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Old 06-18-2021, 06:13 AM
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Thatching.
Sorry, no one will touch that...Won't happen.
You have St Augstine.
It will propogate by sending Stollons over the top of soil.
If you want to rip the grass entirely out of the ground.
Thatch away!!!!

Buy a wire rake and slowly pick away at the worst spots.
Next, buy fertilizer, hand sprinkle those areas.

Bare spots, put down a 50/50 mix of top soil and cow poop (both at Lowes).
My grass is erupting, the brown spots are due to the drought, not thatch.

Thatching is a Northern thing usually done on Bermuda grass.

Regards