds, flail for dethatching, and verricut for grooves and over seeding.
I was aware of that and I have looked into it. I think they are like 375$ or something crazy like that for the flail attachment. That expense is going to have to wait for now. I might rent a machine to see how it does before I buy the flail reel.
There is a Sunjoe electric machine with flail for dethatching and scarifier for verticacut grooves. Over $100 to 150. Not as powerful as your professional machine.
his wife will never have to wonder where this guy is!
Yardwork made me and my dad buddys, drink a beer burn some stuff
Will Kentucky Blue grass grow well in an 8B hardiness zone?? The current grass we have is St. Augustine. But it’s the cheapest kind one can get seeing that it’s what the builders put in as our house in newly built.
You'd be pushing your luck I would not try it
Connor Ward Gotcha. Thanks for the fast reply. Any suggestions for my climate? We have a really small yard. 30’x30’ roughly. So I would not be against re-sodding with a better quality. Even if it’s just better quality St. Augustine. I just want a nice green yard.
What about Bermuda? I know it can be invasive but maybe?
Connor Ward I’m sorta biased towards the texture of St. Augustine. I like the thick blades for some reason. I dunno why, guess to me it feels better under my feet. I did a very brief research session and found a short list of grasses for my area. St. Augustine being one obviously and Bermuda. Really I guess I should give the St. Augustine a chance. We’ve only been in the house for about a month or two and the grass was severely parched. I’ll give it some TLC and maybe revisit the new grass idea sometime year if it’s unable to recover. The list included Bermuda, Zoysia, Centipede, Carpet, Bahia and St. Augustine. Any of those you would place on the top of your list or avoid based on your preferences, knowledge and experiences?
Welcome back!
Subscribed man good videos!
Can I ask how deep the slots are cut into the grass please Connor?
Not that deep. Maybe a quarter to a half inch
Brilliant, thanks for the reply Connor.
If you have a healthy thick growing lawn how often would you scarify it? Once per season maybe?
yes. I would either scarify it or use a traditional power rake. Yeah maybe once per season or every other.
Connor Ward Thanks for the advice my good sir. Just got it power raked and holy cow! So much material came out of the lawn! Lawn is looking a little beat up but hopefully the recovery time isn't too long but like you say sometimes you just gotta go for it! Cheers friend keep up the awesome videos!
3 machines for what can be done by one mower.
What is your fertilizer program? Do you follow anyone specific? Lawn Care Nut or Lesco? I love learning from your videos. Would be cool to see you find a bad lawn and transform it to one like yours.
Jeremy Parker. I do not have a program. I just get what's on sale and put it down. I kind of go according to the bag rate. Sounds terrible I know but that's the reality.
Jeremy Parker. That lawn transformation sounds fun actually. Problem I have is it's likely that if I ever move then I will be building another house.
Didnt you just post a video of your lawn under snow yesterday?
No. It did snow a few days ago but it did not stick to the ground thank goodness. Suppose to get an inch tomorrow.
Connor, great channel! Thanks for the info. What depth do you verticut?
It will not go super deep. Maybe about one half inch to possibly a little more.
Thanks again👍
Loved it.
Could you explain the wash boarding issue you mentioned?
You should get emo-bluegrass.....
So it will cut itself.
"This government approved gas can." 😂
Exactly... are they not terrible?
oh my god this is hilarious. so true. the new gas cans are unusable!
You guys are so right. I've invested in racing fuel cans for all my stuff. No silly spouts. Open the vent, and pour, so much nicer than those new cans.
"DONT FAIL ME NOW, GOVERNMENT!"
I replaced the nozzle on mine with one that isn’t “government approved.” Still need to install the vent, though. I also still have an older, smaller one.
Boy I’m glad we think the same. Do not aerate this lawn. No Bueno
I’m in zone 7 New Jersey ... does Kentucky blue grow well here or should i stick to perennial rye ?
vito gentile. I would ask your local garden nursery. I can not say for sure but I am betting that you could grow it just fine.
Thanks for taking the time to reply and I’ll take your advice
Warm season grasses spread by both stollens and rhizomes
Would the farmer over the road mind if you feed his herd your lawn clippings?
That is a good question. I do not know. Those are heifers with their primary responsibility to bear calves and to be pregnant. They have the calves then sell them when weened. Rinse and repeat. Maybe I will ask the cow owner.
Winter is my slice seeder.
wy not feed the cows the clippings, i do it ll the time
They have chems on them. Weed killer or pesticides or any number of other items. Not my cows so I don't want to damage them
You are government approved - feel free to Throw “er Down! Subbed - you have a great channel (and I work for government- so approved - haha) - great show man
Great video. What temperatures do you have out there right now
Its still cold. But warm enough to get out there.
Thur 42/29 Rain and snow 80%
Fri 41/24 Cloudy 20%
Sat 47/30 Mostly Sunny 10%
Sun 58/38 Partly Cloudy 0% 0 is good
Mon 55/28 Mostly sunny 20%
Tues 38/25 Snow 60%
Connor Ward just bought a new house last year. Killed off a lot of weeds an overseeded last fall but the yard still is looking thin. I'm goin to over seed soon. Hopefully it will help
Where do you live? I would recommend over seeding with Perennial Ryegrass. Its amazing. Make sure to really scar up the existing soil and grass before seed down. Success rate will go way up if you rough up the ground.
Connor Ward northern NJ. It's starting to warm up just waiting for soil temperatures to get up around 55 60 degrees
You need dynablade blades from the USA at 1/4" spacings
Yeah. I would sure like to have a different set up. This machine is really not set up great for doing true verticutting.
Buy the universal gas can vents on ebay, theyll make your life easier
OK
Liked for the gas can comment!
Yes but we are trashing God's creation, we need regulations too.
No more regulation. Less regulation.
@@lawnrebel That's working so well! lol
High Desert Madness!
Exactly. Bring on summer and warm temps. Lets play ball.
Is this Lago? Pretty soon Connor will make everyone paint their houses red!
High plains
Man i love these vids. Are you in landscaping by trade?
No I am not in landscaping by trade. I am in the custom home building world. People often tell me that I should do this for work. I have thought about it and if it were to become my work then all the fun would be taken out of it. You know what I mean?
Connor Ward, 100% agree. I just think its super cool you own all these awesome machines!
How would the greens master 1600 do going up hill?
This I do not know. Probably not too well. The roller might just slip and spin.
Free compost across the street!
Ha ha.
Move forward 2022, no more cows, new homes.
What camera are you using?
GoPro Hero 6 Black with an external Rode Video Micro mic.
Did you have to get a GoPro Pro 3.5mm Mic Adapter?
Powerbypoole. Yes $50
Got real there for a second at 4:28
Yep.. Sure did. Nice surname there Haley.
Nice
When the cows come home...
Hahn Spraybug
if you were my neighbor i would be ashamed of my lawn
government approved gas spouts are the most frustrating thing in my 61 of life. Lol. It really ain't funny
Boom lol
A honda get a ford...
Gov gas can lol