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Old 19-11-2006, 05:22 PM posted to alt.home.lawn.garden
Eggs Zachtly Eggs Zachtly is offline
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Default to roll or not to roll...

Stubby said:

Steveo wrote:
jellyfish wrote:
lawn is real soft now and ive been waiting for it to soften so i can
roll and even it out somewhat..what would be the downside of this if
any?..

Compacted soil.


Compacting the high points is what we want, at least if it causes the
low points to be filled in.


Compacting high points won't fill in low points. Grading does that,
dipshit.

Unfortunately, rolling has not helped my lawn.


I'm sure that ineptness is what's not helping your lawn.

I rented a standard 24" wide by about 15" in diameter roller and
filled it with water.


"Standard"? Who's "standard" roller is that small? Please show us this list
of roller "standards".

This was towed around behind my tractor for several passes.


A tractor weighs much more than a cylinder filled with 4.5 gallons of
water, idiot. The tractor would do a much better job at compacting your
soil, if that's what you're trying to do. That's all you're going to do by
the way. If you want a smooth lawn, cut out the sod, properly grade it,
then resod.

NFG.


What's that, the advice you give here? Well, we'll agree on that, then.

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