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Kansas lawn and zero turn toro. Should I buy a pull behind areator or is
this a waste of money? If one areates enough does it have any smoothing effect? Lawn is 9/10th's of a acre. Looking at the Home Depot Brinly 40 inch pull behind. Thanks, Tracy |
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Tracy Viles wrote:
Kansas lawn and zero turn toro. Should I buy a pull behind areator or is this a waste of money? If one areates enough does it have any smoothing effect? Lawn is 9/10th's of a acre. Looking at the Home Depot Brinly 40 inch pull behind. Thanks, Tracy when you are pulling your pull behind aerator with your zero turn toro and you do your first zero turn on your toro while pulling your new Home Depot Brinly 40 inch aerator, please have someone take pictures of that and post them on the web. I'm sure doing so will top the current pine stick story. thank you. a star tooth style aerator is the one you can gain the most benefit from. use it anytime you fell like playing with it with one exception and that being after first frost. most turf types do not benefit from having their roots exposed to extremely cold air. while you are at the Home Depot look for their large retaining wall block. they weight 52 pounds each and make great dead weight in the load tray for forcing the star teeth into the ground. four of them should do the trick. |
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Jim wrote:
Tracy Viles wrote: Kansas lawn and zero turn toro. Should I buy a pull behind areator or is this a waste of money? If one areates enough does it have any smoothing effect? Lawn is 9/10th's of a acre. Looking at the Home Depot Brinly 40 inch pull behind. Thanks, Tracy when you are pulling your pull behind aerator with your zero turn toro and you do your first zero turn on your toro while pulling your new Home Depot Brinly 40 inch aerator, please have someone take pictures of that and post them on the web. I'm sure doing so will top the current pine stick story. thank you. a star tooth style aerator is the one you can gain the most benefit from. use it anytime you fell like playing with it with one exception and that being after first frost. most turf types do not benefit from having their roots exposed to extremely cold air. while you are at the Home Depot look for their large retaining wall block. they weight 52 pounds each and make great dead weight in the load tray for forcing the star teeth into the ground. four of them should do the trick. I beg to differ. The star really accomplishes nothing. Get a core aerator and go 3" deep with it to get the most benefit. Also plan on making at least 2 passes in different directions. Instead of buying one of those box store cheapies, you might consider renting a Ryan or Bluebird. http://www.bluebirdintl.com/node1269... rames%3Dfalse |
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On Sep 17, 4:58 am, wrote:
Jim wrote: Tracy Viles wrote: Kansas lawn and zero turn toro. Should I buy a pull behind areator or is this a waste of money? If one areates enough does it have any smoothing effect? Lawn is 9/10th's of a acre. Looking at the Home Depot Brinly 40 inch pull behind. Thanks, Tracy when you are pulling your pull behind aerator with your zero turn toro and you do your first zero turn on your toro while pulling your new Home Depot Brinly 40 inch aerator, please have someone take pictures of that and post them on the web. I'm sure doing so will top the current pine stick story. thank you. a star tooth style aerator is the one you can gain the most benefit from. use it anytime you fell like playing with it with one exception and that being after first frost. most turf types do not benefit from having their roots exposed to extremely cold air. while you are at the Home Depot look for their large retaining wall block. they weight 52 pounds each and make great dead weight in the load tray for forcing the star teeth into the ground. four of them should do the trick. I beg to differ. The star really accomplishes nothing. Get a core aerator and go 3" deep with it to get the most benefit. Also plan on making at least 2 passes in different directions. Instead of buying one of those box store cheapies, you might consider renting a Ryan or Bluebird.http://www.bluebirdintl.com/node1269...asp%3Fcid%...- Hide quoted text - I agree that a core aerator is the best. It actually removes plugs of soil, thereby directly reducing compaction, making significant holes through any thatch, etc. The tine type probably have some effect on opening up the soil a bit, but since they only push apart what is there, instead of remove some of it, they aren't nearly as effective. |
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Yes I know that turning sharply would get me in a bind, I posted that to see
if someone would say something like I would tear up the hydrostats on a zero turn merely by pulling anything of weight. Whoever posted the link with the better core types thanks but I can't afford that. Yes I agee with you but just can't. So has anyone seen lawn improvement after areration? Thanks, Tracy Spring Hill, KS |
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Tracy Viles wrote:
Yes I know that turning sharply would get me in a bind, I posted that to see if someone would say something like I would tear up the hydrostats on a zero turn merely by pulling anything of weight. Whoever posted the link with the better core types thanks but I can't afford that. Yes I agee with you but just can't. So has anyone seen lawn improvement after areration? Thanks, Tracy Spring Hill, KS well darn, I guess that means no pictures and we're stuck with the stupid pine stick story for the time being. as a general rule you can pull more with the belt drive systems than you can with the hydrostatic. yes, a good lawn improvement after incorporating the star tooth with about 200 pounds of load weight can be obtained. the main and most profitable while the greater economical benefit is going to be oxygenation of the roots. with most turf types when the roots are cut by the star tooth new sprouts are produced creating a thicker lawn. lawn aeration is always a good and beneficial practice to incorporate into the maintenance program. be sure and suspend the practice immediately after first frost. as for aeration types, don't assume how the more aggressive method is always the best. sometimes, it's the gentle touch producing the most desirable long term results. |
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Jim wrote:
Tracy Viles wrote: Yes I know that turning sharply would get me in a bind, I posted that to see if someone would say something like I would tear up the hydrostats on a zero turn merely by pulling anything of weight. Whoever posted the link with the better core types thanks but I can't afford that. Yes I agee with you but just can't. So has anyone seen lawn improvement after areration? Thanks, Tracy Spring Hill, KS well darn, I guess that means no pictures and we're stuck with the stupid pine stick story for the time being. as a general rule you can pull more with the belt drive systems than you can with the hydrostatic. yes, a good lawn improvement after incorporating the star tooth with about 200 pounds of load weight can be obtained. the main and most profitable while the greater economical benefit is going to be oxygenation of the roots. with most turf types when the roots are cut by the star tooth new sprouts are produced creating a thicker lawn. lawn aeration is always a good and beneficial practice to incorporate into the maintenance program. be sure and suspend the practice immediately after first frost. as for aeration types, don't assume how the more aggressive method is always the best. sometimes, it's the gentle touch producing the most desirable long term results. First, you can rent a core aerator for around $50.00 for 3 hours and you really only need to do it once a year. If you get a neighbor or 2 to go in on it with you, it'll, of course, cost you much less and you should be able to actually profit. Second, the star aerator does slice the roots and kind of encourages new growth but it does nothing for the compaction of the soil, and actually causes more lateral compaction, so the new roots have nowhere to go. |
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Jim wrote:
Tracy Viles wrote: Yes I know that turning sharply would get me in a bind, I posted that to see if someone would say something like I would tear up the hydrostats on a zero turn merely by pulling anything of weight. Whoever posted the link with the better core types thanks but I can't afford that. Yes I agee with you but just can't. So has anyone seen lawn improvement after areration? Thanks, Tracy Spring Hill, KS well darn, I guess that means no pictures and we're stuck with the stupid pine stick story for the time being. I'm with you we need another story, not from me.. (the new mower is great) Clark as a general rule you can pull more with the belt drive systems than you can with the hydrostatic. yes, a good lawn improvement after incorporating the star tooth with about 200 pounds of load weight can be obtained. the main and most profitable while the greater economical benefit is going to be oxygenation of the roots. with most turf types when the roots are cut by the star tooth new sprouts are produced creating a thicker lawn. lawn aeration is always a good and beneficial practice to incorporate into the maintenance program. be sure and suspend the practice immediately after first frost. as for aeration types, don't assume how the more aggressive method is always the best. sometimes, it's the gentle touch producing the most desirable long term results. |
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