rfenst
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Monday, June 20, 2011 9:17:33 PM
Three very harsh winters coupled with drought, insects, disease, minor soil compaction and over-use of my front and side lawn, left it unsightly and bare-in-too-many-spots. So, I have been killing it off with Round-Up and have been watering it to encourage residual weed seeds to sprout and be killed off- before the new sod is laid.

Now that the lawn is 99.999999% (no not 98.2%) dead, I am thinking of renting a sod cutter from Home Depot myself, rather than paying someone else, to cut out and remove the dead sod. My thought is that I cant ruin already dead sod that I have intentionally killed-off.

Anyone ever use a sod cutter who can offer some advice or recommendations?

tonyt722
Monday, June 20, 2011 9:19:32 PM
Never used a sod cutter, but I have used Scotts grass and turf builder with weed control...never had a weed problem in my grass
rfenst
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Monday, June 20, 2011 9:40:15 PM

Never used a sod cutter, but I have used Scotts grass and turf builder with weed control...never had a weed problem in my grass

tonyt722 wrote:

Scott's Weed and Feed is good stuff- to the extent the particles are very small and not encapsulated. I just don't like the amount of nitrogen immediately available and its insufficient, minimal secondary and trace elements. I use Scott's W and F once in the late winter and very occasionally in the early fall. My preference for lawn fertilizer is Milorganite and Lesco products. Don't really have a weed problem. Just looking to further minimize the chance in the future...

grmcooper
Monday, June 20, 2011 9:42:42 PM
I bet your lawn looks real nice.........
Cereal City Cigar Smoker
Monday, June 20, 2011 9:45:57 PM
"Three very harsh winters ..." 🤦

Robert, you live in FLORIDA!!!

Just go for the natural sandy beach look ...... 🤔

c3s

wvwa34
Monday, June 20, 2011 10:13:46 PM
How big is the lawn???? Do it by hand using a square shovel,while managing to get under the roots ................... Then prep it for new ,or whatever????
DrMaddVibe
Monday, June 20, 2011 10:15:04 PM
One word...

PEDRO
longerash
Monday, June 20, 2011 10:18:40 PM
Probably not helpful but a tiller and scoop would work fine and maybe not as difficult although never used a sod cutter so i am not sure how hard they are to use
critter2
Monday, June 20, 2011 10:34:53 PM
pedro is good advice
longerash
Monday, June 20, 2011 10:41:57 PM
yea actually just figured that part out and yes PEDRO was great advice
deadeyedick
Monday, June 20, 2011 10:52:54 PM
Used to work on golf courses and have used many. A sod cutter only goes about 1-2 inches deep depending on setting. Are you sure the Roundup has not contaminated deeper and will inhibit future sod root growth?

DED

wheelrite
Monday, June 20, 2011 11:09:14 PM
a sod cutter is used to save and transplant healthy grass.

Rent a roto tiller then replant or re-sod..

wheel,

jackconrad
Monday, June 20, 2011 11:14:54 PM
This Thread is so wrong...
wheelrite
Monday, June 20, 2011 11:16:14 PM
Pedro hates Lawyers..

so he won't help..

ZRX1200
Monday, June 20, 2011 11:20:35 PM
I have a Palio sod cutter.
rfenst
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Monday, June 20, 2011 11:20:44 PM

I bet your lawn looks real nice.........

grmcooper wrote:

...and the Architectural Review Committee (a.k.a. Neighborhood Nazis) must be getting royally pissed with the 10% of us whose lawns are destroyed and can't be rehabilitated. No one else is doing anything about it, but us. No certified letter-yet. However, I LOVE messing with them whenever my neighbor's or I get one of their "nasty-grams"!

ZRX1200
Monday, June 20, 2011 11:24:42 PM
Lawyer fight!!!!!!

Ranks only behind chick fight and the unicorn........CRIPPLE FIGHT!!!!!

wheelrite
Monday, June 20, 2011 11:24:43 PM

...and the Architectural Review Committee (a.k.a. Neighborhood Nazis) must be getting royally pissed with the 10% of us whose lawns are destroyed and can't be rehabilitated. No one else is doing anything about it, but us. No certified letter-yet. However, I LOVE messing with them whenever my neighbor's or I get one of their "nasty-grams"!

rfenst wrote:

they don't care..

everyone in FL is underwater in their mortgage teetering on foreclosure...

They're worried about the next owners...

rfenst
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Monday, June 20, 2011 11:25:38 PM

How big is the lawn???? Do it by hand using a square shovel,while managing to get under the roots ................... Then prep it for new ,or whatever????

wvwa34 wrote:

1,200-1,400 square feet. Undercutting it 1-2 inches is far too difficult/phsical for me. Also, the heat index today, for example, was ~ 107F.

wheelrite
Monday, June 20, 2011 11:28:55 PM

1,200-1,400 square feet. Undercutting it 1-2 inches is far too difficult/phsical for me. Also, the heat index today, for example, was ~ 107F.

rfenst wrote:

you can likely have the yard tilled and raked for a couple hundred.Money well spent..

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