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Originally Posted by CarlR33
FYI, you could use a rake to dethatch if your yard is small. I would at least test an area with a rake to see if you’re getting a lot of grass up with the rake? That would determine if you really have a bunch of thatch in the yard and if you want to proceed with someone to do it.
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I bought a dethaching rake. I have a small yard, but it was still a slow go. Didn't do it all at once, either.
Something to think about is that both St Augustine and Zoysia grass puts out runners, not individual blades. That makes dethaching even harder, as they grab the tines.
Still, it does clean things out if you take your time. Just make sure going forward you bag your grass to make your hard dethatching work last longer.