Kinda strange to see your boots "above" the grass and not sinking down about ankle deep. Will be interesting to see how this experiment goes. Thanks for taking us along.

@GCITurf

4 жыл бұрын

oh yeah...talk about strange...I went from deep grass all year to i can see my shoestrings now...LOL

@Blox117

4 жыл бұрын

i read boots as "boobs"

@MichaelRei99

4 жыл бұрын

Jeff Poplin just think a month later and the experiment bombed. Live and learn.

@Note10plusAura

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelRei99 did it?

Whoever can invent a reel mower that can vacuum like a rotary should win an award.

@lamcarter

3 жыл бұрын

That expensive Swordman is pretty close isn’t it?

that was one of the most satisfying things ive ever seen in my life... when you pulled that entire clump of poa triv and it came out perfectly. i almost wish i had some in my yard just so i could pull it out like that!

Blessed morning Pete, your lawn looks impressive even at that H.O.C I have to say that hands down the single best thing I done to improvmy yard was power raking.

Once you use a reel mower its hard to go back. Nothing cuts as clean. Great job, great video. I scarified mine last week and took a phenomenal amount of moss and thatch out, quite an eye opener left the turf looking great. Top job mate big up from Wales UK. Stay safe and god bless.

It should be interesting to see how your turf reacts during the hotter months. I love your channel Pete. And I appreciate the time you take to help DIYers, like myself, improve their own lawns. I’ve learned so much by watching your channel.

@GCITurf

4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate you friend

Loving the Content. Had my yard looking great through winter. In western NC. Having some henbit and clover issue right now. Have tried a few different approaches and so far they only stunt the growth but not stop. Love your content. Love your life guidance.🙏 thankyou for what your doing.

Another great video Pete I have to say watching your videos are so relaxing and very informative I have learned a lot about how to work around my yard here in Colorado thanks

Spring time always cut my tall fescue about 3”1/2 in summer time I cut 4”. Pete I like your channel and I’m learning every time you post a video.thanks..!Pete 👍🏽

Holy hell I absolutely love these videos. Ive got mad respect for the size of turf youre managing, and managing very well!

Thanks, Pete. When I need motivation to tackle a project outside, I pull up your channel to see what you're up to. Love your passion.

@GCITurf

4 жыл бұрын

my pleasure friend

Allett build and system is awesome. This is very similar to the Lawn Ginja's process . He refers to the junk as lawn debris . This is the best way to remove it

I’ve been waiting for this video after seeing the pictures on Instagram. Wish I had one to do my yard, I rake it but it’s a lot of work.

Very informative video. Here in the UK we refer to this as scarifying our lawns. Looking forward to your next one.

First time seeing any of your videos. I appreciated the calm and pleasant tone of your narration and very down to earth instruction. Thanks!

Happy Easter weekend Pete. I hope the family is staying safe. I’m not sure a low cut would work here in Georgia. Even on the highest setting, we can struggle during peak summer months.

That Allett mower seems like it has so many purposes. Looks like you got some good kindling out of the lawn.

Loving the try it and see approach! Nice to see someone willing to risk changing things up to learn.

Wow that 2nd pull was so therapeutic!!!

Pete, looks like a really good start to a compost pile!

Thanks for giving back! You’re a great man, God bless you and your family!

Starting to get into lawn care live in Oklahoma . Love hearing all the lingo just about a yard it gets very technical

@AstralApophis

4 жыл бұрын

Allyn the lawn care nut is a huge helper! His knowledge has a huge range and I trust him, and for more entertaining yard work, I actually recommend fried eggs golf, a son and his dad have a backyard course (9 holes, all within 120 yards of pin) and vlog the process of managing it and play games on it. Great stuff!

Can't wait to see the battery allent work. could be intrested in purchasing it. Happy Easter Pete and family. stay safe. Keep up the great video

@GCITurf

4 жыл бұрын

gonna film that after church tomorrow

Great video Pete...very educational. Did you realize your shirt colors were matching the color of the sky and grass.

@GCITurf

4 жыл бұрын

had no clue

Signed up for your email list. I gotta do the same thing to my lawn and edge it again. Kinda let the grass grow way over. You do what I normally do, except I'm gonna raise my edger blade a little

Thank you Pete your videos have been very very helpful for me and my lawn care business eventually I will get on your email list many thank you‘s from cut to the chase landscaping

Just subscribed to your channel! And looking forward to purchasing your care guides. Thank you for taking the time to teach myself and others the proper way to do things. God bless and be safe!!! Whitney

Pete, maybe try growing grass in a small dedicated spot used specifically for back-up patching, like where you pulled the poa or for urine spots. As for raising the bar by further lowering the HOC @1.75 in, my guess would be better at 2 inches during July-August time frame. Hopefully your irrigation system will be the saving grace. Happy Easter! ~ mike

I'm curious to see if you get more weeds in the shorter fescue. Thanks for taking one for the team!

@mobell7321

4 жыл бұрын

Good question

@GCITurf

4 жыл бұрын

I am curious as well

Brother, that is a whole lot of prayer time right there. I took your advice to heart on that.

Hey Pete, great tips on dethatch.. Keep'em coming.

Looking forward to how this experiment turns out!

Pete thanks for planting seeds. God bless

Awesome machine! Liking the background music! 👍💯

Lawn looks absolutely stunning.

Looking great Pete! Happy Easter!

@GCITurf

4 жыл бұрын

You 2 bro!

Nicely done! Lawn looks better already!

My yard hasn't been cared for well last couple years due to too much going on in my life. I mowed it low the other week because it was badly matted and I wanted to just get a fresh even cut to start the year. I mowed it about 2" tall and bagged the clippings. After that the whole yard died, nothing but 2" thick of dense thatch. A couple days later virgin blades started popping through. I have a new yard now, but still unbelievable amounts of thatch. I'm not even going to attempt to "take care" of my yard anything like you do Pete. Not at this point in time. But I have been thinking about renting a de-thatcher to clean up the mess I created the last couple years from irregular mowing. I atleast want to mow it regularly this year.

@llamacebu216

4 жыл бұрын

Keep mowing it at that height and it'll kill off the weeds. Roots will eventually takeover the weeds since you're not letting them grow. Just put the side blower attachment on and you'll be set

@austinpatrick2682

4 жыл бұрын

@@llamacebu216 That's what I'm doing anyway just by necessity, don't have time to do anything more. I did have to raise the deck one notch though, I was cutting dirt in several places. My yard was poorly graded and very uneven. The problem still remains, that thatch isn't gonna remove itself. Not untill it completely turns to dirt anyway, I'm curious how long that would take.

Ul find ul use less water and send the root system further down which will protect the grass against heat greetings from Ireland you got a great new mower there

My neighbor cut his fescue lawn at 1 1/2 inches and looks great all season but his lawn dries up quick . If he water his lawn which he does not it would look good. Myself I cut mine at 31/2 inch or on the highest setting my mower cuts and with proper irrigation I have the best lawn in the neighborhood.

@GCITurf

4 жыл бұрын

I have been cutting tall fescue t 4" - 4.5" for 15 years...this is only a one time experiment I am doing this year

@Dstromb232

4 жыл бұрын

You are a hard worker! Between family and business it takes a lot of work.

@GCITurf

4 жыл бұрын

@@Dstromb232 agreed

@MixingGBP

4 жыл бұрын

I love the carpet look of really short grass, but yeah I think it's easier to keep it healthy by keeping it longer.

Great video and explanations Pete , hope to win a sprayer !! God bless you and your family and God Bless America!!!🤘

Hope ya ready to mowing every 2 or 3 days 🤣👌 keen as to see how this progresses over the season

That mower is a beast with all the attachments. I have never detached my lawn but this video makes me think I should do it sometime. If I remember correctly the best time for cool season is in the early or late fall? Thanks again and Happy Easter!

@GCITurf

4 жыл бұрын

early fall if you using a typical thatching machine

God bless you Pete. I always enjoy your videos.

I've been waiting a while for this video after seeing previews on Instagram

Happy Easter Pete!

Looking good! Mine is starting to warm up

Looks great because the turf is super healthy but I’m still liking the tall grass but that’s only because I don’t like battling weeds plus I like the tall grass because it leaves deeper and darker stripes! Pete still and always will have the best looking yard in his neighborhood and every other neighborhood around.

Got to love that Allett mower! Your yard is looking on point! Blessings to you and your family pray y’all stay safe: Psalm 91

@jamesgray5560

4 жыл бұрын

Amen Brain!

The stuff you pull out of your yard would look great in mine!!

You’ve got the best lawn on KZread 👍

Beautiful grass you have😲😲👌👌👍👍 I just wish that I knew how to take care of my lawn like you do??😟😟

That's some really nice equipment. Wish I could do lawn care for a living. Much better to be outside in some grass than inside of a dirty concrete plant fixing shit. I was looking at a few Power Equipment Rental places to see if any of them had a dethatcher for sale, but no luck. Thinking about doing lawns on the side. Tell you what, raking a yard full of thatch is not fun. I did my lawn last month with a tow behind. Was sore for a week. haha

Great job! Lawn looks amazing!

Dag gum You must have had a whirl wind of clippings behind you going down the road .... hahaha

Lawn has been so much better compared to everyone else since using your products, send me a sprayer, lol...

Your grass seed is working out well for me. Putting in customers yard.

@GCITurf

4 жыл бұрын

thank you friend

Pete man I appreciate / respect you being 100

Wow, that's a lot of walking with that Thatcher, at the end of the day my legs would fall off. Not to mention that all of the thatch debris is in a pile that has to still be loaded into a truck. My system I've built requires little if any effort, it's a older john deere 445 with engine mounted turbo bagger unit that has a modified Thatcher unit. The Thatcher attachment is hydraulically controlled separately from the mower deck, I can drop the Thatcher on the dime to precise locations with no effort except to push or pull a hydralic lever, when the Thatcher drops the mower deck instantly sucks up the thatch without cutting the lawn because I have the engine speed turned down just enough to create lift for the thatch to be lifted off the lawn and the deck high enough where as it is not cutting the lawn. Every drop of the thatch which is then collected into the triple bagger unit, once full the bags are tossed into dump truck and ready for disposal. Once on the dump truck it's just a matter of taking the load to my private compost site and flipping a switch to dump the days load of thatch/yard waste onto the compost pile for mixing into topsoil for later use, once the compost and topsoil are ready for sale their is a ****bonus**** because all grass clippings & yard waste debris is mixed into my topsoil are sold as organic composted topsoil which is worth big $$$$ in the organic gardening world... Btw Over aerating a lawn can lead to insect problems as a overly thick lawn leads to insects finding homes between the topsoil and the dead thatch layer which is almost always present in any lawn especially super thick lawns. (This then leads to having to treat the lawn for insect problems)

That’s a bad machine there brother, I need this done on my yard I would be less afraid to do it with this machine

Allett make the best cylinder mowers period

Looks great Pete. Happy Easter

Have a great Easter weekend Pete. ✝️

You have a beautiful yard and property!

Now THAT is a lawn. I do not think I have ever wanted to lay down and roll around in some grass, but this lawn.. yeah, I'd do that!

The stripes are popping looking good! Happy Resurrection Day Pete to you and your family!

That Allett is impressive.👍

@zairemrenthlei9478

4 жыл бұрын

Pacific Northwest Lawns I think you misspelled ‘expensive’.

More great Lawn Care Education!

Can’t wait to see how you fix that KBG back there

I bought some of your seed last fall, could have come in better if I hadnt left for a week, but it's coming along.

Nice machine and a beautiful lawn

What an awesome machine!!

That battery one... Dang, if I had the moneyyyyy!

Poa Trivialis is the enemy of my lawn in NJ. GCI tall fescue went down in the fall and looks great. Paul

@user-ly3du9pk2m

4 жыл бұрын

Pete. How many times have you cut your lawn this year before power racking it. Third cut in NJ since March 16. Just wondering?

@GCITurf

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-ly3du9pk2m at least 8-9 times so far

Hi Pete I have some spots of triv i n my yard also , is it possible to yank them out and plant squares of sod in place ? just wondering your thoughts on that , love the good info in your videos keep em coming .

@GCITurf

4 жыл бұрын

you can do that

That homeowners Allett at the end looked fire.

@GCITurf

4 жыл бұрын

bad to the bone bro

Great looking lawn.

Hey Pete, hope the you and your family are staying happy and healthy. I just wanted to reach our for some advice if you got the time. Now when you dethatch will overseed also? Will you also be aerating your yard too? I live in Michigan and I’m in the midst of converting to an all Tall fescue yard and seeking advice on when to dethatch/aerate/overseed. Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks

Keep putting preemergent where you’re pulling the trivialis. Fall preemergent. Plug it with grass from another area of lawn and seed THAT area.

If you have a lot of poa mixed in what’s the best way to get rid of it, put premergant down in the fall and spring maybe? Don’t really want to kill whole yard off

Lol 1 3/4 in. I'd be mowing dirt half the time. Great yard bro.

Ughhhh! I wish I would have known about this channel a few weeks ago...I've been looking for a backsprayer for weeks.

Happy EASTER to you and your family thank you

You not lying about it being a lot of work. Just did half my yard and it was like 15 50gal bags full. I’m trying something new to see how much of a difference it makes.

Thanks for the chance to win Pete! Love your videos

Ready to win a sprayer Pete - Happy Easter!

Lawn looks great but while I was watching I was wondering why you wouldn’t go an opposite way while dethatching wouldn’t you pull out more? Maybe do a horizontal run then a vertical run? Would that create a little less stress possibly?

@GCITurf

4 жыл бұрын

same direction as mowing is what Allett recommends

Good job Pete. God bless

We're watching you up here in East bend North Carolina

I’ve used reel mowers a ton. I am curious as to how that big mower turns.

@GCITurf

4 жыл бұрын

its a little tough...a workout fo sure

Still get shocked at how dang dark your turf is! I over seeded with some kbg this spring and have plans to toss some more down in the fall into my mainly fescue yard for some self repairing effects but dang does a mostly GCI Fuesce lot look amazing! She is thickkk!

@GCITurf

4 жыл бұрын

yes sir! dark green and thick! thank you friend

@ec1ipse14

4 жыл бұрын

GCI Turf Services You’re welcome sir!

Awesome stuff pete!

Hey Pete, you mentioned Mirimichi Green getting rid of your POA Tivialis. Can you tell us more about how you used it? I have sprayed yard every two weeks with Tenacity for about for the last two months and I still don't think it going to be eradicated. It is definitely damaged it, but it's still there.

A reel mower made for a mans man! I have a Perennial Rye, Tall Fescue mix that I'm keeping at 2.5 inches. Not nearly as brave as you are, but trying to find the happy medium between the two.

Good gracious alive. Great video.

Poa trivialis is a nightmare. Would love a product that takes it out selectively.

@GCITurf

4 жыл бұрын

me too

You just explained why you SHOULD NOT MULCH mow. Thatch chokes your turf. Bagging is king.

Your going to have absolutely no issues cutting that low! You got irrigation and know what your doing if Bentgrass golf greens can survive the heat in the transition zone I know your yard will! No way your lawn has the stress of a golf green during the summer! This is going to look phenomenal!

@GCITurf

4 жыл бұрын

thank you for the encouragement...LOL...I am still pretty nervous about it..LOL

@Bradannas1

4 жыл бұрын

GCI Turf Services you got this brother!

#PetetheLawnBarber making sure his fade is looking sharp! I hope the reel mow works for you. I really do like the attachments the Allett mowers offer.

would it help to go in against the stripes you made to get even more out?