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

Spectrocide, but burning keeps this down too.

Obviously you have St. Augustine grass, How do yo dethatch yours. I know
there are mechanical ways of doing it but to me they are a lot of work
and rip out the roots.


Scalping with a lawnmower in the very early spring is the most common
practice, while it is still semi-dormant. I suspect the city and the
neighbors would object to burning.

No, where this stuff grow it seem like everybody burns it or doesnt have it.
At least thats been my experience.