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Old 06-16-2021, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Benjames24 View Post
Does anyone know of anyone I could hire to thatch a yard
Now is a good time to do it or have it done, fast recovery so less weeds. On Empire zoysia, it suggests every 4 years. I did my own. You can rent the machine. I bought one of the inexpensive electric ones for like $100. The hard part, there is no way the catcher that comes with it is of any use as it is way too small. Out of my 5,000 sq foot lawn I removed like 12 or 15 of those large heavy paper bags sold for garden waste. The bags were packed down to get more in each bag.

For St Augustine, since it spreads by above ground runners, I will pull out a lot of live grass.