On Sat, 6 Jan 2007 13:50:43 -0500, "Jimmie D"
wrote:

+++Burn it off in the winter while it is dormant is the easiest way of getting
+++rid of the thatch. If you dont do it it will eventually choke itsself to
+++death. When this happens you get a big bald spot in your yard then the grass
+++fills in again. In other words if you dont dethatch it it will dethatch
+++itself in very ugly ways.
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Be sure to verify that the brown spots are not chinch bugs. T hey log
St. Augustine. They eat the roots and then you have brown dead grass.

james